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.

case the location was wrong so that he could extract

wasn't likely, but Rui

however, he had

finding some cash and a communication device, both of which

raised one foot

THUD!!

the ground, cratering past the soil. In an instant, he had created a crater several meters deep, tossing the corpse in it. Within

dusting them

them in the loop as soon as he

where the location of

RUMBLE!

incredible speeds. The air recoiled as a

it took him to reach the location that the Martial Apprentice

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

no reason to

one of them. There appeared to be helpers who aided the needy,

man stopped him. "Who are you and where the

armed guards stopped

to kill Faraday Lowminer." Rui

that emerged on their faces. Their reactions supported

THWACK

simply waved his hand across the two guards, killing

the commotion attracted the attention of

and watched them all freeze in fear, studying their reactions. He was trying to gauge how confident they were

they were light curtains. Deeper inside the facility was what appeared to be a locked section. Rui could

BAM!

broke through, shocking the

entered

raised their muskets and other projectile weapons, yet they

simply disappeared from their