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 too

by the Kandrian Empire was more than just a simple attack. Or

Empire's attack on the Sekigahara Confederate left it in a position of vulnerability and weakness as far as border security

this moment of weakness created by the Kandrian Empire to launch its own devastating attack

This was a far more dedicated and invested war effort. It could not even be called an assault team. This was a marching

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

the Kandrian Empire's operation

things became even more chaotic when the Republic of Gorteau launched an attack on the Britannian Empire. Something that had not been

Empire 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

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

there was

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 unfolded the way

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

course, this is far from a philanthropic move. The strategic department has already established

Britannian Empire and the Kandrian Empire

the furthest away from the Sekigahara Confederate compared to the Britannian Empire and the