The Martial Unity

Max and Mana felt a little strange with all the stares at them. Ever since their names had been called out when they were assigned their dormitories, a lot of the other students had been staring at them with amazement and awe, whispering to each other.

"I heard that they're HIS siblings…"

"Do you think that maybe they'd let us meet him…?"

"Uhm, why is everyone staring at us and whispering?" Max scratched his head feeling awkward.

"Because they heard our last name," Mana sighed.

She had already realized that this was coming based on the experience of the induction ceremony, thus she had been more composed.

The two of them quickly headed to their dormitories, before unpacking their things.

"Er, what should we do now?"

"We have a mandatory sparring session with the combat Squire instructor," Mana replied as she went through their schedule.

"Right, what was her name, again?"

"Squire Kyrie…" Mana replied. "She's been teaching in this academy for nearly fifteen years. They say she was one of the top Martial Squires in this town back in her prime. They called her the Berzerker of Hajin."

"I remember big brother telling us about her," Max nodded, before grinning. "He said she was very strong! He said that he couldn't beat her even after he became a Martial Squire."

she went through the rulebook of the Martial Academy. "Come on, we should get

of them quickly changed into their sparring attire before heading toward

number of Martial Apprentices, either sparring with each other or waiting

a powerful presence at the center of the facility, overseeing

least, as strong as their brother, perhaps even stronger. Her aura oozed with the grizzled confidence that came with a lifetime of physical conflict. She did not hold back her mental pressure, uncaring

two of them the second they walked in, sizing them

them bowed deeply.

ring," She

two of them entered the large spacious ring along with nine

two of them ignored the stares of all the other Martial Apprentices, to the

girl looked at them oddly with

and Mana's eyes widened as they recognized. "You… were the one who beat us in last

about to open her mouth to address them when suddenly

the end of this sparring session, you won't have time to do anything other than fight

wave of pressure descended on all of the Martial

Mana gulped as they did their best to maintain their pressure. Rui always hid his mental pressure with the Mind Mask because he disliked the mixed looks of awe and fear that he got from everybody in the vicinity, especially because he did not want to

he didn't was when he was training their mental

Squire Kyrie

merely oppressing their

leave this ring," Squire Kyrie explained impatiently. "I will be restricting

CRACK

before continuing. "In the long time that I have been

Max and Mana pointedly. "…There was one Martial Apprentice who forced me