The Martial Unity

Not a single person was unperturbed.

How could they be?

For they had just witnessed the birth of the new Virodhabhasa Champion, after all.

One moment, everybody was silent.

And the next, the entire colosseum erupted in cheers.

"WOOOOOHOOOO!"

"MY MAN! I knew you could do it!"

"I'm so glad he beat that crazy freak!"

The colosseum released of all sorts and a festive day broke in the Virodha Theocracy.

"And we have a winner, folks! Squire Falken is the seventy-second Virodha Champion!" The commentator exclaimed with bubbling energy. "Stick around to hear what he has to say!"

Rui, on the other hand, simply stared at Meera, offering her a hand.

She sighed for a moment, before accepting it, struggling to get up under her failing body.

Thankfully, a medical team had already been transported to their locations, supplying them with several potions.

"Congratulations on your victory," Meera wished him with a pensive tone.

"Thanks."

Yet Rui didn't seem as pleased as everybody else.

In fact, he seemed quite displeased now that he had actually won the final match and become the Virodha Champion.

the sole hope of gaining the opportunity to activate

simply stared at

been beaten out of her by Rui's overwhelming power, but she hadn't forgotten his words. She felt a profound weariness in her heart when she recalled what they were. He was just

do after this. Should she continue training for the Virodha Theocracy? Even though she never made too much

want to simply sit around waiting another two years so that she

had a lot

popped in her head. "That reminds me. You owe

his head, consuming a

She smiled. "Now that you have won, you have to do me a

absurd wager." Rui snorted. "Don't even

go to a certain place, and fight

about to retort, yet her next

Region. Squire Tokugawa Ieyasu."

at her with furrowed

your connection

champion of seventieth Virodhabhasa Contest," She

had a gut instinct when Master Deivon told him about the previous champion who defeated Meera, but he had dismissed it as

probability that the champion was Ieyasu Tokugawa

yet, lo and

that his gut instinct was

ask this of me?"

I made him a wager.

his eyebrows "Marriage was

Art was

Rui frowned. 'So she basically fell in love with her own Martial Art reflected in

condition." She continued with a wistful expression. "His condition was that I would continue to participate in the Virodha

widened at those

Squire he knew into a scout for powerful Martial

idea. This way, he didn't need to participate in the Martial Contest each time. He just needed

had done this for other avenues where strong Martial Squires gathered. Maybe he had scouts all over the place scanning the world for a powerful worthy