The Martial Unity

The commodities sold in the first-level underground bazaar were fancier, more extravagant, and more expensive than the ones atop the surface, yet Rui found them just as unpalatable as those of the surface.

"Oh, what a wonderful work of art!"

"Haha, it was created by the great artist Heretio. The brilliance of this painting is that it makes use of some rare esoteric substances to ensure that she never dies and it keeps her mind fresh, allowing this painting to capture her suffering forever."

Rui glanced to his right, his attention drawn by the rising murmurs from a gathered crowd. He thought he had grown used to the horrors of this place, but it turned out that he hadn't even seen anything yet.

Even he couldn't help but pause his search as his eyes widened at what he was beholding.

A painting featuring a woman in distress.

Yet instead of a painted figure of a woman, there was a real woman grafted into the painting. An expression of horror and despair had molded on her face, yet it only served to entertain.

"What an incredible authentic capture of emotions. I have never seen another painting this impacting." One man remarked as he twirled his well-groomed mustache.

"And now, we will begin the bidding. The starting price is five thousand gold, can I get a five thousand one hundred?..."

Rui simply stared, dumbfounded at the cartoonishly horrific scene that he was watching unfold before him. For a moment, he reconsidered his previous considerations of launching an attack and killing everybody.

'Stop, you have work to do.' Rui shook his head, exhaling deeply and heading about his way.

Yet as he stepped forward, he experienced a wave of deja vu.

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intentionally shoved him, furthermore, this one was accompanied by other Martial

heard what you did to my brother, tough guy."

stared at him,

out on the surface." The man snarled. "Don't even play

didn't.'

"You think you're tou-"

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disappearing before anybody could even realize what had happened. This time he made sure that nobody

many things about what he

at the girl in his

nodded, fiddling with a bracelet on her

"Let's get going."

yet Rui was unable to spot anything that resembled the Beggar's

deeper." Rui shook his head,

guiding him to yet another bookstore, for some

travel between bazaars, or is that the

he could find out with Riemannian Echo, his biggest advantage was that, unlike everyone else, he could sense everything. That was

avenue that had been created to interact

extremely difficult to even meet them.' Rui snorted inwardly as the girl secured access to the third and final floor with the same song and dance as

floors. It was also a lot smaller with fewer clientele. On the other hand, he could already

the Beggar's Sect, given that they had reached the final floor, surely

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he underwent a familiar experience yet again. This time, it was