The Martial Unity

The Raijun Faction had come across this shocking information in the three months since Rui had made his offer to the Martial Prince. They had, for the time being, decided to keep it under wraps.

They certainly had no intention of divulging it. Regardless of where it came from, regardless of how fishy its source, information was information. It was power. On top of that, whoever was responsible for manipulating the Kandrian Burea to collect information on Rui without anybody knowing was clearly hell-bent on it remaining that way: unknown.

"If they have the power to manipulate the bureau to such a degree without anybody knowing, while also erasing any and all incriminating information, then they possess an immense amount of power within the bureau, then this person is undoubtedly extremely powerful. Not even the director of the Kandrian Intelligence Bureau possesses the power to do what we see is being done. It would constitute treason, even," Another of his personal advisors told Prince Raijun. "Yet these documents were clearly inside the system, not outside. This leaves us with two possibilities."

The Martial Prince narrowed his eyes.

it, allowing them to manipulate it in whatever way they wish, including harnessing its intelligence capabilities to do something like this," One of his

orchestrated this. Intelligence and military are the two parts of the government that are directly under the control of the Royal Family while also being answerable to the executive government. The orders of the Royal Family, of course, trump that of the executive

sigh. It was

nascency," Prince Raijun heaved a sigh. "Most of the government and most players in the game have yet to be roped in by one of the seven of us. That's a

power of the throne of the Kandrian Empire. The seven princes and princesses had essentially been shopping throughout the Kandrian Empire and beyond for entities with a vested interest in the throne's power. "Princess Ranea has been the most aggressive with international funding," One of his personal advisors informed him, passing him a report. "The Ranea Foundation has received two billion gold coins in total from a number of

Raijun tutted as his eyebrows furrowed with disdain. "If she

warned him. "However, there are those who do not wish to see the government funnel hundreds of billions of gold worth of subsidies into the seafaring industry, including several sects of the Martial Union that are yet to commit to any one prince. We can use her momentum to win them over should they want to avoid seeing the Kandrian Empire become nothing more than a glorified