The Martial Unity

The election had arrived.

The Shionel Merchant Guild grew extremely busy, even more so than it was due to the Shionel Dungeon. The various branches and offices across the entire nation went through a multitude of logistical preparations for the event.

All manners of campaigns decorated the entire country as the two most popular candidates by far fought for support from the various members of the Shionel Merchant Guild.

The Shionel Merchant Guild included the most successful and wealthiest merchants in the nation to the humblest of service providers. Any person who supplied goods or services to an open market was considered a merchant, within the nation, and they were all entitled to vote for a candidate for guildmaster.

Thus, although the voter pool did not include non-merchant citizens of the nation, because of the sheer proportion of the country's population that technically and officially counted as a merchant, it still meant that many many millions of votes would be cast across the entire nation.

Many people excitedly witnessed as the two greatest titans of the nation clashed with each other. Guildmaster Bradt had previously domineeringly won every election despite Chairman Deacon's best efforts. However, this time, things truly could go either way.

The many electoral debates that the two of them had were intense, as the two of them challenged each other in an intricate battle for rhetorical and optical victories in the eyes of the voters.

All was going just fine for both sides until it wasn't.

News of the massacre of the one thousand Martial Squires associated with Deacon Industries spread like wildfire across the entire nation. It was an absolute shock, perhaps more shocking than any other news regarding the Shionel Dungeon that had come out prior.

One thousand Martial Squires had all died on one single floor!

It was shocking because it meant that there was a threat level in the Shionel Dungeon so profound that it could kill one thousand powerful Martial Squires.

of higher Realms could not enter the Shionel Dungeon, it meant that whatever was inside the dungeon needed to be resolved by Martial Squires, but it was powerful enough to wipe out one thousand

Martial Squires would be needed to take down such

bet the Voider could do

Squires. The Voider is impressive, but

Deacon Industries combine

it only served as a great source of gossip and entertainment to millions of

however, had

dead…" He murmured, putting both hands on a table for support. "… All

an ashamed Squire Yuna, lowering her head as

He murmured lightly as his expression quivered. "You said

sir," She spoke up with a forlorn expression. "Out of all the Martial Squires, your son fought to the very end. Even after all the other grade-ten Martial Squires perished, your son still stood strong, to the very end, he never gave

survive, that too through such cowardly means. She decided to embellish Captain Deacon to be greater

Chairman Deacon's mask fell as he looked down, hiding his sorrow. "And his death… You

was attacked by an unknown figure," She confirmed. "He decapitated the captain from the back in a cowardly fashion, while the

room grew dark as Squire Yuna felt increasingly uncomfortable at

he fought all the roots by himself and even radiated a Senior level aura?" Chairman

it was

quivering

shuddering

she experienced a tremendous amount of pressure from the center of

by