The Martial Unity

1555 Agendas

Of the seven of them, only two of them appeared to have their own political ideologies that they genuinely espoused. Princess Raemina with her communist dictatorship ambitions and Prince Raul with his people-first doctrine.

The rest of them appeared to be shilling for the power blocs that backed them up.

For instance, it didn't appear to Rui that Raijun had a strong drive to pursue Martial power. He had become a Martial Apprentice at a remarkable age but then had never proceeded to reach the next Realm.

To Rui, that suggested that whatever his Martial drive was, the power that he possessed as a Martial Apprentice was enough to fulfill it.

Yet he also had the ambition to rule the nation. The only way he could have a strong drive to rule the nation but still be satisfied with the power of an Apprentice was if the reason he pursued his Martial Path was not the Martial power, but something else.

"He most likely became a Martial Apprentice only to have the status of a Martial Artist," Rui realized. "Once he had the status of a Martial Artist, he would gain more trust from other Martial Artists who distrusted normal humans to represent their interests well."

Yet he didn't realize that just becoming a Martial Apprentice was not enough. Martial Apprentices were children within the world of Martial Art, regardless of what their actual age was, they were treated as children on their Martial Path.

run into this faction before.

the jungle where the strongest ruled and the

legislations that were highly favorable to the Martial Union and to Martial Artists in general if he ascended the

for most of the others of the seven

to define what my agendas are. There is no point in thinking about what Prince to support until I have full clarity on that. So what

stock in the race. However, he strongly wished for his family's life to not be disrupted. Some of the princes and princesses had ideologies or shilled for power blocs whose interests diverged

certainly disrupt my family's life with crazy azy legislation. But it can also be disrupted if I earn the enmity of a prince or

than he was capable of fighting back. He was sure that a solid proportion of Martial Seniors, Masters, and Sages had already distributed their support among the seven candidates. This meant that they had

to avoid earning the enmity of any of the princes and princesses. What he was confident

Throne War was a race to gather support. The entire nation and beyond were watching each of the seven candidates closely. Antagonizing others needlessly was a good way to lose a race of gathering support. It ruined their credibility,

where each of the princes and princesses had no choice but to focus on pleasing others

antagonize them first, the way he did Deacon, then there was little to no cause to worry about

make sure that he doesn't

concern of short-term acute threats out of the way, Rui began thinking about long-term priorities. In the long