The Martial Unity

Rui woke up, feeling a touch of peace that he hadn't experienced in what felt like forever.

Yet it wasn't enough.

His eyes hadn't lost their edge.

Senior Xanarn did not fail to notice that.

"Woken up yet?" She asked with a melancholic tone, her head resting on his chest. She had hoped to be able to soothe his mind, yet she had underestimated how deep his dissatisfaction was.

It was not something that could be resolved with the pleasures of the flesh.

"How long was I asleep?" Rui asked.

"About nine hours." She replied softly. "You must not have slept in days."

"A week." Rui heaved a sigh, getting up.

"Are you still not going to tell me what happened?" She asked.

"..." Rui paused for a moment before he shook his head. "It's not something I wish to recount just yet. I came to understand how insignificant I am. That's all that matters at the end of the day."

She pouted unhappily. "What do you intend to do?"

"Gain power." His words were sharp as his eyes narrowed.

An air of peril formed around him.

It was volatile. Yet Senior Xanarn could only watch unhappily as he refreshed himself before leaving.

His fist clenched as the intensity in his eyes only grew.

and unleash an intensity of bloodlust unlike anything he had experienced before, but there was something

STEP

when he had been informed Xanarn, yet even he

called out to him before

Suddenly, the door opened.

the two clasped hands, exchanging

stronger," Rui smiled. His words were kind, yet his tone betrayed

to him anymore, and it was hard for

who had known him for

his eyebrows, as he sized

you sooner." Rui apologized with sincerity. "No matter how tired I was, I should have come to see you.

cut him off with an

as a melancholic smile

put cracks into it. Kane needed only one look in

uncertainty. "You were gone away only for a year, and I know for a fact that you definitely spent an overwhelming majority

gained some privacy, Rui recounted the entire story from the very start, not

grew increasingly more incredulous

I was forced to run away yet again while Master Deivon held back that crazy bitch." He needed to exert visible restraint to

He was

blinking for

had been through something intense, but the story that he had

actually felt a little guilty for feeling a little bad that Rui hadn't come over to visit him immediately. Especially now that he learned about the tribulations that Rui had overcome just to get back

It was no wonder.

even know what to say. The magnitude of the story he had just told him was more than what he

certain that she

certain. However, searching for the smallest needle in the largest haystack would be a trivial task in comparison, statistically speaking," Rui

"...Now what?"

I grow stronger." Rui

giving Kane a greater context to understand

him many times over the past year," Kane sighed. "He only defeats me with greater ease each time we fight, even though I have only grown stronger. Frankly, his Martial Art