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.

came here to undertake a challenge and failed, but were given a choice between death or servitude. Those that chose

is their bondage supposed

they can end their servitude by trying to escape, in which case we will swiftly execute them

"…"

Floating Sect was even more cutthroat than the

the human employees of the management department you mentioned survive in this environment?" Rui asked about another thing he had been curious

man replied. "This is also something you need to keep in mind because causing damage to these particular facilities or to any human by mistake or by intention is punishable by death. Be sure to steer clear

understand the rationale behind

or society that were overlooked,

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 were so isolated from the rest of human civilization, and even entering and leaving the Floating Sect was a challenge, it meant that if an emerging problem arose that couldn't be solved by the personnel and the resources on the island, fixing it would be

the punishment for 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 life as worthless. Capital punishment was needed to

heard about the

because not a single one of them has left Floating Sect

arrived at a block of

man explained. "It is your housing, for the time being, you may stay here for about twenty days before you are to initiate a challenge, or you will be required to leave the Floating

made sense to Rui that there was a time limit. Otherwise, someone would be able to stay in the initiate block