Preparations for the negotiations with Zovok proceeded in an orderly manner. After receiving Earth's notice that their fleet was not permitted to approach Earth, the Zovok delegation did not make any further fuss over the matter. They quietly agreed in principle that no more than three warships could land on Earth.
This showed that Zovok was being quite cooperative for the sake of these ceasefire negotiations and sincerely wished to negotiate a truce, rather than harboring ulterior motives or merely putting on a show.
In truth, Zovok genuinely wanted to deal with the huge nuisance that was Earth as quickly as possible. Out of sight, out of mind—they wanted nothing more to do with Earth. So long as Earth's troubles did not come looking for them, that was enough. If this continued, even the old men of the Zovok Privy Council feared that they would be burned by the flames, that Earth, which had already become a place where karma converged, would bring disaster down upon Zovok itself.
As more and more information from Earth reached Zovok—otherworlds, Native Species, Super Robots, Hundred Evils, and the suspected Gate of Mythology on Earth—there were all sorts of chaotic things that even Zovok would find extremely difficult to handle. The Zovok Privy Council now believed that it was best to avoid provoking Earth. They even viewed Earth as a bridgehead against the chaos of karma and were willing to provide some technological assistance when necessary.
In any case, the Zovok Privy Council unanimously believed that the chaos on Earth would definitely continue. As long as any troublesome figure emerged here, Earth would be the first to bear the brunt of it. Zovok would not need to make sacrifices or fight; at most, it would provide some things that were insignificant to them as