After waiting for one hour, Rain and Seadir were called to the council hall again. All the mbers there were weirdly quiet, to the point that Rain felt suspicious about it.
"We decided to agree with your terms, but we have so requirents as well," Josar suddenly said. "First of all, the attack needs to be done in five days when our army reaches the area where the human army is."
"... I suppose that is reasonable," Rain said after rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
"We also want information about the technology that Joanis developed You can't kill or take him anywhere else until we understand how he was able to obtain information about people from our history and how he was able to create the anti-magic relic," Josar added.
That was troubleso… that might take days, or Joanis could kill himself before that happens… he definitely will choose death over being captured. At the sa ti, the magic people wanted the knowledge of sothing that could make them a real threat in the future.
"... What if he kills himself before we can extract any information?" Rain asked. "Then, with our knowledge, we get half of their relics and study them."
Rain looked at Seadir, and he nodded… that was acceptable by him. They didn't care about the conquests of the magic people, and they couldn't see them as a threat to the ocean either.
"Fair enough," Rain said. "We will get the other half. Anything else?" Rain asked.
"One last thing," Josar said. "We want our people that were captured and that are with you."
"I can't say that it is possible that will depend on them," Rain said.
The forr prisoners that are working with Rain and his family now seed to enjoy their lives quite a lot, and it was hard to say if they would want to return. So of the magic people left their lands because they didn't like all of their thirst for conquest after all.
At the sa ti, they knew a bit of Rain's skills and modus operandi, so they could reveal too much. Even if they didn't want to, Josar and the others could force them to do that.
"They are our people, and they deserve to live in the lands they were born in," Josar said.
"They don't belong to you, and you lost the right to demand anything from them when you failed to protect them," Rain said.
The atmosphere in the room got tense since all the tribe leaders took offense at Rain's words. He just ignored that and crossed his arms while waiting for what they were going to do next.
"... We can reach a middle ground in that area. As long as we can contact them and hear by ourselves what they want, we will respect their decision," Josar said after he took a deep breath.
"That is that, then," Rain said. "We are going to demand the surrender of the human army, and we will inform you if they decide to surrender. If not, then we will be waiting for you all in the given days."
Rain and Seadir left the council hall and then imdiately began to fly West. They had a lot of things on their minds, and at first, they decided to analyze those by themselves.
"That was fast… do you trust that they will follow the requirents?" Seadir asked.
"They probably will… they will gain a lot by following our demands, and they don't know your forces yet, so planning a fight against us would be unwise," Rain explained. "They will confirm that once they see your father's pets."
"They aren't our pets. They are the guardians of the ocean," Seadir furrowed his eyebrows. "They should know that we don't want their lands, so I guess it makes sense… by the way, how are you planning to negotiate with the king and Joanis when you killed their ssenger when he ca to talk with you."
"I don't need to talk with them directly, and I just need to make soone pass the ssage. If I don't like what I hear, then I will kill the ssengers again to make my point evidently clear."
Rain decided to pull out all the restraints in order to achieve their goals once and for all… everyone was tired of all the problems that the king and Joanis were causing, after all. It was ti to end all that…
When it was mid morning, Rain and Seadir were able to find the human camp in the distance, and then Rain decided to use Magic Eyes to see if there were any traps around… much to his surprise, he didn't find traps, but he found sothing else… he found that the anti-magic barrier protecting the city and their soldiers were a lot bigger than he had recalled…
"It seems that they did sothing in the last month…" Rain muttered. "I guess it makes sense, considering that I almost made their camp sink on the ground."
"What?" Seadir frowned.
Rain explained what he could see, and then Seadir realized the severity of the situation… he assud that the attacks of the giant sea monsters would eventually destroy the barrier after making it sink underground, but maybe that wouldn't be possible… the anti-magic barrier was now five kiloters tall and wide… Rain could only imagine that it was that deep as well.
"Are we going to change the plan?" Seadir asked.
"No, we are still going to send the ssage," Rain said, and then he began to lower the ice platform. "No point in letting them faze us with this much."
Rain considered that bringing Esralda might make the king co and talk with them, but it would be too risky now… leaving the king and Esralda in one spot would give Joanis the chance to kill both of them and put the bla on Rain… he would be able to control the queen and the prince all of the human army afterward.
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