The Martial Unity

Chapter 2440 Fraud of Harmony

Chapter 2440 Fraud of Harmony

The returning Martial Artists expected to return to celebrations and cheer for the victory that the Kandrian Empire had just secured. Not only did Rui survive, but the Kandrian Empire also managed to get their hands on Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Since this man had copied Rui's VOID algorithm, it meant that he too could trigger breakthroughs. They could promise twice as many breakthroughs in negotiations.

This was an extremely good development.

Worthy of celebration.

Yet, when they returned, they found the Kandrian Empire in a mess.

Not a physical mess, but an economic mess and political mess, one that they didn't entirely understand.

Not only was the Royal Palace and the other institutions of the government extremely busy and consumed with sudden developments that had occurred very recently, the administration of the Martial Union also appeared entirely consumed in some sort of an emergency.

Unfortunately, not only were they too tired and consumed to pay too much attention to this, they also needed to rest and take care of the price of using their Realms of power to the extent they had.

Not to mention, as Martial Artists, the complexities of these problems flew entirely above their heads. The solutions, too, were beyond their understanding and beyond their power.

They had succeeded in their mission. Kane had already reached the Kandrian Empire earlier, having already fed the unconscious Void Prince a few potions enroute when all the conflict had ended. He had also transferred him to the Royal Hospital.

That was a success, as far as they were concerned. They had performed their jobs adequately and were entitled to the rest they deserved.

Yet, not all of them retired immediately.

"Your Sagehood, with all due respect and honor, His Majesty is incredibly busy at the moment!"

Before the large doors leading to the Royal Office stood two Master-level guards. They gritted their teeth as they tried not to back down despite facing the most fearsome Martial Sage in all of East Panama.

"I'll say this once," he growled. "Get out of my way."

"...You cannot do this, Your Sagehood!"

RUMBLE...

For the sake of human civilization? For life? For Gaia?

He shook his head.

He didn't understand.

But it didn't matter.

"I never had any intention of losing, either." His tone was severe and hard as his gaze returned to the Devil. "I have received his message. I appreciate everything you have done for the Kandrian Empire. I will formally congratulate and reward all the Martial Sages for their immense contributions to the Kandrian Empire, including the success of my mission and successful saving of my son, as soon as I'm able to. For now, however, if there's nothing else, then I will have to return to handling the economic and political crisis that has struck our country."

Damian nodded before leaving wordlessly.

Meanwhile, Emperor Rael only grew increasingly more absorbed in the storm that the Kandrian Empire had found itself in. He kept himself up to date with all developments as he guided monetary and financial policy. He began to gain a deeper understanding of the problem.

All the economic problems, varied and diverse as they were, could be boiled down to one problem.

"Lack of trust..." Emperor Rael eruditely realized. "Lowered credit ratings mean they don't trust us to pay all our debt back. Dumped bonds... dumped equity... These are all signs of loss of trust or chain reactions caused by the loss of trust."

This also corroborated with what he saw on the political side of problems.

Remuneration, compensation, condemnation...

"What the hell are they even talking about?" A hint of frustration entered Emperor Rael's voice. "Just what has happened for them to all take such extreme stances against the Kandrian Empire?"

He could very easily find out by confronting them, but revealing that would only leave him in a position of weakness in negotiations.

"Your Majesty!" The Director of the Kandrian Intelligence Bureau stormed into the royal office with a document in his hand. "We have found the source of the political and economic mistrust! Our spy network has gotten its hands on numerous copies of the same document across all sectors in East Panama!"

Chill crawled across the skin of the Emperor of Harmony as he saw the title of the document.

[The Fraud of Harmony]

"Oh no..." A grave whisper escaped him.

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