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

going," Rui nodded as they headed out of the

outside was a motorized chariot that was specifically meant to travel through narrower paths of

made sure to 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 burned special esoteric

the surroundings

the G'ak'arkan Tribe,')

small convoy as they made their way up

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

build good decent, albeit superficial, relationships with 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 and communication slowly and

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

no intention of

Rui could have skywalked to the very top very quickly,

top of the mountain was scenic and picturesque, so much so

he turned back, he saw several humans walking

them in the distance were

slowly, as he took slow and measured strides forward,

much so that one could

relaxed, yet inwardly he

and they mattered

why 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

every Martial

at least, so they thought. Rui was the only one who knew that

forward amongst all of the approaching warriors