The Martial Unity

Rui found himself meditating on a large rock in the forests near the Quarrier Orphanage, absorbed deep in thought. He had recently obtained clarity about his path forward in the Squire Realm and had even fleshed out some of the conditions that he would need to keep in mind when developing his Martial Art from this point forth.

All he had to do was take the first step concretely.

('What are my most immediate needs?') Rui asked himself.

Although developing the VOID algorithm to be able to counter all Martial Art in the world was certainly important, it was much more of a lifelong ambition than an immediate objective. He thought back to his battle against the Britannian Martial Squire, analyzing his shortcomings, weaknesses, and faults.

('My lack of ability to hurt him was a pain in the ass.') Rui sighed emphatically.

Rui had been able to react to, outmaneuver, predict, and counter his opponent just fine. The only reason the fight had extended for as long as it did was that he had trouble inflicting any meaningful damage on his opponent.

('My higher-end lethality is shit.') Rui sighed.

His offense was mostly centered around Outer Convergence, which allowed him to employ power from all muscle groups at any given point in time as well as Reverberating Lance, which employed vibrations to permeate the impact of his strike deeper into the body of his target allowing him to inflict damage in the more vulnerable parts of the human body.

Artists that were highly resistant to impacts, he may as well have no offensive capabilities at all. He didn't always have this

as a Martial Squire than he was a Martial Apprentice, he did not possess the same kind of versatility

is something I need to fix.') Rui

array of tools in order to counter a wide

should note down all the primary avenues that my Martial Art is lacking the

was especially needed against defensive opponents with a tendency to be able to resist ordinary attacks to a significant degree,

simplest way to increase my lethality

solution back then was to obtain a piercing attack that allowed him to inflict flesh wounds

would have been satisfied with remastering the technique as a Martial Squire, but that no longer

with me as I'd like. Furthermore, it has zero individuality since it

it wasn't nearly as flexible as Rui would have liked. While it was true that his toe had effectively become a bullet that he could puncture his opponent with, it was also true that it required a tremendous amount of momentum to do so. Every time he needed to use it, he needed to use all his offense-supplementary techniques, and strike as hard as he could with as powerful a kick

limitations and restrictions on the number of scenarios he could comfortably use it

is a bit obsolete in

were vastly superhuman in their ability to withstand pressure and their ability to cope with wounds. The Stinger could potentially land critical wounds on his opponent if Rui aimed well or got lucky and hit a blood vessel, but the same could not be said for Martial Squires. Puncturing them was disproportionately harder, and punctures were no longer

going to be nearly as effective as I'd like. But I do not possess the compatibility with extreme piercing-oriented techniques, thus I'd rather avoid going more powerful and extreme techniques that I probably would not be able to master as much as I'd like.') Rui analyzed. ('Thus, the solution