Chapter 2100 Support

Chapter 2100 Support

One of the reasons that all eleven members of the Sage Council had chosen to heed Emperor Rael's call was because they knew that he was not a man who would waste their time.

And they were right.

Considering everything that he had shared with them, nothing they would be doing otherwise could compare to the importance of this meeting.

"Why are you showing this to us?"

Emperor Rael directed his gaze toward the Flashing Flier.

"While we have a large stake in the nation, you are the Emperor," Sage Dagar Roschem continued. "In addition, you own these treasures. Why go out of your way to reveal your cards? We may be friends as people, but our positions of power put us on opposite sides of the leading powers of Kandria."

Emperor Rael smiled inwardly.

He had been waiting for this question, having guided them to it.

"...I own these treasures, you say?" Emperor Rael shook his head. "That is not true. My son has given me only a third of the ownership over the dungeon. He decided that he would give a third of the ownership over the dungeon to the Martial Union while retaining a third of it for himself."

Their eyes lit up at those words.

"...You see, while he has earned acquittal from the little duel and wager that the Master Council came to agree upon, he ultimately decided to make up for his deceit to all of you. This is his repayment. Partial ownership over a priceless training tool of unprecedented value."

"The dungeon sounds like a dream to me," Sage Sevian remarked lazily. "I take forever to finish training."

"We can iron out the details. However, rest assured that I do not intend to extract a great price," Emperor Rael reassured them. "As I mentioned, I intend to use these resources to elevate Kandria far above all others. That necessarily means using them to empower our greatest combat assets: Martial Sages. Unfortunately, barring the Divine Doctor, none of the other assets are ready at the moment, although they will be within a year. I intend to chalk out a long-term strategy for their application, one that I hope you will aid me with."

The Flickering Elder nodded solemnly. "We will leave the strategizing and decision-making process to you, Rael. In fact, it would be disastrous to trust a matter of such unparalleled importance to anybody but you or your son, I suppose."

"...My son has decided to stay away from the politics of this matter." Emperor Rael shook his head. "He is rather adamant about only partaking in it in so far as Martial Artists normally do."

"A pity and a relief," the Mountain of Fortitude shook his head. "He has inherited your genius for politics but has been blessed with an even greater capacity to pursue his Martial Path. I previously was pleased about a Martial Artist ascending the throne, but after seeing him break through to the Master Realm at the meager age of thirty-five, I realized that it would have been a blunder to waste his unfathomable potential by shackling it to the throne."

Emperor Rael smiled, glad to see the Sage council hold a positive outlook towards Rui.

"Then, to affirm, I have your absolute support in the ambition that I espoused, correct?" Emperor Rael's tone grew more heavy.

The Sage Council gazed at him deeply for a moment.

Their decision was unanimous.

"Give me a war, and I'll give you all the support you need." Sage Damian grinned with bloodlust.

Emperor Rael heaved a sigh of exasperation and amusement. "Alright then. Prepare yourselves. All of you are deeply important to the outcome of this reach for the skies. Kandria will experience much turbulence in the future, but together, we can overcome it."

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