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 nodded as

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

the mountain that they cared so much about. It was narrow, flexible, and

could already sense motion in the surroundings with

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

the small convoy as they made their way up

away. The fact that they hadn't probably meant that the G'ak'arkan Tribe was

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 interactions to increasingly

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

had no intention of joining

time for them to reach the top of the mountain. Rui could have skywalked to the very top very quickly, but he didn't want to leave behind

so much so that even Rui

he saw several

distance were visible signs of

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

so much so that one could nearly

relaxed, yet inwardly he was sweating

and

he put it on. He was basically a glowing beacon that irresistibly drew the attention of the

Martial Artist knew that

was the only one

brings you here?" An older man stepped forward amongst all of the