The Martial Unity

K'ahru grinned at the chieftain's words. "Does that mean-!"

He froze as a wave of anger washed across him.

"Do not interrupt me," The chieftain's sharp eyes glared at him. "I see much merit in both your stances. However, what we lack is the necessary information we need to make this decision. Therefore, I have decided we will wait until we can move with confidence. None of us wish to weaken ourselves with a war that doesn't need to be waged just to be consumed by our real enemies. Yet, at the same time, none of us wish to simply hand over our precious and sacred techniques so easily."

He stood up, indicating the end of the meeting.

K'Mala and K'ahru felt ambivalent, while they did not get what they wanted, at the very least what they definitely didn't want happening did not happen. Thus the outcome was tentatively neutral.

The council dispersed quickly as each member processed what they had learned from it.

Back in the settlement of the Martial Union, Rui and Special Agent Cravis were still concerning themselves with the reaction of the G'ak'arkan Tribe.

in the council meeting

then," Rui shook his head. "The presence of three Martial

Ceeran's natural senses were sharper than all of Rui's sensory techniques combined. This meant that trying to infiltrate the village

only reason I approved Kane infiltrating the village and planting wiretaps," Rui sighed. "Even then, it was extremely dangerous. If the chieftain woke up for any reason, Kane would have zero chance

was not willing to put his best friend on such a

wiretaps, what can the intelligence and analytics teams tell me about the

Special Agent Cravis calmly replied. "For one, we can be assured that they will be

some pride in knowing this. The fact that his Void Pathfinder was able to shock a tribe that had been practicing and refining their

"Well?"

normal state, but given their warped culture as well as the fact that they perceive a Martial Squire instead of a Martial Senior leading our settlement will

asked as he quickly understood

nodded. "However, the problem is that

towards Special Agent Cravis with a knowing expression. "His previous

gesture in the G'ak'arkan Tribe, after all. Although Senior Ceeran never intended to offend the and was merely being brutally honest, that doesn't change