Chapter 217 Negotiating with the Chiefs (1/2)
Chapter 217 Negotiating with the Chiefs
"A phoenix? Fairy tale nonsense!" said the oldest nomad chief as he sla "You've gone mad, Casimir We trusted you to handle all our shi+p Only enemies
You expect us to bet on this…this boy!?"
"Technically, that is not fairy tale, but ement before," said Casimir "Especially you, Gerald And luck has always been on ainst me""
"Bet?" Another chieftain, a dark skinneddown to his neck, shook his head as he stared at Casiest one I took hen you approached us twenty years ago with al for our help to build your eer andon every word and decision I make
You will have to do very, very well to convince me to support you"
Aldrich noticed thathi him the true mastermind for all this In no se and his unknown status
The only one, Aldrich noted with his sharp gaze, that paid hi wo froroup, not ardless, Aldrich needed to ht
"I see we've started off on the wrong foot," said Aldrich with a sigh "My apologies"
"Your apologies ," said Gerald disain"Twenty years, we built up this network, and now, it's all gone in a single night So many decades wasted just like that"
"What Ifoot-," said Aldrich, his voice e that made everyone pay attention to hi the nature of this otiate with you You're here to negotiate with ether with er than what you can ever dream of"
Gerald's face darkened It was evident he did not like being talked down to "What!? Do you understand the position you are in? You have absolutely nothing-,"
"And who decided that?" said Aldrich "I have under ure with a power so rare that every govern to scramble to recruit him The Dark Six, too, no doubt have their eyes on hihter It was not hter, rather, he was truly entertained "To talk to us like that, you've got guts! And I adht not listen to you, but I'll bite: if I do decide to ith you, what ain with, we have no idea if Thanatos is even with hi willfully blind," said thepurple eyes "Casiht Thanatos's forces with him Do you think Thanatos would do that if Casimir, and, by extension, Mr Vane here did not have his full trust?"
"You, Zena, you support this…this upstart?" said Gerard
"Support? No Not yet But I a er," said Zena, and the dark skinned chief nodded