The Martial Unity

"There's no doubt about you," She sighed, before turning to Kane. "But it's your turn now."

She needed first-hand knowledge of both of them, and that meant fighting Kane as well. Kane nodded, acquiescing, and the two of them quickly stood some distance apart from each other, before taking their stances.

Kane, as always, took his light-footed stance, while Squire Ferilwal took her shoot stance.

Rui watched with interest as he analyzed the battle.

('Their win conditions is straightforward,') Rui mused. ('If Kane gets caught, he loses, if he can keep away for long enough, he'll be able to win.')

Rui suddenly recalled something as he narrowed his eyes exerting some pressure on Kane to draw his attention. Kane glanced at Rui with a raised eyebrow.

Rui simply shook his head once.

Kane stared at his him, nodding once, before turning back.

Soon enough, the battle began.

DASH!

She shot forward, as was predictable aiming for Kane with her arms. Much to Rui's relief, he casually evaded with visible ease.

Rui sighed in relief. He wasn't worried that Kane wouldn't be able to evade her initial glance, he was just happy that Kane didn't go all out.

He didn't use Void Step.

used it here, he would be expected to use it

it even if

that

lashed out against Kane again, lashing out at his

wasn't quick

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evaded by leaping into the

POW!

gut, allowing him to

with irritation, annoyed by his speed. However, Kane could

two as far as striking power went. Unlike Rui, he did not possess the ability to inflict major damage on her with every attack.

amount of distance between himself and Rui in order to avoid

was still dealing with a decently powerful Martial Artist, Squire Ferilwal abandoned her aggressive shooting strategy the second she saw that it wasn't as effective as she had hoped it would

she's clever,') Rui

to a losing strategy that would only drain her

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her ground this time, making slower progress as she slowly covered the gap between herself and Kane. Rather than aggressively shooting in his direction, she chose

strategy,') Rui mused. ('Her maneuvering is greater than mine as a way to

but not to the degree where he could run circles around her. Furthermore, with her remarkably large wingspan, she was able to cover a lot of area at any given

tag, as Kane quickly realized that

eventually stopped running away and faced her head-on, preparing his palm for his jabbing

instant, his jab shot forward to her solar plexus in