Chapter 2149 Flawed Intelligence

Chapter 2149 Flawed Intelligence

The revelations and the mass Apprentice breakthroughs of the Kandrian Empire sent shudders across the political landscape of East Panama. The geopolitical dynamics between Kandria and its peers had already been strained even prior to this provocative revelation, but now? Many nations in the geopolitical vicinity were terrified of the prospect of war between the powerhouses.

After all, this would be a war so massive that none of them would be able to evade it. It would swallow every nation in East Panama into it regardless of whether they were willing or not.

Thankfully, however, war did not erupt immediately.

Although the news had undoubtedly reached the Sage-level powerhouses, it appeared that war would not break out immediately. That didn't necessarily mean that it wouldn't eventually, of course. It could even be that the Sage-level powerhouses were simply preparing for war.

This was not far from the truth.

At least half of the powerhouses were preparing for war as an inevitability, while the other two had decided to exhaust lesser options first.

"Things have gone largely as planned."

Emperor Rael sat in his office, reading through some reports that his intelligence bureau had been supplying him on the aftermath of the mass Apprentice breakthrough.

"Hm, both the Sekigahara Confederate and the Republic of Gorteau have fallen for it," he remarked as he accurately assessed the situation. "Good."

Any attempt to discern the truth about the Apprentice mass breakthroughs was doomed to either fail or be stalled for a large amount of time. Emperor Rael had spent the past three years setting up many false avenues of investigation that were meant to deceive all those who attempted to learn about the truth.

He had always known that the prime minister of the Britannian Empire was not someone to be trifled with. He was a deeply insightful and perceptive strategist and statesman who could not be tricked so easily, especially when they had known each other for a long time.

Prime Minister Edward had already shifted his attention to preparations for war. One would think that war was just on the corner with the way the man began redirecting a large portion of the Britannian Imperial Treasury to war.

However, Emperor Rael knew better.

"He won't declare war until the other two powerhouses also declare war."

There was no point in declaring war against the Kandrian Empire alone. Both Emperor Rael and Prime Minister knew that if they waged war against each other, the only winners would be the Sekigahara Confederate and the Republic of Gorteau.

In order to ensure that the Britannian Empire wasn't the sole bearer of the burden of war and to ensure that the probability of victory was maximal, the prime minister would undoubtedly wait until the other two powerhouses were done playing cat and mouse with the mass breakthroughs.

Only when they were frustrated by their constant failures would they be ready to just wipe the Kandrian Empire off the map.

"Until then, he will have to settle for a cold war."

Tensions between the Kandrian Empire and the other Sage-level powerhouse would undoubtedly continue to rise as the Republic of Gorteau and the Sekigahara Confederate continued using any and all means to uncover the truth of the Apprentice breakthroughs.

However, Emperor Rael knew that they wouldn't be able to uncover the truth. Rui had taken all the right precautions to keep both his identity and the process a complete secret. The only ones who knew outside of Emperor Rael himself and the Sage Council were the Martial Masters of the Academy, each of whom he had secretly vetted with Sage Sayfeel.

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