"If I bathe with this, will it resolve the blood feud and earn forgiveness?" Radagon asked Rennala, cradling the bottle of Stars Tears in his palm.
Rennala nodded. "That's right. Then the Golden Dynasty and Caria can reconcile and achieve true peace."
This happened after Radagon surrounded Rennala and she fought to break out.
With her powerful Flying Dragons and Trolls, Rennala had avoided capture by Radagon.
But the battle had also inflicted devastating losses on Rennala's side, costing her over half her forces.
The Magic Knights, each worth a hundred soldiers, were formidable, but even their strength could not determine the outcome of the war.
War was never the objective. The negotiations afterward were.
With the fighting having reached this point, both sides needed to sit down and talk properly.
Rennala had to negotiate whether she wanted to or not.
Inside a small tent on Liurnia Lake, there were only Radagon and Rennala. Both sides' troops remained outside, facing off against each other.
The atmosphere was extremely tense, the air thick with the smell of gunpowder. Even the dampness of Liurnia Lake could not dilute that feeling.
The minds of gold and Stars had not cooled simply because their commanders were holding peace talks.
Mounted on horseback with a golden halberd over his shoulder, the Tree Sentinel remained unmoved before the Flying Dragons' roars.
The Leyndell Knights and Magic Knights faced each other head-on, ready to draw their weapons and clash at any moment.
Naturally, Rennala and Radagon could also sense that ominous atmosphere inside the tent.
But negotiations were no simple matter. They would take a long time, and the fighting might even continue alongside the talks.
The first negotiations were unsuccessful. Radagon refused to budge on Rellana's demand for a ceasefire and rejected it outright.
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