The Martial Unity

Yet it appeared that he wasn't one to give up so easily, either. He immediately lashed out, rushing in towards the spear wielder. The moment he stepped into range, the spear flashed forward racing to impale him.

Yet Squire Janeau leaped diagonally to the side, avoiding the spear, and closing the distance a bit.

Because spears had lesser flexibility, they could not easily attack targets that weren't directly ahead within their striking range. This was what Squire Janeau hoped to use to close the distance between them.

Yet, it appeared that he was still underestimating the monk.

The moment the latter saw the maneuver, the spear as he rapidly shifted it from hand to hand towards the approaching Squire Janeau.

THWACK!

The powerful weapon slammed hard into Squire Janeau. The man gritted his teeth as he blocked the powerful weapon with both arms, only to be launched backward with the force of the impact.

"I won't let you get your claws on me that easily, beast." The monk declared confidently.

Squire Janeau gritted his teeth. "I'm going to tear you apart!"

Rui watched with vague interest as the two of them continued their fierce competition. Squire Janeau continued applying as many possible solutions to getting past the man's annoying counter-offensive and defense. The monk instead did everything he could to keep Squire Janeau away.

he moved the spear, it almost disappeared in Rui's vision. It was incredibly fast, and even more lethal. The edge of the spear was sharper than Rui could even sense. He doubted that even Nemean Blossom would be able to withstand the offense without taking any

other hand, reminded Rui a lot of Nel. The two of them had the same wild aggression that resembled what one would expect from a predatory monster as

like that. The man's speed was incredibly high, allowing him to dodge the spear routinely. Rui didn't even want to imagine what it felt like to get hit with either those razor-sharp claws or the fangs in

of strategic and tactical intelligence. He didn't just blindly stick to one

was concerned. He almost certainly would not be fighting either one of them in the final round. They would need

feeling that that was not going

did catch him by

SPLAT!

Janeau's shoulder... but that wasn't enough to stop him from ripping off a good chunk of the

The monk grimaced as he immediately tried

on the other hand, was ecstatic.

bit off, fell from his mouth. "I told you didn't

unperturbed by the spear wound. "...This ain't

What followed was inevitable.

size of a spear meant that it needed to be wielded by both arms. It could not be used to anywhere near its full potential with only

had brought this

to

one's Martial Art, then Rui would most certainly have gone to extensive means to protect them. At the very least, he would

doubtful that anything short of a full-fledged

The monk exclaimed once Squire Janeau's claws