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.

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

going," Rui nodded as they headed out of

was a motorized chariot that was specifically meant to travel through narrower paths of the mountain. It

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 burned special esoteric substances that caused a lot of

the surroundings with his sharp senses and

G'ak'arkan Tribe,')

maintained their distance from the small convoy as they made

prayed that they wouldn't use long-range 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 was not

quite a long time of occasional but regular contact with the Martial tribes. Over many years, contact and communication slowly and painstakingly elevated from highly cautious and tense interactions to increasingly

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

had no intention

reach the top of the mountain. Rui could have skywalked to the very top very quickly, but he

of the mountain was scenic and picturesque, so much so that even Rui paused

saw several

were visible signs of a

got off the chariot slowly, as he took slow and measured strides forward, as his

was tense, so much so that one

and relaxed, yet inwardly

and they mattered

his mind mask since he put it on. He was basically a glowing beacon that irresistibly drew the attention of the warriors of

them were Martial Squires, yet every Martial Artist knew that they were

thought. Rui was the only

older man stepped forward amongst all of the approaching warriors