The Martial Unity

"Don't you want to know what happened, big brother?" Mana raised an eyebrow.

"The details don't matter as much, but yes." Rui nodded. "Whenever you want to."

Mana paused for a moment, before sighing. "We ran into a Martial Apprentice. He broke my jaw and Max's ribs."

That was about as strong as any justification for a loss one could have. Of course, that didn't make things better, a loss was still a loss.

"By the time we could even gather ourselves, it was already over." Max gritted his teeth. "That girl, Crea Jenken? She broke through to the Apprentice Realm and wiped the floor with that other Martial Apprentice. Damn, I wish I was li-"

"Wait." Rui paused abruptly, trying to conceal his shock with a mind mask. "You're telling me a girl broke through?"

"Yeah." Max nodded.

"Her name was Crea Jenken? You're sure?" He asked in an unassuming tone.

"Pretty sure that's what they called her when they passed her." Max scratched his head.

The two would have noticed something odd in his demeanor had they been in a normal state of mind, but they were too consumed by themselves to do so.

"Mmm..." Rui nonchalantly nodded.

Inside, though...

truly shocked. ('No,

Realm so soon and in the middle of the entrance exam. He was sure that she was still very far away from

three months ago in

eyes widened a

that could potentially be

discovery of the Martial Path is fundamentally about self-awareness...') Rui noted as he came to a realization. ('In the past three months, I have been systematically increasing her

VOID algorithm could be applied to aid with the self-exploration process needed to gain the degree of self-awareness to discover one's Martial

I discovered a way to increase the

crept down

you ok, big brother?" Mana asked,

it's just a little

"But you're sweating."

"It's humid, after all."

the Martial Union finds

to consider what would happen if they found out about his strong suspicions. He would be the golden goose that could accelerate the journey

political struggle between the Martial Union and the Royal Family. It could allow Martial Art to truly overrun the world and become

and the situation was infinitely more complex and nuanced than that. However, there were many more considerations that flew into his head that were perhaps

If any stakeholder got their hands on him, they would force him to spit out the method to increase