The Martial Unity

The many sights that Rui saw were quite fascinating. He saw all kinds of people, cultures, nations, and environments.

The esoteric and exotic nature of the physical landmass was already known to him. It was the reason why crazy phenomena like dungeons, and floating islands were possible. In their travels to the Thundering Valley, they came across strange phenomena that they had never seen before.

"Is that village inside a tree?" Kane's eyes widened when they stumbled across a huge tree with holes in and out through it while traveling through the Great Forest of Xar. An evergreen forest was said to be rich with esoteric flora and fauna.

They had come across a strange tribe of people that lived inside a big tree with a vertically extending village.

Unfortunately for Rui and Kane, these tribe's folk did not appear to appreciate outsiders.

"Oh fuck me, they're attacking us!" Kane groaned as he avoided a Squire-level bow and arrow attack.

Rui on the other hand simply stood in place as he gazed at the arrow with curiosity and interest. He could instantly tell that it was made out of extremely durable Squire-level material. The sheer force with which the archers were launching them meant that they certainly were Martial Squires.

"Hey! LOOK!" Kane shook him out of his stupor as a wave of arrows came flying right at them.

WHOOSH

barely evaded, before disappearing into thin air as Kane activated Void

of them quickly scampered away from their

we're being attacked!"

bow and arrow Martial Art…?" Rui murmured. "That should

Aronian. The elder Martial Artist had told Rui that the fields that could serve as Martial paths were limited by how much of the intrinsic capability of human beings that employed. That was why operating esoteric technology that mechanically flung projectiles like muskets could never serve as a Martial Art, the power and the capabilities

where Rui and Kane had disappeared out of their senses. ('That is why they

after all. One needed to draw a bow with force, and that force would get converted into mechanical potential energy

from the human being, it would most likely be a viable Martial Path that

well. The source of power behind sword attacks

to Rui, but he still

did these people

the Squire Realm was not something that one could simply dream up on their own. It was an advanced scientific procedure

highly sophisticated machines and technology. Even if the tribe's Squire evolution breakthrough

same was true for the Martial tribes of Vilun Island…" Rui recalled. "How do such primitive small groups

though he had a large sample size, he couldn't help but wonder if the reason they come about it was not natural, but something orchestrated by someone,