The Martial Unity

Chapter 1994 Revelations

Rui had let the Divine Doctor control the flow of the conversation. It was a simple diplomatic tactic that was often employed when trying to de-escalate the hostility or heat in a conversation. It was a way of implicitly conveying a good faith willingness to cooperate rather than trying domineer in the conversation to potentially earn the distaste of those he was trying to get to cooperate with him.

Of course, he didn't know if it was the optimal approach. Perhaps the Divine Doctor would perceive it as cowardice or lack of confidence, but Rui didn't want to risk it by choosing for an aggressive approach.

"…So, to summarize, you intend to draw the Master-level beast to the other side of the dungeon where you 'survive,' as you put it, to hopefully open up a path for me while the beast is away?"

The Divine Doctor gazed at Rui with fascination.

"That is correct." Rui calmly reaffirmed the man's words.

The man closed his eyes.

"…A rather simple strategy," he lightly remarked. "Yet, the simpler they are, the more difficult they tend to be. In this case, you claim to be able to survive a Master-level beast that is remarkably difficult to accept at face value."

"I've made preparations." "Is that so?" The Divine Doctor grew amused. "And just what preparations did you undertake to face a Master-level beast?"

A soft smile fleetingly cracked at the edge of Rui's mouth. "I memorized the patterns of combat data of each creature and species, as well as the non-verbal communication language of each species in this dungeon. These parts of my system of thought allow me to gain an enormous advantage against any creature that is a part of this dungeon, including the Master-level beast. Additionally…"

inherited the sum of all knowledge that the Elder Tree possessed on the biosphere of the Beast Domain, especially environments most conducive to each species

WHOOSH

so slightly to heat the temperature up

can control the

knew that the Divine Doctor didn't need any additional elaboration on exactly why this was

kind of environment is most conducive

prefer cold environments with minimal exposure to sunlight," Rui replied, continuing. "They

heat and high pressure with ample exposure

was surprised, he

stared at him

"Do you have a choice?" Rui asked. "I know your soul can't leave this place. You've whiled away time accomplishing nothing, yet you refuse to kill yourself even though death, in the past, has seemed to always be a trigger for the soul transference ritual, allowing your soul to transfer to another prepared body after death. Yet the fact that you've not done that despite having no physical way out allows me to infer that even your soul is

as his mind swiftly deciphered the truth. "…I see; no wonder you knew to look for me in the Beast Domain. You must have procured that information from the Beggar Sage

frowned with confusion. "…candidate for

haven't told him," the Divine Doctor's smile

complicated than you think it is. Your hypothesis is, well, not entirely inaccurate, but I do have reasons not to let this

particularly vague response that clarified very little about the