The Martial Unity

"Damn, this isn't looking so optimistic." Rui cursed as he read through a research journal.

He had spent the past week pouring through all the literature on the topic, occasionally consulting Julian when the esoteric scientific jargon went over his head. Turns out Julian was entirely correct when he told Rui that there was a large degree of incompatibility between the field of poison and symbiotes.

One thing he did appreciate was the fact that there was an abundance of research on the topic. This was because a lot of the test subjects that were used to conduct the necessary experiments were actually animals. Since a lot of these symbiotes were able to take root in other animals, the effects of poison-based techniques were easy to observe.

One of the biggest problems Rui had come across was that almost all poison-oriented techniques required the user to actually develop complete immunity to said poison. Such a requirement was almost inevitable, all things considered. After all, how could one integrate poison into the body to use on others if said poison would end up killing them in the first place?

The Mindmirror symbiote was particularly vulnerable since most of its body was brain tissue comprised of neurons that certainly weren't resistant to poison. The only poisons that it was able to develop immunity to were low-grade poisons that weren't lethal.

This meant that whatever poison Rui planned to integrate into his Severer Project had to be a minor poison that couldn't really do active damage to his opponent. He was limited to minor neurotoxins that negatively affected motor control or poisons that affected certain parts of the body. He couldn't for the big shots that could kill even Martial Squires with just the slightest bit of exposure.

Rui thought to himself. ('I highly doubt I would have the affinity and the talent to be able to master such poisons in the first place. Poison is supposed to be one of three elements that make the Severer Project a powerful lethal attack. There was also the piercing attack

was viable as he made a mental note of all of them in the mind palace. Each of the poisons that were viable had to be such that they did not negatively affect brain tissue directly or indirectly, which most poisons did, which is why they were incompatible with the Mindmirror Brain. He then further shortlisted them as

[Hurndrum Nectar]

to the applied area of the body that was indistinguishable from the actual sensation of burning. However, it did not actually cause any actual impediments to the functioning of the body. Thus, if the target

was that most Martial Squires had a disproportionately high amount of pain tolerance. After all, every Martial Squire had undergone the mind-crushing

[Gangaer drop]

very unlikely to make much of a difference

[Serinflow powder]

poison created from the grain of the Serinflow crop. It functioned as an anti-coagulant that prevented wounds from slowing down blood flow through the coagulation of blood. If administered to an open wound, it would cause said wound to continue bleeding without

well with the technique he had in mind, the piercing and the friction in his attack would certainly cause a wound that was quite open and exposed, if he could master the Serinflow powder, then every

candidates as well, and Rui intended to verify his compatibility with all of them before he could have a much clearer