111 Renegotiation 2 What do you say? (2/2)
Fawkes looked over at her, an expression of indifference. ”We shall discuss this after.” was all he said, before shooting Terrick a look.
Catching his eye I glanced over at the kneeling assassin, looking at his side to see the still panting sword user, further in the back Rein and Scipio still lay unconscious.
Angella and Terrick looked at me with the same expressions however, with a nudge to his side Sorren too awoke. With a scurry of whispers the idiot train now held the holy trifecta of the crew. The numbskulled doctor, the ditzy sword wielder, and the day-care man.
With a slight grumble I looked over at the silent general and the stiff high priestess.
”Hah… The crew opts to forgive you, though that is mainly because your drugged priests have all perished and your very way of life seems to have collapsed like a senile serpent. That being said however, this island shall still be liable to pay for all of its transgressions.”
Already an idea was forming in my mind, though Rein and Scipio had still not forgiven the island, I was sure that it would be alright, the former was not a crewmate officially and the latter was smart enough to know when it was good to massacre and when it was good to take advantage of things.
”Here is my offer to your island, starting off I shall begin with the way that you managed the island, though at this point it would be no different to call it a city.
the high priestess and the general shall constitute a board of leader, chosen from fields that I don't particularly give a rat's ass about. There are only two things that I want from this board. One, to hold this island in a state of isolation as best as it can with a single department of sorts that controls the gates of this massive structure. Two, the department I suggested shall have a single member in the board, with complete powers over this mountain's borders. The representative shall answer directly to me.
Now onto matters of payment, the island shall act as a docking station for a group of people that I vouch for as long as they do not damage the integrity of the island or cause undue frustrations onto its people. These people shall be under the explicit authority of the department head that I had arranged for.
The department shall also act as a recruitment/ training organization that maintains and bolsters the ranks of the group.
In exchange for this continuous incursion onto your lands and the amount of overall economic burden that you shall take on, this island shall be under my explicit protection. That means that you no longer need to maintain such a cut throat relationship with Amazon Lily, or fear the navy too much.
As long as you don't get the wrath of the entire force upon your heads the crew shall protect you.” I finished, taking a deep breath to compensate for all the air that I had expelled.
I could literally see the numbers fly in the head priestess' eyes as she computed all I had told her, the Amazon Lily representative stood stock still though her eyes seemed to zoom out of focus.
”A couple of questions,” the head priestess began professionally.” Will this representative that you choose have a say in how the island is run? If so how much authority? Who will it be? and will that person have a detrimental effect on our island's functioning. Also will these group of people, be of the unsavory variety?”
A small chuckle escaped my mouth as I looked over at her. ” The man that I suggest will simply have complete authority over his own charge. The authority over the island as a whole shall only be as much as the authority of any one member of this board, with their powers all being addable.
He shall interfere in how the island is run only as much as another single member of the board.
As to who he is, I was thinking about mister General here, what do you say?”