The Martial Unity

"And you're saying as you headed to destroy the objective of the mission, you were confronted with a hostile Martial Squire?"

"Yes, commissioner," Rui replied. "I straightforwardly headed for the target of the mission because I wanted to get it over with, but unfortunately the Martial Squire landed in front of me as I dashed towards it, blocking my path. At that point, it had become evidently clear to me that I would not be able to get away with a fight."

"I see. And prior to your victory over your opponent, your client canceled the mission at some point in the middle of the combat."

"Yes." Rui nodded.

"I see." The man before him nodded simply. "It is all a rather unfortunate turn of events, but you made the best of them. Not only did you defeat your very first Martial Squire opponent in combat, but you also brought his body back in a remarkable condition. Congratulations, Squire Quarrier, it appears your tendency to overachieve has persisted."

Rui had long since returned to the Martial Union and handed over the body of the Martial Squire to the Martial Union once he finished all the post-mission protocols. However, he had been summoned for a meeting by the Martial Union once they processed his report.

"Thank you," Rui replied simply. "Is there anything else that needs to be discussed?"

"Just a few small matters." The commissioner smiled. "For one, the Martial Union is quite pleased with what you have brought back. You made the right choice, in exchange for your gift, we have decided to triple your commission payments. As a token of gratitude as well as an apology for the inaccurate difficulty evaluation of the mission."

eyebrow, that was not a light concession. It was more likely that the Martial Union was trying

replied with a brief smile. "I

that we've wanted to inform you was that your Martial Apprentice grade has been upgraded to grade four." The commissioner informed him. "The Martial Union fully recognizes that any concerns of your youth in the Squire Realm are unwarranted, you

raised an eyebrow. It had been nine months since he broke through to the Squire Realm and he had already reached grade

shrugged. "I'm just progressing with

you're progressing a remarkably powerful high-grade Martial

latched onto part of the statement. "High-grade Martial

Martial Art had grades?

their

commissioner replied. "Martial Art are graded by their potency, which is

if one were to strip away its techniques, or equalize the technique with other

rare sight for a Martial Art to possess the kind of power that yours does. It is

as he pondered the

grades of Martial Art may influence them, especially negatively." The commissioner explained. "Only once a Martial Apprentice accomplishes Squire candidacy are they qualified to learn about the Martial Art grading system. Even then, we don't bring it necessarily have to bring it up, it is not important for the personal development of a Martial Artist, it is merely an attribute that the

Martial Squires do not possess any techniques is during the Squire habilitation phase." Rui noted. "Does the martial Union compile empirical data on the combat prowess of a Martial Artist during this phase and evaluates the Martial Art grade based on that? Or does the Martial Union perform a comparison of the Martial