The Martial Unity

The Throne Hall grew chilly as Prince Rajak blatantly attacked Emperor Rael with condemnation much more directly than Prince Raijun did.

"Condemn you for a power struggle…?" The Emperor's tone hid a smile. "No. I condemned you for a civil war. Those are close but not quite the same."

Prince Rajak's face contorted with cold rage. "As I said, your cheap word word games do not impress anybody."

"Those are neither mere words nor games, my hateful child of the Underworld," The Emperor smiled. "You and I, indeed, have partaken in our respective power struggles for the throne. Yet, do you know what the difference between the two of us is?"

Prince Rajak stared at him coldly.

He didn't utter so much as a word.

"The difference between us is that I won."

His aura rapidly shifted from serene to overbearing dominance.

"I won the war before it even began."

The Emperor's domineering words sent a wave of surprise washing through everybody in the throne room.

"I won before anyone got hurt."

An abundance of confidence echoed the deep masculine melody of his voice. The dominance of his words came from the fact that they were rooted in history. He ascended the throne at the young age of thirty-one after the previous Emperor passed away mysteriously, crushing the allied resistance of his brothers and sisters, initiating the crowning ceremony, and becoming Emperor.

Prince Rajak gritted his teeth as his expression grew ugly.

"That is the difference between us. The 'struggle' in 'power struggle' came from those who struggled against me in vain," The Emperor's words were unshakable. "I prepared to ascend the throne my entire life…"

A grin lit up on the Emperor's face.

"…and when it was time, I killed my power-hungry fool of a father."

"!!!"

single person in the throne hall

They shook.

Physically.

Mentally.

Emotionally.

How could they not?

had just confessed to assassinating the

had just confessed to the highest treason as recognized by Kandrian

most hardened poker faces

of their origin, affiliation, station, rank, or field, every single member of the Kandrian

They were shocked.

their

treason, and it was a crime with no statute of limitations that not even the Emperor

he would instantly

expression was defiantly

Rajak, stunned and speechless

"I killed Emperor Ra."

bold words reverberated throughout

warmongering power-hungry before he tore Kandria apart with an apocalyptic

ears and the hearts of those

centuries of peace, harmony, and glory to

Kandria itself bore down

princes and princesses. "The best way to prevent a war is to win it before it even begins. You, my hateful son, are

glared at

on the other hand,

of the throne that bore him, he immediately became a domineering conqueror who brilliantly seized power over Kandria moments before the catastrophic war broke out and went

even more saintly and dovish than

displayed a domineering hawkish dominance that exceeded that

they didn't contradict each

No.