>April 8, 2058
The King summons both Ryuzen and Ayane to the Throne room.
Ryuzen: Welcome back Your Highness! How did the Council respond to my proposal?
Shenshi: (softly chuckles, leaning back on his throne) You sure are crafty. The Council is in support of this alliance, only two Counties were against it.
Ayane: Well that is good news. Then shall we proceed with the final agreements, Your Highness?
Shenshi: Sure. (he commands) Summon BalinDurak!.
He is the GrandVizier of the Empire.
Ryuzen: Before his arrival may I know which Counties were against the alliance?
Shenshi: The Counties of Volgrum and Rukthar.
Ryuzen: And I would also like to know the reason that you have at the back of your mind.
Shenshi: (cautious) ^ Alright, he is intelligent enough to be wary of him ^ It is just speculation but I think that these counties merged with a large population of Goblins.
Goblins are cunning and generally ill witted creatures but are exceptional in business dealings and financial matters along with being very good diplomats, this wouldn't normally be a problem as Goblins are profoundly weak. At least the ones from our world.
Ryuzen: So Goblins, similar to those Demons have also existed in multiple worlds.
Shenshi: Well yes, because I saw much stronger goblins at your meeting compared to those from home. Also I think these Counties envelope the new Goblin King's Palace.
Ryuzen: Now that is bad. I think we should discard these Counties from the Empire before they get a chance to bite our backs.
Shenshi: As much I admire your consideration, I would like to deal with my Empire's problems on my own. The Grand Vizier is here shall we proceed with the official treaty for this alliance.
*At the end it always goes Ryuzen's way
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In the Royal Palace of Iridellion
*****: I've returned, Your Highness.
She says kneeling behind the Princess, the princes standing in her balcony looking upon her city turns back arms crossed..
Shera: Welcome back Lorein Moonveil.
Lorein: May I know why you were so troubled, Your Highness?
Shera: I have been thinking of Ryuzen and his wicked plans and I get a feeling that he will be trying to get the Dwarves on his side.
Lorein: Are you suspecting a betrayal?
Shera: Perhaps. What I want to know is will it be his side or ours?
Lorein: I would suggest we make it our side.
Shera: Exactly my thoughts, we are teleporting to Durgundar right now.
Lorein: I shall get ready.
Shera: No, actually I will be taking Fil, ask him to get ready. ^ I should minimize the amount of people that Ryuzen contacts ^
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Back at the Throne room of the Dwarven Empire
Shenshi: I hope you have a plan to get the Elves on to our side.
Ryuzen: (smirks) If I'm right it should already have started.
Guard: Your Majesty, The first member of the meeting is here. PrincessShera Marceau of the Elven Empire Iridellion.
Ryuzen: (with a slight grin) Sure was faster than I expected.
Shenshi: Grateful to have you here Princess Shera.
Shera: Nice to meet you too, also hi there Ryuzen.
Ryuzen: Hi, it's nice to meet again…(slightly bowing his head)Princess.
Shera: Who's that over there, your assistant?
Ryuzen: On point, Your Highness.
Ayane: No, I am not. Your Highness, I am Ayane Sujimoto, a fellow researcher and am here as Dr. Ryuzen's partner.
Shenshi: Now that everyone got to know each other shall we move to a better place to talk.
*How exactly will the Elves be okay about joining forces with the Dwarves?
Shenshi: No offence, but may I know why you are here so early? As you can teleport I figured you wouldn't be here till the meeting.
Shera: True, under normal circumstances. But today I'm here for something else. I have come with a proposal.
Shenshi: And what might that be?
Shera: Firstly. Ryuzen, since you are here can I assume you represent all the humans?
Ryuzen: No you can not, Your Highness. I'm here as a response to the summon from the Emperor. Talking about a human representative, we don't have one yet and probably won't have for quite some time.
Shera: Preposterous! How can you not have a leader? Then who will be attending the meeting?
Ryuzen: The same as in the first meeting, The 13 Vanguard.
As human population is more than 10 billion compared to the couple hundred million Dwarves or Elves it is a monumental task for a single person to represent them all, but new world requires new systems we are currently trying to figure out a better method for all this.
Shera: Well that's concerning.
Shenshi: You still haven't answered my question Princess.
Ryuzen: Princess, I may not represent humanity but you know that you can tell whatever it is that you came here to propose.
Shera:^no way! did he even figure this one out?but how this is a decision I took impulsively.^
I am aware of your influence Doctor. Here is my proposal to The Supreme Emperor, Shenshi Garde and Dr. Ryuzen Tenrai, let the three races - Elves, Dwarves and Humans form a Tri-Alliance to secure our place and assert our dominance over this new world.
Shenshi: ^ How did he manage that? He got the princess to propose what he already planned ^ I'm listening.
Ryuzen: I have been thinking about a similar thing but I wanted to wait till the meeting although now I'm curious about the Emperor's opinion on this.
Shenshi: Although I don't want to bow to the Elves I believe us working together will give us quite the advantage over the rest and I want whatever is the best for my people. I'm in.
Ryuzen: Then I'm in too.
Shenshi: ^ he wanted this all along and made it seem like he just made the decision, he could be dangerous ^
Shera: As we all agree, I hereby declare THE TRI-ALLIANCE as official. I will spread the word this instant.
Ryuzen: Your Highness!
Shera: No need for the honorifics anymore Ryuzen. It's not like I've been using them.
Ryuzen: As you wish. I don't think we should announce this alliance, at least not yet.
Shenshi: And why is that? the enemy won't fear a threat that they are unaware of.
Ryuzen: Precisely why we shouldn't announce.
If we announce now the rest of the species will be on alert and on the look out for us during the upcoming meeting which will make the meeting rough for us and could also lead to new alliances being formed between different species to stand their own ground against us.
Ayane: ^ I don't get how much of this is he thinking right now and how much he had already planned ^ (whispers) Ryuzen could you add a clause for the use of some of their technology?
Ryuzen: (proud of himself)^ That's why I brought her along ^ Well thanks for reminding me. Shera we have one more condition for the alliance, I want humans to be given access to some of your technologies for starters, the communication system.
Shera: I can't give complete access but I can give most of it with the exceptions being the ones the Royal families and the noble houses use.
Shenshi: I was thinking to potential make it a trade but I guess I can offer that much
Ryuzen: That is good to hear. We primarily need communication apart from that we are okay to trade for the other tech.
^ The elven communication practically still connects them throughout the world which could be really helpful especially considering that the only thing keeping us connected in the non-planet world is my VoidLink but that only connects important IC members, some leaders and useless rich people also some high value individuals like myself ^
Shenshi: We can go over the business some other day then.
Shera: Well then I'll make a Karmic Bond. It binds one's mana to uphold a deal/agreement and the punishment for breaking it would be losing all of your mana which will kill you. Once I'm done say the words 'Bound By Karma'.
Ryuzen: Bound by Karma.
Shenshi: Bound by Karma.
Shera: Now that it is all settled, glory to the Tri-Alliance.
Guard: Your Majesty, the second member of the meeting is here. Morzag The Emperor Orc of the Grimhold Dominion.
Shenshi: That's an unexpectedly early arrival and our first unknown species.
*I am itching for some bad guy stuff, I hope he is one big villain.