Greetings

Her presence as the leader of the operation brought great confidence to the group of masters she would be leading in the war against the Sekigahara Confederate. It was difficult to imagine her losing to anybody in the Master Realm.

Yet, even she could only do so much.

For many Martial Masters, this was their first time in a Master-level battle of such scale.

The air tingled.

It pricked at the skin even after the briefing and the final preparations for the dispatch were complete.

"Rui."

His attention was drawn by his friends who approached him.

"How are you doing?" Master Ceeran asked with a stiff smile. "I had to psychologically condition myself to bring myself to peak form for this battle."

Rui understood his sentiment, of course.

But he didn't share it.

It took everything he had to stop a silly excited grin from appearing on his face.