"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.

was the easy part, the investigation and location of the target of the

intelligence department of the Martial Union. But Rui took the matters into his own hands and made more progress in a few hours than they had made in a

anything other than a

THUD

like when he set out for the Kingdom

quickly entered the Kandrian transit port before undergoing the brief protocols that returning Martial Artist citizens needed to go

in the Kandrian Empire, he could sky-walk without any problems at all. It was only when he was outside the Empire that the risk of taking to the skies and making yourself an open

get over just how pleasant it was to freely traverse the skies. One of the most primal desires of man was to fly, after all. It was that desire

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.

mind all throughout his return to the Mantian Region and the town of

the Quarrier Orphanage. There were several figures in

He called out.

They cooed when they saw him descending from the air. "You can

he hadn't yet told them that Martial Squires could sky-walk. "Just a

teach us how

when you're older," Rui suggested with a

going to overlook

of course." Rui turned to the third

course, Squire Quarrier." The Martial Apprentice bowed, expressing respect. "They certainly have potential, as well as the

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

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