The Martial Unity

Rui felt a surge of fear as he failed to comprehend what just happened.

Did teleportation technology actually get invented and mass-produced while he was in the forest?

The only times he had experienced such a thing was with a Martial Master.

His eyes narrowed. "...Do what? Kill a dragon that spent several hours doing its best torment and try to kill me?"

"Precisely." A voice behind him replied.

Rui leaped away as he turned around, facing a man with a long flowing beard. It took him no more than microseconds to evaluate the man's power.

'Martial Master... so it's him.' Rui stared at him with caution as well as the unconscious dragon behind him. "That creature is extraordinarily persevering and hates me with venomous intensity. It's a threat to me if I don't kill it."

"Not unless I wiped out its memories of the past day while I froze time," The man remarked.

Rui's eyes widened with shock at the man's words. "Wiped out memories...? Froze time...?"

"For you, anyway," The elderly man replied as he peered at Rui. "You would be surprised how susceptible the mind's perception of time is to external influences."

Rui contained his surprise as he stared at the Martial Master with awe and shock. "You are..."

"Zeamer Ger-Vil, at your service," The elderly man replied apathetically, before glancing at Rui. "Still, another male, eh? Shame."

Rui tilted his head in confusion.

and now you are too. It's a shame,

wasn't sure what to say. His impression of the mighty Hypnomaster

eyes. "Already spent a little under three years as a Martial Senior

simply stared at him

far, and persevered this long." The man remarked, before glancing at a badge on his Martial Art attire. "Not to mention, you're Reina's pupil too. Tsk tsk, you went to her before you came to me? Are you

closer geographically." Rui insisted, before balling a fist and bringing it to his palm in

"You're male so you already

narrowed his eyes as he stared

why do you seek my tutelage?" The man asked. "What drives you? You're obviously not an assassin, yet you sought Reina's tutelage, that means you seek to kill someone, right? Someone powerful too. Go on, spit it out to this bored old man.

dragon whose eyes were magically healed somehow. It lent credence to the idea that he had frozen time for Rui. He folded his legs, resting his head on his hands as he watched Rui with an amused,

Rui

man shrugged. "So

smirked at Rui

him. Yet he contained his displeasure as he stared at the man. "How do

your story is interesting, I'll accept you as my pupil and keep your juicy secrets safe.

tangled with the

The man guffawed. "Well, that's not a bad start. I like a little feistiness, but

fulfill the man's strange criteria, he might spread

was based on the personality profile that he had already

The man warned. "You cannot deceive

other hand, the man's tutelage was highly desirable. The fact that he had the ability to freeze people's perception of time, and could wipe out memories was astonishing.

to miss this opportunity. He heaved a deep sigh, having

I'll tell you the

That's more like it!" The elderly man laughed. "Now then, get going. I won't interrupt