Upon a throne of bones and monster hides, a large man with a bone crown sat looking at the man who was surrounded by two beauties with a bit of reverence. "Lord Blake, I owe you for your help in this situation. Not only did you come to my Beastkin clan's aid but you also took care of the situation single handedly and saved the beastkin slaves. For this, you have my thanks."
"I just did what I think was right. I look down on slavery unless it is to punish those who have done wrong. My ideals might not match up with everyone else's, but I will still follow the path I have chosen. And that path is for all races to get along. Whether to be human, beastkin or even dragonic. As long as we can all live peacefully I think our world will advance at a much greater pace." Blake replied with a faint smile.
"I can see that. Tornack has told me that your Destiny City is quite incredible. I do wish to visit it sometime." The Beast King somewhat envied Blake for being able to go out and do as he pleases while he was stuck taking care of matters from his throne.
"Speaking on this matter, I would like to invite you to my Destiny City to hold a council meeting. You see, I am planning to expand my lands south. I made a few promises to take over the elven clan to save the people there from being mistreated. But in order to do that, I need to expand my lands southwards. I also plan to expand northward as well. But in order to do things properly, I will need to expand east and west as well." Blake paused when he saw the sour look on the beast king's face before saying: "Don't get me wrong, I do not plan to take your power away from you. But I would like to form a country between our two clans. If you are willing, we can easily combine the west and the current land I own, making up a new kind of nation. I only ask that we live in peace between all races."
"So you want to give me the right to continue to rule my people, but at the same time, we would fall under your laws?" The beast king did not dare flare up, but he also wanted to know Blake's true intention. Being under the wing of the drakani was not a bad deal. Especially now when their clan was at its weakest.
"My rules are simple. A contract that does not allow you to harm those with the same contract on them and will now harm either nation. Destiny City is starting to become quite big and could already be considered a kingdom. If we have an alliance between our two clans, as you call it, we can form a tighter bond and allow ourselves to be able to help one another quicker with teleport circles. But to ensure our own safety from each other, we would need to form a magic contract that will allow us to be able to coincide without conflict. To ensure no harm comes to any of our people as well." Blake explained. He was not going to force anything, but he was willing to try to pull the entire beastkin clan to his side if possible.
"I see… " The beast king let out a long sigh as he said: "I am not sure if you know this, but most of the clans split into quite a few groups. From what we know, this world has multiple continents. And the biggest amount of the other clans went to the other continents. This was because, after the war at the void, the dragonic was actually pushed back once more. They also split apart after an internal battle. The main royal family is on this continent, while a large portion of their forces went to the other continents.
"The same happened with the other races as well. Although the fae mainly came to this continent. We ended up with some of the more powerful forces on this continent, such as the fairy tyrant and the elven royal family. Along with the current dragonic royal family. This world is much bigger and no longer like it was before we entered the void. The land masses are no longer connected.
"When the forces split, I am sure they would build up new kingdoms of their own." The beast king let in on some news that even Blake did not know about.
"So you are saying that there are other clans on the other continents? Like more dragonic clans as well?" Blake asked to confirm things.
"Yes, as far as I know. If they were to really become strong enough, they could cross the oceans at any time." The beast king replied.
"I think you are wrong about one thing. The dragonic only like the colder areas. The world as we know it now has changed a bit, but there are areas in which the two of the coldest areas can connect. So ruling from one continent is quite simple if done correctly. The dragonic would never allow their clan to split in such a way. If they did display some kind of show of them splitting apart, it was most likely to deceive those who did not know. They wanted to seem weak while they were dominating the other side of the world.
"I believe they most likely wanted to do the same for this continent. But my presence is stopping them. They just recently sent someone to form a truce with us, after all. Which I did not accept." Blake would never accept any form of truce with the dragonic, not after they killed his people.
"I see.. If that is the case, they would most likely move their forces to the other side if they were to be able to form a truce with you." The beast king fell into deep thought.
"However, I could also be wrong about all of this. So without definite proof, we will never know." Blake could only make assumptions. He could not know for sure what was going on.
