The Martial Unity

It was a shame that even though it was an open secret that he was backed by the Underworld, the Underworld had mastered the art of evading Kandrian law enforcement, making it extremely difficult to charge him with crimes due to a lack of substantial evidence.

"You are unworthy." The Emperor declared. "Unworthy to bear either the power or the burden of the crown. You are unworthy to be my heir and inherit my power."

Prince Rajak glared at the Emperor, not saying a word.

The Emperor's eyes drifted through his many progeny. "Most of you do not war for the throne, and of those of you who have the ambition to become Emperor, only seven of you have displayed the competence to forge their path to the throne needed to earn my support."

Many of the princes and princesses winced and grimaced at the Emperor's words.

After all, he called all but seven of the incompetent.

And, unfortunately, it could not be denied.

Their campaigning efforts were, frankly, embarrassing. Most of them struggled to reel over even a single power to their so-called faction.

"Of the remaining six of you…hm, let's see," The Emperor's eyes shifted to the closest one.

Princess Rafia stared at him emotionally as he gazed into his daughter's eyes.

"Rafia…my poor girl," He remarked.

"I am not poor," She retorted.

"Certainly not in wealth, no. But you may as well be bankrupt when it comes to emotional intelligence," The Emperor remarked. "So long as we live in a world where people are more irrational than rational, more emotional than intelligent…the capacity to comprehend, harness, and manipulate emotion is more important than the ability to process data."

didn't reply to

know how

glint of frustration flashed in her

that in the many years since our

and understand emotion, yet…" He shook his head. "When I gaze into your eyes, it is

eyes shifted away from her, moving on to Prince

regarded him with a

negative externality that ought to be limited," The Emperor suddenly remarked as he eyed Prince Randal. "There is a shared understanding that it is destructive and ought to be avoided.

eyes sharpened. "You have made war your

"…"

being a conqueror and conquering all of East Panama," The Emperor remarked. "You are unable to critically analyze the probability of success, blinded by your

have won the Kandrian Throne War by now, ready to crown yourself Emperor the moment I passed away, yet even if I

on his desire to

needed the Emperor's power to break free

of all of East Panama during the First East Panamic War," Prince Randal respectfully countered the Emperor's

history, pulling a page of

in the Great Nam Ocean. It was estimated to have more than ten thousand tons of Marina Gold, a highly beautiful golden esoteric with a known

make it the basis of the Kandrian Empire's currency was the reason that the Kandrian Empire became an economic powerhouse

young Shionel Confederation.

skyrocketed the value of the entirety of the Kandrian economy internationally, which was measured in Kandrian Marina gold. The more valuable the currency, the more valuable everything

that the Kandrian Empire truly stood equal to the other three

of power shifted drastically, diminishing the significance of the

as the Sekigahara Confederate, the Republic of Gorteau, and the Britannian Empire could not only not tolerate the rise of a new powerhouse but also sought to get their hands on a piece of the Marina

and brilliant geopolitical campaigns, Emperor Rael created powerful deterrence until the three powerhouses eventually gave