The Martial Unity

('I cannot be the only one to survive this ambush,') He knew this.

Out of the sixteen Martial Squires that were ambushed out of the twenty-four, it would be far too suspicious if he, perceived to be the weakest Martial Squire as a grade-B Martial Squire, was the only survivor.

Such an outcome would be extremely hard to believe, and anyone who hears it will definitely find it very odd, even if they didn't suspect anything immediately. He was sure that Chairman Deacon would be very suspicious. He was also sure that Guildmaster Bradt would be quite suspicious too.

Chairman Deacon's suspicions would be that Rui is either hiding his power or is a spy from the group that ambushed his Voidhunters. Guildmaster Bradt knew that Rui was not colluding with the assassins that he had sent, thus he would suspect that Rui is hiding his true power. Furthermore, Guildmaster Bradt also knew that Rui could project power greater than his actual power, a trick that Rui had been forced to reveal to hold a gun to Guildmaster Bradt's head.

This information was enough for the shrewd old man to grow suspicious of Rui being the true identity of the Voider, and that was something Rui would rather avoid being suspected of at all costs.

Thus he needed at least one other, preferably two other Martial Artists to also survive, and thankfully Kane understood what he meant.

This was purely out of self-interest. Rui did not give a damn about the Voidhunters personally, given that they were actually hunting him. If he could get away with being the sole survivor, he would have no problem doing so and abandoning the Voidhunters behind, but couldn't. He was far too careful to make such a careless and short-sighted move.

ongoing battle with Riemannian Echo as he observed

Currently, it's twenty-two Martial Squires vs fifteen, and if not for Squire-Fren taking on three grade-nine Martial Squires, they would have

ensure that they barely managed to avoid death in an inconspicuous manner. Rui approved of this, killing them with his poisoned blade

He was quite confident about surviving and not having their identities revealed. Thus, he focused on his third priority, which was ensuring that his survival was not strange and

his options calmly. ('What

of Martial Squires survived the improbable attack, it became less likely that they were all spies. This was why

pick a survivor from each group may be,')

if a single party survived. It was less likely that these parties all just happened to betray each other for the sake of someone like Guildmaster Bradt when many of these parties had been together for a long

there was a survivor from each group, the probability of betrayal was just

the way to go,') Rui mused as he coldly analyzed and calculated the outcomes and the aftermath of all combinations and permutations

up my mind,') He decided. ('Squire Fren from party Saberstrike, Squire Cale from party

rank went, as the three survivors. This was the objectively best outcome as far as outcomes

the edge of Kane's sensory range

heaved a sigh as they both separated from the fight for a second. "I knew you wouldn't