Chapter 2067 Considerations

Chapter 2067 Considerations

While the Divine Doctor and Rui studied the alien lifeform, other developments began to unfold across Kandria over the next few days.

A single rumor had begun blazing through the upper echelons of the Kandrian Empire.

A rumor that staggered anybody who heard it.

"Final Prince Rui Quarrier Silas Kandria has broken through to the Master Realm."

The elite, rich, and powerful in well-connected circles increasingly began hearing this piece of information passed around more and more.

Normally, they would dismiss it as nonsense.

A thirty-five-year-old Martial Senior, which was deeply anomalous in and of itself, breaking through to the Master Realm?

Who would believe such a thing?

Why would anyone believe such a rumor, especially when it was about the Final Prince of all people?

In the past six years since Rui had been revealed as the Final Prince of Kandria, countless rumors has flooded the Kandrian Empire about him.

Some whispered that he wasn't really the emperor's son. That the Emperor had faked their blood relationship because he found Rui to be fitting for the throne. Some whispered that he was actually responsible for the collapse of Prince Randal, Princesses Raemina, Ranea, and Rafia.

Some whispered that the current prince was a fake.

All of these rumors, however, had been dismissed as nonsense.

This was just the latest rumor to join the large pile of nonsensical rumors regarding the Final Prince.

But it persisted.

This was because it came from multiple sources that independently reported it.

A leak from the staff at the Royal Palace.

A leak from the Kandrian Institute of Biotechnology.

A leak from the Martial Union.

A heavily suited man standing before him. "We have strong reason to believe that this isn't merely empty gossip, Mr President."

"So you mean to say..." He tossed the documents on the table. "...that this kid, who also turned out to be the crown prince of the Kandrian Empire, is also now a Martial Master? Are you kidding me?"

His eyes darkened as he met the gaze of the director of intelligence. "Tell me, if he truly is a Martial Master, what is the probability that he will become a Martial Sage?"

The air pricked all those who stood in his vicinity.

"...Dangerously high, Mr President. He has retained his youth and will almost certainly retain it even more when he consumes a potion sooner or later. His rate of growth will be extremely high compared to Martial Masters. The conditions to reach the Sage Realm are correlated with relative power. Thus, it will be highly beneficial to his growth in the Sage Realm."

President Raymond narrowed his eyes. "...What is the recommended response by the Federal Security Agency?"

"Elimination, Mr President." The Director of Intelligence firmly asserted. "The Final Prince of Kandria has caused us to suffer losses multiple times in the past. If he truly is a Martial Master, the threat that he represents is quite high. The potential threat he represents as a potential Martial Sage is even higher. Furthermore, killing him will weaken Kandria even more, triggering a second Throne War by depriving them of their next Emperor."

The president narrowed his eyes coldly as he fell into thought.

"...Purely hypothetically, but what are our options in eliminating him?"

On the very opposite side of East Panama, the Sekigahara Confederate, too, had taken notice of the rumors of Rui's breakthrough to the Master Realm.

"...This will be fun." A woman clad in the ethnic attire of the Tanaka Clan remarked. She smiled coldly. "Kandria's future is bright with that young man at its center."

Her eyes grew frostier. "Perhaps a bit too bright."

Her gaze swept across the round table of the thirteen other individuals who shared her smile.

They were the leaders of the fourteen clans of the Sekigahara Confederate.

"Kandria..." One of them remarked. "...is changing."

His eyes sharpened. "Times of change are no different from times of weakness. I wonder if there ever will be an opportunity like this ever again."

The others understood what he meant as they fell into thought.

The three powerhouses came to have their own considerations regarding the recent developments.

Regardless, the future of the East Panama would change more than anything of them could ever imagine.

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