[Ahem…] I wasn't going to accept whatever they'd throw at , [Then what price range do you have in mind? I need to get what you have in mind before relaying this over to others to make a final decision about it]
I knew he was trying to use sovereign interference to scare off. However he totally underestimated !
Pal! I precisely wanted those sovereigns to interfere, or else what I wanted couldn't be done by just your word.
[Are you telling such a decision will be taken by the sovereigns, and not by you or your impact?] I had to ask, to make sure I got them where exactly I wanted.
[Such decision isn't related to the impact I work for] he paused before adding, [This matter is related to the future of my race. So it's better for them to handle such a matter, right?]
[And what did they say?] I didn't give him any answer, and just threw the ball back into their playground.
[We are willing to satisfy any needs of yours, as long as they aren't overboard]
[I see…] That ant they were willing to accept the raise in the price tag, or accept any other form of compensation. However they wouldn't just accept anything.
That made quite hesitant. What I wanted from them wasn't in their best interest actually. And trying to ask them to do it now would have a low chance of success.
[Let think about this deal for much longer then…] I took the excuse of the sovereign's interference to buy myself more ti.
I didn't need ti to consider anything, I wanted them to take their ti and feel the pressure of losing dealing with .
Right now they might be shocked about my bones, but not too many races had heard about what I did. So if I waited for long enough, long until the news would spread all over the universe, then the Toranks would find themselves in a position they wouldn't like.
Right now they knew I only got them as the sole custor for my bones. But after so ti, many would start competing with them and try to give many offers.
Like this, the Toranks would find themselves in a race against other capable races, able to give whatever I'd want.
So their attitude would change from just giving the chance to raise the price to a reasonable range or asking for things in return that wouldn't cost them a lot, to any demand of mine would be answered.
And that situation was precisely what I aid for and hoped to happen.
[Hmm… Why is that? I know you for long enough to know that you have a plan in mind already]
When I read his words, I couldn't control my smile to appear on my face.
So they already had seen through my plan and knew my real intentions. They saw through my desire to use ti against them. What a bunch of old n they were!
[Sorry pal, this ti I got my mind busy with many things] But did they think by reading through my plan they could stop ? Humph! As if that was possible!
I was the one they needed, not the opposite.
It was who could call out the shots here. So if I wanted to postpone the talks, then I'd be able to do so.
[But…]
[Dude! Just tell them I'll consider their offer once I'm done with this quest.] I used the quest as an excuse, [You do know how hard and risky this quest will be, right?]
[I see… I'll relay your answer back to my sovereigns]
I got how disappointed he beca, but that wasn't sothing I should worry about. It was their misfortune that I wanted from them sothing very important and crucial for my race and kingdom.
I could already guess how fierce the talks in the Toranks main holand would be about this matter.
They knew what I wanted to do, but they couldn't stop . They already used the excuse of the sovereigns to put pressure over . And such a move failed.
If they wanted, they could sincerely offer a rich offer. And that's what they'd be busy thinking about. What exactly would be rich enough to make stop going through this kind of plan?
Of course I knew the answer to that, but they didn't even read my mind to know what I was thinking right now.
They got nothing to bla but themselves. They were the ones who cut down any negotiations by trying to use hidden threats to achieve their goals.
Such a high ranked race would never truly consider soone like as their ally, nor their equal!
But that wasn't bad news for . If they didn't comply and offered what I wanted, then I'd go for plan B. Other races would be available in front of , including the Hescos.
I would never select friendship over the fate of my race and kingdom, especially if it was such a kind of fake friendship.
After closing the chat with Silverlining, I finally got ti to return back to my initial task. I started travelling across the remaining worlds, leaving behind the warriors, workers, and resources needed to build up the complicated set of defences.
In the middle of all this, Isac sent and discussed with the modifications she had for the defensive designs.
When I heard what she had, I couldn't help but refuse them on the spot.
From what she said, she wanted to throw away most of the defensive structures and just be satisfied with the normal and simple defences.
Using walls alone wasn't going to protect my forces from the Silence race. Not to ntion the enemy never got pushed hard enough to be forced to use their full force.
I had to make plans for other races to join the battle. I'd hardly believe that such an enemy who could get such a race from another universe, a race that wasn't known in the two known universes, couldn't get other races to help.
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