The Martial Unity

"What did you just say?" The man growled.

"I said..." Rui leaned in closer, "Your plan is sub-optimal. My specialty does not lie in infiltration. I can hide my identity as a Martial Squire very well, yes, but there's more to infiltration than that. I would effectively be no different from a normal human trying to infiltrate the Senate building of the Capitol block. The intelligence and security agencies or departments or whatever they are will instantly sniff out someone of my caliber. Furthermore, my unnatural features draw attention to me, so there will be eyes on me."

Rui sharply and aptly highlighted the problems with the plans that the man had laid out. He was sure that the man was somewhat aware of these considerations, he didn't come across as a fool. Yet the fact that he proposed such a plan meant that he had some reason to.

('He's likely constrained by resources and funds.') Rui mused. ('The Republic of Mernea doesn't have Martial Artist above the Squire Realm it seems.')

This wasn't particularly surprising considering how difficult the path to Martial Senior seemed. There were other clues that Rui had picked up to gain a clearer understanding of the limits of the security at hand.

('I'd learned that they were very low-grade Martial Squires protecting the target,') Rui thought to himself. ('The fact that low-grade Martial Squires are the best the nation can muster to protect the senators of the Republic is very telling...')

Rui speculated that the Republic of Mernea probably discovered or obtained the secret to the Squire Realm very recently, historically speaking.

('Definitely no more than five years ago, purely based on the grade of the Martial Squires at hand.') He mused.

Had it been more than ten years ago, then he highly doubted that the best they could muster would be low-grade Martial Squires, they would have at least developed some mid-grade Martial Squires in that timeframe.

he was definitely much stronger than any individual Martial Squire.

see me coming from a mile away.') He

could fight at once. He was not confident of taking on the entire outer team, winning, and killing the target before the

words, stirring a bit before finally looking back at Rui. "You said you

snipe him from

man's expression darkened as

out why. There is no way you can possibly make

his mask. "Trust me, I can make

Squire who doesn't even specialize in long-range accuracy, make outlandish statements

"If I fail, I'll do you ten

as he wordlessly stared

of Rui's failure probably weren't even that severe, Rui speculated. Hell, a failed assassination was probably not that bad either as far as fulfilling the purpose of the commission, though the man probably had incentives to want the

the costs

man a payment, if he

information regarding the wealth and Martial prowess of the Republic of Mernea, Rui was relatively certain that ten free commissions from a Martial Squire himself was a highly

sign that right now?" The man asked with a serious face as he put