The Martial Unity

"And thus… we require you to reign over the settlement for the time being of the exchange…" Martial commissioner Derun told him.

Rui had contacted Martial Commissioner Derun soon after, to find her beaming at him as though she was his aunt.

"You've really managed to cleanly complete this diplomat endeavor that has been plaguing the Department of Foreign Affairs for many years, in just a matter of three months," She sighed in appreciation. "They're quite impressed, so much so that they have insisted on retaining you."

"I've already made my stance on that quite clear, I'm afraid," Rui shook his head.

"And I have conveyed that to them, don't worry," She told him, before turning to Rui. "I forgot to inform you, but your grade will most likely be pushed to grade five."

Rui raised an eyebrow at that.

"You were already quite close, being able to keep up with grade-five Martial Squires quite well, and then you got even stronger. On top of that, your feats in the battles against the K'ulnenTribe are quite impressive."

"I see…" Rui nodded with a smile on his face. "That's very nice to hear."

He had known he could take on grade-five Martial Artists for a while now. Though he wasn't too very hurried with getting the Martial Union to allow him to leave.

After all, he cared more about progressing in his Martial Art than he did care about the fact that he was officially a grade-five Martial Squire.

of reaching the quire Realm. That's a record, you know," She glanced

piece of information interesting. Aside from taking a bit of pride in it,

commissioner," Rui replied. "It's

is remarkably wise coming from a Martial Artist of your inexperience," She

Artist, and yet your combat prowess is two grades above your physical limit. That indicates an immensely potent Martial Path and powerful techniques." She remarked. "I've heard that you have expressed interest in

hadn't realized it when I went through the descriptive reports, but actually witnessing it in the flesh was quite revealing. The technique will definitely benefit me a lot just by learning and straightforwardly applying it. However, if I am able

Martial Union. We need every ounce of power that we can get our hands on, you see. The greater the power we possess, the greater the ability we have

Her expression grew intense.

a strange feeling about

narrowed. "What… are you

She replied as though it was the most obvious thing ever. "The very Kandrian government is our enemy that we have no choice but to

as he

our sworn enemies…? Why in the world would you say something like that,

be obvious by now, am I

saying that, but he

humans who have shed a portion of their mortality and surpassed their limits. They have transcended ordinary humanity. How does it make sense for Martial Artists like you to acquiesce to the royal family, who are merely ordinary humans?" She turned towards Rui. "Martial

few seconds, waiting for her to say

But it never came.