The Rakshasa Republic, led by Peter, and the Smith Kingdom, led by Fisher—if the two sides wanted to negotiate, and a mediator was needed, then the most suitable candidate right now was undoubtedly Nalga, the former Hand of the King.
The situation before him was, to some extent, within Nalga's expectations.
The Revolutionary Army producing a Vajra Realm expert like Peter had indeed far exceeded his expectations, but even so, Peter was merely on par with Fisher.
With the advantage of the city's defenses, being able to protect themselves was already good enough. Trying to defeat the army led by Fisher was clearly unrealistic.
Nalga had already realized this when he met Peter earlier.
However, given his circumstances at the time, saying so would obviously have been inappropriate. Thus, he had simply remained silent and waited for the situation to change.
As it turned out, everything had basically proceeded according to his expectations so far.
After news that the Rakshasa Republic intended to negotiate was sent over, Fisher's spirits visibly lifted. After all, he had long held the same idea. Continuing to fight would merely consume the internal strength of the Smith Kingdom.
However, when facing the outside world, he remained quite stubborn.
"Hmph! Those mere rebels finally can't hold on any longer and are going to surrender to me?"
He had only barely stopped short of saying, There, you've all seen it, haven't you? They're the ones who couldn't go on and wanted to negotiate. It wasn't me who wanted to negotiate!
He loudly publicized this all the way there, bringing his troops to the negotiation site with extraordinary fanfare.
To put it plainly, the location was outside the city. The Rakshasa Republic's troops stood by inside the city, while Fisher's troops remained on the outskirts of the battlefield.