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."

in the

in the most 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 the situation to truly set

how horrifying the threat was to them. They couldn't fathom how much despair and misery it would bring about on an emotional

were what commoners would consider to be paradise. What the royals considered to be bad was

lacked the context of how horrific things could

allowed them to rot in a holding cell for three days while the Martial Union prepared their trial

he mentioned the possibility of house arrest. Their eyes lit up with deeply desperate hope. They leaped for the bars, abandoning all dignity, grasping

"Are you sure…?"

"Yes!!!"

Rui chuckled, taking a moment

for them even before they tried killing him, but once they did, he could watch them burn without feeling damping

what they

that you have decided to cease your campaign and abandon all claim to the throne. Tell

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

smile emerged on Rui's

"Exactly."

on their faces as

charge of Martial murder conspiracy against Prince Rui. However, this would be easily distorted as the Martial Union unlawfully eradicated competition with some bullshit bogus charges, especially when the

had the authority to authorize a public review of the case, but he was not available, which would only further inflame the nation's suspicions that the Martial Union had crossed a line with a fascistic attempt to instill their own puppets

to convince 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