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.

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

interesting. Aside from taking a bit of pride in it, however, there wasn't much of a reaction from

not a race, commissioner," Rui replied. "It's a marathon, and you

coming from a Martial

your combat prowess is two grades above your physical limit. That indicates an

revealing. The technique will definitely benefit me a lot just by learning and straightforwardly applying it. However, if I am able to

growth of all Martial Squires is highly desirable to the 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 to deal with

Her expression grew intense.

strange feeling about those

"What… are you

obvious thing ever. "The very Kandrian government is our enemy that we have no choice but to cooperate

his eyebrows as he felt something was

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

should be obvious by now, am

saying that, but

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 Artists ought to be the ruling class. Anyone who opposes that is

for a few seconds, waiting for her to say 'I'm

But it never came.