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?!"

You might truly never ascend the throne, Your

Rui expected his advisors to erupt into protests at the terms that Rui had proposed. He would question their reliability

was not

of you think you can overcome this hurdle in

so hell-bent on getting this done in a short amount of

a

that Rui could truthfully answer. However, he had

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 establish my victory, the lower the probability of a civil

and thus, none of his Martial Master allies, inside and outside the Martial Union, saw anything wrong with it. While Martial Masters

victory over the span of five years

the only

equal to forfeiting your claim to the throne! If your intentions were to have the

if it was equal on paper because the value of him voiding Minister Kramen's deal is much greater than the value of me voiding the deal with

his permanent exclusive contract with Minister Kramen was the only final defense against Rui's

which he swept through them when it came to buying high-ranking government officials with immense Martial, economic, and political capital quickly made

to dear life, stubbornly unwilling to give up while also knowing deep down in their hearts that they had no chance

contract that Prince Raijun had extracted many years ago turned out to be the final

his psychology is that he went from being the most powerful contender for the throne and the one with the highest probability of victory after I turned him into a Martial Squire to being an oppressed candidate who needed to rely on