The Martial Unity

He was not surprised that the Sage Council of the Martial Union had sought to personally tackle this case by themselves instead of leaving it to the Master Council or the Union Assembly.

They were ill-qualified to deal with a Martial Sage.

Frankly, so was he. But he had special power and influence in this case.

There was no doubt that the Silas Clan and its Martial Sage matriarch joining the Martial Union was nothing short of a shock to ten Martial Sages of the Martial Union. They probably would not have personally undertaken this case if Matriarch Nephi had still been a Martial Master.

Naturally, the power of prophecy was deeply attractive, but a Martial Sage wielding prophecy was something that definitely earned their personal intervention.

He was grateful for the deference they had shown him by not rushing in to intervene the moment the Silas Clan entered the Martial Sage after the confrontation with Sage Farana. They had waited patiently for him to finish his initial guidance of the Silas Clan around the Kandrian Empire.

However, they would undoubtedly seek an explanation and understanding of what had happened.

In fact, most likely, the same could be said for the Kandrian government and the military, as well as the Kandrian Security Agency.

The difference was that he was more powerful than most people who sought explanations from him. He didn't need to answer them with the sheer amount of political capital he had.

The only forces he could not brush off were his father and the Martial Union.

STEP

He exhaled deeply as he arrived before the Martial Union national headquarters in the Town of Vargard along with his eight bodyguards.

It wasn't long before he found himself standing before the gate to the Sage Council Hall of the Martial Union.

His expression grew grave.

It took every ounce of self-control to prevent himself from quivering under the sheer pressure that permeated from deep within the hall.

He could almost hear heaven and earth screaming in agony under the weight of ten Martial Sages.

It was as though the weight of their being exceeded what the world around them could bear.

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The world shivered unsteadily.

exhaled unsteadily, reaching

CLACK

him with powerful, deep stares the moment the gates opened. The ten of them were seated on extravagant thrones on an elevated platform, allowing them to look down on those who beheld

with his strongest Mind Mask to weather the passive pressure

effortless on

part of their

than what Rui was

STEP

STEP

STEP

bowing deeply to the ten Martial Sages with

respectful tone. "I am deeply honored

"-Cut the crap."

Sloth Sage's lazy voice

sleepily. "You can save that for royal stuff, and we don't care for that

this, but it was worth

Your Sagehood," Rui

Fortitude addressed Rui with his Martial honorific rather than his royal one. "You must be

His tone was formal.

eyes were sharp, boring into

unfathomable weight—as though a single knuckle on his fist weighted as

a leader of the

Your Sagehood," Rui affirmed

the clear voice of a little

glanced at the

be no older than eight. She would fit right into the Quarrier Orphanage, in

the perilous Sage-level aura that radiated from her, as well as the fact that her

nanoseconds conveyed the impression that her body was in multiple places at once.

father, Emperor Rael, revealed my kinship with the Silas Clan, I sought them and found them, making contact with them and eventually convincing them

RUMBLE

world shivered beneath his feet as the Martial Sages narrowed their