The Martial Unity

Rui grew excited about the prospect of communicating with the animals to gain the intelligence he sought. It was a really novel and non-standard way of learning what he wanted.

Yet they stared at him blankly.

Alright, have you guys seen the Divine Doctor? Rui asked.

"MMOOOOOEAAAU?"

"MOOEAU."

"MOOOOOOOOOEAAAUUU."

The catoblepas began a cacophony in response to Rui's enunciated non-verbal communication.

Yet, they only conveyed a single meaning. A single inquiry.

Food? They gazed at him eagerly. Food??

Rui heaved a sigh as his excitement dampened. Their conception of the world was extremely limited. 'Divine' and 'doctor' meant absolutely nothing to them. Thus even if their minds parsed what Rui conveyed through non-verbal communication, it did not register or trigger any associations in their mind.

"How's it going?" Kane asked, amused as he watched Rui interrogating monster cows.

"…I'll need to try a different approach," Rui murmured. "I need to work with concepts that they are aware of."

He was extremely certain that they knew what human beings were. Everybody knew what human beings were.

How could one fail to notice the strongest species on the Panama Continent that dominated most of the continent, conquering it bit by bit, pushing back all life with its own power single-handedly?

Human. Rui conveyed. Like me. Years ago.

a solid conception of time and the passage of time. Otherwise,

at him, confused. However, it was clear that they at least understood what he was conveying. They did understand the concepts of time and humans; it just was not

Prisms was too close to the human domain; multiple Martial Artists must have passed through this region when heading deeper into

have to be more specific…" Rui murmured before an idea popped into his

asked, raising

my grandmother's prophecy," Rui realized. "What if I use

from his training under the Hypnomaster for two years. It was possible for him to convey an image using non-verbal communication by conjuring said image

his body language and non-verbal communication since these were driven by the subconscious mind,

image out of imagination. Rui's evolved mind and superhuman capacity for imagination quickly began reconstructing a high-definition version of the image from

had completed

mind such that it fooled his own subconscious mind that he was now the Divine Doctor himself. Instantly, his

had become the

his non-verbal communication evoked a

reaction much stronger than Rui had

grew bloodshot as

palpable in every inch of their body

"MOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEAAAAAUUUUUUUUUU!"

and horror as they began thrashing and

conveyed a single meaning

Monster.

Rui's eyes sharpened gravely.

"MOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEAAAAAUUUUUUUUUU!!"

MONSTER.

flowing from

"MOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEAAAAAUUUUUUUUUU!!!"

MONSTER!!

emotionally distraught that he doubted he would be able to extract anything from them even if he tried. It was painfully clear that not only did they remember the Divine Doctor,