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.

primary interests that we have established so far," Rui said as he raised three fingers. "The desire to dominate their enemies, the desire to engage in physical conflict, and the desire to take pride in all their decisions and actions. These

gathered his thoughts. "The desire to dominate their enemies is the easiest interest to levy in our favor. The power that our techniques in combination with that of theirs will produce should allow them to

desired more power to dominate its enemies could not resist the allure of new and powerful Martial Art techniques as long as it was handled properly. The foolish Martial

not intend

that he could give them the power they desired to dominate their

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 of conflict by gaining more power. But that will depend on whether I am able to effectively

against. In the worst-case scenario, if their desire to

one of Rui's

successful physical clashes with their enemies, then it could be leveraged as a positive force that would drive the G'ak'arkan Tribe further

last element is, of course, the trickiest out of all of

deny military aid from the Martial Union despite possessing a strong desire to defeat and dominate their enemies and rivals. It also

previous variables were well understood. Rui wasn't entirely sure what he ought to say to manipulate them such that their pride would work in his favor. He was highly intelligent, but he wasn't