The Martial Unity

Rui's dark eyes lit up with a flash of interest. "…Gaia?"

The Divine Doctor heaved a soft sigh, glancing at the sky of the manifold.

He grew quiet as his smile faded and his eyes softened.

A profound silence seemed to overtake the atmosphere.

For a moment, he became human.

"You see…" He began, his voice growing soft. "One fine day at dusk, when gazing at the setting Sun, I had an epiphany."

He continued, immersed in a reverie. "I consider it to be the most glorious moment of my long life. Not even overcoming death inspired the depth of emotion that I experienced from this magnificent revelation."

He closed his eyes. "In that moment, I came to realize that this world was not merely a lifeless stage for all life to occupy. It was not merely a dead speck of rock floating about in an infinite void we call the universe. It was not merely sustenance for the Tree of Life."

His eyes opened.

Within then flashed boundless intensity.

"No." His voice grew more intense. "This world is alive. Gaia is alive."

Rui and Kane widened their eyes in shock. "Gaia is…alive?"

front of him, Rui would have scoffed and

before him was the

experience in the domain of medicine and biology. His sole knowledge and mind exceeded

stared at him, frozen in

was

intense. "She is more alive than any of us. She is more alive than all of us! She is the life that nurtures

simply gazed at him,

expression fell immediately after, growing regretful. "…Yet, along

eyes returned to Rui.

A stunned whisper escaped Rui.

I made it my life's mission as the greatest doctor

curing her, unfortunately. Even for someone of my ability, it has proven to be the most difficult

magnitude of the revelations that the Divine Doctor made

murmured, shocked. "How

not find it impossible considering the most

difficult to digest, Rui agreed with that particular statement. "If deserts and golems

the exotic and esoteric life that exists in this world, it is only the scale and magnitude of

silence

to look for clues in different parts of Gaia's 'body' for symptoms for a diagnosis." Rui realized. "The Human Domain is transparent, the Beast Domain is a region

the Adventurer's Guild is incompetent, and my friend's sect cannot help me with the Beast Domain, so I consulted the Ecologer, an unparalleled genius and the leading authority on the Beast Domain. Yet, diagnosing Gaia was beyond even her. I was almost out of options until she told

heaved a sigh. "…well, I'm sure

eyes swam around the entirety of the Mellow Manifold. "Fascinating,