The Martial Unity

There were many such sights across East Kandria in each wave of refugees that were transported from their shelters to their new homes. Having lived eight months in a shelter, the mere thought of living in such fantastic luxury boggled their minds, leaving them utterly bewildered.

Once the realization set in, most of them broke down sobbing, completely unraveling as they saw the light at the end of the tunnel of darkness, having fully emerged.

“…And so, more than two million refugees have been relocated in the past two weeks,” Minister Raul’s voice drew the attention of many of the cabinet ministers and government officials. “According to the survey that the Kandrian Ruffians have conducted, the city of Metropolita has a ninety-eight-percent approval rating, with overwhelming support from its new citizens who have begun to settle in and adjust to their new living conditions and familiarize themselves with the city. They’ve also expressed a desire to get to work and earn their own living and independence.”

He paused his report, sweeping his gaze across the many members partaking in the government meeting with a jubilant smile. “I believe it is safe to say that Project MetroVision is a fantastic success!”

A round of applause swept through the government meeting as each of the government officials indulged in the overwhelming sense of purpose and accomplishment for their people. “The economy has rebounded powerfully,” the financial minister, Minister Varken, began with a confident tone. “The stock market has hit an all-time high, and our currency and other denominated assets have stabilized and have entered an upward trajectory. The implementation of our economic stimuli, along with a successful control on inflation through food imports from Britannia, has quelled the crisis in the short and long term. The mass-adoption of high technology, esoteric or otherwise, along with the education and training programs have increased investor expectations for our manufacturing output and labor productivity. We have never been better economically than we are now.”

“In addition, we have experienced a deflationary pressure on our imports of food and energy thanks to the successful implementation of Project SeaPhase,” Princess Ranea remarked with a genuinely enthused expression. “The complete reconstruction and expansion of our ports and harbor, along with an increase in the number of shipyards and other maritime infrastructure, has led to a massive boost in the throughput of our seafare. Expectations of Kandrian trade have risen tremendously, and our maritime industry has bounced back to new all-time highs.”

“Our domestic situation has also stabilized considerably, consumer sentiments have risen greatly and domestic demand is quite healthy, the previous trend of emigration has completely reversed and we now have a large influx of migrants who desperately wish to be a part of the new wave of prosperity which is clearly flushing through the nation,” Minister Danes grinned with energy as he flipped through the documents in front of him. “One of the most significant developments that has occurred in the Kandrian Empire over the past eight months or so is the plummeting Martial crime rates. Normally, instability breeds crime, especially Martially-perpetrated crimes. However, ever since the new Martial Pacts and Covenants were signed between the Kandrian government and the Martial Union, our regime has been more strict on crime, discouraging Apprentices and Squires from throwing their weight around. And…”

His smile deepened. “…we have noticed a corresponding boost in happiness indexes and quality of life indexes. We have also noticed a boost in foreign infrastructural investment. We believe that the Kandrian Empire has the potential to become as sophisticated as the Esocline Federation.”

In other words, the future of the Kandrian Empire was all but bright. The many months that had passed hadn’t been easy, but the Kandrian Empire had managed to pull itself together, reconstruct, and develop to achieve a powerful positive trajectory.

“Our reputation overseas has risen as our negatron reserves increase, giving us an absolute stronghold over this critical resource,” Princess Ru made her report with a pleased tone. “We have secured powerful trade agreements with our allies and have built many new bridges. We have formed a firm alliance with the dwarves and the giants, drastically increasing our soft power in the true world. Now, of the six other major civilizations in the true world, four of them have become firm allies, and two of them have earned our complete trust. That leaves our enemies as the Evolutionary Army and Greater Tekvoria, who are now increasingly geopolitically isolated. In the long run, it is projected that we will gain absolute leverage once the Race to the Stars fully commences.”

“Additionally,” she continued as a confident smile emerged on her face. “The number of Martial Sages has skyrocketed in the past eight months.”

The ministers stirred at those words as their eyes lit up with enthusiasm. “The Sage breakthrough rate of the EoS 1.0 AI program is a whopping twenty-percent, according to our estimates,” Princess Ru remarked, barely being able to contain her excitement. “We have gained six hundred new Martial Sages in the past eight months! Three hundred of whom are from the Kandrian Empire!”

It meant that one in five Martial Masters managed to break through to the Sage Realm under the new program, contrasting with the two-percent breakthrough rate that had occurred ever since the number of Martial Masters had ballooned relative to Sages.

A thundering round of applause emerged from the ministers as an electric sense of ecstasy hung in the air. The EoS AI software had been offered by the Psycher to the Panamic Alliance in order to help Martial Masters break through to the Sage Realm.

However, nobody had expected such a revolutionary rate of breakthroughs from such a seemingly simple solution. Only later did they learn that the method implemented a breakthrough principle that Rui himself had developed in the past to break through to the Sage Realm.

The rapid shocks that the flush of new Martial Sages had sent big waves across the Panama Continent and across human civilization. All of a sudden, a large number of Martial Masters broke through to the Sage Realm, rapidly imbalancing the ratio of Martial Masters to Martial Sages.

Master-level nations suddenly became Sage-level nations.

The Master Realm grew much smaller in population count, while the Sage Realm ballooned, and the Kandrian Empire benefited from it disproportionately.