The Martial Unity

Once the ship hit the island, the protocols were to immediately set up an elementary preliminary security perimeter around the ship. The ship was the most important asset to the mission as that was the only easy way back home. Thus the Martial Union had stuffed her up with enough Martial Artists to protect her at all costs.

The second step in the chain of protocols was to construct a temporary preliminary base on neutral territory.

The base, of course, was no more than a set of tents that would be guarded by the security team. The necessary supplies and personnel would be escorted by the cliffside by the skywalking Martial Squires.

"Just a day, correct?" Rui asked.

"Yes sir," A man behind nodded. "As soon as that is done, we initiate the diplomatic negotiations."

Rui nodded as he turned back to face the mountain at the center of the island.

The development proceeded quickly, as Rui and the diplomatic team completed the final steps of preparation for the diplomatic endeavor.

A day later, it was time

"Are you ready, Stemple, Zeyra?" Rui asked the two people behind him.

The two of them were dressed in highly professional attire themselves. They carried briefcases that contained files and documents that were translated into the Vilun Dialect.

Rui turned as he breathed deeply.

The time for the first swing had arrived.

game plan had been set, and now it was time for Rui to make

Rui nodded as they

travel through narrower paths

not give the G'ak'arkan Tribe any reason to dislike their little convoy, and that included not harming the natural environment of the mountain that they cared so much about. It was narrow, flexible, and even far more silent than a standard motorized chariot that

motion in the surroundings with his

of the G'ak'arkan Tribe,') Rui

the small convoy as they made their way up a

techniques to try and snipe them from a great distance away. The fact that they hadn't probably meant that the G'ak'arkan Tribe

all of the Martial Tribes, it had taken quite a long time of occasional but regular contact with the Martial tribes. Over many years, contact

to try and negotiate a way to try and obtain their highly-guarded techniques.

had no intention of joining that

quite some time for them to reach the top of the mountain. Rui could have

much so that even

turned back, he saw several

them in the distance were visible signs of a

he took slow and

was tense, so much so that one could nearly cut it with

demeanor was calm and relaxed, yet inwardly he was sweating

and

why he hadn't retracted his mind mask since he put it on. He was

every Martial Artist knew that they were

the only one who knew

forward amongst all of the approaching warriors of the G'ak'arkan