The Martial Unity

The Virodhabhasa Faith was an absolute no-no for obvious reasons. He would be more than just a fool if he dared to go anywhere near the religion's bases. The religion was spread quite far, but it was quite benign in most places, limited to worshippers who had no real power in the Faith or the Theocracy.

He definitely needed to steer very clear of any of the church towns.

Guildmaster Bradt undoubtedly had a lot of intelligence on Chairman Deacon, but the latter most likely paid just as much, if not even more attention to him than the Martial Union since they were in the Shionel Confederation where Chairman Deacon's primary power base was.

All three options were untenable for now.

He would need to find another source of intelligence, and then purchase that intelligence from them. This was not going to be easy as any strategic intelligence on Chairman Deacon was undoubtedly valuable, and would not be handed out for free.

Still, this was not nearly as much of a problem as it was before.

'After all, I am a Martial Senior. Heh.' Rui smiled, before feeling embarrassed.

He couldn't help it.

It was almost too surreal.

'But the services of a Martial Senior are not trivial.' Rui mused as his expression straightened. 'It makes my bargaining capital greater.'

orders of magnitude above what he got as a Martial Squire. He still remembered that even the titanic revenue he earned from the Shionel

organization that had gathered the strategic intelligence on Chairman Deacon that Rui was looking for was

not something that can be done quickly or easily. So I should keep it as a general agenda in mind for when I leave the Floating Sect.' Rui

for this little sect perched atop a floating island, but it had served its purpose. It could not make him grow stronger as a Martial

to be settled before he left the island. He needed an initial destination to travel to, to begin making progress on a long-term plan to solve his problem. He could definitely count

speak

awkward with those last two

had committed to each other romantically, though he was attracted to her and enjoyed her company.

the kind of relationship he wanted. Although a Martial Senior like Xanarn would certainly be a useful

keep traveling with him with him but...'

a Martial Senior, Rui would be making endeavors that would make use of his power as a Martial Senior or challenge him

a Martial Senior, and that was not a life that a Martial Squire could be a part of. If he ever went to a training region similar to the Umiana Trench or the Thundering Valley, but for Martial Seniors, the region would be so perilous that Kane wouldn't even be able to

he ever went on Senior-level operations, Kane would have to

not be able to accomplish anything productive unless they happened to be in

Rui, but he didn't know if he had the heart to tell Kane the truth when he would

Xanarn, he needed to speak to Ieyasu. The

expressed even the slightest hint of revealing his

have no choice.'