If Rael decided to use Rui's breakthrough to the Apprentice Realm to its absolute fullest, then the stakes for both sides in the war skyrocketed. A greatly enlarged supply of Martial Apprentices meant that in the future, Kandria would greatly surpass all the other Sage-level powerhouses in the quantity of Martial Artists.
In other words, it truly was do or die at that point in time before the additional supply of Martial Artists made a genuine difference.
"Martial Apprentices cannot affect the strategic outlook of an all-out war."
Neither of them had any delusions in that regard.
"When the war will have escalated to its prime height, the only classes of Martial Artists that will be able to affect the strategic outlook of the war are Martial Sages and Martial Masters," Emperor Rael remarked, engrossed in thought. "More Apprentices will bring us no real benefits in the war but will alarm our enemies and make them even more desperate to attack and destroy us."
