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 greatly over the years, embroiling all of

it had finally effectively come to a

as he went through the stack of reports. "It

would call it quits this easily, but their battle

War, Your Highness," Master Zentra remarked. "We would like to congratulate

his eyes. "I had told you that you would lose. It turned out that it was I who was

to apologize for that," Rui shook his head. "Frankly, once the battle commenced, I understood why everybody had been deeply skeptical about my victory. I would too, had I been

you managed to wring victory from the jaws of defeat!" Master Ceeran grinned.

at him with a dubious

your life and body intact and restored," Master Vericita heaved a sigh of

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

that the way that the Martial

communication with him had

deferring.

considered how much respect the eldest and most powerful Martial Artists had for

Martial Senior in Kandria and

liked the sound of

as I am concerned, the Gatekeeper is still the strongest Martial

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

considered the man's words,

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

it was true that his victory against the Gatekeeper was