436 GIVING IN (1/2)
Nothing was worse than being in a melee with a being who was capable of killing as easy as breathing, thus, the arena opening-up for Yunan and War.
”Seriously, You guys forced me to waste three treasure troves, who do I have to kill next? Let's do this once and be done with it, anyone who cares to fight to the death can come closer, otherwise, I will just proceed to claim your universe and make you all my slaves”.
War was about to charge again but found Mir stopping him. Mir had a very terrifying look, there was death glaring from behind his pupils. It was something Yunan knew very well, something had touched Mir's bottom line.
”You said you requested surrender, you said we had a year, you even went as far as fighting for this long without killing, but slavery can never be allowed, we would rather all die than be slaves, I would die first, what say you, invader?”
”True, true, my mistake, I got a little bit bloodthirsty, fighting for so long and resorting to killing was taxing on my mentality, I thought that you may want to end it earlier since you guys attacked me as soon as I stepped out, usually after retreat comes negotiation, maybe wars are different in you universe”. Yunan was feeling bad about crossing a line too early, he did promise them after all.
Yunan lowered his sword and returned to his human form, changed his clothes and waved away the grime of battle from his face. He stood still, if nothing was coming out of him leaving Dreamscape he would just return.
Mir moved forward, War and Bahn flanking him, Mir still looked pissed off but Yunan knew it was a façade, nothing more, he was trying to make it so that he had a chip to negotiate with.
”Other than swearing allegiance, we are completely free to do as we wish in the combined universe, you may only call upon us to defend the place from an external invasion, nothing else, these are our terms” the seething hatred that Mir used to speak was the only genuine thing he let out of his moth.
”My terms were already generous, to begin with, I have no need for your willingness, but I prefer to have willing followers than disgruntled and unwilling slaves, you are free to do as you like as long as you follow the rules of the first universe, all you have to do is follow the rules, you can even choose to not defend if and when invaders came, if you become strong enough, you can leave, but as long as you reside in my universe, you follow the rules, if following some rules for the benefit of all is not good enough, then we can see each other in a year.”
Yunan turned his back and made his way to Dreamscape, the bitterness in Mir and War was almost tangible, but it was Bahn who stopped him.
”What does swearing allegiance to you require? Although I would fight to the death if it is something unacceptable”. The silence was too deep, it felt as if the entire universe was holding its breath.