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.

it was time for Rui to make

as they headed

travel through narrower paths of the mountain. It would cause a minimal amount of damage to the surrounding

to dislike their little convoy, and that included not harming the natural environment of the mountain that they cared so much about. It

could already sense motion in the surroundings with his sharp

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

maintained their distance from the small convoy as they made their way up a

long-range techniques to try and snipe them from a great distance away. The fact that they hadn't

taken quite a long time of occasional but

Union begin the diplomatic missions to try and negotiate a way to try and obtain their highly-guarded techniques. Which led to the history

intention of joining

Rui could have skywalked to

mountain was scenic and picturesque, so much so

turned back, he saw

the distance were visible signs of

he took slow and

was tense, so much so that one could nearly

calm and relaxed, yet inwardly

mattered, and

he hadn't retracted his mind mask since he put it on. He was basically a glowing beacon that irresistibly drew the attention of the warriors of the G'ak'arkan

were Martial Squires, yet every Martial Artist knew that

least, so they thought. Rui was the only one who knew that wasn't

man stepped forward amongst all of the approaching warriors