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.

it was time

going," Rui nodded as they

to travel through narrower paths of the mountain. It would cause a

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

sense motion in the surroundings with his sharp senses and techniques.

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

distance from the small convoy as they made their

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

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

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

had no intention of

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

of the mountain was scenic and picturesque, so much so

he saw several humans walking

distance were visible

slowly, as he took slow and

tense, so much so that one could

relaxed, yet inwardly he

impressions mattered, and they mattered

was basically a glowing beacon that irresistibly drew the

were Martial Squires, yet every Martial Artist

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

amongst all of the approaching warriors of the G'ak'arkan