The Martial Unity

He stared at Rui with fearful eyes. Rui calmly returned his stare with an icy one of his own.

"ACK!" He choked as Rui grabbed him by the neck.

"I know it was no more than an assignment for you." Rui strengthened his grip. "I know it wasn't personal for you."

He brought the man's face closer.

"But honestly?" Rui asked. "I don't give a damn."

"...!" The Martial Apprentice's face grew red. He felt as though his head was going to burst. He struggled desperately, trying to pry Rui's hands off his neck while kicking Rui with all the Apprentice-level technique he could.

In vain, of course.

His measly attacks couldn't even budge Rui even when he wasn't using any Squire-level defensive techniques.

The Martial Apprentice's eyelids fluctuated as his vision blurred.

The brain tended to automatically shut down when blood flow to it was shut down for more than seven seconds.

Rui clenched his grip, squeezing down hard.

SNAP

A Martial Apprentice's body was fundamentally human, barring the brain. Rui didn't even need to use Outer Convergence to snap his neck with ease, killing him on the spot.

THUD

He dropped his body to the ground, sighing.

('Not the most rational decision.') He had enough self-awareness to realize that wasn't the best decision he could have made. Maybe the Martial Apprentice had mastered some mental technique that allowed him to fool Rui's Primordial Instinct. Maybe the location that he had given Rui was wrong and fake, and he successfully fooled Rui using that technique.

kept him alive in case the location

it wasn't likely, but Rui was normally quite

however, he

cash and a communication device, both of which he took. There was nothing else of value on

foot up in the

THUD!!

had created a crater several meters deep, tossing the corpse

then." He clapped his hands, dusting them

the Martial Union on the intel he had acquired, through the communication device. It was necessary to keep them in the loop as

That was where the location of the homeless shelter

RUMBLE!

speeds. The air recoiled as

to reach the location that the Martial Apprentice had given

accurate, this was a good sign. Rui could sense a large number of people within the warehouse, huddled together.

no

the odd stares that the people inside gave him. He was clearly not one of them. There appeared to be helpers who aided the

you and where the fuck do you

bunch of armed guards stopped

here to kill Faraday

studied the looks of shock and anger that emerged on their faces. Their reactions supported the claim that the target

THWACK

his hand across

the

and watched them all freeze in fear, studying their reactions. He

dashed forward, running through them like they were light curtains. Deeper inside the facility was what appeared to be a locked section. Rui could sense

BAM!

broke through, shocking the many people

There were storage vehicles that entered and exited the tunnel. There were many men loading and unloading boxes, filled

raised their muskets and other projectile weapons, yet they never had a chance to

simply disappeared from