The Martial Unity

Now that he had secured the support of a Martial Sage to aid with ensuring that Master Reina didn't get exposed to other Martial Sages or extremely powerful Martial Masters, he could be a lot more assured about the security of his plan to have her take over in his stead once he essentially won the Kandrian Throne War.

'Now that I've secured the Martial Union's full cooperation, it's time to bulldoze through the competition and win seventy-five percent of high-ranking government officials,' Rui said, narrowing his eyes.

With the Martial Union's support, it was going to be smooth for the most part. No government official could resist the power that the Martial Union had. Any favor, any request, any necessity or indulgence, he could have it fulfilled. If they wanted a powerful potion brewed from rare substances, then he could simply instruct several Martial Masters of the union to head down the Beast Domain and procure the required substances in exchange for that high-ranking government official's support.

In the worst-case scenario, he could employ the Martial Sages to a minor extent. And the number of things that were too difficult for a Martial Sage was quite limited and usually involved other Martial Sages.

Once Rui returned, he immediately got to work. His chief of staff had already scheduled a hundred appointments within a single month with a hundred important and distinguished individuals whom Rui personally needed to spend time with to reel over.

His life very quickly shifted as the faction-building took off in full force. In the past three months, he had merely been setting up the foundations of his faction staff and administration.

Now, he was starting the real deal.

"Who's the first appointment fixed with?" Rui asked.

"Guildmaster Bradt and Chairman Decker of the Bradt-Decker Political Venture Capital Guild, Your Highness," she quickly replied, providing him with a scheduling docket.

"Was that on purpose?"

to begin with prospective patrons with whom you already have a history of cooperation and

indeed easier for me to deal with Bradt and Decker since I know them, especially

his office, where the two had

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office, immediately spotting the two of them and their bodyguards. "I've been incredibly busy with untimely

it," Chairman Decker

apologize," Guildmaster Bradt calmly remarked. "It is a perennial part

the two of them as he took a seat. "I did expect to be approached by

glanced at the documents titled with the newfound guild that

was my idea, by the way," Chairman Decker remarked with a hint

form it takes, is an age-old

"And what hurdle is it that the two of you seek to

out of our patronage of you, of course," Chairman Decker remarked. "We seek to squeeze you for

"What are your demands, and

two broad demands; the first is a lowered ease of doing business in the Kandrian Empire. While not nearly as restrictive as the Britannian Empire or the Sekigahara Confederate, it is nowhere as libertarian as our own Shionel

their demand while he went through the file, which

difficulty of land acquisition…" Rui murmured. "All standard stuff. I'll consider it. I am more amenable to long-term adjustments to the Kandrian Empire's economic model, but if you're expecting anything swift and instantaneous, then I'm afraid not. The Kandrian Empire has integrated many stakeholders and power blocs into it seamlessly, thanks to my father, but