The Martial Unity

Lashara smiled at those words, turning to Rui with an affectionate gaze. "…It is my favorite past-time."

Rui's smile was melancholic, for he knew that soon he would be departing from the Kandrian Empire and would not see her for several years to come.

"Then, you'll have to pardon me while I borrow this young man for a brief," Matriarch Nephi got up, withdrawing her hands from Lashara. "We have some important matters to speak about."

Rui waved the dumbfounded Quarrier Orphanage. "I'll be back in an hour or so."

The two of them sky-walked across Kandria toward the Ilvilia Forest, where the Silas Clan was settling.

"You have been blessed," Matriarch Nephi remarked with a profound tone. "That bastard Rael did a good job finding a family for you."

Rui smiled wryly. "Grandmother, when I'm gone…"

"Don't worry," she remarked. "I shall ensure that no harm shall befall the Quarrier Orphanage. Not now, not ever. Rest assured that my power will protect them always.

Rui heaved a deep sigh of relief. "…Thank you."

With that reassurance, Rui could probably stop worrying about the Quarrier Orphanage entirely. With the protection of a prophetic Martial Sage, the Quarrier Orphanage was essentially untouchable.

"Now then," Matriarch Nephi narrowed her eyes. "What did the Martial Sages of the Martial Union say to you?"

in winning over the Silas Clan to the Martial Union. Now that the Silas Clan has settled in the

sure that the Martial Union is the place

orders from superiors or the Underworld, where you will then become the enemy of the Martial Union and the Emperor," Rui informed her. "Of course, you can also go 'his' route and swear an oath

utter Sage Sayfeel's name aloud. He had already warned the Matriarch of the importance of the secret and had reluctantly got her to agree to allow Sage Sayfeel

to make enemies inside the nation or swear loyalty and comply. The Martial Union seems like the best

a say in the Union's Fiscal Committee, which decides

enthuse at that. "We are very much willing to enter such an agreement unless the Martial Union

than eighty years ago during the Second Great Panamic War," Rui shrugged. "Only a minute proportion of the peak of human civilization, the Sage-level powerhouses, around the Panamic Continent that have the balls to attack

to get one's hands on the power of prophecy. Both classes of Martial Artists were too powerful to be worth sacrificing en masse for the sake of the power

quite attractive, then," Matriarch Nephi

you with a more detailed report regarding the

It has been a long time since I've read in the continental dialect, and I prefer to rely on more

"Understandable."

his

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arrived at the Silas settlement in the Ilvilia

short a while it had been, they had made significant progress in building initial settlements

particularly large hut. "Give me all the information you have about the Divine Doctor. I shall fulfill your request to me now that it is clear that you have obtained all the

also showed her several pictorial representations of

and present her summaries and distilled shreds of information that were particularly

Matriarch Nephi narrowed her eyes a few hours later. "How fascinating. To think that he has managed to conquer death in this fashion. I wonder if the Silas Clan could employ their soul