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 eyes of

let them spend a little time 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 inside their

each lacked the understanding of how horrifying the threat was to

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

lacked the context of how horrific

cell for three days while the Martial Union prepared their trial

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

"Are you sure…?"

"Yes!!!"

a moment to enjoy

him, but once they did, he could watch them burn without feeling damping his

what they had

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,

royals widened their eyes with shock. "…That will

smile emerged on Rui's

"Exactly."

faces as they

have the Martial Union arrest the four royals in public with the publicly stated 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,

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

he would become a target of suspicion and hatred. He would not be able 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 unlawful misapplication of the Crimes Against Martial Art Act of