The Martial Unity

"We have successfully acquired the targets of your mission, Squire Quarrier." A woman wearing a uniform with the emblem of the Kandrian Martial Union told Rui, bowing. "Thank you for completing your mission."

Rui nodded. "Will there be any problems with handling the Martial Apprentices and getting them back to the Kandrian Empire?"

"Not at all." She politely responded. "The Martial Apprentices will be carefully monitored by a team of experts who will ensure they remain sedated. We have an extradition treaty with the Kingdom of Violis and there are many channels that the Martial Union has established for smuggling larger goods in and out of the Kingdom of Violis."

Rui nodded in response.

"Is there anything else, Squire?" She asked politely.

"Not at all, I'll be taking my leave then." Rui nodded.

"I bid you farewell then." She wished him.

He left the branch office of the Martial Union soon after, breathing a sigh of relief. He had finally gotten something off his shoulders after this long, he felt like a weight had gotten lifted off of him, leaving him more refreshed and at peace.

On the way back, he pondered the mission he had just completed.

('Certainly one of my smoother missions.') Rui noted.

didn't mean that the mission itself was too easy, it was just about right for its grade. The actual arrest was the easy part, the investigation and location of

But Rui took the matters into his own hands and made more progress in a

expect anything other than a perfect evaluation from the Martial

THUD

wall that ran along the perimeter of the country, before running back towards the Kandrian Empire casually. Just like when he set out for the Kingdom of Violis from the Kandrian Empire, it took him only half

the Kandrian transit port before undergoing the brief protocols that returning Martial Artist citizens needed to go through before finally setting foot into the Kandrian

at all. It was only when he was outside the Empire that the risk of taking to the skies and making yourself an open

it was to freely traverse the skies. One of the most primal desires of man was to fly, after all.

of higher Realms to be able to accomplish that with raw physicality alone dampened the marvel of that feat in this world. However, there did indeed exist means of traveling through the sky via esoteric technology. Of

mind all throughout his return to the Mantian Region

he reached, descending to the Quarrier Orphanage. There were several figures

Mana." He called out. "How's

when they saw him descending from the air. "You

them that Martial Squires could sky-walk.

teach us how to

when you're older," Rui suggested with a wry

overlook

third figure in the backyard. "I trust their

of course, Squire Quarrier." The Martial Apprentice bowed, expressing

exam for the Martial Academy was half a year away and he wanted to