"It doesn't look like it to me. Madara's expression is very relaxed right now, while that merman general clearly looks troubled. So it's possible that Madara is the one laying down terms." Scenery said with a smile.
"Madara always wears that expression," Bai Ling'er said.
The merman general nodded and said to the man before him, "I need to go back and explain this matter to our king. If she agrees, she will come to meet you. If she refuses, I'll tell you how to get across."
"That sounds like a fine solution, but how am I supposed to trust you? The sea is your world. If you enter the water and never come back out, where am I supposed to find you?" Uchiha Madara asked.
"If we hide in the Dark Sea and never come out, wouldn't that be exactly the outcome you want?" the merman general said.
"Indeed, that is a good solution. In that case, you may go." As Uchiha Madara spoke, all the trees binding the merman general vanished into the ground.
The merman general landed on the ground and clasped his fists toward Uchiha Madara. "Thank you for sparing the lives of my soldiers."
"You said that sacrifices were necessary for peace. It seems you aren't a man who kills without blinking an eye either," the merman general said with a smile.
"Necessary sacrifices are acceptable, but you soldiers are unnecessary sacrifices. Taking so many lives at once is not a sin I wish to bear," Uchiha Madara said.
"Wait here. I will report this to my superiors as soon as possible. Though I say as soon as possible, it will probably still take several days for a matter like this to reach them," the merman general said.
"Several days?" Uchiha Madara said with a