The Martial Unity

There was a very concrete example of this. In his previous mission at Mt Zurtun, he had run into a powerful defensive Martial Artist who could entirely negate the entirety of Rui's offensive arsenal. He had, to some degree, turned into the motivation and inspiration for Project Bounce.

The man's defensive prowess came from techniques that were synergetic enough with his rubberized Martial body. Together, his defensive prowess was far greater than that of an all-rounder Martial Squire like Rui, than it would have been had both of them been Martial Apprentices.

Yet, now that Rui had created the Flux Earther technique, he didn't think there was a significant gap between their defensive prowess at all. Rui was very confident that the Flux Earther technique could replicate all of the feats that the defensive Martial Squire had accomplished in their fight.

One disadvantage that he had was that the defensive technique was an active defensive technique that required his judgment to function while it seemed as though the defensive Martial Squire that he had fought operated with passive techniques.

Still, this could also work out in his favor, since excellent judgment would yield excellent outcomes in the case of active techniques. The same could not be said for passive techniques which were static and largely unchanging generally.

"We'll just have to see whether that will happen or not." Rui shook his head, before turning away and taking off.

Yet he didn't intend to go back to the Quarrier Orphanage. He headed straight toward the town of Hajin. It had been far too long since he had undertaken a mission. Seven months of no real-life action that could make his nerves tingle and his heart pound made him feel like his instincts were dulling. No amount of training could replace the genuine fear of death and uncertainty.

It stimulated a Martial Artist's potential better than any training could possibly do so. Nothing pushed Martial Artists beyond their limits than the possibility of losing the most important thing to them all.

"Yet before that, I have an appointment to be at." Rui smiled, as he looked at his pocket watch.

Soon.

the town of Hajin, before arriving

early, but

all, it had

greeted him as he descended from the

as he

thing that he noted was the low-end Squire-level sense of threat that Rui felt from

entendre. Kane certainly had arrived at their rendezvous, but he

"I have," Kane smirked.

was unlike anything he had sensed from a Martial Squire. It was the kind of pressure that one felt when one noticed a viper camouflaged in plain sight. OR the kind of pressure that one felt when one noticed the scales of a

him of the fact that he had become a Squire candidate, and would be undergoing the breakthrough to the Squire

the modified Mind-Switch technique that Rui had given him, realizing its use after he had mastered it. However, he only learned

finally contacted Rui again, informing him he had successfully broken through and

was the Squire

Kane sighed wearily. "I cannot tell you how fucking relieved I am to actually be without that suffocating restrictive suit every second of the day. Hell, that was my single best motivation to finish the Squire

power and my body once more so it was worth it."

at the very mention of it. "That was

had