The Greatest Man Alive By Maveric Bowman

"Well, well, well…" Rui smirked. "What do we have here?"

His very voice seemed to trigger deep trauma in each of them.

Prince Randal's breathing grew heavy as his expression crumpled, gritting his teeth. It was as though he needed to exert himself just to maintain his composure before Rui. Princess Ranea stared at him with unadulterated fear while Raemina's demeanor grew psychotically hateful.

Princess Rafia started shivering uncontrollably.

"Tsk tsk," Rui tutted lightly at her. "How brittle. The mere failure of the assassination attempt and the revelation of our blood relationship were enough to break you mentally? What a joke. None of you would last a day as a Martial Artist."

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Princess Raemina screeched.

"Ah, the psycho has snapped," Rui heaved a sigh. "Behave unless you want to be stripped and thrown into a cage like an animal. I can arrange for that if you want."

His words shut her up on the spot. She certainly despised him from the depths of her heart, but what he had described was soul-excruciating to even fathom, let alone actually experience.

"…Soft," Rui huffed, shaking his head. "So addicted to your luxury that even a commoner's life must be gut-wrenching to you."

"…What do you want?" Prince Randal managed to squeeze out.

Rui turned to him. "I have an offer. If you refuse, I will ensure that you will live like animals for the rest of your life. If you accept, I can arrange for more amenable circumstances. If you do really well, I might be willing to have the Martial Union reduce your sentence to house arrest."

the

extreme prison the Martial Union had to offer. He needed to bring about a deep desperation in their hearts and souls. He needed the gravity of

they each lacked the understanding of how horrifying the threat was to them. They couldn't fathom how much despair and misery it would bring

consider to be paradise. What the royals considered to be bad was still quite very

lacked the context of how horrific things could

was why he had allowed them to rot in a holding cell for three days while the Martial

eyes lit up with deeply desperate hope. They leaped for the bars, abandoning all dignity, grasping

"Are you sure…?"

"Yes!!!"

chuckled, taking a

He didn't care for them even before they tried killing him, but once they did, he could watch them burn without feeling damping his mood even in

got what they

for what I need you to do…" Rui narrowed his eyes. "I need you to consult with each of your patrons, benefactors, and consultants and inform all of them personally that you have decided to cease your campaign and abandon all claim to the throne. Tell them that you are grateful for all the money, Martial capital, and resources that they have given you, but unfortunately, you cannot return all of it. Apologize for the inconvenience

widened their eyes with shock. "…That will antagonize them and

sinister smile emerged on Rui's

"Exactly."

their faces as they understood Rui's

be all too easy for Rui to just have the Martial Union arrest the four royals in public with the publicly stated charge of Martial murder conspiracy against Prince Rui.

available, which would only further inflame the nation's suspicions that the

and compel the high-ranking government officials of the four royals to defect to him, not if he was seen as the front of the Martial Union's potentially