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."

Martial Academy. "Come on, we should get going for the sparring session already.

into their sparring attire before heading

either sparring with each other or waiting on the

attention was immediately drawn by a powerful presence

down on the minds of all Martial Apprentices, including them. They instinctively felt that she was, at the very least, as strong as their brother, perhaps even stronger. Her aura oozed with the grizzled confidence that came with a lifetime

them the second they walked in, sizing them

of them bowed deeply.

in the center ring," She instructed curtly. "We'll be

them entered the large spacious ring along with nine

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

at them oddly with

a minute," Max's and Mana's eyes widened as they recognized. "You… were the one who

was about to open her mouth to address them when suddenly she was

time to chitchat with each other," Squire Kyrie sternly quashed the interaction. "From now until the end of this sparring session, you won't have time to do anything other than fight me with everything

sharpened as a heavy wave of pressure descended on all of the Martial

always hid his mental pressure with the Mind Mask because he disliked the mixed looks of

time he didn't was when

Squire Kyrie had no intention of

merely oppressing their minds

leave this ring," Squire Kyrie

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neck, before continuing. "In the long time that I have been conducting sparring

glanced at Max and Mana pointedly. "…There was one Martial Apprentice who forced me to go all-out in his time