The Martial Unity

Julian stared at Rui's forlorn figure for a few seconds, before smiling, shaking his head. "Forget about it. It was not my intention to unfortunately sour the mood. The fact of the matter is that you did successfully protect the orphanage with an exorbitant amount of protection. The fact of the matter is that you have undoubtedly worked extraordinarily hard for nearly eight years all for the sake of your family. To eliminate the threat to your family. Your devotion is admirable and heart-warming, that much cannot be denied."

He walked up to Rui putting an arm around his shoulder. "Chin up. I have missed you."

"As have I…Julian."

"Tell me about your time away," Julian remarked. "You have become a Martial Senior in record time. That is an astonishing accomplishment that will undoubtedly ripple across the Martial World. It is a great sign of progress in Martial Art."

Julian seemed particularly enthused by this. As a researcher in Martial Art, this was undoubtedly a good thing for all of Martial Art.

"I'm surprised you can tell," Rui keenly noticed. "I haven't told any of them that I'm a Martial Senior yet. It seems you have become much more intimately familiar with Martial Artists than I'd have expected. As expected of the deputy director of the Martial Art department."

Julian smiled with pride at Rui's praise. "It means much to hear that from you of all people, Rui. I have grown very familiar with Martial Artists of the Lower Realms. I've led many teams that have made progress in improving the existing training program models meant to help novices discover their Martial Paths. I've also applied my background in esoteric material science to improve the configurations of the filtration evolution processes during the Squire evolution breakthrough procedure to produce more powerful Martial Bodies, and in the past four years, I have been working on developing on a research project that studies the development of the Martial Mind."

Artist, had been authorized to learn about the Martial Mind showed just how much the Ministry

expertise a researcher needed to accumulate and how many contributions

deserve and need to," Julian smiled knowingly. "I'm sure you've made a lot of progress too. It is

entire life. He knew better than anybody just what kind of a monstrous talent for the Master Realm Rui hid. He was even excited at the prospects of Rui's ascent to the Master

Master more than two years ago, Rui responded, before smirking. "And you're damn

hm? Well, do go on. I can't wait to hear the adventures you've been through," Julian's curiosity got the better of

to repeat over and over," Rui sighed. "I'm more curious about

"…I was actually doing quite well,

Rui waited silently, curious.

stated. "She's the chief of staff of Princess Raemina's

narrowed at

say large, I do

out the intentions behind such actions, even if it did,

begun revving up…" Julian nodded. "I'm surprised you are already aware of it, but yes. It had been more of a slow cold war in the past five years, but it has begun escalating in both intensity, pace, and openness. More and more ordinary