Youden pulled up his suitcase, while the room remained silent, watching him curiously. Opening it, he grabbed several stacks of papers, crinkled from the tight exposure, as he quickly organized it accordingly.
"May I go up to the front?" he asked aloud.
"Of course." the accented man said, as a podium and board were quickly set up for him.
Youden didn't hesitate to make his way towards there, as he could feel all eyes on him, before finally reaching the set stage. Facing everyone again, he saw his aides quickly rush to his side, as they began clipping charts and pictures onto the board. It was showtime.
"As you all know, my name is Youden Qey." he announced, to which someone grunted to break the silence. "Anyway, I'm going to get straight to the point. What we did was simply taking what was ours."
"And by "ours", you mean slaughtering innocent people!" someone shouted from the desks, causing people to uproar in surprise.
"Order! Order now!" Eriwan cried out from the founder's seating, to which the crowd quieted down. "Now, continue Youden."
"As I was stating, what we did was take what belong to us. The continent of Ioret was supposed to be under our control this entire time, and we did what had to be done. Now, before you come into multiple conclusions, let me show you what occurred."
Youden pointed to the northeastern part of the nation, where there were sections designated for the coalition that barely assisted him.
"As you clearly see, we did have nations assist us in freeing the people from Saputa's grasp. After reclaiming the land from Saputa, we did agree upon negotiations that they would have portions of the nation for four years. And now that time is up, so we've addressed to them for their troops to move out or we'll take it by force. With no response, we did what we had to do." Youden stated, everyone in the room tense.
"Where was that in the treaty! We didn't see that!" Youden looked to see one of the leaders that assisted yell from across the room, "None of our troops got any news! You killed off our people and broke our promise!"
"Isn't this the same nation that received our radios, allowing us to relay information from across the sea at a moment's notice? I have a paper that says we sent a response to you as so." Youden responded, before anyone else said anything.
He had an aide hand him a paper providing the forged statement, which clearly didn't happen, but looked official enough. The room remained silent, as the aide reached the man, as he quickly stared down at the response, before looking up.
"Imp-, Impossible! There could be no way!" the man flustered out.
"That was the way." Youden grinned back, "Now with that out of the way, we also were faced with a pre-emptive strike against Deykia, who we traded our tarrs to eagerly when they kindly aligned with us. For the death of dozens on our side with a planned attack, we pushed them back deep into their territory, before they completely surrendered to us, surprising even us. We took them into our hands warmly, and already began compliance measures."
"But, was it justified though?" Youden heard a female voice, thankfully not the woman in the lobby.
"Let's put the scenario in your hands. If someone attacked your nation without reason, wouldn't you defend your land back?" Youden asked.
"But that's not what occurred is it?" the woman asked.
She was going to ruin his case the longer he let her speak, and Youden had to shut her out before any other attempt occurred.
"That's actually exactly what occurred. Several troops under Deykia command launched an assault across the Refin River, surprising our outpost of loyal soldiers. We lost several good men, and retaliation was the only option. Any other method would have been in vain."
That put the woman's argument to sleep hopefully, not bothering any more efforts against him. It seemed that everything was going to be in his favor after all. But he still needed to put any threats against him to rest as well, as any efforts to mobilization would hurt him the most severely.
"Now, it's come to my attention, thanks to Mr. Eriwan Gunte, that some, if not many of the lovely leaders and rulers here, have planned to invade our glorious nation that is the Kingdom of Youdenia. Unfortunately for all of you, not only would that be ridiculous and costly, but I will say here and now, with some of the world's most advanced technology and traded some of our own prior technology with some of your own countries, that any attempt will result in a bitter end for the rest of the world. So I can make you this promise here and now. Either you decide to work together to destroy our nation, and bring the entire world to collapse, or allow for our fair and righteous occupation of Ioret, and no escalation needs to occur, with an agreement. I'm offering the peace of a lifetime, and it's only up to the rest of the world to take it." Youden spoke with passion, looking at many of the members.
The audience was silent, as no one decided to say another word against such a powerful statement. The words revered around the room, as the thought against a growing and soon to be superpower, would have been suicidal, unless they possibly all worked together.
"I-, I, wow, I think that finalizes what you wished to say." Eriwan managed to force out, "Anyone here have a counterargument?"
"If we all work together, I'm positive that we can remove him from power and bring back Saputa!" a female leader yelled out, to which several near her roared with approval. "We can't let a threat pressure us like this."
"You do realize that we have machines and weapons that our powerless people can use, right?" Youden rose an eyebrow. "I mean, considering the percentage without powers, we've allowed them to have a purpose. We have the upper ground, the upper power, the advantage that most nations don't have! You would be a fool to clash with us!"
"You wish to go for all of us anyway! It's only a matter of time!" the woman cried back.
"I would never do something so foolish. I gain nothing through that method." Youden shot back, "I suggest you think wisely of what would occur."
"Okay, any new counterarguments?" Eriwan asked again. "I'm reminding everyone again, that all of this is being broadcast through the radios Youden provided for us."
Youden had actually forgotten about the radios he allowed so several nations could tune in the IWCN for their citizens, although it was really to hear the conference for any issues such as this that he needed to know about. Waiting another minute, with the crowd in a murmur, Eriwan cleared his throat, before speaking again.
"It's clear that everything we need announced was done so already. It's time to take a vote: Whether to accept the Ioret occupation from the Kingdom Of Youdenia or demand the release of the acquired territory or have ramifications as a result." Eriwan noted, "Now, you may return to your seat Youden."
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Youden stared ahead at the founding nations, as they were down to the last five nations that was attending the meeting. It was currently seventy for the release of the land, and sixty-seven for his occupation. He needed the last five to agree among the occupation, or else everything he worked for would be ruined. He gotten so far, and he couldn't want for it to end now.
"Mrs. Neikoya, as agreed upon, we will allow for you to speak for the Moxoes Pact for your voting. I'm only saying that this vote will make the difference for the rest of the world, and will be on you and your alliance hands." Eriwan spoke.
Youden looked to see who the faction leader was, causing him to almost roar in agony. It was the woman in the lobby, as she looked back at him, with a grin on her face. He was almost about to beg her to side with him, hoping his encounter was enough.
"We've already decided, and collectively decided that it would be best to allow the occupation to exist." Neikoya stated with heartful smile.
Youden laid back in his seat, looking at the ceiling, while the entire audience was in an uproar at the final vote, risking everything in the process. Even Eriwan was shocked at how eager she was to respond, stunned at the result. But for Youden, it didn't matter, as he gotten away with one of the most riskiest part of his entire goal. With lenience like this, it could only improve from here.