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."

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 elections of the Republic

it, but the return of Emperor Rael threw out all his plans. It was such

Republic of Gorteau were equally

Libertarian Party due to the fact that it had a

Emperor Rael had left, followed by the Kandrian Throne War, had severely eroded the political

reasons for the

historically utilized any and all incentives to push for war. It was a party whose benefactors and stakeholders were the thriving arms industry, comprising of weapons developers and manufacturers and also much of the Martial industries, including independent Martial Artists, Martial mercenary groups, and

addition to ideologically supporting war, they also needed to wage war to satisfy and please their donors so that the funding and donations never

the National Libertarian Party had

much of the

that Emperor Rael maximized its net potential by having many opposing forces synergize

gone, reducing the nation's effective net war

to fulfill the party's bloodlusted political ideology and also to satisfy their

the past three years 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 for years about how the Kandrian Empire was a nation plagued by an authoritarian monarchy system that

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

as noble

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

until Emperor of Harmony returned

Kandria was ever chosen

of the National Libertarian Party's call for war