The Martial Unity

"Synergy matters a lot, or so I've been told." Kane shrugged. "Also more individuality is needed apparently, more so than when we were Martial Apprentices. Yay, that's fun. Just what I was hoping when I reached the Squire Realm."

Rui chuckled at the oozing sarcasm from his tone. "Trust me, you want to have both of those. I recently got a successful taste of both, it's actually startling how important both of them are, and how much value they can impart to you."

Kane raised an eyebrow. "You've already developed your techniques from scratch? I guess that shouldn't be surprising considering that you've already done that even before you became a Martial Squire."

"That was a modification." Rui reminded him. Of course, Rui had definitely created techniques from scratch when he created the VOID algorithm, but that took a ridiculous amount of time to fully accomplish.

Besides, he wasn't even sure if the VOID algorithm would count as a Martial Art technique. It felt more accurate to say that it was his Martial Path.

"So?" Kane asked expectantly. "What did you come up with?"

technique and defensive technique," Rui

I bet that long-range technique can kill

exaggerated guesses. Not the two techniques don't feel like much in comparison

"I'm sure they were mind-breakingly difficult

proportion of Martial Squires break through to the Senior Realm. If it's this difficult to take a single step towards that higher Realm,

"I haven't even started yet and you've already made me dread it. Can't I just enjoy being in the Squire

He found it hard to sympathize, on a personal level, with it. This was one avenue where Kane and Rui differed significantly, more than any other area. The long Martial Path that each Martial Artist had to walk, climbing Realm after Realm was a delight

very hard limit to both power and skill that every human had. There was no seemingly endless path that one could walk as far as individual and personal power went. As the biggest fan of martial arts and unarmed

only the sky was the limit for individual power. To Rui, this was something to celebrate and be grateful for.

specific information on Martial Squires. He had to literally memorize foreign research data on the breakthrough to the Squire Realm of a different language, then master said language, then translate the research

And now, he hadn't the faintest idea what the actual breakthrough to Senior Realm was. No

even more inscrutable. Rui had no doubt that any information on Martial