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.

itched to rush over to Ieyasu and unleash an intensity of bloodlust unlike anything he had experienced before, but there was something

STEP

of the Floating Sect. He almost couldn't believe it when he had been informed Xanarn, yet even he couldn't help but smile. Time and time again, Kane proved that he was a

called out to

Suddenly, the door opened.

He grinned as the two clasped hands,

were kind, yet his tone betrayed his

to him anymore, and it was hard

from someone who had known him for more

eyebrows, as he sized Rui up.

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

cut him off with an expression of concern. "...It's

a melancholic smile sprouted

too deep for such superficial issues to possibly put cracks into it. Kane needed only one look in his eyes to realize that his friend

asked with uncertainty. "You were gone away only for a year, and I know for a fact that you

Once the two of them gained some privacy, Rui recounted the entire story from the very start, not missing out on a

increasingly more incredulous as

bitch." He needed to exert visible restraint

him with an expression of shock. He was stunned

away, blinking for

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

Rui hadn't come over to visit him immediately. Especially now that he learned

It was no wonder.

say. The magnitude of the story he had just told him

least, we can be certain

the largest haystack would be a trivial task

"...Now what?"

I grow stronger." Rui narrowed

everything to Kane, giving Kane a greater context to understand what

Kane sighed. "He only defeats me with greater ease each time we fight, even though I have only grown stronger. Frankly,