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

get going," Rui nodded as

narrower paths of the mountain. It would cause a minimal amount of

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

could already sense motion in the surroundings with his sharp

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

from the small convoy as they made

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

to 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 painstakingly elevated from highly cautious and tense

way to try and obtain their highly-guarded techniques. Which

no intention of

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

scenic and picturesque, so much so that even Rui paused for

he turned back, he saw

the distance were visible signs of a

slow and

much so that one could nearly cut it with

demeanor was calm and relaxed, yet

and they mattered

he put it on. He was basically a glowing beacon that

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

was the only one who knew that wasn't

man stepped forward amongst all of the approaching