Time passed and I got better completely I started practising my staff and magic together again along with overseeing serothor's army.
I doubt that the dust kingdom is stupid enough to send even more people when a massive war is going on across the continent.
When I was bored I annoyed Oz since he annoyed me so much I have no Idea what he does when he's not talking to me but I didn't care too much.
I mostly passed the time training and coming up with ways to improve serothor's defences eventually those days of training and planning turned into weeks which became 2 months.
We were only a three weeks to a month away from the empire so I was starting to get concerned whether or not the empire would actually send an envoy.
That's when the a scout reported a few thousand well armoured people displaying a blue flag with a white unicorn in the centre.
It was the empire's flag they had finally arrived I informed serothor's army and opened the gates then waited with serothor's army kneeling behind me and holding my right hand over my heart.
It showed reverence but without the highest ranking person kneeling it showed that we were equals in status.
Before long we saw the envoy over the rolling hillside they stopped for a moment before continuing forward.
The entire envoy which looked to be of a similar size to serothor's army stopped about 100 metres from us and a singular person continued forward on a white horse.
He was wearing intricate silver armour with no helmet revealing a perfect well proportioned face with crystal clear vibrant green eyes and moderately short silver hair.
It was the 3rd prince he dismounted his horse then walked towards me gave a half bow then spoke.
"Humble servant of a sovereign crown please escort me to either the second prince Zeth of Serothor or King Lucio"
The entirety of serothor's army let out shocked gasps at the third prince's words but I already knew his superiority complex and his sheltered world view he had actually never met a royal outside his family.
Regardless the emperor made a big mistake and made him a diplomat resulting in several potential alliences being lost.
I took a deep breath in and spoke in a calm manner.
"It is a pleasure to met you third prince Alberto I am second prince Zeth of Serothor the general of serothor's army and temporary diplomatic representative of Serothor"
I watched as his face turned from impatience to shock and disturbance but I knew that he would never actually give an apology so I spoke again.
"Your envoy may station outside the city walls and you can bring a maximum of 100 people to be your escorts and advisors once you have relayed this I will guide you to the royal castle"
He silently nodded rode back over to his envoy then after a few moments came back with 100 heavy armoured men of various statures.
Then he spoke to me in an impatient way.
"Lead the way"
As he said that I noticed the man standing closest to him start sweating profusely I smiled at him and he smiled nervously back I turned towards Serothor's city gate and army and spoke.
"Stand!"
Everyone stopped kneeling and stood up almost before I spoke out the word and then I spoke again.
"March towards the castle women and specialist units to the front!"
The shift was instantaneous and they started marching towards the castle I looked back at the prince's party and spoke politely.
"Please follow me the city's main roads can be confusing for newcomers"
They all nodded except Alberto and we started walking towards the castle the main road actually was pretty confusing it branched out into three main roads to the left or right led to the castle but the centre led to a road nexus.
It was for this reason I relied on the city in the battle the roads led to unpredictable places and if you went straight towards a destination you would end up in the opposite direction.
As we walked I prepared myself mentally this negotiation would be the most important factor whether this country survives or falls into ruin.
•••chief advisor of 3rd prince Alberto pov
The objective for this summit was simple to vassalize the city state of serothor a strategically advantageous mini country by any means necessary.
I begged the emperor not to let his 3rd son be in charge of diplomatic relations but failed to get my point across.
So far we have failed 4/5 of the negotiation objectives due to the prince's disrespectful attitude towards sovereign states we lost potential alliences with two barbarian tribes one elven clan and one organisation.
If we failed here it would probably mean that I would be executed as a scapegoat for the prince so no matter what I will have a treaty signed.
As we came into view of the city the entirety of our envoy stopped due to suprise except the prince the entire area around the city looked like large scale high tier magic had been used.
The ground appears to be ripped apart and the smell of blood permeated the area it was obvious what had happened but instead of a ruined city I could see an army waiting for us.
Once we got close enough the prince detached and judging by the murderous gazes of the army had obviously insulted them in some way.
The prince returned and told us to set up camp and for me and 99 soldiers to follow him but once I got closer to the army I felt immeasurable pressure as if the whole army had awakened auras.
I made eye contact with the prince of the small country who proceeded to smile and felt my mind break as I felt his aura seeping into my vicinity.
What the fuck was happening?°°° end of pov.