The Martial Unity

Rui frowned inwardly.

Then why did the Martial Master summon Rui if the verification was that simple?

He schooled his body strictly despite his confusion. The Martial Master had already demonstrated a scary amount of insight with his remarkable observation skills.

"You must be confused as to why we're even speaking in this manner if the verification was that simple," The Master remarked. "It's simple really, I came to learn about your techniques by coincidence, and happened to look into the profile of you that we created, and I have to say, I'm impressed."

He studied Rui with interest. "So young, yet so strong, so individualistic. I have never ever seen someone of your youth with a Martial Path as deep as yours."

He leaned forward. "This depth… It far surpasses anything I've ever seen from any Martial Squire ever. Th depth of your Martial Art given your age, is profound!"

Rui recalled Headmaster Aronian remarking the exact same thing many years ago when he was still a Martial Apprentice.

Could it be that Martial Masters in general were able to gain an immense amount of information from any and everything with just a simple glance?

He didn't know, but that only made him more nervous.

The air grew more tense as Rui grew deeply uncomfortable under the penetrative eyes of the Martial Master. It appeared that he was quite interested in whatever about Rui's Martial Path.

Rui was caught a little off-guard. He wasn't entirely sure yet whether this was a positive or a negative thing. It was a shame that he couldn't just get up and excuse himself from the place. But alas, what happened had already happened.

silent. He had already asked, and the Master had already replied. Right now it seemed that he

more moved by the second, his eyes widening with amazement. He didn't make any effort to hide

already grown accustomed to Senior level pressure, able to handle

not for the fact that his mind had undergone two rounds of rapid growth, and his Martial Path was quite deep, as the Master pointed out, there was a

more uncomfortable as the man eyed him from top to bottom. It took him a while before he finally looked

tone. "The hidden power that you lock behind that mask, the depth of your Martial Path, the sheer amount of individuality in

His eyes narrowed.

on the other

as though it

Martial Path, son?" The man

Martial Squire would have wholeheartedly responded with the truth,

But not Rui.

head. "I'm

Path was centered around a dynamic

him was probably impossible for Rui as he was now. He would most likely instantly see through any shallow lie that Rui cooked up while also proving to be a

and accept Rui's unwillingness to divulge too many details about himself. "Those were

that be for, sir?"