"I wonder if I should have done that." He scratched his head awkwardly. It was a dangerous plan, and it was a plan that only he could execute. He would be putting himself in a ton of harm, and for what? The Kandrian Empire?
He didn't even feel such a terribly strong loyalty to the Kandrian Empire. The Kandrian Empire was doing very fine in the first place, it didn't need a massive boost.
He shrugged. What was done was done. Besides, although it was risky, he somewhat welcomed it. Even the wars with the other nations were starting to grow a bit dull to him.
He was just too strong.
"At least this way, I can challenge myself with something extremely dangerous." Rui shrugged as he returned back to his lodgings.
It didn't even take a single day for the Martial Union to summon Rui back.
"Commissioner Feristen?" Rui asked as he returned back to the Martial Union office. "You called?"
"Yes." he nodded. "The strategic department has analyzed the plan you have provided and has evaluated it favorably. You have already expressed your personal consent in the execution of the plan, correct?"
"Yes, I'm willing to execute it if the Martial Union requires me to," Rui replied simply.
"Well, that's good to hear." Commissioner Feristen replied. "Then be ready, you'll need to go over the strategy to iron out the details with the strategic department."
Rui nodded. "Will do."
"If all goes well, we can try it out against the other nations over the dispute of certain territories in the center of the Serevian Dungeon." Commissioner Feristen told Rui.
Over the next few days, Rui ironed out the plan that he had proposed to the strategic department of the Kandrian Empire, honing out all the details to maximize the effectiveness of the plan and minimize the risk.
Soon, it was time for Rui to actually apply the plan in combat.
The four super nations were rapidly grabbing up all the remaining territories. However, the more they did that, the closer they came to the center of the Serevian Dungeon, and the territories began involving more than just one nation.
Before, each nation was contested by only the two closest nations, but now most remaining territories were being contested by three nations because the three nations were equally close to the territory.
This was predicted by all the nations of course, and it was only primed to get worse. Soon, at the very center of the core of the Serevian Dungeons were territories that were equally close to all four super nations, which would involve a conflict involving all four nations.
The Kandrian Empire reserved Rui's strategy for the right time. It would become less effective once it was known about by the other nations.
As the four nations began gobbling territory up, the only territory left was the territory that was equally distant from all of them.
The heart of the Serevian Dungeon was soon the sole remaining territory left that could be colonized by the four nations. Whoever gained control over the last and the largest piece of resource rich territory would likely win the Serevian Dungeon Wars.
Of the four nations, the Sekigahara Confederate, the Republic of Gortea, and the Britannian Empire each mobilized their armies of not just Martial Apprentices but also potion users.
Yet, the Kandrian Empire did none of that, much to the shock of the other nations. Each of the nations had a power information gather capability that allowed them to gain insights into the preparations and mobilizations of the forces of the Kandrian Empire.
Yet, to their surprise, the Kandrian Empire was not mobilizing all that much. The offensive team seemed to be on standby, but that was nothing. Where were all the large preparations and mobilizations that the resource-intensive military would be eating?
How could the Kandrian Empire not be engaging in heavy mobilizations like the rest of them? Did it plan on conceding the heart of the Serevian Dungeon to the remaining nations?
None of the other three nations thought that was a reasonable or likely position for the Kandrian Empire to have.
It was evidently clear that the Kandrian Empire was plotting something.
Yet none of them were sure what.
It was mindboggling. It was definitely not some high-end technological solution that exceeded the Squire Realm because the tree branch reacted to both Martial Artists and technological solutions that exceeded the limit it set. This meant reducing the number of possibilities it could be.
It was possible that the Kandrian Empire had learned something that reduced the value of the core territory of the Serevian Dungeon. This was speculation that the other nations went through even as their armies mobilized and were on the verge of being set out to wage war over the territories.
Many countries thought that the Kandrian Empire was biding time to let the other three nations fight it out amongst themselves and then charge in with an army afterward. In this case, the wisdom of fighting a war with the other two nations was raised into question.
However, at the end of the day, the possibility was dismissed because the fortifications would be erected by the winning party as soon as the wars were over, making it even more difficult to boot the winner out of the territory. Furthermore, the spoils of war would all be claimed by the winner part alone.
Regardless, the three nations did not stop mobilizing their armies. The final war was inevitable and approaching. The three nations deployed their armies.
Later, the Kandrian Empire's gates opened as Rui walked out.
Alone.
He immediately began sprinting toward the heart of the core of the Serevian Dungeon. The three nations were incredibly confused when their surveillance channels caught a single Martial Apprentice being deployed by the Kandrian Empire.
This was much more confusing than if the Kandrian Empire had deployed nobody at all. What was the point of deploying a single Martial Artist?
