The Martial Unity

"What does it mean to be a part of the Floating Sect?" Rui asked cautiously. "What are the obligations and duties of a member? What are the rules?"

"Despite the name, the Floating Sect is not a singular cohesive group," The Martial Squire replied. "It is more of… an association of those bound by some mutual interests. As for duties and obligations, the biggest one is that you're obligated to fight to protect the Floating Sect from those that wish to destroy it in order to assume control over the island. You're also obligated to handle the initiation of newcomers every once in a while as I am doing to the two of you."

"…That's it?" Rui raised an eyebrow with suspicion.

"That's it," He replied. "Asides from that, you can train and live here for as long as you wish, assuming you can protect your chamber from those who seek to steal your position, and you follow the rules."

"Since only Martial Artists can step onto this island, how is the Sect maintained? With such infrastructure, as well as the acquisition of necessary goods and services, the training Martial Artists can't possibly undertake such duties themselves."

The Floating Sect sounded and looked like a place that was difficult to maintain. Furthermore, the chambers sounded like they were taxing facilities that most certainly required constant maintenance and supplies.

These were tasks that were maintained by logistical employees and specialists. They were not tasks for high-grade Martial Artists.

"The Floating Sect's management department is comprised of ordinary humans and enslaved Martial Squires," Squire Veelioen replied. "They handle all of the necessary tasks in this regard."

"Enslaved Martial Squires?" Rui's eyes narrowed.

but were given a choice between death or servitude. Those that chose the latter became part of the

how long is their bondage supposed to

escape, in which case we will swiftly execute them before they are able to

"…"

even more cutthroat than the Shionel Confederation but for Martial Artists as opposed to

management department you mentioned survive in this environment?" Rui asked about

create a human-friendly environment. They also have access to special full-body suits that can temporarily allow them to step out of the human-friendly zones.," The man replied. "This is also something you need to keep in mind because

could actually understand the rationale behind this strict

group or society that were overlooked, but they were

whose foundation was unique and extreme due to their environment. It made the duties of the management department extremely important. If a clumsy Martial Artist caused damage to the personnel or the infrastructure that was needed to sustain them, then it could end up being quite crippling to the Floating Sect. Given that they

causing any problems to the management department as a Martial Artist at least was heavy. Especially when there were many Martial Squires that treated human

heard about the enslavement part,"

a single one of them has left Floating Sect ever since,"

at a block

you may stay here for about twenty days before you are to initiate a challenge, or you will be required to

was a time limit. Otherwise, someone would be able to stay in the initiate block indefinitely while benefitting from