Bella's face turned dark after hearing Aegis' plan.
"You can't," she barked. "You and Eternia will be under great pressure."
"There is no other way, Bella." he addded, "We are going to negotiate for them now. We will offer them forty percent of our harvest and a 'Cooperation Pact.' We will pretend to be the humble, primitive world they think we are. We will bow, we will scrape, and we will give them the tribute they want.
Kaelen looked horrified. "Your Majesty, you're serious?"
"Yes. I am serious about winning, Kaelen," Aegis snapped, his eyes flashing with Abyssal fire. "If we fight now, we will die. If we surrender completely, we will always be stagnant. But if we pay them off, we can buy the one thing that can close the gap: Time."
