The Martial Unity

The man accepted Rui's hand, pulling himself up before lowering his head to Rui.

"I'm sorry... I did think you would be strong, but to be this strong was beyond my expectations." He sighed. The others quickly followed through issuing quick apologies.

"It's alright, as long as you understand." Rui nodded before walking away towards the food gathering. He didn't want to interact with anybody beyond what was necessary. He simply procured a meal while ignoring the attention that he was still receiving.

The mood had gotten better because the spat had ended amicably and also because of the confidence boost they had received thanks to him.

"Mind if I sit here?"

Rui glanced at the woman who had approached him, recognizing her. She was one of the few Martial Artists who had not attacked him back then.

"Feel free." Rui shrugged.

She smiled, taking a seat beside him, holding a plate of meat, rice, and some greens. "I appreciate you holding back against those hot-headed fools earlier. It might have gotten bad if things had escalated."

"It's nothing at all." Rui dismissed.

"I'm Vemy, by the way." She told him. "What's your name?"

"Falken." He replied straightforwardly, using his official alias.

you took a kick from Deny to the face without moving even an inch." She noted, before peering at him with curiosity. "That was unbelievable, can all

inherent toughness was enough to withstand the impact of the blow. Meaning most Martial Squires should be able to replicate

that he was better than Martial Squires with Martial bodies of a similar configuration due to the fact that all of his performance parameters were better thanks to autophagy supplying him with energy and

want to become a Martial Squire even more." She laughed. "It's the reason why

secret to the Squire

not even when we were at our prime before the Britannian Army had invaded." She sighed. "I keep thinking to myself if we Martial Apprentices had been stronger, if I had been a Martial Squire, we would not

the age of Martial Art, Martial Apprentices were

his

stared at her, before sighing.

information that the martial Union provided to them regarding the Squire Realm before they could be briefed

to Julian explaining the research data that Rui

asked with

would get me in

tell anyone

you. Even if your intentions are genuine, this is an extremely sensitive and important matter to the Martial Union and they aren't

"I see..."

trust me. Rather than wanting

She frowned. "Meaning only some

('Well, no shit.') "Correct."