The Martial Unity

Chapter 2017 Ownership Dispute

"I approve of that plan," the Divine Doctor remarked with a frozen smile. "The alien specimen cannot be allowed to be anywhere near the heat of battle. I'll have to transfer it to my most secure labs to study its alien nature and space-time manipulation abilities."

Rui's eyes sharpened. "I'm afraid you'll be doing no such thing."Contents belong to NovelDrama.Org

The air tingled.

It grew more tense.

The Divine Doctor's eyes slowly turned towards Rui as the man stared at Rui.

"What made you think I'd just let you walk out of here with ownership over a priceless asset with a Transcendent resource?" Rui coldly inquired with a calm voice. "That alien specimen is mine. It belongs to Kandria."

He had not forgotten that the only reason that this little escapade to the Beast Domain had been possible was that Sage Sayfeel made use of the Topaz of Time to slow down his father's dying condition.

All because Rui refused to ascend the throne.

He planned to make up for that by offering what should have been an even more priceless asset. This asset could radically alter the growth rate of Martial Artists in the Kandrian Empire, even if it wasn't of too much use to Rui himself.

"Rule of the strong, is it?" the Divine Doctor remarked with a hint of dissatisfaction.

Rui replied impassively. "You have no contributed to Operation Prisonbreak in any meaningful way. I had previously

over it are myself, who drew away and slayed the chimera for it to be possible to study it, and, to a lesser extent, Kane, who performed his role with

Divine Doctor was not willing to back down so easily. "I saved your life

your life with Operation Prisonbreak, and now again when we undo the manifold. It is an equal trade. If you want access to the alien lifeform, you'll have to contribute something of equal value to access

Doctor instantly understood what Rui was trying to

between

they had a few agreements

father in return for a defined amount of access to his grandmother's prophecy or live, sustained Elder Tree communication. If he wanted both, he would need to offer his extraordinary medical prowess

to remain in Kandria indefinitely in order

was even more true if he wanted regular access to the alien

would be his new home for a long

"You are the first man in seven hundred and twelve years who had succeeded in gaining the loyalty of the Divine Doctor. In the time

eyes.

he lightly commented. "Specifically, we cannot transfer Martial Minds. The soul transference process functions by transferring memories of experiences and thoughts. The inheritor vessel is unable to sustain it because it lacks the

"That makes sense. Why not

his head. "For many reasons, but the largest is that the Martial Path prevents the destruction of the pre-existing mind and memories that are needed to turn it into an

up

his tools back in place across the flaps in his robes. "The Martial Path is able to protect the mind and memories in a seemingly acausal and immaterial manner that we don't quite understand yet. That is why we are unable to erase the entirety of the mind of Martial Artists from their brains; the pesky Martial