Rui spent some more time with Arastia, Max, and Mana before eventually departing.
"Train hard," he had told the young girl as he patted her blood-red hair with an endearing smile. "Train hard and I will bring some yummy treats."
"Yay!"
He bade them goodbye before taking off as he fell into thought about blood children. He wasn't fond of the notion of Martial Art potentially ceasing to exist, but he did want their power to spread through human civilization. The former was worth the latter, even if it was undoubtedly going to be painful.
There were great hurdles, of course.
"The Martial Sages and Martial Masters won't tolerate the destruction of the Martial Path."
Not all of them were greatly dogmatic about Martial Art, but there certainly was a lot of pride when it came to Martial Art.
"Many rejected even MECHAs," Rui remarked with a knowing tone. "There is absolutely no chance they will accept the Martial Path being eroded from human blood."
