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.

was time for Rui to make sure he

going," Rui nodded as

specifically meant to travel through narrower paths

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

could already sense motion in the surroundings

G'ak'arkan Tribe,') Rui

as they made their

use long-range techniques to try and snipe them from a great distance away. The fact

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

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

had no intention of joining

have skywalked to the very top very quickly,

the mountain was scenic and picturesque, so much so that even Rui paused for a moment to

he turned back, he saw several humans walking toward

in the distance were visible signs of a

as he took slow and measured strides forward, as his assistants nervously

much so that one could nearly cut

and relaxed, yet inwardly he was sweating

impressions mattered, and they mattered

he hadn't retracted his mind mask since he put it on. He was basically a glowing beacon that

them were Martial Squires, yet every Martial Artist

Rui was the only one

stepped forward amongst