After a while;
At Royal Palace, Lunaris City;
Mark and the other six rulers sat together for a meeting; everyone had this tense expression as they were served wine by the servants and they weren't sure whether they should bombard Mark with questions or just stay patiently silent.
If it was before, they would not only question Mark's intentions but also make allegations of misuse of authority against him but his latest action on Shen Li made them realize that Mark just did it on purpose to state his intentions of resorting to violence if the situation arose and he didn't seem like negotiating much.
In the end, as the servants backed away after pouring wine to the Kings, Mark took a sip and addressed them, "So, I guess you are all still wondering what else there is to speak about, after announcing my plans already, right?"