The Martial Unity

"Well..." Rui scratched his head. "I can't take full credit for that. Kane actually played a pretty important role as well."

"Really?" Fiona raised an eyebrow at Kane.

"My man doesn't lie." Kane smirked, turning to Fiona. "We haven't met in like, what, three or four years?"

"We would have met a year ago if you'd won the preliminary contest." She retorted.

"Boo. No thanks, I'm good." Kane waved her away.

"Alright alright." Rui intervened. "Let's all go catch some rest. We shouldn't rely on potions when we don't have to because that reduces the probability that we'll be able to use potions when we need to."

It was the norm to have sleep taken care of as soon as a mission was completed since that was the only it could be guaranteed that a sleep cycle wouldn't clash with the deployment of the Martial Apprentices on a mission. Rui had learned to become more aware of his sleep cycles since he could no longer merrily stay awake for extended periods of time.

The rest of them concurred, participating in the war wasn't something that could be considered light work, regardless of one's prowess.

The five of them returned back to their lodges, looking to get as much rest as they could for the day before their next mission.

to their surprise didn't come

Empire was more than just a simple attack. Or at least, it ended up growing to be much more than

it in a position of vulnerability and weakness as far as border security and military assets went. However, this position of vulnerability wouldn't

Empire, which was also adjacent to the Sekigahara Confederate, had chosen to exploit this moment of weakness created by the Kandrian Empire to launch its own devastating attack on the momentarily exposed territory of the

Sekigahara Confederate as fast as they could. This was a far more dedicated and invested

reconstruction process that they had begun just a day prior, having been forced to invest even more militaristic capital

It dwarfed the Kandrian Empire's operation on the Sekigahara

became even more chaotic when the Republic of Gorteau launched an attack on

couldn't fight a war on two sides. The army that had been sent to chip away even further at the Sekigahara Confederate had been ordered to retreat immediately and return to the base territory of the Britannian Empire to aid in repelling the attack

back to the Britannian territory, the army from the Republic of Gorteau also immediately retreated as soon as the

finally, there was

simply spectated the chain reaction that its actions had caused with amused intrigue. It took a while for the intelligence departments of all the countries to gather all the information needed to have a good understanding of why what unfolded actually

alliance with the Sekigahara Confederate?" Commissioner Feristen frowned as he read

Colonel Carnes nodded. "Of course, this is far from a philanthropic move. The strategic department

if the Britannian Empire and the Kandrian Empire gang up on the Sekigahara Confederate." Commissioner

from the Sekigahara