The Martial Unity

The point of this training was to maximize her ability to cope with omnidirectional attacks from multiple opponents around her. He knew from experience that the Martial entrance exam did not necessarily have its students fight one on one in fair bouts. Rui recalled how much of a target he had been in the third round of the Martial entrance exam from multiple opponents that he struggled to keep at bay.

Coping was an important skill for all applicants of the Martial entrance exam. Crea didn't need to decisively win, she needed to decisively not lose. She needed to hang on till the very end and only then was there a chance that she would be selected as a student of the Martial Academy.

And one important avenue to know how to cope with was learning to deal with attacks that could from anywhere. In the past three months, this form of combat training was one that Rui had ground her through. She had been quite miserable at coping with Rui's attacks, but in the span of three months, she had developed a truly respectable amount of cope.

She would most likely not go down easily even against multiple opponents who were most likely older.

One thing Rui respected about the girl was her tenacity. He truly hoped that she would somehow make it through, even if her odds were quite low.

A few hours later, the training session came to an end.

"Alright, that's all for today." Rui nodded.

"Wait, that's it?" She frowned. "Mental fortitude training and omnidirectional defense training? No standard sparring, no maneuvering training? No offensive training?"

Rui shook his head. "Those are nowhere near as important as your mental fortitude and your cope. At this point, I'm merely polishing your most important assets. Unfortunately, I cannot train what I would consider the single most important asset that all Martial Artists ought to have like I train other things."

is

told you, haven't I?" Rui shook his

training my mind."

not talking about your fortitude." He sighed. "I'm talking about your intellect. The decisions you make are going to affect your attempt to the entrance exam more than

isn't like studies, being smart is not more important than being strong."

to shaking his head. "Being smart is part of being strong. And isn't intelligence that is the most important parameter,

person. You don't have to be smart, you just have to use the smarts you have

She

you how to walk," Rui told her. "But what is just as important as knowing how to walk is knowing which direction

"Does this direction have something to do with the

scratched his head. This was where his analogy started becoming strange, but

delayed my leave enough. This will be our last class before the entrance exam. You've worked hard, you've put in almost every conceivable effort to maximize your chances in the entrance exam. Now you just have to go all out and not worry about the outcome."

do her best and perform excellently, but statistically, she was