The Martial Unity

1559 Plans

It wasn't long before Miss Vilmentine took her leave from the orphanage. While she had clearly expressed and conveyed the high interest that the Raemina Faction had in winning over Rui, she didn't go too far by dogging Rui about joining her faction.

An overly-persistent approach was unpleasant to most people, it showed a lack of respect for boundaries.

Furthermore, today was just a basic low-effort preliminary attempt to earn his support.

"Huff…" Julian heaved a tired sigh as he watched the royal carriage accelerate away from the orphanage. "It seems she is quite intent on bringing you over to the Raemina Faction."

"It would seem that way," Rui nodded, concurring with the man. "I'm not really surprised."

Rui had an impressive history during his time in the Kandrian Empire.

He had reached the finals of the Martial Contest held during the Martial Festival when he was an Apprentice, earning his first hint of fame through the Kandrian Empire. He had then gone on to perform several incredible feats as a Martial Apprentice.

He had managed to kill a Martial Squire as a Martial Apprentice. While there was context and nuance that made his feat not nearly as absurd and bonkers as it seemed on the surface, the details had been lost in the wind as the rumors spread across the entire nation.

On top of that, he had essentially won the Kandrian Empire the war of the Serevian Dungeon, singlehandedly decimating the armies of all of the three powerhouses of East Panama.

a Martial Squire, quickly developing a handful of grade-ten techniques, one of which he submitted to the Martial Union to earn a lot of appreciation and praise. He then went on to serve as an ambassador of the

light amongst the upper echelons of society that he was the infamous Voider that singlehandedly dominated the Shionel Dungeon raids against

time that was close to the death of said merchant tycoon,

had impunity to the law to certain extents, thanks to a clause in the Kandrian Martial Covenant signed between the

importantly, he returned as the youngest Martial Senior in history

be happy that my achievements during my eight-year hiatus are not known yet,' Rui heaved a

he had attained as a Martial Squire, having survived and shaken off an attack from a Martial Senior

seventy-second Virodhabhasa Champion. The political capital he gained from the religion would not be enough to singlehandedly turn the favor towards a prince or

and turned back glancing at the two envelopes on the table. He could sense the gold-laden cards within the envelopes; invitations that he would need to

Raemina had to say to him. Who knew?

give her one chance. He also wanted to get a good gauge of what kind of person she was. Intelligence reports from credible organizations like the Beggar's Sect and the Martial Union were all fine and dandy, but he trusted his own

BZZZT!

attention flew to his communication

message from the

finalized. Thankfully, they gave him enough time to prepare in a

he needed the massive funds that he would get once the

would buy it. There were physiological experiments that would lend credence to his

could justify knowing it as a Martial Senior who was home-schooled by his mother

already come up with the perfect way to

going to need your help with something, Julian,"