The Martial Unity

The two of them continued discussing a few more matters. It had been a while, and Rui was curious to learn everything that he had missed.

"Your siblings are doing well," Commissioner Reze informed him. "Our intelligence indicates that they were distressed at your disappearance, but have come to terms with reality. They voluntarily graduated from the Martial Academy a few months ago, and have begun completing open Apprentice-level commissions."

Rui smiled melancholically when he heard that.

Though his heart ached when he heard about the pain he had caused them, he was still pleased to hear that they had been doing well.

"I'd like to make a contribution to the Martial Union." Rui pulled a small booklet from a pocket in his gaudy attire. "I prepared this for you when I saw you at the first banquet."

Commissioner Reze raised an eyebrow with interest. "Oh? This is unexpected."

"This is Hungry Pain. It's a powerful Apprentice-level technique," Rui explained. "It substantially increases the power of the Martial Body produced by the Squire evolution breakthrough process. I want you to give this to Max and Mana, and get them to master it before they become Martial Squires."

Commissioner Reze's eyebrow rose. "That is a bold claim, we would need to see substantial evidence of that."

grinned. "If you recall, my Martial Body started off

discrepancies with the predicted performance parameters and your actual power. Are

"It was thanks to this

high standard of evidence for confirmation of the capabilities of a technique. Not even the Martial Sages can bypass

few years ago, right? They will have used this technique that I shared with them

intrigued and surprised. "To think you had been planning this for so long. You are far-sighted as ever, Squire Quarrier. I am not intimately familiar with the profiles of your friends as I am yours,

is a significant boost, and in the long run, it can increase the power of the Martial Union by eight percent,

face. "We were not wrong to invest in you. You have proven your value to not just us, but to the entirety of the field of Martial Art. You can consider the Martial Union your staunch ally. We will not allow so much as

but I should be getting back to the Banquet

in your endeavors and journey. I hope that

return immediately, most likely pouring through every detail of the brief yet dense technique explanation and training methodology. Thankfully, Rui had been able to pass on the technique quickly because it was based on an existing technique, so

he returned, he was once again crowded with all kinds of important dignitaries among the

of communication. He only got some space to breathe when the

victory, Champion Falken." A familiar voice

his mask as he turned to get a good look at

won the tournament. I was certain that you would after fighting you