RNP Chapter 833 Behind the Doors II
Chapter 833 Behind the Doors II
Chapter 833 Behind the Doors II
“By setting up guardrails and limiting the ways the empire can easily access this information once they send their initial fleets to the Astral Conclave's territory and attempt to initiate trade and other dealings. Even at their fastest, it’ll take them several years to reach the populated areas of the Conclave, so we should have enough time to create measures that make it as difficult as possible for them to get hold of the information.
Since we control the inter-civilization communication channels, we can also add a filtering layer to ensure that the empire doesn’t gain access to this information through the network. And since only government entities use this system, it should be fairly easy to implement,” Kalron replied.
“We can also create a problem within the empire to force them to focus inwardly before they even consider focusing on us. This internal issue would be more urgent than anything else, possibly even destabilizing the empire.
For example, we can leverage our vast production capabilities to create goods and sell them at a cheaper price, or even at a loss, by using the free trade agreement we previously signed. This would prevent the empire from stopping us, and over time, it would gradually cripple their production industry. Once their industry can’t compete with the cheaper goods we sell, we can immediately raise prices.
It took about half an hour before the final version was ready. Kalron, seeing the completed document, couldn’t help but smile as his plan was inching closer to becoming a reality. He was about to speak, saying, “Now that the final document is here, let’s move to voti...” but before he could finish, he was interrupted by the Trinarian representative.
“Although the agreement is good and will be beneficial to all of us, the scale at which the Trinairians will benefit is small relative to the rest of you,” said the Trinarian representative, a tone of hesitation in his voice. “This makes it difficult for me to say this, but we cannot agree to the agreement in its current version.”
Kalron raised an eyebrow, staring at the representative’s statement. It felt like someone had suddenly thrown a stick into his bicycle wheel as he was speeding downhill, threatening to derail all his hard work. Even if everyone else in the room agreed to the terms and swore a mana oath to keep everything secret, the Trinarian representative would be excluded from that oath. This posed a huge risk, as the representative could easily reveal the plan to the empire, rendering everything they had discussed nearly useless—and potentially drawing the empire's retaliation toward their entire operation. What had been an opportunity for strategic planning might now backfire, causing more harm than if they had stuck with the previous status quo.
From the look of it, the Trinarian representative seemed to have planned for this moment from the very start, waiting patiently until the plan reached the voting stage. By then, all the information and strategy would have already been revealed, putting them in a highly leveraged position. This would force the others to compromise and accommodate his requests if they wanted the agreement and plan to remain secret in the first place.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, Kalron was left with little choice but to ask, “Please, let’s hear the reason causing you to have reservations about voting for this agreement?”