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"He is an asset to this nation," Princess Rafia replied. "Killing him would hurt the Kandrian Empire in ways that we are unable to even estimate."

"He shouldn't have gotten in my way," Prince Randal's eyes narrowed. "Anybody who stands in the way of the throne and me is an enemy.

"The Martial Union will have our heads," Princess Ranea's expression grew grave. "The best-case scenario would be that the Martial Artists of the Martial Union that we have secured to our side would immediately leave."

"That's only if they knew we did it," Prince Randal calmly remarked. "As long as there is enough uncertainty, they won't know who it is. Even if they did, we are of the Royal Family. The power of the Royal Emperor is on par with that of the Martial Union. If any of the Martial Sages were to come after me, General Aramoeous of the Hawk Faction is more than willing to deploy the hundred and eight Apocalypse-class Armageddon siege weapons of the Kandrian Empire, each with the power to reduce an entire nation to dust in an instant."

"Do you want to cause a civil war of unprecedented scale?!" Princess Ranea stared at him in disbelief. "You will destroy Kandria!"

"Relax, it won't come to that," Prince Randal's eyes sharpened to slits. "The Martial Sages of the Martial Union will not move for a single Martial Senior. Probably. However, the Martial Masters will. They're the issue. However, there are ways around this. As long as the Martial Union doesn't know who killed Rui Quarrier, there won't be any issues."

extremely deep profile on every Martial Artist in Kandria," Princess Rafia remarked. "Especially Martial Masters. Employing our Martial Artists would give us

know, one of the Masters in my faction picked a fight with Rui Quarrier after inadvertently threatening him. Since then, the Martial Union has been spooked and extremely sensitive about a Martial Master

at all," Princess

Princess Ranea shook her head. "Using Kandrian Martial Artists will get us

even more severe. "Perhaps the Derschek Region or the Shadow Isles. We could even try contracting the Silent Shadow, Master Reina Cara. She

Federation has disclaimed that," Princess Rafia

of Martial Artists by a Martial Artist of a higher Realm," Prince Randal corrected. "Assassinations are a gray area because every force in this world needs them, including the constituents that founded the Panamic Martial Federation. As long as it is not exposed, they

are too much. There are very few who are freelancers. An overwhelming majority of Martial Master assassins belong to some group or entity that

"Master assassins like the Silent Shadow are said to be impossible to find. We can begin the process, but it will take months and even years. There is no point in waiting that long because, at this rate, Raijun will become a Squire.Senior assassins

I've agreed yet…" Princess Ranea carefully spoke. "We're going to need to do it

the most loyal Martial Artists each of them had and were not of the Martial Union. Prince Randal would not have dared to bring

the