The Martial Unity

1821 Aged

The revelation of his awakening immediately prompted a medical team to tend to him. They conducted a small battery of tests, testing his mental and physical parameters.

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A hammer struck his knee, flinging his leg forward.

"Are you experiencing any trouble feeling that?" The doctor asked while a tendon reflex exam was being conducted.

"Not at all," Rui promptly replied.

"Hm, good," the doctor nodded with an encouraging smile. "Congratulations, none of our tests have indicated anything of even the slightest concern. We can confidently say that you have made a full recovery and are fit for discharge."

"Thank you," Rui expressed gratitude to the doctor. "I am grateful that you and your team have restored my health from the dire condition that I was in."

It wasn't long before Rui was flooded with visitors from his faction, expressing their relief at his recovery.

At that time, he also got a preliminary report of everything that had unfolded since his battle with the Gatekeeper.

Prince Raijun had obediently terminated his contract with the Minister of Domestic Affairs. Immediately, the Minister of Domestic Affairs had chosen to join the Rui Faction as he had always wanted to.

"With that, we have now acquired support from seventy-five percent of all high-ranking government officials," his chief of staff explained. Congratulations, Your Highness; you have won the Kandrian Throne War."

Her words were heavy.

a cold war for eight years, ever since Emperor Rael's condition became known. It had escalated

had finally effectively

went through the stack of reports. "It would

his half-brothers would call it quits this easily, but their battle was

addition to the Kandrian Throne War, Your Highness," Master Zentra remarked. "We would like

had told you that you would lose. It turned out that it

I understood why

victory from the jaws of defeat!" Master Ceeran

stared at him with

that you ultimately managed to come away with your life and body intact and restored," Master Vericita

smiled with a hint of pride. "Your victory has sent waves across the Martial Community of the Kandrian Empire and East Panama. While those outside the Martial World are unaware of the significance of a Martial Senior defeating the Gatekeeper, those within have been thoroughly shaken

realized that the

manner of communication with him

deferring.

when one considered how much respect the eldest and most powerful Martial Artists had for the Gatekeeper. How would they

the new strongest Martial Senior in Kandria and perhaps even all of East Panama," Master

sound

worthy of that title," Rui shook his head. "As far as I am concerned, the Gatekeeper is still the

not how it works, Rui," Master Ceeran calmly disagreed with him.

considered the man's

the Gatekeeper. Thus, he no longer needed to go through the lengthy and tedious process of banging his head with attacks that did literally no damage to him in order to find the resonant

nearly as satisfying as holistically being stronger, but it was true that his victory against the Gatekeeper