War Of Wealth!
Hye didn't act polite, emptied the content of their inventories and stores of any crystal.
He did the same for other families, ending up without meeting anyone who mattered. He was sure by the end of his long visits that the leaders of this world already agreed to distance themselves off him.
He tried to collect any news about the upcoming war, about anything related to the Hescos expected time of arrival, numbers, the size of their forces, and such things that mattered. But he failed.
"They ordered everyone to not tell us anything!" the lady nymph complained from behind while they were exiting the elevator they took to visit the last family.
"You can't blame them," Hye shrugged, "the more they kept it secretive, the worse it was."