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."

as he 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

and party had already chalked out 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

of the Republic of

one most negatively impacted by this news was the National Libertarian Party due to the fact that it had

that Emperor Rael had left, followed by the Kandrian Throne War, had severely eroded the political cohesion, making Kandria less prepared to deal with foreign

reasons for the

the Republic of Gorteau, those rising tensions were largely fueled by the hawkish National Libertarian Party. A party that historically utilized any and all incentives to push for war. It was a party whose benefactors and stakeholders were the thriving arms industry,

wage war to satisfy

the National Libertarian Party had

much of the party in warring fervor. They had smelled blood

the fact that Emperor Rael maximized its net potential by having many opposing forces synergize harmoniously to yield a sum that was greater

advantage was gone, reducing

political

of his term as president, the National Libertarian Party had merrily fed its voter base much propaganda about the Kandrian Empire. They droned on and on

single family, the Kandrian Royal Family, tyrannically ruled over its citizens and oppressed them for four

themselves as

the Libertarian voter base ate up the propaganda heartily over the years, firmly becoming anti-Kandria as

going well until Emperor of Harmony returned from the brink

ever chosen as a target, its

foundations of the National Libertarian Party's call for war against Kandria