"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.

diplomatic office to flesh out the plan with

but eventually decided against it. The reason he had called her regarding the settlement plan

dispatch the necessary Martial Artists, skilled labor and manpower, supplies, and the necessary means of production. And he

his mission, and he had the autonomy to operate within the confines of

after having

aback, wordless, at

losses," Zeyra was the first to reply. "You don't spark conflicts if you don't

"What we need to do is be very careful, and be highly calculated. Thankfully, we've collected a lot of anthropological data on the Martial tribes of

plan, albeit difficult would be quite successful as long as they acted with scrupulous

if we're going to provoke them to trigger hostilities to break out, then we need to cross the lines of the right target just enough," Stemple

is more

would need to fulfill in

"Such as?"

capital against us if push came to shove," Rui replied. "They need to be in already constrained

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