The Martial Unity

"Hmmm," Rui hummed as he analyzed the latest happenings. "This is rough,"

"Are we screwed?" Kane sighed. "It was a good run while it lasted."

"Relax, we're not screwed," Rui replied. "However, we can forget about trying to explore already discovered floors. From here on out, we should avoid it altogether. We always planned to reach this stage, but perhaps we'll have to accelerate the process. There are too many threats around us. I don't feel comfortable with all of this."

He got up, heading for the door. "I'll be back,"

"Where are you headed?" Kane asked.

"I'll register as a bounty hunter," Rui replied. "Get prepped, we're going dungeon raiding soon enough."

Rui headed towards Deacon Industries where the basic registration process was happening. What surprised Rui when he got there was how large the crowd was.

('What the…') He frowned as he got in line. ('Why on Earth are so many people joining? Surely most of these adventurers have other arrangements. Patrons, contracts, places of employment… How can they possibly also take up something as time-consuming as bounty-hunting when'-)

convey any burdens or responsibilities. It simply allows them to access the intelligence that Deacon Industries is offering to bounty hunters and allows Deacon Industries to keep score on the number of Martial Squire

the Voider, or even try to, they would still have no problems, however, if they did

the registration meant that

and there was no harm

Rui

only intended to register to be able to access the investigative reports on himself, and

be sure that the Voider would register

became more certain that the Voider was among this group, the number of Martial Squires that had already registered and would continue to register would make the suspect pool absurdly large and impractical. It

the possibility that the Voider was accessing information through an associated third party,

negatives were not worth the

Deacon was simply trying to be good-hearted and help the Martial Squires. Rui

the Voider to act a certain way, or choose to make a certain decision that Chairman Deacon would be

Voider that they had managed to develop a way that allowed them to narrow down the Voider's positions through his Martial attire marked with some esoteric substance, then the

he kept tabs on all the Martial Squires, he might just be able

Deacon was also using this bounty to get into the mind of the Voider and manipulate him to reveal himself using elaborate deception, traps, and even