The Martial Unity

"Tsk," Tui tutted. ('You've made my job harder, Guildmaster Bradt.')

Guildmaster Bradt probably thought he was doing a favor to Rui and to himself, and frankly, given that he didn't know that Rui had infiltrated the Voidhunters, it made sense that he thought this way.

However, Rui couldn't even tell him to stop. Because even doing that would reveal that he was involved somehow. That would instantly make the four surviving martial Squires suspicious, two of whom were women.

That would be no different from revealing that he himself was the Voider. Thus his hands were tied in that regard.

('On top of that, Guildmaster Bradt cannot stop Chairman Deacon from placing a bounty on my head,') Rui knew that.

After all, placing a bounty on someone inside the dungeon was legal, thus there was no avenue for Guildmaster Bradt to fight this with the power of the state. On top of that, he could not use his own power to fight back publically. Since that would be no different from announcing that he was associated with the Voider.

That would mean that he was colluding with a criminal who had evaded tax at one point. That would be enough to launch a formal investigation against him, even if he was the Guildmaster. That would be damning.

He couldn't intervene from the shadows either, since his own private force could not possibly fight off all the people who accepted the bounty. The losses were also not worth the gains.

means that I'm kind on

Deacon indicated that he was considering publicizing the intelligence on the Voider. That would allow all the bounty hunters to track him more efficiently and with

Rui sighed. ("Chairman Deacon, Guildmaster Bradt. Those two are undoubtedly the two most powerful people in the Shionel Confederation. But they are not the only ones around, and they are not the only ones with power, and with interests that criss-cross

Esosale Suppliers was beginning to dominate. After all, the Shionel Merchant Guild was comprised of the top hundred most powerful and successful merchants. Number one was without a doubt Guildmaster Bradt, followed by

the Voider for disrupting the market. While none of them were as powerful as Chairman Deacon, they too could make their efforts into stopping Rui under the wing

Voidhunters were merely the first step,') Rui realized in hindsight. ('There

would willingly lend their power to Chairman Deacon in the form of their privatized Martial

would grant Chairman Deacon a titanic amount of

eyes. ('It's not just the disenfranchised merchants that are on his side. He also has other stakeholders

the Shionel Dungeon. The many countries participating in the dungeon raid and plundering process were all stakeholders as well, who were no doubt pissed off by the Esosale Suppliers gaining access to a dominant share of the esoteric resources from

pretty clear that the Guildmaster Bradt was a staunch supporter and partner of Esosale Suppliers. This meant

not only would Rui have to deal with the many freelancer bounty hunters that would arise from the bounty, but he would

to deal with the pressure that would emerge from the disgruntled nations that were each trying to carve

after Rui reached home and explained

we'll have to be even more