The Martial Unity

"We're not questioning your power, Your Highness," One of his advisors carefully remarked. "However, you are grade-thirteen Martial Senior, are you not? While your growth to the Senior Realm has been nothing short of the quickest and most prodigious, there are some powerful Martial Seniors who have spent centuries in the Senior Realm and are of a higher grade than you."

Rui smirked. "Your concerns are understandable, but leave the matter of the duel to me."

His advisors stared at him with fear and apprehension.

"Prepare the contract, contact Prince Raijun, and arrange a meeting with him," Rui replied, getting up. "Meeting concluded."

He left the office with his Martial Master bodyguards.

"If you have something to say, say it," Rui chuckled. "Your stared are heavy."

"Sorry," Master Ceeran remarked. "I didn't mean to."

"We're just surprised that you're acting uncharacteristically impulsively," Master Zentra calmly remarked.

"…You're not wrong," Rui heaved a sigh. "I suppose I'm just happy that I found a Martial solution to this problem."

Rui closed his eyes. "I'm a Martial Artist, after all, not a politician. The greater the number of problems better solved with my Martial Art, the happier I am. It makes me feel more…fulfilled."

One of the frustrating things about the Kandrian Throne War was that it was too high and powerful for him to influence with his own Martial Art. While techniques like the Hungry Pain technique could impact the Empire as a whole, it was not as though his personal power as a high-grade Martial Senior could impact the Kandrian Throne War.

Thus, he was forced to resort to solving his problems through ingenious schemes and sharp politics, but he didn't find satisfaction in this manner of accomplishing things.

The feeling of winning a fight to solve a problem with power obtained after years of hard work was a triumphant satisfaction that no amount of machination could fulfill. That was why he looked forward to the prospect of dueling his way to the throne.

It sounded much more fulfilling than anything else.

viable solution to getting what he needed without compromise and as quickly as a Martial duel could

"But can you win?"

Ceeran returned his attention to the consequences of his

am the strongest when I have time

familiar enough with his Martial

this new technique that I'm working on…it's not perfect, but it should still be

technique by reducing the target scope from everything to just his target and opponent, it was still just a bit too

he could use it before the fight

he would have eliminated his biggest weakness before the battle even began. If his target was someone that he could

that point, Rui found it difficult to conceive his loss. He had always been able to output incredibly far beyond his

remains to be

finalized the details of the little Martial duel,

matter?" Rui nonchalantly remarked as he

was a projection of Raijun and

scared to meet me face to face?"

hostility while Rajak simply stared at

surprised you two allied," Rui remarked, turning

Rajak visibly strained

Rui, but at

helped with plotting my assassination to stop you from reaching the Squire Realm," Rui casually remarked,

Raijun didn't react to

their many differences, they had managed to agree that Rui could not

Prince Raijun glared at him.

causing them to break up had failed. "I need you to terminate your contract with

disbelief. "And why

able to get to forfeit