The Martial Unity

“What about your own Martial Artists?” King Kukulkan raised an eyebrow as his long matted hair floated about midair, reflecting the underwater environment he actually was in. “I highly doubt that this training manifold we have heard so much about is able to fully accommodate the Martial Masters of three powerhouses.”

“It cannot,” Emperor Rael calmly clarified. “I am willing to make it exclusive to your Martial Artists at the cost of Kandria’s Martial Artists. The Kandrian Martial Union has already agreed to this measure as well.”

This sent a wave of surprise across the leaders of the powerhouses.

Reserving a national treasure for foreign Martial Masters at the cost of the Kandrian Martial Artists?

What kind of absurd decision was that?

Prime Minister Edward was the only leader who wasn’t surprised.

“The Kandrian Empire’s supremacy is absolutely guaranteed.”

His declaration was bold.

Sharp.

It weighed on all of them as he spoke the unspoken.

His piercing gaze met the calm golden eyes of the Emperor of Harmony.

“With the Dawnbringer’s breakthrough, his existing abilities enhanced, and the pieces of intelligence that we are all aware of by now,” the prime minister continued. “The Kandrian Empire’s rise to supremacy and past the Great Limit.”

This was especially true if the rumors of the triggered Sage-level breakthroughs were true. It was already game over by that time, there was nothing that could stop the rise of the Kandrian Empire.

“Nothing except for the destruction of human civilization.” Prime Minister Edward read Emperor Rael’s thought process. “Which is what is at risk the more we delay the Solution of Harmony. Thus, it makes sense you would be willing to sacrifice some time in the manifold to erase anything standing in the way of Kandrian supremacy.”

The Emperor of Harmony simply regarded the prime minister with a knowing gaze.

There was a reason he regarded the man as a rival. “The way you have framed the objective is a bit misleading,” Emperor Rael remarked. “But yes, that is essentially the gist of it. I do not know about any of you, but I, for one, as the Emperor of the Kandrian Empire, do not wish to see human civilization destroyed. I offer you time in the manifold, in exchange for similar access to some of your national treasures and am willing to call that a day.”

The three leaders who had objected softened in their ferocity of their resistance.

And eventally, they relented.

“Deal.”

And thus, the leaders of human civilization had come to an agreement.

The Kandrian Empire would trade manifold space and time for access to certain treasures of the three powerhouses.

The World of Water of the Marinaera Kingdom could organically create and give rise to freshwater water reserves, allowing one to create lakes and rivers in even the driest of regions in the world, entirely altering the environment of that region forever.

This could be used to nourish civilization and increase the fertility of the land.

The Namgung Dynasty offered some mining rights to the Primordial Mines.

Mines that were filled with Primordial Seed, an esoteric substance with the power to become any other substance in the entire world. Under certain circumstances, it could be turned into even extraordinary Transcendent-Grade substances. It was one of the reasons that the Namgung Dynasty had gone on to become one of the most powerful nations in the world. The Hive offered a supply of their treasured Mindgrove Garden, a species of plants, that, when consumed granted ordinary humans the neuroelectric sensitivity of the Martial Mind to ordinary people, allowing them to sense the thoughts and emotions of others. It was one of the reasons that the Hive had its famed coordination and teamwork, allowing them to master the art of large-scale warfare.

The deals were sealed relatively quickly as both sides were very eager to get down to the actual transaction. Within a week, treaties and pacts were negotiated and signed. The three nations deployed their Martial Masters to the Kandrian Empire for a month in the manifold while their Sages took over the duties of the Martial Masters temporarily. If all went well, then they wouldn’t need to wait too long before all of humanity was entirely equipped to finally commence the Solution of Harmony and dispatch all their Sages to end the battle where it began.

The Martial Masters of the Kandrian Empire weren’t entirely pleased that their manifold was being used for foreign Martial Masters from powerhouses across the continent. But alas, they could only grit their teeth and accept the decision by the Sages and the Emperor of Harmony. At this alter of power, ordinary Martial Masters were simply too weak to affect the outcome. And thus, a month passed as foreign Martial Masters occupied the manifold for some time, grinding away as they dedicated all their time to honing their mastery of the Hellbringer Model. The manifold had captured many beasts and monsters and kept them inside for training. They even occasionally departed from the manifold to gain some experience with their enhanced time in mastery, allowing the Kandrian Martial Masters to either kick back and watch foreign Martial Masters do their work for them or take the opportunity and show them how it was done, flexing Kandria’s power to other nations.

Simultaneously, the Martial Sages of nations around the world prepared extensively.

With each passing day from that point forth, they knew that the time to depart from the Human Domain was approaching closer and closer. They honed themselves for the one goal that they would be spending months and years on, never once returning home until they achieved it.

Human civilization psychologically prepared itself for the soon-to-come absence of the Sage Realm.

Fears of the resurrection of the Reign of the Master Realm rose as did fears of the destruction of humanity in the absence of Martial Sages.

And yet, human civilization gritted its teeth and moved forward.

It moved forward in the direction of one day dispelling the Era of Darkness.

Deep in the Kandrian Empire in an extraordinarily well-protected medical chamber was a man suspended in water.

His body had a deathly tint to it.

His black hair swayed in the liquid.

He stirred.

He stirred as his eyes slowly opened.

He had finally awakened.

He had finally awakened after a long, long slumber.

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