"This feeling…"
How could he not recognize it? He had sensed it countless times in his life.
"Martial Apprentice…" He murmured as he rapidly reached their location.
The two of them paused their sparring match as their senses picked up his approach. They turned to meet him with smiles on their faces.
Even before Rui could talk to them, he had already noticed how much they had grown. Their energy was calmer and more composed. They had lost their childish and immature demeanor. Their eyes, which used to be filled with wonder and curiosity, were not filled with determination.
Rui felt his heartache at the thought that he missed their breakthrough to the Apprentice Realm. It was a shame, but alas, it could not be helped.
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He landed before them.
"The two of you…" He smiled. "To say that you have made me proud is an understatement. Congratulations, you are now Martial Artists."
He ruffled their head in adoration, though perhaps they were getting too old for it, admittedly.
"Thank you, big brother," Mana beamed at his praise.
bro!" Max
been the surprise, eh?" Rui chuckled. "It's not nice to keep secrets from your
We wanted to tell you about the news
them shared a
tell me about your Martial Paths," Rui
expressions grew more
of combat focuses on three-dimensional maneuvering for defensive and offensive applications. No attack must
"Interesting…" Rui nodded.
had fought all this time. She always placed and timed her movements to position herself most appropriately. Thus
had a feeling he knew what his Martial
"I rush, gather as much energy I can, and break my opponents
and throwing every ounce of energy that he had gathered into a single
used to have, to the extreme. Of course, this meant that his Martial Art
had reached fearsome heights purely focusing on
that came to
incorporated elements of other techniques into it to elevate the technique. But it was still considered
It was because they gave everything to that one singular thing. Dedicated everything they had to offer in one direction, and they were able to accomplish
lethality and dangerousness of his
grown so much better, and yet why can't
attention from others, after all. He had no interest in being the object of attention of
was especially the case when considering the fact that he had been walking around with the
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