Chapter 2204 Strategic Revelation

Name:The Martial Unity Author:
2204 Strategic Revelation

"...Is probably what the Sekigahara Confederate is thinking at the moment."

A wide smile appeared on the face of the Prime Minister of the Britannian Empire.

He was pleased.

Things had been going according to plan.

As he had anticipated, the Republic of Gorteau and the Sekigahara Confederate eventually reached their limits and headed down the path of war. What he didn't expect was for it to happen so soon.

He had thought it would take a year.

"Rael..." His gaze sharpened ever so slightly. "To think you had accumulated so many treasures. No wonder you are so confident walking into war."

He didn't expect there to be more to his rival's arsenal of treasures than just the mass breakthroughs and the massive successes with the Beast Domain.

He certainly didn't expect the Kandrian Empire to demonstrate hyper-accelerated growth for its Martial Artists, or for them to be able to heal formerly crippled Martial Sages.

He closed his eyes as his mind processed all the information he had at his disposal. The recovery of Sage Kole was what drew his attention the most.

There were two possibilities that he was able to think of.

"The legendary Elixir of Heaven and Earth, or..." His eyes narrowed. "The fabled Divine Doctor."

"The former would make more sense if they got their hands on the Transcendent-grade esoteric substances needed to make it," he reasoned. "It would make sense that they managed to get their hands on the latter due to all their successes in the Beast Domain. But..."

The air grew heavier as he came to a deep realization.

"But," his smile deepened, "not yet."

Perhaps a lesser ruler would have immediately rushed to inform the entire world of the revelations he had learned to hurt the Kandrian Empire as much and as early as possible since war had already begun.

But not Prime Minister Edward.

He knew that there would come a day in the war when this extraordinarily shocking revelation would hurt the Kandrian Empire deeply. After all, countless people had suffered due to the recovery of the Emperor of Harmony. The man would suddenly gain so many more enemies.

"I'll need to tread carefully." Prime Minister Edward narrowed his eyes. "Perhaps I should write it down and then have a mind-oriented Martial Artist wipe my memories of this revelation entirely. Hmm, but I would deduce the exact same thing all over again, knowing my propensity to decipher the truth. Thus, I should wipe my memories of the results of the investigation of the Dawnbringer. That way, even I won't be able to come to this conclusion once again after my memories of this revelation are wiped."

The reason he wanted to go to such degrees was because he feared the power of the Matriarch of the Silas Clan.

"Would she not have a much harder time detecting this future if I don't remember this information myself?"

Based on what he understood about prophecy, she most likely would have a harder time if he enacted this measure.

"All I need to do is present all the evidence in a highly convincing manner, then set up a system to ensure that it gets published when the time is right without any intervention on my part, and then wipe out my memories to ensure that the Silas Matriarch doesn't see it coming." The certainty in his voice grew. "It will take an extreme amount of insight with a high amount of accuracy and precision to pull off, but..."

He could do it.

If anybody could secretly plan ahead of time to have a trump card activated at exactly the right moment by accurately predicting precisely how the war would unfold ahead of time, it was him.

Prime Minister Edward Del Germont.

The sole man who could rival the Emperor of Harmony.

"I won't lose this time, Rael." His smile widened as excitement flashed in his eyes.