The Martial Unity

Any ordinary man would be in a cold sweat being surrounded by so many intimidating grade-ten Martial Squires, that many would have fainted on the spot.

Yet Commissioner Reze did not appear to experience even the slightest hint of discomfort. His pleasant perfunctory smile was unperturbed in the face of the powerful Martial Squires that could end his life with the slightest exertion.

Of course, he knew such a thing would never happen.

Any Martial Squire that killed a high-grade Martial commissioner like Commissioner Reze was dead. They would die before they even left the building. They might as well kill themselves to at least die painlessly.

Rui knew the Martial Union well enough to know that they would never tolerate such an offense, least of all by a measly Martial Squire.

Furthermore, the Virodha Theocracy would also never allow such a thing to happen. Not only would all of the Martial Masters within the banquet hall notice such a thing and stop it, but the many Martial Senior guards in place who attentively scanned the entire crowd would never allow such a thing to happen.

He firmly spoke with each of them making offers, rejecting requests, negotiating terms and agreements.

He wasn't the only one. Many of the other dignitaries had already begun speaking to contestants one by one, trying to win them over.

It was hard to say who was competing for who.

competing for patrons, or were the patrons competing

to a certain extent.') Rui mused while watching them. "I'm glad I don't have to

smiled as he turned towards a man that had been approaching them. "Ah, it

inside Rui as he beheld a man

('Guildmaster Bradt…!')

been too fixated on Commissioner Reze to miss the man among

head of a powerful state visiting a trivial

Festival was important to the contestants, it was decently important enough to other powerful organizations to send some envoys. It was important enough for the heads of smaller and weaker states to send their heads to personally try and scout powerful Martial

was that Martial Squires were extremely valuable for some time due to the Shionel Dungeon, and because Rui offered him a map

that he didn't strongly recall his name. "It has been a

way to increase both the security and the luxury arrangements of the event in your honor." Master

already in the Theocracy negotiating and finalizing the Bradt-Virodha Dungeon Treaty with Her Excellency, so I decided it was worth attending the event since I was

nor Master

('Also, did he say Dungeon Treaty? The Shionel Dungeon raid is complete since all floors have been completely scouted. That means that any agreement does not have to do with esoteric ore deposit harvests, but

the best use of

forget the Bradt Distribution Service's favor for selling an entire floor of the new Shionel Dungeon City to the