The Martial Unity

"I see. Know that you can consider me as someone you can depend on," Master Deivon informed Rui. "I don't know what your circumstances are, but I'm willing to wager I have the power to offer some assistance if the need ever came."

Rui smiled. "I appreciate that. I will be sure to keep it in mind."

He didn't intend to enlist his aid, however. Assassinating an important political figure of the Shionel Confederation was not something Rui could expect him to help with since the Shionel Confederation was a political partner and ally of the Virodha Theocracy.

And that was fine, he had always intended to do the deed himself.

He was actually quite eager to do the deed himself.

Chairman Deacon was one of the few people who could evoke genuine bloodlust from Rui.

Eventually, their conversation came to an end as Rui headed to his assigned training chamber.

Many tens of thousands of people were dying to witness the final tournament with their own two eyes.

The first three rounds were exciting, but ultimately, they were merely a setup for the finale. The eight finalists were eight of the truly most powerful Martial Artists that Squire Realm could possibly offer. They were the cherry on top of the cream of the crop. The best of the best.

The winner had the capital to claim to be the strongest of them all.

"Who do you think will win?"

"It's gotta be Champion Meera."

put my money on the dark

"He's going to lose."

her twice,

comparable to actual combat," One man snorted. "Just you see,

had a strong vested interest in witnessing the conclusion of the finale of

Martial Squires waiting for him in the contestant stand-by room. Once again, he would be forced to wait for the contest to unfold with his

that the organizers simply wanted to milk the drama to get as much out

were stoic and composed, though none of them could

was Squire Meera, who actually had the audacity to apply some final

her to be quite incomprehensible. She was quite the deviant

noted her incessant obsession with aesthetics, he had long speculated that it

centered around her own subjective sense of aestheticism. It pushed the boundaries of the kind of things that could become a Martial Path. Before this day, he had thought that Martial Paths were limited to fields of combat, they could not be centered around fields that had nothing to do with

Imitative evolution and adaptive evolution would be considered fields of combat even if Martial Artists

Martial Path showed that there were no strict limitations.

probably the reason that she was made a Virodhabhasa

while his mind was at its absolute peak, he was unable to gauge

moment, but he would be an incompetent fool to

like a more stealth-oriented Martial Squire like Kane. It was more

idea how it worked. He had a feeling he would never be able

actually

at

he felt like she was one of the strongest. She was

Her eyes reflected depth.