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.

and now it was time for

Rui nodded as they headed out

was specifically meant to travel through narrower paths of the mountain. It would

mountain that they cared so much about. It was narrow, flexible, and even far more silent than a

could already sense motion in the surroundings with his sharp senses and

of the G'ak'arkan

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

try and snipe them from a great distance away. The fact that they hadn't

of occasional but regular contact with the Martial tribes. Over many years, contact and communication slowly and painstakingly elevated from highly

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

intention of

have skywalked to the very top very quickly, but

mountain was scenic and picturesque, so much so

he turned back, he saw

them in the distance were visible

off the chariot slowly, as he took slow and

that one could nearly cut it with a

and relaxed, yet inwardly he was sweating

impressions mattered, and they mattered a

his mind mask since he put it on. He was basically a

Squires, yet every Martial Artist knew that they were all

Rui was the only one who

amongst all of the approaching warriors