The Martial Unity

Rui tapped his feet as he waited in the cockpit.

"The island has come in view," Captain Crartas as he gestured, before turning around to the crew of sailors behind him. "Alright folks, let's slow down according to protocol,"

Rui ignored the surge in the bustling of the sailors behind him. "Why slow down when the island is that close?"

"It was protocol that came into play after we realized that they cooperate better when we aren't rushing at them at top speed. They're a paranoid bunch," The captain replied.

"They already know we're here," Rui replied.

Half of the coast of Vilun Island was sharp cliffs with dangerous rock formations that protruded from below the surface. The other half was more gentle beaches that the M'etKanun Tribe resided near.

The Martial Union had no intention of infringing on the territory of one of the Martial Tribes of Vilun Island with a cruise ship, thus the only route was to scale up the cliffs that were naturally uninhabited.

Of course, the intelligence made it clear that they would not be able to interact with the M'etKanun Tribe due to their frequenting the oceans around the island.

That was why Rui was waiting for the inevitable confrontation with the M'etKanun Tribe.

He had worn the attire that the Martial Union had given to represent them, and he also had his mind mask ready and prepped to put on the second he sensed something or was alerted of something.

Rui was actually quite grateful that he had other Martial Artists engaging in surveillance because his sensory techniques weren't of much use. Tempestuous Feel was utterly useless when it came to sensing phenomena underwater, while Seismic Mapping was largely useless due to how different sound waves propagated underwater vs how seismic radiation propagated on land.

Unless the M'etKanun Tribe was incompetent enough to generate tremendous amounts of noise underwater, he would not be able to sense them coming up to him.

how useless he was in aquatic

allow that to remain this way in the long

intention of reneging on. That meant that he would need to learn how to adapt to even

they

Crartas was frozen mid-air. Rui walked out of the cockpit briskly as he headed toward the

shot

Rui nodded. "You have 'it'

"Of course, sir."

thing aside from a few fish, except for his eyes that saw several human figures emerge to the surface of

garbs that seemed to be fashioned from the aquadynamic scales of aquatic animals and other adornments that all originated

designs across their body

drew his attention

prepared and

knew that they, like all other Martial Tribes, had no problem with picking a fight with the entire ship

well. For he had long donned the most powerful mind mask

him felt bewildered at his tremendously

was the most powerful Martial Artist on the boat. Of course, this was only because he had told Senior Ceeran to wrap his aura and vibe as deep as he

it seemed to work

smiled at them as he spread his arms, speaking fluent Vilun dialect. "We

island, outsider?" The strongest Martial

He didn't bear any hostile intentions, but he wasn't

come in peace," Rui repeated, before continuing. "We come for friendship, and we have a gift to offer to the