Mental Honing

The remaining day before the battle was tense and prickling. 

Those in the know did not like how much control they surrendered to the outcome of a single battle.

It was almost inconceivable that two Masters could decide the future of the war and, thus, of East Panama. While the war would not conclude instantaneously if one side killed the other, it would still almost irreversibly go down a direction from which it could not be shaken off.  

While Emperor Rael and the other leaders of the Kandrian Empire began preparing for the best and the worst, Rui had completely isolated himself.

Over the past two days, he had immersed himself in meditative conditioning, all for the sake of honing his mind and achieving a state of absolute focus and concentration. He simply refused to take any and all calls from anybody, including his father. Guildmaster Bradt had tried to call him many times. Yet, he had refused even him.