The Martial Unity

1512 Procured

It took quite some time of travel for Rui to reach the Shionel Confederation. After a few weeks of travel through all kinds of topographies and even an inland ocean, however, he eventually arrived at his destination.

"At long last...the Shionel Confederation," Rui heaved a deep sigh when he took a good look at the nation from a distant mountain. "Man, it's been a while."

A complex set of emotions arose when he thought about his time in the Shionel Confederation. On one hand, most of the time he spent in the nation had been just fine. He dominated the dungeon raiding and even made an enormous profit of which he retained fifty percent.

On the other hand, he had been turned into a traveling vagabond for more than seven years because of the events that happened by the end of his time in the country.

But it had been seven years, those events already failed to make any impact on his mood. He quickly traveled, reaching the transit port. 'There isn't as much traffic as last time,' Rui noted.

The last time he had come here, the dungeon raids were still in their prime and glory. There was an enormous influx into the nation back then of people who wanted to partake in the massive gold rush of the nation at the time.

Now, however, the hype around the Shionel Dungeon was a lot lower than it used to be. Of course, the real estate of the Shionel Dungeon was still a highly attractive affair, but that was old news by now.

More than seven years had passed since the dungeon had been raided, it was obviously not going to maintain such a craze over such periods of time.

He smoothly passed the transit port protocols without being arrested or apprehended by the agents that Deacon had certainly planted in the Shionel Transit Bureau to keep an eye out for Rui.

There was no way they could see through his disguise technique, not to mention his Master-level detection-blocking mask.

Traveling through the nation felt surreal, he had memorized the entire map of the nation long ago, so he hadn't needed help navigating. It wasn't long before he found himself at the Shionel Dungeon.

"Man..." Rui chuckled when he stood before the dungeon. "It's been a while... This place has changed."

The entire area had been completely commercialized. There used to be a lockdown zone between the dungeon and the rest of the nation, to prevent monsters from gaining direct exposure to the rest of the nation, but that had gone and been replaced with a commercial district around the dungeon selling all kinds of things.

He was hardly surprised that the dungeon was being commercialized in this manner. He expected nothing less from the merchants of the Shionel Dungeon.

'As for the dungeon itself...' Rui turned towards the dungeon, spreading his senses through the place.

He could sense it had undergone some renovation. The tunnels had been widened and tarred, as well as set with tracks resembling train tracks and ladened with steps.

In addition, there were various pulley systems that transported goods through certain tunnels.

Many of the other tunnels had been blocked with rubble to prevent people from going down the wrong path and getting lost.

The biggest difference was the fact that he could sense through it even without Riemannian Echo. He could use his normal senses and sense the internal layout of the dungeon with just those alone.

He was curious about what was done to the unrefined mines at the bottom of the dungeon that had given rise to the dungeon in the first place, but it was too far to sense from where he was and he didn't want to actually enter it.

'A Martial Master is probably assigned to oversee and protect this dungeon,' Rui heaved a sigh, turning away.

He didn't want to do anything to capture the attention of Martial Masters. Time and time they had proven that their insights into other people were incredibly high, although he did have a mask capable of blocking their sensing, he did not want to use it, he didn't want them to notice either.

Anyone who went that far had a reason to go that far.

Rui simply turned around before taking the badge that Sian had given him and putting it on.

It wasn't long before he was hawked at by a newspaper seller.

"Consider purchasing from us, sir!" The man hawked at Rui. "I believe you'll find what you need."

The man gave Rui a knowing look. Rui followed inside his little shack, taking a set amidst piles of newspapers.

"Now then, we have your commission ready," The man remarked. "It is being procured as we speak."

"You're not going to set up anti-sensory measures?" Rui asked.

"Those would only draw more attention to us," The man replied. "This place is among the most bustling places in the country. It is almost impossible to single out any one conversation from afar, even for Martial Artists, we ensure that that is always the case. Just ensure you don't mention anything sensitive.""

Rui raised an eyebrow. That most likely meant that they ensured that the population density remained high enough to serve as a natural anti-sensory field.bender

"Impressive," Rui muttered.

"We make do with what we can," The man replied.

It wasn't long before a woman walked in with a thick package. The man unsealed it, pulling out the contents.

Out came several newspapers with many pages.

'Disguising the information commission as a newspaper to avoid anything that seems unnatural, they're careful as always, Rui accepted the newspapers.

At long last, he had finally achieved his goal.

"They're water proof and impossible tear by human strength," The man remarked. "Make sure you destroy them when you're done with them."

Rui nodded, getting up as he left the little shack.

"Thank you for you patronage!" The man returned to his customer- pleasing commercial demeanor.

"Please visit again!"