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.'

got as a Martial Squire. He still remembered that even the titanic revenue he earned from the Shionel Dungeon through Esosale Supplies

for was certainly not a weak organization that he could

the right transaction is 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

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

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 on the Floating Sect to at least point him in the right

speak to

sighed. He felt awkward with those

and enjoyed her company. She had promised to

he wanted. Although a Martial Senior like Xanarn would

keep traveling with him with him but...' He

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

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

on Senior-level operations, Kane would have to be left

would not be able

know if he had the heart to tell Kane the truth when he would meet him again. He might just

he needed to speak to Ieyasu. The man knew Rui's identity, that was something that they needed to

expressed even the slightest hint of revealing his identity or using

him. I have no choice.' Rui narrowed