Chrysalis

Chapter 1215

[I really don’t think this is appropriate, Anthony.]

[What do you mean? You used to be a merchant, didn’t you? You’ve negotiated for us a ton of times and been fantastic at it. What’s the problem now?]

[I was negotiating with towns and cities that you’d conquered! It’s not exactly hard to force a fair agreement down their throats when there’s a set of mandibles locked around them!]

[I’m fairly sure there weren’t ants standing around with their jaws poised to behead your negotiating partners….]

[Not literally, you oversized ant! I’m just saying I had the upper hand in those talks. And I was only talking to other merchants and petty city lords, not brathians!]

[What’s the difference?]

[Brathians are… different! They’re just different!]

[I mean, how have you even met brathians? I thought you’d never been this deep in the Dungeon?]

[I haven’t. There’s brathians at every level and also on the surface.]

The old woman sighed and pinched her brow. How could she explain this to this obstinate insect?

[The brathians are famous for being skilled negotiators, even in Liria. They cut hard deals and would sell the scales off their own back for the right price.]

[So they’re ruthless when it comes to money. So’s just about everyone who doesn’t have six or more legs. The bruan’chii excepted.]

[It’s pretty much a religion to them! They don’t even live in kingdoms or empires. They form trading blocs, caravans and conglomerates instead. Their leaders are usually the best and most successful traders. I got fleeced by the brathians I met on the surface, what do you think is going to happen to me down here?!]

coming on. Then an enormous

[Too heavy,] she grumbled.

seems like they want to peacefully coexist with us, so that’s great, they just want

frowned. [They want your

ant

in ant-themed artwork and besides that, we make all our own stuff already. Even if there was something they could do

want to buy goods from you… and then

I have to level with you, Enid, the sum total of things I know about business and

people your legs? Can ants

on your wisdom and expertise once again. If you feel like you can’t succeed, then just stop, tell us

her and her people, and asked so little in return. It was extremely difficult for her to ever say no to their requests, especially when

When are the

here already. They’ve been waiting for us to finish

[WHAT!?]

later, a bedraggled and flustered Enid shuffled into the meeting hall, her back aching and her face flushed from the sudden

while I was coming?] she demanded of the big ant

just told them we were waiting

you DID just keep

have their own pace of doing things and that seemed to mollify

have its own pace, and it wasn’t slow…. Rather the opposite, the ants worked

managed to bake so well when they couldn’t possibly have high

semblance of professionalism to her side of the negotiations, Enid approached the table and sat as gracefully

gathered, Sloan and Advant, namely, with Anthony still slumped comfortably in the corner. Across the table sat an array of clearly high ranking brathians, bedecked in gossamer silks that seemed to float in

they were dressed so well! I would have tried to spruce up

I

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