The Martial Unity

The issue was that seven million Virodhanas were not something a Martial Squire could earn in a short amount of time. He used to only earn the equivalent of a few thousand Virodhabhanas back when he was completing missions in the Kandrian Empire through the Martial Union.

('Tsk,') He tutted.

He was running out of options. He didn't want to spend years grinding on missions through the church, he simply wanted to make sure he got what he wanted as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, he saw very few ways to make it happen.

He briefly considered selling some of his techniques. It was possible that he could earn millions if he sold all of them.

But he instinctively decided against that. His techniques, especially his grade-ten techniques, especially his Metabody techniques were something he was too possessive of to sell to outsiders at the moment. He would need to sell his entire Martial Art if he wanted to close that gap, just selling grade-ten techniques that he was less caring towards such as the Pathfinder and the Riemannian Echo would be far from enough.

('I could probably close the gap if I offered the service of causing breakthroughs and creating Martial Apprentices with my Martial Art.') Rui mused.

But this option he instantly dismissed. Revealing this was as good as signing off his freedom for the rest of his life. The Virodhabhasa Faith would never let him go if he revealed he was capable of such a thing.

It's why he was quite wary about voluntarily divulging the depths of his Martial Art and its techniques. It was one thing if the Virodhabhasa Faith merely observed his Martial Art with no greater context, it was another thing entirely if he revealed that his Martial Path was something that easily fit the description of the Virodhabhasa. Things could end either too well or too bad depending on his luck.

It was yet another reason why he ruled out selling techniques for now. It's not that he was principally opposed to spreading his work, barring Project Metabody for now, but it was too risky and massively increased the amount of insight they would get into his Martial Art than if they just observed him. The probability that they would interpret his Martial Art as one that is connected to the Virodhabhasa was not low enough for Rui to ignore it.

didn't help that Rui was from another world too. If they found that out with a mental

has more credibility and one that he had greater trust in, such as the Martial Union rather than a delusional, but incredibly powerful Martial

engage in something that was more innocuous and one where he could be more assured that the Virodhabhasa Faith was not

like to ask about the patient, Squire Falken?"

back

had flashed across his mind in just a

is a bit out of the purview of your briefing, but… if I perform well in the Virodhabhasa Martial Contest, then will I gain enough favor from the Virodhabhasa

to be asked non-medical questions. Still, he maintained his composure

doctor. "However, such a feat will be extremely difficult, the Martial Squires that partake, to my knowledge, are among the best of the

"…I see," Rui sighed.

choice became more alluring by the

but as every

best Martial Artists in his Realm was something that Rui

could fight against the very best of

like that in the Shionel Confederation, however, back then the circumstances heavily favored him over every other competitor. With the Riemannian Echo and Kane's Void Step, he

to far surpass what he, and everybody else, was otherwise

would have to face

frankly, he looked forward to