The Martial Unity

Chapter 2037 So Be It

Many were in favor of a stricter penalty, much to the dismay of the pro-Rui faction.

"I am firmly in agreement with Master Herel." Another elderly Martial Master remarked. "I think that, in addition to Master Ceeran's suggestion, we should firmly secure joining the internal corpse of the Martial Union under our chain of command."

While some of the disgruntled Martial Masters of the Martial Union were more in favor of that, the pro-Rui faction vehemently opposed it.

"That's not different from demanding his servitude." Master Vericita's elderly voice stormed with power. "Forcing a Martial Master to join the internal corpse that we command is deeply humiliating."

"Has he not humiliated us when he lied through his teeth and played us like clowns?!" Master Herel's eyes blazed with rage. "Never before have I felt as humiliated as when I realized the prince I had spoken to for three years was the notorious and infamous Silent Shadow, who played me for a fool for four years straight!"

Unfortunately, this was not a singular or even fringe opinion. Many Martial Masters who were not personally friends with Rui but had still had a good opinion and high hopes for him to ascend the throne were deeply angered when they realized all their efforts never meant anything.

It wasn't easy to forgive such deep exploitative deceit.

Only those martial artists who had a personal relationship and rapport with him and had been endeared to him over the years were able to understand why he did what he did and forgive him.

Yet, some of the rest, in addition to their resentment of him, were also driven by a bit of jealousy. Not only did the Void Prince play them for fools, but then he magically breaks through to the Master Realm and returns an extraordinary Martial Artist who shattered the record for the youngest Martial Master?

It was too much.

It was far too much for them to tolerate.

While most of the Master Council was mixed and on the fence on the matter, the pro-Rui and the anti-Rui sections continued to fight against each other throughout the meeting, reaching a deadlock that did not yield in either direction.

"Enough."

through the

Masters' voices simply did not compare to the

clear to me that this Master

lengthy session

we have a section that advocates for no more than a scolding, while on the other hand, we have a section that advocates for coerced servitude. These are

was an empirical fact that they

we would be able to rely on our powerful analytics department to provide us with robust probabilistic projections and extrapolations of the consequences of the various plans that we have discussed. They would have given us an objective and scientific understanding of what plan would lead to what outcome.

deceiving the entire national and international political landscape for four years straight would go down as the largest political scandal ever in all of East Panama. It would harm Kandria, the Martial Union, and everybody involved in ineffable

the Shadow Guild finding out, thus they could not trust even their own analytics department due to the magnitude of the

could only decide

proven," the Harbinger

smile emerged on her face, giving chills to all the Martial Masters

gesture chilled the

It grew icy.

diplomats, nor statesmen,

voice grew even

"We are Martial Artists."

smile grew

our disputes with

the many Martial Masters lit

understood what she

where she was

and a wager." Her dark eyes twinkled with peril. "Should he win, he will have earned the gentle plan that Master Ceeran

gulped. "…And