The Martial Unity

"Nothing?! You're telling me the Intelligence Bureau, which receives hundreds of billions of dollars of funding each year, has absolutely no intelligence on how in the world that bastard Rael woke up from an incurable disease?!"

The atmosphere in the federal headquarters of the Republic of Gorteau curdled upon the rage of the President of Gorteau.

"…Mr. President, I can assure you that the entire bureau is working overtime to gain insights into the sudden inexplicable recovery of the Emperor of Harmony," the director of the Federal Bureau of Intelligence managed to squeeze out. "We are coordinating our infiltration and surveillance divisions to gather as many insights into this event as possible. We've even deployed the Martial division and have already entered into negotiations with the Beggar's Sect and the Shadow Guild. You will be the first to know the moment we gain any breakthroughs in intelligence."

"Goddammit!" President Raymond cursed with frustration. "Why did this have to happen now of all times?!"

His fingers steepled as his eyes swam around in uncertainty. "…Summon my chief of staff and director of campaigning affairs. Inform them that I want a thorough and scrupulous report on the impact of this on the upcoming presidential elections."

"…Yes, sir."

"Arrange for a meeting with my donors and the stakeholders of the National Libertarian Party immediately."

"Yes, Mr. President."

"Arrange a separate meeting with Whiterock, Streetstate, and Rearguard immediately."

"Yes, Mr. President."

"Have the analyst division of the Intelligence Bureau redo the threat profile analysis of the Kandrian Empire with its latest developments."

"Yes, Mr. President."

massaged his forehead. The return of the Emperor of Harmony had come at a terrible time. In fact, President Raymond could not think of a worse moment for it to arrive. The presidential

their campaign strategy and had already begun executing it, but the return of Emperor Rael threw out all his plans. It was such a major event that the political parties in Gorteau had halted to a

of the Republic of Gorteau were equally

impacted by this news was the National Libertarian Party due to the fact that it

had severely eroded the political cohesion, making Kandria less

for the

for war. It was a party whose benefactors and stakeholders were the thriving arms industry, comprising

also needed to wage war to satisfy and please

the National Libertarian Party had chosen the

riled up much of the party in warring

behind the Kandrian Empire's power was the fact that Emperor Rael maximized its net potential

that advantage was gone, reducing the nation's effective

political ideology and also to satisfy their stakeholders, who

about the Kandrian Empire. They droned on and on for years about how the Kandrian Empire was a nation plagued by an

Family, tyrannically ruled over its citizens and oppressed them for four long

presented themselves as

over the years, firmly becoming

of Harmony returned from the brink of

reason that Kandria was ever chosen as a target,

the very foundations of the National Libertarian Party's