Chapter 2322: Preferred Destination

Chapter 2322: Preferred Destination



Soon enough, he departed from the manifold after having spent over two years in its depths. Yet, a mere two months had passed in the outside world.

The war had not progressed too much in that time span. At most nations that were far too close to one side had inevitably chosen to ally with said side. However, there were plenty of nations that were not geographically compromised and hadn't yet made the ultimate choice.

A choice that would undoubtedly shape all of human civilization forever.

They were distinctly aware that the wrong choice was beyond merely a blunder, considering the stakes at hand and the powers that were involved.

None of them wanted to end up being the person who historians of the future would look back at and blame everything upon.

"Poor leaders. I must help them make the right decision." Rui heaved a dramatic sigh. "It will be a shame to let them blunder by siding with the alliance when I can show them the light."

His gaze turned forward to the man sitting on the opposite side of the table in the Royal Office. "Wouldn't you agree, father?"

Emperor Rael gazed at Rui with mirth. "I suppose that's one way of putting it."

Upon exiting the manifold, he had immediately gone to visit his father, who had been relieved to finally have his presence.

"More importantly, how has your training experience been?" Emperor Rael asked with pointed interest.

"Correct again. As long as you are willing to take that risk, that is."

"Willing?" Rui scoffed. "I want nothing more."

He could barely contain his excitement at the prospect of using his Mind-Metabody against the Masters who sought to kill him.

Considering that he would surely be jumped by many powerful Masters, there was no doubt that it was exactly the kind of circumstance that he had had in mind when creating his Megamind technique.

It would also be good to test how the technique fared against genuinely hostile opponents that were doing their best to kill him. After all, that was the true standard to which all Martial Artists were held.

"...And where best are my services utilized?" Rui asked straightforwardly.

He didn't have the patience to read through progress reports of the war for allies to try and determine what the best place for him to go was.

"There are many places that you could go to that could use your help for convincing and protecting allies, but the one place where you will be most effective is this place..."

Emperor Rael placed a file before him with a title on the cover.

[Shionel Confederation]

Rui smiled, amused. "I suppose that makes sense. I do have a pretty good relationship with Guildmaster Bradt. Though, I don't know if that's changed ever since you returned to the throne. After all, he invested heavily in me as a candidate for the throne, and I didn't even give him any returns when you returned. I only gave returns to domestic investors and patrons of my faction in the Kandrian Empire. And, I didn't even give him a face-to-face apology, just issued a broad public announcement."

Emperor Rael shook his head. "Returning donations, patronage, and investment is an unreasonable standard that nobody would hold you to. This is the peril of political investment that someone as experienced as Bradt is hardly unaware of. He made a gamble, and he lost due to bad luck."