Chapter 59 Part 3) It's Always The Hard Way

Inside a large throne room with a throne that sat up high on a platform that you would need to climb almost twenty steps to reach, a long line of men and women dressed in expensive-looking dresses and suits stood looking at the three people standing in front of them. Up on the throne sat Princess Tiliy; her smug smile as she looked down on Desaray and her companions was far from hidden.

After gazing at Desaray for a few seconds, Princess Tiliy finally stood up and stretched out her hand. “I called you all here for this emergency meeting to hear the words of her Holiness, Goddess Desaray. She has come to us to ask for our ancient technology that is able to take on the gods.”

“Absurd!” Someone from the crowd of nobles yelled out. “How dare they ask for such a thing.”

“Quite! Do not be rude to our guests. Listen to what she has to say before making any decisions.” Princess Tiliy silenced the room. While she loved how they looked down on Desaray, she still had to show some respect towards another nations leader, especially one as powerful as Desaray.

Desaray, on the other hand, was wondering how a meeting between herself and the princess’s council suddenly turned into a meeting with all the nobles of the empire. She did not know what the princess was planning, but if words did not work, she would have no choice but to use force.

From what Desaray could tell, the princess was too prideful and arrogant. She seemed to believe she held the upper hand, not realizing that she was far from having any advantage. One must hold all the cards before they can see themselves as the one in charge. Princess Tiliy did not seem to understand that her entire empire’s security was about to be weakened greatly due to her lack of understanding of the situation.

Desaray would stop at no means to protect her people, even if it meant stealing what she had to. At this moment, Juna’s roots were positioned in a way that they could wrap around the cannons used to attack Nergal and transport them back to her kingdom. All while easily disappearing from the throne room they were in if things did not seem to be going her way. She did not think her terms were all that bad. But Princess Tiliy did not seem to understand the true urgency of the situation.

“Your Holiness if you may.” Princess Tiliy gave the floor to Desaray, who turned and nodded at her before stepping forward.

“My name is Desaray. I am the leader of the Holy Kingdom of Serenity. Our world is currently on the verge of destruction due to the gods using it as a battle ground to settle their own feuds. To protect both our countries from being destroyed, we will need to work together. This means sharing your technology with us and us sharing back any upgrades and changes we make.

“I wish to form an alliance to help push back the gods and force them off our world. Your cannons may be good for a single god or goddess but what happens when multiple attack or are fighting in the skies above your empire? Not only will your citizens die, but so will you.

“I came here today with the idea of peace and hoping to form this alliance. So I ask of all of you here to agree to this alliance and we will work together as to friendly nations.” Desaray did not have time to try to persuade them all by going into fine details she could only take the short and to the point approach. Time was of the essence.

“Pfftt… Hahahaha!” someone suddenly burst out laughing. This was followed by many others. They seemed to have found Desaray’s speech very amusing.

“You bastards!” Juna suddenly stepped forward, her eyes glowing green. She wanted nothing more than to skewer these people with her roots.

“Juna.” Desaray called out stopping Juna from doing anything stupid.

“Your Holiness, it seems you have your answer.” Princess Tiliy’s voice sounded from above.

Desaray turned and smiled at Princess Tiliy and shook her head. “I can only say that for someone who rules over such a grand empire, you are quite the fool. You know my strength and yet you still pull such a foolish stunt. Did you intend to embarrass me in front of your nobles? What happen to the council? You must think I am stupid but you forget.”

Ice began to spread out in all directions. “My power is being restrained. Juna, take them.”

“It’s about time!”

Boom!

Sounds of walls breaking could be heard coming from outside, shaking the palace. Princess Tiliy’s eyes went wide, and she stared out the window in front of her as she watched massive roots shooting up into the sky. “What are you doing!?”

“I tried to be nice. But you dared to play me as a fool. As such, as someone who cares deeply for her kingdom and it’s people, I will not sit still and allow you to waste my time. Since diplomacy did not work I will be taking five of your cannons to research. Have a grand day.” With this, Desaray turned and looked at the man who had yelled out the first time. The man suddenly became frozen in ice, causing those around him to cry out in fear. This was followed by the person who first laughed at her.

Only when she dealt with these two people she turned back to Princess Tiliy, who was clenching her fists, seething in anger, and smiling brightly. “Consider this a declaration of war. Although, you will need to survive the gods before you ever reach my kingdom.”