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.

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

now, it had finally effectively come to a

he went through the stack of reports. "It

doubted that his half-brothers would call it quits this easily, but

Highness," Master Zentra remarked. "We would like to

told you that you would lose. It turned out that it was I who was patently wrong. I apologize

I understood why everybody had

the jaws of defeat!" Master Ceeran grinned. "I knew you

huh," Rui stared at him with a dubious

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

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 by the

only then that Rui realized that the way

communication with him had grown

deferring.

surprising. Especially when one considered how much respect the eldest and most powerful Martial Artists had for the Gatekeeper. How would they feel for someone who managed to edge

in

sound of

am concerned, the Gatekeeper is still the strongest

it works, Rui," Master Ceeran calmly disagreed with him. "The strongest do not win; those

considered the man's words,

had a fight again, Rui would probably win much quicker, considering that he now knew the exact resonant frequency of 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

holistically being stronger, but it was true that his victory