Chapter 1433 Cooperation [2]

Chapter 1433 Cooperation [2]

The task that Nikolas was given honestly wasn't hard for him to accomplish, but it wasn't due to his strength.

It was because of his status.

As the Flashpoint Sword God, he'd been active in the Heavenly World for several millions of years. Not only did he have a reputation created through those eons of effort, but he also had several connections throughout the world.

This time, Damien sent him to use one of those connections to his benefit.

He was able to do so in just a few days, but it took three weeks for him to finish everything sheerly because of the distance he had to cross.

But, in the end, he'd done it.

Through a fellow swordsmaster he'd been acquainted with since his younger days, he got his hands on the meeting Damien had been seeking.

It was scheduled for the day after the current one, which seemed troubling since Damien was still 3 weeks away by the fastest terms that could only be enjoyed by Gods, but it wasn't a problem.

Damien tagged Nikolas before he left, so he was able to teleport directly to him through a system similar to his Warp ability.

Nevertheless, the instant he got the news, Damien arrived there.

The Southeastern Region, land of the Kyushu Federation.

Run by one leader and a council of 24 sub-leaders, the Kyushu Federation was an influence that ran completely on money.

They only acted for money, and they only acted because of money. If wealth wasn't involved in the conversation, they weren't having it.

But that same Kyushu Federation was quietly eating up the Southern Region's borders.

They weren't the same as the Straea Clan and the Divine Order though.

They had been eyeing the border for a very long time and had been trying to negotiate for the ability to share it.

This was because the eastern border of the Southern Region was a hotspot for a certain energy source called Peromithium. It was a material the Kyushu Federation was extremely greedy for, and since they'd already exhausted the veins on their side of the border, they wanted to use Void Palace's too.

Now, the palace had no need for the material. It was only useful in technological advancement in research that didn't align with the palace's path.

However, they couldn't just hand it over for free.

Since the palace wasn't really available for negotiation, and they were having trouble protecting their borders anyway, the Kyushu Federation decided to move their borders inward and devour the area where the Peromithium deposits were.

They never try anything special after that.

This was the reason Damien never considered the Kyushu Federation an enemy.

Damien began his pitch, prefacing the situation before reaching his main point.

Matthias listened intently, allowing Damien to tell him what he already knew.

Through discerning how much Damien could say, he could tell more about Damien's unsaid status in Void Palace.

Well, it was only partially unsaid.

He'd introduced himself properly, and he'd taken his disguise off. He was here bearing amethyst eyes and the last name Void, so it was obvious which family he came from.

But for him to command the 2nd Sword and negotiate with the president of the Kyushu Federation, he had to have much more authority than the other children of that same family.

There was really only one position he could hold, but it was almost hard to believe that someone had taken up that long vacant post.

Matthias had to wonder all about Damien, but Damien had no plans for letting him think too much.

He'd already reached his point.

"I'm here to make a deal with you, so I'll make my terms clear. I want long-term cooperation with the Kyushu Federation; real cooperation, not a facade for appearance's sake. As for the price..."

Damien's eyes hardened.

"...how does an entire cardinal region sound?"

Matthias could see the light in Damien's eyes.

He couldn't half-ass this at all. He truly had to judge whether or not he could make a deal of this level right here and now.

Even without hearing the details of what Damien wanted, Matthias was tempted to accept.

Damien's eyes were those of a madman.

And madmen were a gamble.

Either they'd fail at the beginning and disappear in the annals of time, or they would become the new leaders of the world.

If it was the former, Matthias wouldn't have thought anything of it.

But Damien was absolutely the latter.

He could feel it.

'The Kyushu Federation's future...'

Matthias smiled as if he was scared of his own imagination.

'Haha, I guess I have no choice but to hear him out.'