The Martial Unity

STEP

They landed atop Mt. Vanfeiger.

It was a mountain at the center of a barren desert in South Kandria, devoid of too much activity and life. The area was as desolate as it was serene.

"Huff…" Rui heaved a sigh as he quickly consumed a light rejuvenation potion, restoring his expended stamina.

He gazed at the Monastery of Mysteries.

"We will secure the area, Your Highness," Master Zentra calmly remarked. "Not that it is required, but nothing can be allowed to disturb your audience with the personage that awaits you."

"…Understood."

"Break a leg, my friend!" Master Iskan slapped him on the shoulder, leaving him a bruise as he walked away.

PAT

Master Vericita smiled warmly as she reassured him with a hand on his head. "Good luck, my child."

She, too, stepped away.

"You don't need luck," Master Ceeran smirked. "If it's you, you are able to make your own, am I wrong?"

Soon enough, he was alone before the giant structure.

His heart felt heavy.

A profound sense of power radiated from within the monastery.

A Realm of power that he had come to recognize.

It was a Realm of power that seemed to bend the world itself.

A power that bent heaven and earth itself.

His Martial drive stirred.

His hunger stirred.

The void in the depths of stirred.

"I want this power…" A single whisper escaped his mouth.

Feeling such power only brought about greater clarity in his heart.

Was he going to sit on a throne and play Emperor while such godly power awaited him?

Determination flashed in his eyes.

"No."

forth with a determined

have time to

CLACK

giant gate of the Monastery of Mysteries opened before

The monastery was hemispherical.

also

of all

A man.

No.

Rui's eyes narrowed.

Not a man.

A Sage.

Rui could feel it.

sensation that accompanied

his finger on it, but it

Heavy.

presence weighed down on the world around them. It weighed down on space and time itself, almost generating a gravitational field by

He didn't understand.

didn't understand this power that he deeply

supported his head

appearance and attire were…lazy, at best. He wore a simple, fluffy single-piece garb, a fusion

was too lazy to switch back and forth between

him

The Sloth Sage.

mind as he considered what to do. The meeting was too important to act without carefully considering the ramifications of every single word

ain't that

remark escaped from the Martial

his mouth

he got up. "Huff…at my age, even getting up can be

His mouth didn't move.

Rui could

'How?' Rui's eyes widened.

peered at him with a lazy

the Monastery of Mysteries manifests thought as

His mouth hadn't moved.

hearing my thoughts," The Martial Sage smiled lazily. "Convenient, isn't it? I love this place because I'm too lazy to move my

with shock as his

you get

stared at

pussy, boy," The man snorted lazily. "I won't tell anyone about the depraved thoughts and fantasies you have about the women in

his head,

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the world around

dome of the

appeared in its place was a sight that he had grown

His Mind Palace.

bewildered at how his Mind

at the sight that emerged before him with interest. "I had read that you had mastered the