The Martial Unity

Chapter 2403: Converging Nexus

Chapter 2403: Converging Nexus



The atmosphere in the meeting was tense.

The enemy had played their hand, and they were blessed with aces.

The threat of Rui's defeat and death and the copying of his Martial Art spelled extremely bad news for the Kandrian Empire.

"Is it possible that we can kill the copycat Master with a hidden Sage waiting in an ambush?" Sage Sera wondered.

Emperor Rael simply shook his head. "It would be possible if the existence of Sage Sayfeel was still a secret, but with all our Sages known, Prime Minister Edward is far too competent and careful with intelligence to give us any room."

The Sages offered some more possibilities, but each of them was firmly shot down by the erudite analysis of the Emperor of Harmony.

Much of it boiled down to Rui's unwillingness to leave the frontlines.

If not for that, this problem would have had a very simple fix.

"But Rui will definitely wind up fighting him," Emperor Rael said as he calmly came to terms with this reality. "There is only one thing to do in that case."

His eyes narrowed. "He must win."

The Flickering Elder looked like she wanted to protest, but she was unable to say anything that was worth saying.

Rael had already ironed out the inevitability of this fight beyond any shadow of a doubt.

And if the battle was inevitable, then nobody was in disagreement with the statement that they better win.

"There is too much at stake for any other outcome."

If Rui lost the battle, he would die after having his Martial Art copied.

They would lose one hundred Masters. This meant that their ability to protect their allies would be down by thirty to forty percent.

That was crippling.

Once they could no longer protect their allies, they would lose their security credibility. Once they lost that, they would not only fail to gain the allyship of the many remaining Sage-level nations, but they would lose existing allies as well!

He couldn't think of a single way.

No solution existed anyway.

"Well played, Edward." A whisper escaped Emperor Rael.

He could imagine his old rival's face beaming with a smug smile.

"This battle is determined to happen."

Rui could not be stopped.

If he said that he wanted to fight the copycat, nobody could stop him.

And it was because each of them had come to know him well enough that they knew they

could not dissuade him.

It was deeply frustrating, but they had no power over an event that appeared to be

unstoppable.

They had no power over its outcome.

They had no power over its future.

They would have to entrust the future of the Kandrian Empire, the future of East Panama, to

Rui and his destined opponent.

"I need to speak with the Silas Matriarch and foresee the outcome of the battle ahead of time and convey that information to Rui so that he can use it to win."

However, he highly doubted that he would be able to get Rui to listen to reason here either. He knew that Rui would risk death if it meant reaching the Sage Realm.

"He must win this battle. He must win at all costs."

The war rapidly converged into a nexus that would define the future of East Panama.