The Martial Unity

Rui's eyes glinted as a germ of an idea formed in his head.

('Being able to alter the speed of sound waves through the air and surpass the speed of sound… There are applications of this beyond just creating speedy projectiles that move many times the speed of sound,') Rui realized.

In fact, the increased speed of the projectile was actually just the simplest of applications.

('The constant speed of the Sonic Bullets was shackling, but with this technique, there are routes that I can consider that I couldn't before,') Rui noted.

With sound projectiles of much higher speed, the execution of the Pathfinder technique became much easier since the sound bullet traveled to its target much faster and thus took less time to reach its target.

This significantly allowed Rui to expand his targeting range since the bullet can cover much greater in the same amount of time, thus the ODA system, which had a time limit as to how many seconds ahead of time he could predict atmospheric conditions would also allow him to hit much more distant targets since the distance the bullet could travel within that time limit was greater.

At the moment, he could only predict atmospheric conditions for three seconds ahead of time at the most. This may not seem like much, but given how complicated the math and the physics were and the sheer amount of data he needed to sense and process himself, it was actually a bit of a miracle that he was able to process all that data to that degree in that short amount of time. Given that sound only traveled a little over a kilometer in three seconds, that was also his maximum for guaranteed perfect hits. In order to hit with one hundred percent accuracy beyond that range, he would need to be able to predict the atmosphere deeper than three seconds in the future.

He knew that that was damn near impossible given how much he was straining himself with his current limit.

However, now that he had come across a technique that could potentially allow him to send his attacks further than a kilometer in three seconds, that meant that he could also have a one hundred percent accuracy beyond a kilometer.

This alone was an excellent reason for Rui to pursue this technique.

('That's just the most straightforward application of the technique,') Rui smiled.

Rui had considered an even crazier idea.

('If I'm not wrong, this technique can allow me to surpass the limits of the attack power of my Sonic Bullets,') Rui thought to himself with excitement.

An absolutely crazy idea popped into his head, he wasn't sure if this would even work in the first place. But if it worked at all, then there was no way he could possibly afford to miss such an opportunity to create yet another powerful technique.

('I have to learn this technique no matter what!') Rui decided.

Thankfully, he was the boss here. Senior Ceeran would definitely not object. Hell, he was sure that the Martial Senior would be keeping a close eye on the techniques that Rui would be developing.

"An incredible technique…" Rui nodded when the demonstration was done. "I look forward to mastering it myself."

Senior Ceeran raised an eyebrow at Rui. They hadn't yet decided which of the Martial Squires on their side would master which techniques.

The rest of the demonstration proceeded quickly and both sides took their time examining the techniques of the other side, ascertaining their value themselves.

This would allow them to get a good grasp of the cards that both sides had.

"The demonstration has come to an end," Rui turned toward when the last G'ak'arkan Martial Artist had ended his demonstration.

Senior K'Mala nodded absentmindedly, deep in thought.

"Why don't we reconvene tomorrow at our village?" Rui offered when he noticed her state. "After all, both sides have a lot to think about."

Both sides had already received the information detailing the degree of mastery and competence of the Martial Artists of the other side. There was a lot that needed to be considered before both sides settled on a discrete appraisal of the other side's techniques.

"…Alright, at the break of dawn, don't be late this time," She nodded.

('You're the one coming to us though,') Rui sighed inwardly, not wanting to spark a fight over something so silly and childish.

The two of them bade each other goodbye before setting off in opposite directions.

"Interested in the Mighty Roar Flash Blast technique?" Senior Ceeran asked with curiosity.

"…Yes," Rui cringed a little at the flashy name of the technique. Fiction normally had such techniques, but Rui had to admit that there was no way that he could possibly give his own techniques such flashy names.

"What technique do you plan on creating?" Senior Ceeran grew even more interested.

"The technique will greatly benefit the Pathfinder technique as it is," Rui began. "That alone is good enough reason to master it."

"That is true. Your ODA system will definitely perform much better if your projectile speed was faster, considering that the ODA system's predictions are constrained by the time period of projectile flight, and not distance. Thus faster projectiles will travel greater distances in the same time limit, increasing your accuracy range."

"It seems you have gained a good understanding of how the ODA system works," Rui raised an eyebrow at Senior Ceeran.

"Of course! I intend to master that technique no matter what. I have had to spend a lot of time understanding the theoretical reading material that you had given me a while back. But I think I am slowly getting it," He nodded energetically.

Rui had to admire his motivations and perseverance. Trying to understand and master the partial differential equations that described the system of wind current vectors among other things with no scientific foundation was extremely difficult.

They chatted as Rui explained some of his plans while concealing his most ambitious yet compelling ones. They seemed so difficult that he didn't want to count his chicken before they hatched.