The Martial Unity

His advisors glanced at each other, confused. Even the four Martial Masters behind him turned towards him, intrigued.

"…'Martial gamble'?"

"Yep," Rui looked pleased with his idea. "That is the only way to coax Prince Raijun into terminating Minister Kramen's contract."

His eyes shifted across the room, meeting with those of his confused advisors.

"A Martial duel."

His eyes swam around in thought. "I will challenge him to a Martial duel. If I win, Prince Raijun will terminate the contract. If I lose, I will forfeit my bid for the throne. I'll partake myself and give Prince Raijun the right to appoint a champion to fight in his place."

The expressions of his advisors darkened.

"You're risking too much, Your Highness!"

"How can Your Highness possibly risk the bid to the throne?!"

risky and dangerous! You might truly never ascend the

to erupt into protests at the terms that Rui had proposed. He would question their reliability if they didn't push

was not enough to deter

you think you can overcome this hurdle in a reasonably short-term frame, feel free to share your

why are you so hell-bent on getting this done in a short amount of time?

was a very

was not one that Rui could truthfully answer. However, he had already primed himself for this

a matter of getting it done soon," Rui replied. "There are no other feasible solutions of any kind, including long-term ones. This one can potentially be executed very quickly. Another reason is that the sooner I

and thus, none of his Martial Master allies, inside and outside the Martial Union, saw anything wrong with it. While Martial Masters could detect emotion, they could not detect complex

unconvinced. "Your Highness, you have an overwhelming advantage against them; your probability of victory over the span of five years and beyond is greater than ninety percent. If you challenge them with the aforementioned conditions, you're evening the odds

the only critique

that, the stakes are also not equal. Voiding a contract is not equal to forfeiting your claim to the throne! If your intentions

because the value of him voiding Minister Kramen's deal is much

Minister Kramen was the only

which he swept through them when it came to buying high-ranking government officials with immense Martial, economic, and political capital quickly made them realize that they didn't have any hope

they were simply holding on to dear life, stubbornly unwilling to give up while also knowing deep down in their hearts that

be the final line of

Rui narrowed his eyes with a soft smile. "What you need to understand about his psychology is that he went from being the most powerful contender for the throne and the one with the highest probability