The moment Agrak sat down, the meeting which was interrupted by his sudden appearance, continued.
"Leaving this brat aside, you said that you had a deal for us, Lord Dian, let's listen to it", casually said the smooth guy at the right seat.
Speaking of which, the "brother White" to whom those guys referred, looked around 50% to 60% like a younger version of Arlion, before he somehow possessed Terry of course, the difference is that this guy had the blue-white hair that Terry obtained after his lineage was boosted by Arlion as a preparation to steal his body.
Daimon whose point of view was the same as Agrak, tried to evaluate the guy in front of him, which he could suppose was the one currently occupying Arlion's original body, unfortunately, besides the fact that he could tell that everyone in this room was stronger than anyone he had previously met, there was nothing else he could discern.
"As I was saying before this small "interruption" happened, this war has prolonged more than what it should, aren't we all busy people from our respective Stellar Kingdoms, none of us has time to lose on a boring stalemate in a faraway trash level galaxy, right?", said Dian.
"Humph, do you think we would have bothered to keep fighting with your Northen Sea Kingdom out of mere pettiness, of course this is a mission that was given to us so we can't return before we fulfill it, unless we are ready to be demoted from our recently assigned role", exclaimed the black bone armored Nethereal.
"I see, perhaps if Lord Bane could be more specific, even I'm only the fourth in command, I still have access to the records of the inventory, maybe I could lend you a hand with that, with the correct price of course", added Dian.
"Do you think we wouldn't have obtained what we needed at this point if it was on your side's inventory, the information we got was wrong all along", added the smooth guy on the right.
For the first time, Dian slightly frowned, he tried to make the three leading Nethereals speak, but he failed to take the initiative, from the very beginning he was the one that came to make a deal with them, so he could only take a passive stance and ask.
"I see... in that case, what do you need from me and what can you offer in return?".
This time the one to speak was the tall and muscly Netheral in red battle armor who occupied the seat in the middle.
"If brother White came to us to offer a deal, I believe that the displease towards the current situation had created conflict on your side, right, let's make it like this, we'll help you get rid of the three "obstacles" in your way to become the sole general of the Northern Sea's army and in exchange we get to keep the corpses so we can exchange them for war merits to keep our ranks, of course we'll doe the same for you, you can keep the corpses of all the commoners we created for this war, I think that will be enough for you to be welcomed back as a hero", he said.
Dian's eyes glowed for a second, he has wanted to leave this miserable place for quite some time, but the three commanders firmly refused to leave until they had made sure that the Nethereals can't chase after them.
Without them knowing, he has gathered followers who are also tired of the current situation, but even then, he didn't dare to raise his voice, but if the only three guys whose authority was undoubtedly higher than his were to be removed, then he is sure that he can deal with the others at a similar level.
As for whether he'll be questioned by the higher ups at his return, he doesn't know the true motive of all this conflict as he isn't a commander, so he can always put the blame on the dead and fabricate a story that makes him a hero.
It's a better outcome than what he expected, since he didn't have to use his personal riches to settle the deal with the Nethereals, of course he still said.
"Deal, however I want a contract to make sure no "accidents" happen, you know just a formality".
"Sure, as a sing of goodwill we'll use a contract provided by you", said the Nethereal in the middle and with those words and a short discussion later, the deal was closed and Dian was ready to leave.
"Agrak, since you want to sit with the adults, be useful and help our new ally to safely return to his base", said the black bone armored Nethereal, which made Agrak's face sour on the spot.
"Coming is the safe part it can be brushed off as scouting, but returning from the enemy base is dangerous, if others see me, I'll be dead meat, Andor you bastard are you that eager to see my corpse!", exclaimed Agrak.
Unfortunately, this decision was agreed up by the three leaders, since Agrak insisted on messing with them, they will teach him a lesson by making him suffer, just enough so that he doesn't get in their way in the future, of course they won't kill him since he has some backing back at their kingdom.
"You haven't fought in the frontline even once during this whole war, if you want to get your share of the merits, you have to contribute, you can either participate in the incoming last battle or do this little goodwill mission on our behalf, your choice", said the Nethereal in the middle.
Agrak gritted his teeth but ultimately, he chose to guide the new "ally" back, since he didn't want to die during the last battle and become a laughing stock, he knew that the three leaders took the risk once, to open a path for Dian to come see them, so now it was his turn, that is if he wanted a piece of the cake.
"Fine I'll do it... just remember that if something happens to me under the watch of war experts like you three, the one to die will be you, Balax", after saying those words, Agrak stood up and guided Dian out of the room, which made Daimon click his tongue, the three leaders weren't leaving yet, so they would for sure be discussing something important in a moment, unfortunately Agrak was leaving already.
"Brother White must be feeling quite frustrated, not knowing the goal of your "allies", is quite worrying, don't you agree?", he said with a tempting voice.
As expected, Dian's attention was caught on the spot, the three leading Nethereals didn't tell him about their goal, despite the contract saying that they couldn't kill him, at their level there were ways to exploit flaws on said contract, so the two parties were way of each other, but now a third party seemed to be willing to make a deal with him.
"It seems like Lord Belliel is a much better negotiator than the three commanders, but before we continue, what is the price for your cooperation?", asked Dian.
"Oh, nothing much, you probably already know that my Belliel family is tied to "greed", so I'll stick to my virtues and ask for some mere material possessions, let's say the storage ring from one of the three leaders on your side, you can decide who'll be the lucky winner for all I care, I only need to obtain it, ah right, I heard that the White Disaster race is specially skilled in curses, a rare subject even un our kingdom, so how about adding a tome of your choice", said Agrak.
Dian frowned, Daimon didn't need to read his mind to know that he was cursing Agrak for being a greedy bastard, but at the same time he who has personally clashed against Agrak, knew that the Nethereal liked to play as a smart guy, still he waited for the deal to be formalized before forming his conclusion.
After a moment of hesitation, Dian nodded in response.
"Fine, it can be done, but only if you know what those three are planning and before I can see it with my own eyes, you'll only get half of the payment", he said as he took out a book from his ring.
Agrak casually laughed before saying.
"No problem, I'm more reliable than those bastards, what I seek are only material possessions so as long as you give me benefits, there is no need for me to play tricks, in fact you should be wary of those three instead, specially from Balax and Bane, those guy's families focus on death and violence after all".
Before Dian could say anything, Agrak continued.
"They want something from the corpse of the Prison Megalodon guardian, as a proof of it, I can assure you that they will completely focus on him on the next battle, they tricked you by saying that they wanted the corpses of those three to exchange for merits, it was done to divert your attention".
Listening to Agrak's words, a cold light flashed through Dian's eyes, if that was the case, then those three were truly trying to play him like a fool.
Of course, Agrak struck while the iron was hot.
"However I'm different, like I said I only care about material possessions, if you give me treasures, I'll gladly be your ally, you saw how they treat me earlier and I'm even giving you the choice of whose ring you'll give me as a sign of goodwill, in the next battle, help me get rid of one of those three so I can take his place, in exchange, we can cooperate and make both of our enemies to wear each other out, so we can be the final winners".
Dian was moved by Agrak's words, compared to dealing with someone whose status was higher than his, he would prefer to deal with Agrak, who was on a similar level as him, moreover, what Agrak said made total sense, if someone on his side had a priceless treasure, that would be the strongest of them, and Agrak even gave him the chance to choose with what to pay him, it was as he said a really big sign of goodwill.
"Very well, this cooperation between brother Belliel and me, sounds like a better idea, that book is one of the curse grimoires of my White family, as for the ring, I hope brother Belliel can be satisfied with the one from the third ranked on my side, I have to chance to get the rings of the other two after all".
Agrak warmly smiled as he nodded.
"Sure, I gladly accept it, don't worry, we Belliels don't sell what we obtain to others, but collect it, your grimoire with be a masterpiece among my personal collection".
Listening to the blatant bullshit spoken by Agrak, Daimon had to pause the memory since he couldn't take it anymore, after a couple of seconds, he could only smirk.
Unlike Dian, he knew that Agrak's focus wasn't exactly "greed", what he wanted were "corrupted gains", in other words, being allies with him was a bad idea, just look at Dian, he was tricked by Agrak's words.
Those three were going to focus on the Prison Megalodon, but not because they wanted but because they needed to get rid of him, in order to capture the other two leaders of the Northern Sea's army, what they wanted was for sure with them after all.
So Agrak used that to trick Dian, he didn't directly ask for a specific ring, he didn't know who of the remaining two leaders had the thing that was making those three go crazy, so he left the decision to Dian, which earned him the thrust from the White Disaster shark guy.
Even if he couldn't get what those three wanted through this deal, he would get to know who had said thing, at that point he could plan how to obtain it, the initiative would ultimately belong to him regardless of the result, so he truly had nothing to lose but everything to win.
Daimon was sure that's what that idiot of Agrak was thinking, but since he knew final result of all this, his plan clearly didn't go as he planned, as to why, he was about to obtain the answer to that, since they were about to arrive at another island, after flying for about five hours.