The Martial Unity

"…How many did you say?" A stunned voice escaped Princess Ranea's mouth.

"Seven, Your Highness," Sierra calmly informed him.

Prince Randal's expression grew severe. "We have underestimated him. No, everybody has. He's far, far stronger than we had expected. I don't think there are Senior assassins out there who actually possess the ability to kill him."

Princess Rafia's expression was blank, as always. "Even if that were the case, it doesn't matter. Seven may have failed, but they have undoubtedly wounded and exhausted him, significantly reducing him below his peak. The later assassins will have a much greater chance."

"Still, this is surprising," Prince Raemina eyed the brief report with interest. "Do you think he's the strongest Senior in Kandria."

"Definitely not," Prince Randal shook his head. "He's got endless potential and is definitely far and away with the most talented and driven. But he's not on par with the Gatekeeper."

That name hung in the air.

Prince Ranea shook her head. "I'm more concerned about the operations. Since we have committed to this, we need to see it through."

She turned to Sierra. "How is the progress going?"

"We do not have any real-time footage or surveillance,' Sierra replied calmly. "We barely have one distant scout using long-range surveillance artifacts to ascertain the bare basics of the operation. We cannot allow anything to be traced back to us. When the anomaly is investigated, we cannot have any proof that we were involved."

That was why the task force sacrificed information for the sake of staying hidden.

The place that the operation was taking place in was mostly deserted and remote with almost no settlements or human presence anywhere within a hundred kilometers of the battlefield.

This was what allowed the Martial Seniors to go all out, as long as it was one by one, without immediately alerting the Martial Union.

On top of that, the Great Jrava Mountain Range had its own beast population that occasionally caused a ruckus that would be ignored until it started affecting people.

"Don't worry; the next assassin will surely get him. He's too exhausted to get away with any shocking victories," Prince Randal asserted, almost trying to convince himself.

He was wrong.

BOOM!!

"Sonic Singularity."

reverberated through his new domain as he unleashed the domain born

waves toward the epicenter of the

An avalanche of sound.

A tsunami of vibrations.

Suddenly, they converged.

upon a

A single man.

BOOOOOM!!!

man bellowed in agony as Rui unleashed the third domain technique of

grew red as his entire body began heating up, and his hair and clothes incinerated from

The man

when reinforced from the enhanced metabolism from the Martial Heart, was not

STEP

himself, crouching as he took a sumo

on!" The man

THUD!

struck his foot against the

you even an

never let up on the

over. He was so large and gargantuan that not even Hypertrophic Surge would have been

need to maintain the domain

HSSSSSSS!

flesh started

become

staggered before losing

THUD

He collapsed, dead.

one knee

his broken hand. It had been incredibly difficult to bend heaven

up on him

to go,' Rui barely caught his breath when he suddenly detected the

BOOOM!!!

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