2264 Possible Deployments
"There are many ways to accomplish that," Emperor Rael answered his question lightly. "For one, you can serve as an ambassador for Master-level nations. The East Panamic Treaty Alliance will not waste most of its time sending any Martial Sages to Master-level nations as opposed to Sage-level nations that choose to ally with us, for example. On the flip side, the quality of enemy Masters deployed to these nations will be lower, for example."
Rui fell into thought.
In other words, as long as he went to Master-level allied nations, he would be facing off weaker Masters.
Masters who he would most likely be able to handle and dominate in combat.
"I mean, if they want to kill me so badly, they can just send a Martial Sage to target me instead of the ally that I'm protecting. Ironically, because of how many people want to kill me, I'm more of a liability than an asset when it comes to protecting nations."
Rui found it amusing rather than disturbing.
Though, he would be displeased if he couldn't get into good battles that could serve as experience.
"There are ways to handle those issues as well," Emperor Rael calmly remarked as he read through a bunch of reports. "For example, we can arm you with a rare artifact that can instantaneously transport you back to the Kandrian Empire when activated and publicly announce the news."
Rui's eyes lit up with interest. "Such a thing exists?"
"The esoteric substance used to create the artifact is extremely rare, non-renewable, and can only be found in the Beast Domain, but..." A hint of smugness could be detected in his father's voice. "That is no longer an impediment to the Kandrian Empire, thanks to the Elder Tree's intel." Nôv(el)B\\jnn
It wasn't long before he left his father's office, leaving him to work on his own devices. He still had a meeting with the Sage Council of the Martial Union. He was sure that the Martial Sages had plenty to speak to him about after the recent battle with the Sekigahara Confederate.
Now that his secret of breakthroughs had come out, it was best if they collectively dealt with the local consequences of the breakthrough requests and commissions for Rui that had flooded the Martial Union.
After all, one of the primary functions of the Martial Union was to serve as a broker between Martial Artists and the consumer market in a highly efficient and effective manner to ensure that the supply was optimally matched to demand.
The Martial Union needed a clear stance from Rui on how to deal with the skyrocketing demand that they had undoubtedly been bombarded with since the Sekigahara Confederate learned and disseminated the intel about his breakthrough abilities.
There were countless powers inside and outside the Kandrian Empire that wanted him to break their Squires or Seniors through to a higher Realm, or break their children through to the Apprentice Realm.
Until Rui made his stance clear and ensured that there was a system to enforce his stance, there would only be chaos.
"What a pain in the ass..." He heaved a sigh as he headed to the Martial Union headquarters in Vargard. "Why can't people just leave me alone? Or just fight me."
Either option worked for him.
The latter certainly wasn't going to be an issue even if he didn't leave the Kandrian Empire. Ten billion gold coins were almost an order of magnitude higher than the highest bid for assassination commissions.
He welcomed their attempts.