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.

grade. The actual arrest was the easy

more progress in a few hours than they had made in a

than a perfect evaluation from the Martial

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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

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

sky-walk without any problems at all. It was only when he was outside the Empire that the risk of taking to the skies

through the atmosphere. He couldn't get over just how pleasant it was to freely traverse the skies. One of the most primal desires of man was to fly, after

ability of Martial Squires and Martial Artists 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

that intrigued him flashed around in his mind all throughout his return to the

Orphanage. There were several figures in the

Mana." He called

saw him

them that Martial Squires could sky-walk. "Just

you teach us how to do that?" Max

you're older," Rui suggested with

to overlook our

am here, of course." Rui turned to the third figure in the backyard. "I trust their training has gone

expressing

Academy was half a year away and he wanted to increase the intensity and quality