With mutual gazes, five people and a bear stepped onto the stone bridge. The armies on both sides retreated a hundred meters as a show of sincerity in negotiations.
Theoretically, there shouldn't be any safety threats in these negotiations between kingdom aristocrats. Nobody dared risk disgrace by plotting in such an occasion.
However, Hudson did not let his guard down. The miniature bear on his shoulder served as his bodyguard.
The seemingly adorable creature was far more powerful than he was. Its seemingly unremarkable paws could smash a tree with the thickness of a bowl's rim.
As the initiator of the mediation meeting, Hudson was the first to speak, "Welcome to the Mountain Domain.
We should have met over a banquet. However, due to the simplicity of our domain, which does not allow for proper hospitality, we chose to meet here, a place of clear waters and lush mountains."