The Martial Unity

Rui almost wondered whether he should let the Carnil Mafia establish a base in the Great Forest of Hypnonarak.

'That will definitely piss Master Zeamer off,' Rui mused.

He had come to gain a good understanding of the Martial Master's personality and temperament over the past two years. He was extremely down-to-earth, often underground even, when it came to people who had earned his affection, but he could be ruthless when it came to people he didn't.

He was also strangely possessive and very territorial. Although the elder man never said it out loud, Rui had come to realize that normal humans were hardly more than insects to him.

Unless they were women.

However, Rui discovered a disturbing apathy and detachment to people who didn't earn his affection.

He was the type who was more than willing to slaughter the entire human race if it meant impressing a woman he was targeting.

In his conversations with Master Zeamer, he came to discover that he viewed the narcotics industry surrounding the forest the same way that a human might consider an ant colony or bees being attracted to certain smells in their garden; something that wasn't too worthy of note until it became annoying.

it would definitely annoy Master Zeamer. He would put an end to that

and allowing Master Zeamer to erase them.

as my payment if I'm

bad plan. Otherwise, it was perfect, he got to kick back

me a way to

Fighting against Ieyasu didn't tell him anything since he was just

clashing with the various Martial Seniors of the Carnil Mafia, he would finally have a good idea of how strong he was. He was

them in order to fulfill his commission payment, and that naturally meant relying on assassinations. He could only hope that the battle would unfold such

well be the case. The reason for that was that according to the security protocols of the Carnil operations, all members were to wear protective gear and armor, including Martial Seniors, to minimize casualties and injuries

Rui raised an eyebrow. "Also these

equipped with energy-consumptive esoteric substances that could protect even the uncovered parts of the

esoteric artifact made from powerful technology that Rui would see in very few places aside from the Kandrian Empire. According to the illustration provided by the Beggar's Sect, it partially resembled a high-tech spacesuit while partially

Empire...' Rui shook his head with an amused smile, recalling the warning that the

exposed target, which was simply not going to happen with targets above a certain level of wealth and power. However, while he knew that, he didn't think that he would run into circumstances where even Martial Seniors in the field would be

filter out all the narcotic compounds released into the air by the forest.' He skimmed through the data stored in his