The Martial Unity

As Rui had expected the location of the meeting was not the personal residence of the finance minister. He looked around when he arrived, noting how remote the location was. There was not a single soul anywhere within his senses to be able to pry on their meeting.

('No one except...')

He turned to his right. Seismic Mapping had picked up a rather large horse-pulled carriage traveling in his direction. As it got closer, Primordial Instinct picked up the presence of Martial Apprentices within the carriage.

Rui walked over towards it as the door opened and a man walked out.

He was the official client, the butler of finance minister Riunge Hurut. He walked towards Rui cautiously as he sized him up.

"Mister Frindul Sentar." Rui addressed him. "I am the Martial Squire who accepted your commission. What is it you wish to discuss with me in this meeting?"

"Please provide me with the verification code for the mission." The man cautiously asked.

Since Martial Artists did not directly accept commissions face-to-face with the client and immediately commence the mission then and there, there was a necessity to verify that Martial Artists were the registered Martial Artists of certain missions that they had accepted. Thus, the Martial Union had a verification system where a random verification code would be supplied to both the client and the Martial Artist.

Rui simply pulled out a card and handed it over to the man, who carefully studied it for some time before nodding. "The Madame is awaiting you inside."

He escorted Rui to the carriage gesturing to him inside the carriage. Within the spacious cabin of the carriage were two Martial Apprentices who stared holes into as he walked in, taking his seat opposite to the three figures inside.

to meet you, Squire Falken." She told him, initiating

option of choosing an alias to be conveyed as the identity of the Martial Artist accepting a particular Martial commission. Of course, this only applied to public Martial commissions, the ones that were placed in the mission libraries. It did not apply to personal Martial commissions from clients who knew his identity and wanted to commission

her as he studied her. She was quite beautiful, but her sharp and fierce dark eyes drew away any attention from her aesthetics. She was intimidating, and Rui felt that it was best to not earn

She nodded. "There are very

simply waited for her

the mission." She paused, before continuing. "I wish to confirm the means by

either through land or through the sky, and kill the target and those who stand between me

remarkable poker face, but Rui could sense surprise, confusion, and skepticism with the help of Primordial Instinct.

The one on the right

eyebrow. "Did the Kandrian Martial Union not provide you with information on the security measures

Or were they really ignorant of how much stronger a Martial

not ever have any history of ever having birthed a Martial

were stronger, but they did not entirely understand just how ridiculously superior Martial Squires

a

are always within immediate reach are extremely

He simply

Artist bodyguards. They were also clearly envious of his status as a Martial Squire and felt insulted when he treated Martial Apprentices as

you will have to deal with the palace guards who are also quite elite, all by yourself." She told him. "You might want to consider another course of