The Martial Unity

The two of them had already gained a lot of insight into their opponent based on the first exchange.

She's fast. Prince Reese narrowed his eyes. It didn't feel like plain speed.

His defense is as high as his offense. Squire Frinjschia stared at him with an impassive expression. Hurting him is going to be difficult.

It hadn't taken more than a single exchange for the both of them to not only get a foundational grasp on their opponent but also a good grasp on the dynamics of the battle.

Unless she has some absurdly powerful grade-ten defensive techniques, she cannot withstand more than one attack from me. Prince Reese realized. My win condition is getting a single hit on her.

His circumstances were a lot more straightforward and simpler than hers. Specialized Martial Artists were usually less flexible than all-rounders, but it meant that they did not have the predicament of choice. There was a much lesser probability of making the wrong choice because they had very few choices in the first place.

It was different for all-rounders. By definition, they had all the choice in the world. It gave them more flexibility than any other class of Martial Artists. But it also meant that the difficulty of choosing the right choice was greater.

This was something that every all-rounder had to tangle with.

Rui regarded her empathetically. Of course, he had an entire system of thought that he had personally researched and developed that dealt with this dilemma, in addition to his extreme strategic intelligence, so he didn't suffer due to that problem all that much.

He glanced back between them. He had an inkling of what her Martial Path was, but he would need to see a little more for confirmation.

she had two choices on how to proceed strategically. She could either choose to aim to take him down by accumulating damage with countless strikes over a longer period of time, or she could hope to rely on particular circumstances with her most powerful technique and knock him

former offered stability and lowered the risk of

to accumulate minute damage bit by bit over an absurd amount of time and effort. It was a herculean task, but as

This was because the mechanics of being knocked out were fundamentally different from

she would need to fight more aggressively and take more risks in order to exploit more openings and

if she went with the conservative strategy of

mostly impossible for her to try a

grew taut as a pivotal point of

likely decide the outcome of the fight. They were too close

too did not know what was the right choice, the issue was that he didn't have a good grasp of what either side was

the moment

Rui realized her decision

WHOOSH!

flashed forward with incredible speed, racing

He smiled enthusiastically.

the

to Rui, given her age, he had expected her to be a lot more conservative and composed in her approach. Yet she didn't seem to

She wanted to win!