Rui gritted his teeth lightly as pain flowed through his veins, simultaneously, several syringes piercing into his limbs, injecting another liquid seemingly, having a cooling effect on the pain sensation, lessening it as time passed.

Soon, it was entirely gone, causing Rui to heave a sigh of relief.

"Squire Quarrier, the procedure has been completed, we will be unshackling you. However, the chamber will remain closed for a while as per protocols. As long as you can demonstrate that you have sufficiently high control over your new state, you will be released."

"Understood," Rui replied.

CLACK

All of the mechanical shackles opened.

('Fifteen percent less effort than usual,') Rui noted.

He exhaled before sitting upright slowly.

"Woah," Rui muttered.

He felt much lighter than before, though nothing too debilitatingly different.

After all, this was an overall fifteen percent boost, not a fifteen percent boost in every single physical parameter identically. The difference was manageable.

Rui turned slowly, as his feet touched the ground. He exhaled before getting up on his feet with as little effort as possible.

('This isn't that bad,') Rui realized as he landed on his feet just fine.

STEP

He carefully took a step forward.

VRMMMM

into an opening in the ground that promptly closed to serve as ordinary flooring,

enough to allow him

STEP

took another step

STEP

STEP

STEP

"Oh this is easy."

motor controls were largely retained because the effort he put in wasn't too different from what he needed to, and what he normally put in. He was stronger, but within reason where

are showing good hand-eye coordination, the fact that you haven't made a single imperfect movement thus far is a very good sign of control. Still, you will be guided out of the

treatment

VRMMM

side of the chamber, it

Rui shrugged, jumping down.

THUD

the exterior of the Martial Union complex, with a

word to Rui as he

of a secret route out of the Martial Union complex. He walked

the risks of sky-walking immediately after the procedure, but he couldn't care

"Woah."

pedaled against the atmosphere. Sky-walking required skill to leverage the power of the Martial

far he was from his normal degree of comfort, familiarity, and accuracy he

muttered as he increasingly regained all of the finesse he had with

WHOOSH

nail a somersault

patches here and there, but not bad at all."

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