The Martial Unity

If he truly wanted, he could cripple the Kandrian Seafare Association by manipulating the people with their absolute adoration and loyalty to him.

If he truly wanted, he could cripple the Underworld by cutting off demand for the illegal goods and services that they supplied.

If he truly wanted, he could cripple Princess Raemina's ambitions to control the citizens even after she became Empress.

If he truly wanted, he could cripple the domestic market of the Martial Union.

If he truly wanted, he could cripple the Royal Army's low-level soldier count, having them boycott the army.

If he truly wanted, he could cripple all the corporations that constituted the Rafia Consortium by simply cutting away their domestic market and employees.

This was a power that terrified each and every single one of them. None of them could impact the others the way that Prince Raul could disembowel their entire faction.

Yet he didn't.

Not once did he employ his almost hypnotic control over the masses to cripple his competitors for the throne.

The reason was rather simple. It was not because of strategic considerations or tactical analysis. It was not because of geopolitical and economic reasons.

It was simple: the people who would be hurt the most if he executed these sabotages would be the people of Kandria and not the power blocs that he would be targeting.

mean crippling

once employed his power to cripple his six competitors and try

beyond overwhelmed by everything he heard about Raul Kandria. It was almost too good

to be

corrupt bastard underneath. Perhaps he was secretly exploiting all the people who loved him. Perhaps he was

that something like

meet Prince Raul?" Senior partner Kayla of Lambargeau Xavier Legal Services raised an eyebrow when he had gone to meet her, looking for a meeting

replied, nodding. "He's finally returned from his endeavors to procure food imports for the impoverished during winter, right? I was

She replied. "His Highness speaks to everybody that seeks him.

the Beggar's Sect had

I

the shelter town of Varmaria, at the center of the nation," She replied. "Go

"…Ok."

eager to pull Rui into the Raul Faction. Since, unlike the

watched as he singlehandedly annihilated the assassination industry of the

as a foe or an enemy. It was best to secure him as an ally and make use of niche and powerful skills as a

had been created by the Kandrian Ruffians to house the bottom one percent of the most impoverished people. They supplied these people with not just food and housing but also employed them for basic manual labor. In this way, these impoverished people could not only

had heard about it was quite good, although he had never actually

didn't take more than fifteen minutes for someone as fast as him. He zipped through the sky, leaving sonic booms in his wave as he approached the shelter

is," Rui spotted a collection

he approached the town, two Martial Seniors appeared in his