The Martial Unity

"Even if they cannot deploy Martial Masters, they can deploy powerful Martial Seniors. The Kandrian Empire produces powerful Martial Artists, and it certainly has enough high-grade Martial Seniors," Rui remarked. 

"We have strong reasons to suspect that not even Martial Seniors can entirely diminish your ability to kill," Fern remarked. "Regardless, you are not our only solution. We have already deployed other Martial Seniors, unsuccessfully. If you are not enough, we will deploy even more assassins."

Rui knew that the Beggar's Sect was not short of the funds needed to erase the Carnil Mafia's operations. However, unlike the underworld of the Kandrian Empire, the Beggar's Sect was spread across the entire continent. Although the organization possessed immense power and influence, it was also true that it was spread very thin.

Rui couldn't even begin to imagine the sheer number of agendas and objectives that the Beggar's Sect tackled daily. It had to be extremely taxing even for a powerful organization like the sect. That's probably why it would like to rely on Rui alone.

He knew that the intelligence that he had commissioned from the sect had already been gathered. This meant that the Beggar's Sect could resolve the Carnil Mafia agenda without having to spend any additional funds if Rui could get the job by himself. They would just supply him with his commission once he was done without having to spend any more wealth.

Perhaps that was why they were willing to wait for quite some time for him to return from his training under Master Zeamer. They hoped that once Rui gained power training under the famed Hypnomaster, he would become strong enough to pose a threat to the Carnil Mafia.

Well, he couldn't say that their hope was misplaced. Unfortunately, he still didn't have a very accurate idea of where he ranked in the Senior Realm in terms of power. However, his direct combat power wasn't too relevant in this case. 

'What matters is whether I can kill them or not.' Rui mused, narrowing his eyes.

He was confident in his ability to kill. His training with Master Reina had built a great foundation for assassination and Master Zeamer allowed him to truly tap into his mind's power. Furthermore, he had always been extremely strong with preparation. Preparation usually allowed him to not only contend with forces far beyond him but also overcome them.

"I'll need to some intelligence and relevant information on the Carnil Mafia's operations in the Hypnonarak Forest," Rui insisted. "I'll make a decision after I've gone through it. If it's too unreasonable, then I'll reject it."

"That is quite reasonable," Fern smiled, before fiddling with a communication device. "I have arranged for it, it should be here in some time. In the meantime, if there are any other questions or concerns that I can clarify, please don't hesitate."

"I have nothing left to ask in regards to this little operation," Rui replied. "It's straightforward and simple, rather I'm curious about the Beggar's Sect's tendency to spend such enormous funds and wealth on matters that don't earn it profit. The Carnil Mafia, the assassination sector of the Shadow Isles. It is it really worth it to take them down?"

"As an organization that derives its power from the common folk, the state of human civilization is of great importance to us," The man replied. "Ordinary men and women are not soldiers, trained agents, or Martial Artists. Their psychological capacity to tolerate extreme circumstances that threaten their lives or livelihood is not as high as that of trained combatants who regularly experience dangerous circumstances."

He heaved a sigh, continuing. "They panic, despair, break, and engage in all kinds of chaotic, destructive, and self-destructive behaviors if the state of civilization deteriorates. Wars, famines, disease pandemics, natural calamities, and other such catastrophes usually strain society and civilization to the point of breaking. In such circumstances, we find that our operations are severely compromised. In a world of the Age of Martial Art, it doesn't take much to push civilization to the brink."

"I see..." Rui mused. "I was informed that the assassination sector of the Shadow Isles did compromise your operations in the Derschek Region, however, I had assumed that was because your sleeper agents were assassinated, but I suppose it was also because the Derschek Region is an extremely chaotic region."

"Indeed, it is the latter more than the former. The spontaneous assassinations were annoying and hard to predict, but we have far too many sleeper agents to be assassinated," Fern remarked, before stirring. "Ah, looks like the intelligence you requested has arrived. You may come in."

An assistant brought in a box of documents and bowed before leaving.

"These are all the files documenting the Martial Power of the base of operations that the Carnil Mafia has set up in the Gereign Region," He remarked, feel free to go through them in this study. I'll leave an assistant here that will aid you in any way you need. You can contact me once you're done. Then..."

He said, getting up.

"Appreciate the free intelligence," Rui remarked. 

"We would be foolish to leave you uninformed when it comes to operations affecting our own objectives and agendas, after all." 

Soon enough, Rui was left to his own devices. He quickly unearthed the documents from within the box, skimming through the first one.

'A report on the current logistical affairs and state of the Carnil Mafia...' Rui raised an eyebrow, going through all the details.

It didn't take more than a moment for him to realize that the Carnil Mafia had been busy. With many bases established across the entire human domain of the Gereign Region, the Carnil mafia had invested quite a lot into the development of the necessary warehouses to store harvests of the narcotic plants, as well as the necessary infrastructure to process the plants to a certain extent, making it easier to store over longer periods of time.

The Carnil Mafia apparently had an oligopoly on the black market for criminalized substances, resources, and raw products due to the industry-level quality standards they maintained. Thus they had one of the most expensive operations anywhere in the Gereign Region compared to the shabby smaller forces around them.