"The Martial Sages have begun their final preparations for the final battle, Your Majesty."
In the Kandrian Royal Office, the Emperor of Harmony heaved a deep sigh as he leaned forward on his ssy, scattered table. Despite the bright light of the morning Sun that peered through the windows to his right, the air in the office grew intense at the news that the Director of Intelligence, standing before his table, inford him of. "At long last…" Emperor Rael's rich voice was low and profound. "At long last we may finally end this nightmare. I don't know how much longer human civilization could have taken the Beast Incursion and the Era of Darkness. Of course…"
His voice faltered as he left the unspoken as it was.
He didn't even want to invoke the possibility of the Beast That Roared killing all the Martial Sages and then hunting down the rest of human civilization. Although, he was too careful not to prepare for such a possibility. He couldn't stand even considering how horrible such an outco would be.
"Perhaps those useless Transcendents would finally act." A hint of resentnt uncharacteristically glinted in his tone. He had never expressed dissatisfaction towards the Martial Transcendents of human civilization ceasing to act. In fact, he thought it was noble and was relieved that Transcendent Emperor Arthur didn't put his foot on the Kandrian Empire's throat with his Transcendent power.
Now, however, he felt a deep resentnt towards the Martial Transcendents of human civilization who simply sat in their various abodes across the world and did nothing with their godly power.
He didn't understand.
He knew that there were circumstances where they were willing to act.
The example of the Moonforger ca to mind.
Then there was the fact that the Transcendent Emperor himself had crushed the singularity that the Martial Sages of East Panama had unwittingly created to protect human civilization from its destruction.
In other words, they were willing to act when the circumstances were dire.
That was why he didn't understand why they had stayed their hand all throughout the Beast Incursion. "Huff…" he shook his head. "Forget it. There's no point in thinking about them. We will have to make do with everything that we have."
If there was one positive outco that ca from the Beast Incursion, it was the fact that human civilization had grown unfathomably stronger since its dawn, desperately trying to protect itself from the destruction of the Beast Incursion.
The number of Martial Artists around the world had doubled not just because of Rui and Ieyasu, but because of the fact that the drive for survival was the strongest, and it had replaced virtually all other drives in the past.
All Martial Artists, even those who had once retired, were vastly stronger than they had been prior to the start of the Beast Incursion. The rate of breakthroughs to each Realm had increased at an extraordinary pace and eventually, with enough ti, each nation would be able to achieve the kind of numbers that the Kandrian Empire had.
As for the Kandrian Empire, the Emperor of Harmony tentatively projected that they could eventually achieve more than one thousand Martial Masters.
More than six tis their old number.
Breakthroughs had increasingly begun to beco a more common sight and every Martial Artist began progressing like their life depended on it.
And it did.
"…Even though our population has reduced substantially, the number of Martial Artists around the world has increased substantially in all Realms," the Director nodded. "Even the Martial Sages who have had a grueso mortality rate against the quasi-Transcendents have still increased in number, even if barely with how many Martial Masters have broken through to the Sage Realm."
Emperor Rael nodded. "We have grown vastly stronger as a civilization as well."
In the past, human civilization was fragile. Most polities were not prepared for heavy war.
Settlents and villages were the most vulnerable.
It was why more than fifty percent of all human civilization was annihilated by the Beast Incursion seventeen years ago. The only polities that remained were those that were absolutely prepared for war and were absolutely impenetrable. The current human civilization was powerful enough to utterly destroy the old human civilization. Perhaps the only reason there would even be a battle was the existence of the Gu in the previous era.
A mix of regret and relief appeared in the eyes of the Emperor of Harmony as he heaved a sigh. "The grand plan of the Demon of Asmodeous was horrifying, and he deserved the death he got. But I must say… one of the reasons I was confident we could defeat the Beast That Roared was that he we had him and Damian, Death and Destruction."
The Director of Intelligence directed a surprised gaze towards the Emperor of Harmony. "But Your Majesty, we have the Dawnbringer, do we not?"
"Yes, but I don't know if my son, as brilliant and extraordinary as he is, will be enough," the Emperor of Harmony admitted, much to the shock of the Director of Intelligence. "I don't think he would even disagree with that statent. Rui is many things, but arrogant, he is not. He must understand how painful, even if necessary, the death of the Demon of Asmodeous was to human civilization. And I'm sure he has worked hard in the past eleven years to beco a worthy replacent. I have heard his recent duel with Damian was promising, which gives hope. Regardless…"
He closed his eyes.
"It is out of my hands. I can only put my faith in the finest warriors of human civilization."
Very rarely did the Emperor of Harmony of all people feel helpless, but in that mont, he truly couldn't help but wish he could do more. But he understood it was better not to intervene in a haphazard manner and make a ss. He would focus on human civilization and let the Martial Sages deal with the higher forces of this world themselves.
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