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.

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

going," Rui nodded as they headed out of

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

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

the surroundings with his sharp senses and

the G'ak'arkan Tribe,') Rui

they made

try and snipe them from a great distance away. The fact that they

the initiative 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

diplomatic missions to try and negotiate a way to try and

had no intention of

quite some time for them to reach the top of the mountain. Rui could have skywalked to the very top very

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

back, he saw several humans

in the distance were

slow and measured strides forward, as his assistants nervously

tense, so much so that one could

was calm and relaxed, yet inwardly he was sweating

impressions mattered, and they mattered a

it on. He was basically a glowing

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

they thought. Rui was the only one who knew that wasn't necessarily

here?" An older man stepped forward amongst all of the approaching warriors of the