"That sounds like a great idea!" Senior Ceeran declared without hesitation. "Let's rally our troops and rush down and attack another Martial tribe immediately."
"No, we're not going to do that, will all due respect," Rui tried to hit the breaks on his enthusiasm as soon as he could. "We've painstakingly built an image of a peaceful and friendly group over many, many years of sustained diplomatic efforts. We cannot destroy all of that in the blink of an eye by provoking a conflict out of the blue. It will destroy our credibility."
Senior Ceeran frowned. "Then how do we engage in conflicts with the other tribes?"
"Oh don't worry about that," Rui smiled. "There are many ways to indirectly provoke a conflict without actually aggressing it."
"What ways are those?" Senior Ceeran raised an eyebrow.
"Well, for one, infringing on their interests is one. Ordinarily, this alone wouldn't lead to conflict, but given how violent the natives of Vilun Island are? They won't hesitate to lead an assault on us."
Senior Ceeran frowned, throwing a puzzled look at Rui.
"Don't worry about the details, we'll handle that. I'll inform you when the preparations are made," Rui nodded.
ways as Rui headed towards the diplomatic office to flesh out the plan with
telling commissioner Derun but eventually decided against it. The reason he had called her regarding the settlement plan and the
the necessary Martial Artists, skilled labor and manpower, supplies, and the necessary means of production. And he still needed her to make all the preparations for the sabotage plan that she hadn't
the autonomy to operate within the confines of
the plan," He said, after having
taken aback, wordless,
to this plan, and there definitely will be losses," Zeyra was the first to reply. "You
lot of anthropological data on the Martial tribes of Vilun Island. We can use it to ensure that whatever
would be
break out, then we need to cross the lines of the right target just enough," Stemple
target is more important," Zeyra
would need to fulfill in order to serve as a viable target for
"Such as?"
need to be unable to dedicate all of their war capital against us if push came to shove," Rui replied. "They need to be in already constrained circumstances that prevent them from escalating
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