Michael stayed silent and thought it through.
"The HammerStone company wants to make Angora City to be a part of its Golden Road?" he asked quietly.
"Not just that," Trakius sighed. "I have a feeling that if we side with the HammerStone company, we will be caught up in their fight as well. And as unfortunate as it may sound, this Golden Road war will have to shed some blood."
Michael pursed his lips. He disliked violence, but acknowledged the need for it in certain circumstances. Ideally, he wanted everything to be solved amicably, but not everyone was going to think the same.
"Then you should just refuse them," he said matter-of-factly.
"That is the problem. There is reason to believe that if we don't side with them now, then eventually some other company is going to want to force us to side with them.
