The Martial Unity

"What if he fails?" Princess Rafia asked prudently. "We only have one opportunity to assassinate Rui Quarrier, there is a high probability that the Martial Union will take some measure to ensure that it won't happen again if we fail."

"Hm, in that case, it would be prudent to hire all of the Martial Seniors of the shortlist and have them gang up on him," Princess Ranea remarked.

"That violates a constraint we are subject to, I believe," Princess Raemina remarked.

"Indeed," Prince Randal nodded. "The intensity of the conflict cannot reach above a certain level, and if it does, the Martial Union will be alerted. Deploying all of them at once will increase the intensity of the conflict above safe limits, and the Martial Union will be on our asses immediately. It is frustrating, but we will have to limit the number of assassins acting on Rui Quarrier to only one at a time to avoid drawing attention."

"That isn't the only reason, Your Highnesses," Sierra remarked. "You have neglected the assassin side of that conversation. The assassins on the shortlist possess zero synergy or compatibility with each other. In fact, it can be said they possess negative synergy with each other. For example…"

She gestured to the slide featuring data on the Maneater. "The Maneater is unable to control the range or scope of the target of her seductive Martial Art in any way. Thus, deploying her alongside the male assassins will mean that her Martial Art will affect them as well, seducing them in the process and causing them to lose control as well."

She turned back towards them. "That's not all; not only will she impede them, but they will impede her in turn. She will be unable to focus on Rui Quarrier while she is being assaulted by the seduced male assassins. It is her policy to assassinate with no other men around or after they are all dead."

that case, we can avoid commissioning her. If

prime of his life, Rui Quarrier will be extremely vulnerable

the slide of

any other assassin within range will also be suffocated. Those aren't the only conflicting elements. There

a tired sigh. "We get the point. It is simply impossible to have them gang up on

the probability of success decreases the more of them

as I mentioned earlier. At the same time, we cannot throw multiple assassins at Rui Quarrier for reasons you have thoroughly

series of failsafe backup rounds of assassins to take him on one after another rapidly. Thus, if the first assassination fails and the assassin is compromised, the second assassin will immediately leap in and take over. Should that fail, the third assassin will immediately leap in and take over. This way, they won't get in each other's way, and we'll still have

gestured to a large map of the Kandrian Empire, underneath which was a map of the

were lines of various different colors, besides

and for how long Rui spent his daily

this point when leaving the Great Jrava Mountain Range; here, he is a thousand kilometers away from Master Gurren and also a thousand kilometers away from the town of Hajin. It is a deserted region with no settlements or civilization nearby. The closest Martial Union

but note the several lines

"What are those?"