The Martial Unity

At that moment, the net entirety of all Kandrian powers and forces that heard his words faltered.

Many of them had aligned themselves with one of the princes and princesses, excited about the possibility of a ruler that worked for their interests. Excited about a ruler that would warp Kandria to elevate them above all.

Yet, history was a heavy weapon.

When wielded properly, it could break apart any conviction and any emotion.

Rui's eyes widened as he realized the Emperor understood this truth better than anybody else.

His powerful words were armed with the weight of human history.

Not just human history.

His history.

He who quelled the most fierce civil war. He who masterfully intertwined countless opposing forces into a single nation. He who elevated Kandria to the pinnacle of human civilization with the power of harmony.

Yet history alone was not enough.

It needed to be channeled carefully, masterfully, and with immaculate communication, both verbal and nonverbal. It needed to be channeled so that it wove past the greed and ambition of its beholders. It needed to weave past the human condition that drove man to war.

It needed to strike the human heart.

And struck the human heart, he had.

uncertainty radiated from those

as realization dawned

of Kandria sought to move Kandria with the weight of history…with the weight

was not

Di Kandria." A powerful voice

the progress that the

It was Prince Raijun.

Prince Raijun with calm nonchalance.

Raijun glared at him, waiting

of great surprise to me. I was now aware that there was a way to overcome the fact that you've never fought a real battle in

stirred at his

was looking at him even though his

gritted his teeth at being humiliated before all the

just to you, but to all those who bear my blood." The Kandrian Emperor's tone grew relaxed. "Let us speak with each other as the family that we are. Let us indulge in open dialogue before the subjects of Kandria. Let us truly engage in the spirit of the Royal

trying to do. He had already planted the seeds of doubt with his powerful words earlier. Hammering the same point over and over redundantly would not

top of that, the optics of refusing to allow anyone to speak was one that could ruin his impact. It conveyed an inability to engage, perhaps even fear of engaging,

by freely allowing not just Raijun but also all other royals to speak openly, he maintained the momentum

Emperor of

demonstrated a profound ability

was what Prince Raul

ambition and greed are inevitable. Greed and ambition are the fuel of human civilization. Would you have us cripple human

of mankind, was an era long before

attempted to associate the negative connotations of this era with

crude attempt. He did not possess even a