The Martial Unity

Rui's eyes widened as he read through the Beggar Sage's account of the Divine Doctor's life.

This was not what he expected.

"…The Divine Doctor, the Beggar Sage, and the Psycher conquered death together?" Rui whispered, stunned.

The Beggar Sage did not specify the mechanics of the soul transferring, which Rui expected. Functional immortality was sought after even more than the power of prophecy. Any information regarding it was priceless.

He continued reading on through the account of the Divine Doctor.

Once he grew immortal, the Divine Doctor spent his days looking for greater and greater hurdles to cure.

He had already cured death.

Now, he sought to cure diseases and conditions worse than death.

He spent his days traveling across all of human civilization in search of medical conditions and patients that could challenge his transcendent medical prowess.

At the moment, according to the Beggar Sage, the Divine Doctor was undertaking the greatest challenge that ever existed. The greatest challenge that would ever exist. The greatest challenge possible. A feat worthy of the gods should he successfully overcome.

He was in the Beast Domain, pursuing the diagnosis for this particular patient.

There were many more details, but they weren't nearly as important.

'So basically, the Divine Doctor is to medicine what I am to my Martial Path,' Rui mused, realizing that they might have more in common than he had considered.

He frowned as he read the next sentence

owe me one if you want to read it, and trust me, I'll know if you choose to. This information is tangentially related to this topic and particularly relevant to you, so consider it. Oh, and my favor is not

Sage that came after the

Information relevant to him?

not lie through its teeth when it came to the information it sold. Credibility and reputation were priceless in the intelligence community. If there was even a hint of deception in the information it sold, then its credibility would go down the drain, and it would lose a lot

He muttered before continuing

efforts, led by the Divine Doctor, to gain

It worked.

become immortal, living on from long before the Age of Martial

that had begged them after they gained immortality was what

Keep it to themselves?

but they had decided

worthy of immortality. Albeit very minutely few, there were others who were like them, gifted in mind with the power to change humanity forever. They kept their eyes out for such

with extraordinary

The Scrier.

The Astromind.

The Esoterist.

each of them, allowing them to spread their gifts across humanity

and locate geniuses of mind around the world, marking them as potential candidates for immortality to approach

one of

special.

The Martial.

lonesome. Armed or unarmed, gangs, and even small armies. She was able to come away victorious against

what was possible to be accomplished by a single

her combat prowess, decided to bestow the

decision would change