The Martial Unity

"Regardless, we've gone into the basics of general diplomacy, the uniqueness of the G'ak'arkan Tribe as well as their warped primary interests, how we could negotiate with them based on these warped interests, and finally, the reasons for why those negotiations failed," Carl paused, for a few seconds, inhaling and exhaling deeply. "That brings us to the heart of our talk; your mission. Your goal is to successfully trade techniques with the G'ak'arkan Tribe. Based on the conversations we've had all this while, how would you go about the diplomatic negotiations of the G'ak'arkan Tribe?"

...

Rui's eyes wandered as he spent some time considering the question.

It was a difficult question to answer, even for Rui.

"The principle of the negotiation strategy that we have previously employed isn't necessarily wrong... The issue is the execution that has caused previous failures. Specifically, we need to execute our negotiations in a way that leverages their competitiveness and pride in our favor," Rui carefully stated. "Senior Ceeran caused their competitiveness to be riled up against us while wounding their pride with his aggressive insistence on superiority. That needs to be avoided at all costs."

Carl nodded as he waited for Rui to continue.

desire to engage in physical conflict, and the desire to take pride in all their decisions and actions. These are the three primary interests that we will have to contend with. We need to appeal to each of these interests

in our favor. The power that our

enemies could not resist the allure of new and powerful Martial Art techniques as long as it was handled properly. The foolish Martial Artists that went before he screwed up by clashing against their

not intend

desired to dominate their opponents, he will have already taken a

to engage in physical conflict isn't something we can necessarily directly levy, unfortunately. But the good news is that it cannot work against us as long as we are careful. It will most likely work out to be a neutral variable." Rui noted. "In ideal circumstances, it could work in our favor if they recognize that they can engage in a much greater amount

to fight against. In the worst-case

of Rui's

he could create an alluring image of even greater and more successful physical clashes with their enemies, then it could

of course, the trickiest out of all of

all the three. Their pride caused them to deny military aid from the Martial Union despite possessing a strong desire to defeat and dominate their enemies and rivals. It also caused previous diplomatic endeavors to fail, Rui understood all of this, but it still wasn't clear what exactly

ought to say to manipulate them such