The Martial Unity

"So you're the new Martial Squire that the entire town has been abuzz of, hm?" A sharp-eyed woman remarked with a detached tone. "One of the few Martial Artists to have ever passed the general science exam to become a journeyman scholar, that too only after ten days of preparation. Perhaps you chose the wrong field."

Soon after they signed the contract with the town of Crexeet, they were quickly led to the Department of Defense, where they met with the head of defense Squire Ferilwal.

"Pleasure to meet you, Squire Ferilwal," Rui greeted her, ignoring her remark.

"Come along, there are some things that need to be done," She told them as she led the two of them into a large facility.

"Erh, what exactly do we need to do?" Kane asked, breaking the silence.

"Why, I thought that should be obvious, surely," She remarked as she turned towards them.

"Uh, no?"

"You'll be proving your worth," She said as she led them deep beneath the facility, into a large facility. "Proving your worth as Martial Artists."

"A Martial Artist who can crack scholarly exams is worthless as a Martial Artist," She narrowed her eyes. "The fact that you possess a foundation to be able to pass that exam, and not just pass it, but get almost a full score makes me doubt your abilities as a Martial Squire. Your presence as a Martial Artist is scarce, too."

She raised her arm, gesturing with her index finger. "Prove to me you're worth something."

Rui wasn't even mad at her words. In truth, there was validity to what she was saying.

He was a young Martial Squire, and although he didn't disclose his identity, his youth was not something that could be hidden. The fact that he was able to perform well in a scholarly field would normally mean an immense amount of effort in that field that wasn't put into Martial Art.

was a reasonable conclusion that someone would come to. He would have concluded

space, you can go all out and not worry about damage," She continued. "Before we begin, what

do not

Martial Artist with 'adaptive evolution' which is what Rui was known to have. Even if the probability of this happening was low from Rui's perspective because the

any personal information that they did not want to, and this most certainly included

snorted as she glared at both of them. "I'll squeeze it out of

tension in the air spiked

And then it began.

shot forward at incredible speeds, staring straight at Rui. Kane stepped away, clearly recognizing that

narrowed his eyes as he made a split-second

chose to run

hips, and there was no torque build-up to

lash out, he was quite certain that she

she chose this place instead of an open field,) Rui

it meant that simply retreating to constantly maintain a large gap between them was not possible,

not kept up with his striking or his long-range techniques, something he was now regretting in hindsight. He would definitely need

didn't need

THWOOM!

Roar Flash Blast technique shot forward

BAM!