"We wanted to change the conditions a little."

Ellinger spoke with a little awkward look on his face and,

"…"

The entire Royal Hall turned silent as they glanced at Amaya.

Amaya narrowed her eyes and,

"Dynast Ellinger, are you looking down on the Skyfall Kingdom?"

She questioned in a solemn tone.

The atmosphere turned even heavier.

The deal was already signed between the 2 Kingdoms, changing the conditions now was… not possible.

Even suggesting something like this was disrespectful.

It shows that the party doesn't care about the contract and thinks the other party has to oblige to their request because they are better out of the two parties.

Although the Skyfall Kingdom did approach first, it doesn't mean they were the ones who were desperate for help, no matter how one sees it, the party which was on the weaker side is not the Skyfall Kingdom, but the Woods Dynasty.

And requesting to change the conditions in a situation like this…

They were clearly looking down on the Skyfall Kingdom.

"Lady Amaya, please understand, the deal you came up with was too abrupt, we didn't have much time to think things through.

Why don't you listen to our request first and decide later?

I assure you that it will not be disadvantageous to the Skyfall Kingdom in any way."

Ellinger spoke calmly.

Amaya glanced at the Dynast sitting in front of her and after thinking for a while, she nodded.

"State your wishes."

"We wish to participate in the battle against the Solid Earth Army as well." Ellinger spoke.

Amaya narrowed her eyes, considering it as a signal, Ellinger continued his explanation.

"According to the deal, the Skyfall Kingdom would take care of the Solid Earth Kingdom's army on their own and we wouldn't need to participate in the war at all.

Although it is a great opportunity for us to save our men and deal with our problem at the same time, our reputation is too damaged for us to take this step.

If the Skyfall Kingdom takes care of the Solid Earth Army, it would spread a message that the Woods Dynasty is incapable of taking care of their own Land and has submitted to the Skyfall Kingdom for protection. This would greatly affect our reputation and that is something we cannot allow.

Therefore, I request you to allow our soldiers to participate in the upcoming battle as well."

Hearing what he said, Amaya and the others narrowed their eyes.

There was nothing wrong with the changes, it was rather beneficial for the Skyfall Kingdom since they would have more options.

At the very least, the Woods were not disrespecting them.

However,

"This affects our Battle plan."

Amaya stated with an emotionless look on her face.

"This is something we absolutely must do."

Ellinger couldn't back down either.

A small smile appeared on Amaya's face,

"This will affect our plan, we aren't sure if we would be able to deal with more than 80% of the enemy soldiers if things proceed as you want."

"…"

Ellinger turned silent.

"Can you kill half of them?"

Suddenly, a voice echoed throughout the Hall.

Amaya's face turned serious.

Alcimus was here.

She and her sisters bowed a little.

An old man walked in and repeated his question,

"Can you kill half of them?"

"We can manage that, yes."

Amaya nodded.

"Alright then."

Alcimus nodded.

Then, he turned towards Ellinger and nodded.

*Clap* *Clap*

Ellinger clapped two times, a servant walked in with some papers in his hand and passed it to Amaya.

"This is the new deal, please sign it. We trust that Lady Astaria will not go back on her words, therefore, we do not require her signatures."

Alcimus spoke.

Amaya raised her eyebrows.

However, after thinking for a while, she just shrugged inwardly.

From Woods' perspective, it didn't really matter.

Alcimus already knew what was up, the matter of the Mythical Creature was serious enough so he knew Astaria would never go back on her words.

Amaya read the new deal and just as she was about to agree, Ember stepped forward,

"I have another condition."

Hearing her words, Alcimus and Ellinger frowned, the two of them glanced at Amaya, she, however, closed her eyes and shook her head.

The message was clear.

She was not the leader here.

The lady who had stepped up had the same standing as her, she did not have the authority to say anything to her.

"What is it?" Alcimus questioned as he looked into Ember's eyes.

"If the Woods Soldiers want to participate in the Battle, they need to listen to our commands."

Ember spoke.

Alcimus frowned.

"It is not simple."

Suddenly, a King Stage Cultivator, who was sitting amongst the Ministers of the Dynasty stood up and spoke.

Ember glanced at the man and frowned.

The man started, "Since all we do is fight, we, the soldiers do not possess the tact of the nobles.

If General Phorus were here he would understand since he knows how things work in the army.

But asking that the soldiers follow your orders just because of the deal… it would only create ridges in the army.

You need to earn the Leader's spot on your own.

We can't just give that to you even if we wanted to."

Hearing the man's words, a smile appeared on Ember's face,

"I presume you are the new General of the Woods Dynasty?"

She questioned.

"My name is Vidyut Dore, the current General of the Woods Dynasty." The man introduced himself and lifted his chest in pride.

Ember's smile widened,

"Vidyut, when I said that the soldiers need to listen to our commands, I never said we wanted the position of the Acting General.

I only wanted to inform you that I will be the Acting General.

It was not a request, it was a condition.

As for how to make the soldiers listen to my orders,

You don't need to worry about that,

I believe I am more than capable to do so."