The Martial Unity

Rui and Kane immediately followed him, relieved that they didn't get caught in a new mess. Rui, however, was a little concerned by his lack of awareness of the circumstances of their new destination.

Normally, whenever he reached a new location for a new endeavor, he was well-prepared ahead of time and knew everything that he needed to know.

However, their previous encounter showed that this was most certainly not the case with Crexeet town.

For instance, he mentioned the Frenten Duchy, and the Senten Kingdom when inquiring about who they were. Why bring that up? He wouldn't have done so if the two nations weren't relevant to the town of Crexeet.

If they were relevant, then what was their relationship with the town of Crexeet?

The intelligence supplied by Chairman Deacon most certainly mentioned that it was a sovereign town.

('That almost certainly means that the relationship between the aforementioned states and the town of Crexeet is not good,') Rui sighed.

Given that a sovereign town was far weaker than a kingdom or a duchy, the power differential naturally meant that the latter would be in a dominant position over the other, and look to control and exploit.

This was just the way things were, generally. The weaker submitted.

The fact that the town of Crexeet hadn't was something that Rui had found interesting but also was the reason that he was worried that the town that they were stepping into and looking to exchange with, in a mutually beneficial relationship. He had managed to deduce the rough circumstances that of the town of Crexeet with just a few words from the Martial Squire who guided them into the town personally.

the town once they entered it, taking note of all significant

vibe to it, one that he was familiar with not in this life, but in

has the air

life to finish his degree in reputed institutions with large campuses that felt like their

that one would expect to see from those involved in fields

Rui frowned.

Why was there a town like this in the middle of nowhere? Why did so many people who

this town, but he wasn't able to see through the core of it

observation he made was the fact that almost all of

a single Martial Artist above the

fact that the town had managed to retain its sovereignty meant a lot of things. It meant that this paltry level of power was enough to assure the independence of the

the surrounding kingdoms

stopped before the largest array of buildings in the town. "Wait in the reception down straight ahead,

a researcher, of all people. He found that quite strange, why would a researcher go through all that effort to

fact that he was inside what looked like a research facility

two of them entered the gates and started walking down, they immediately attracted the eyes of various people. They had put on their Martial uniforms since they needed to reveal their status as Martial Squires, thus it was quite evident that the two of them were

from the students

institute is apparently a research institute for

the more ordinary employees showed them an excessive amount

two of them waited in the reception for nearly half an hour before an employee finally addressed