Chapter 71: a deal with a duke

We ate a few more bites in silence Echo seemed uncomfortable cuz of this silence but the Duke and I eat in constable silence both of us was discreetly glancing at one another trying to gage each other thoughts I noticed the Duke kept on glancing particularly at my curved swords and I chuckled asking o does the Duke like my blades he grinned scratching the back of his head saying you cot me I am a big sword enthusiast you see and I couldn't but help notice there strange make if I ant wrong they are called scimitars right I chuckle patting my blades which was indeed in the scimitar family they just had less of a curve then most scimitars so I could us it for thrusting but I nodded good eye sir I can't help but noticed the sword next to you a fine long sword he pat the hilt of his sword fondly as he nodded thank you sir Azmo this old girl has been in my family for thousands of years and she has been my partner for a good part of my adult life as you can see and he pointed at his pointed ears but they wasnt as pointed as the elves I seen so a half elf I thought and he confirmed my thoughts with his next words I am a half elf so my life spand is much greater than that of humans but not quite as long as true elves wall my daughter is like me and he sides her mother my late wife was an elf actually she was miss Streams second and we lived a long time together but and he paused I had a feeling new what he was about to say and I didn't like it he side seeing my eyes go cold and I stopped eating to give him my full attention the correct emperor Streams father took my wife away one night he yelled this marriage was over after his father the last emperor died and since he was the current emperor he has the power to disband our marriage sense he didn't agree to marry her to me and like that he kidnapped my wife and has her locked in her room under constant watch the ou people who even talks to my wife were Stream and that's when he leaned forward and motioned me to do the same I did so he covered his mouth before whispering in my ear my niece has been secretly delivering messages between my wife and me I tell you this cuz you saved my daughter and I believe we can be allies I nodded snapping my fingers the moment I did a invisible shadow barrier covered the three of us the other two felt something pass by them but didn't know what it was I smiled looking at the duke saying we can yalk normally I have used the shadows to seal your surroundings no one will be able to hear us the Duke side leaning back in his chair saying Branden was right about you. You truly are a powerful being I chuckled shrugging sir you can stop with your fancy words dont you know flattery will get you everywhere and the duke and I had a good laugh as Echo looked around with wide eyes after a few seconds of laughing stopped and looked to the duke asking sir if I may ask is it brother in law fault that there is no royal knights Duke side taking a swig of his meed before nodding yes when he stormed into this castle my royal knights tries to protect me and my family sadly many good man died cuz of that damn lolicon I should have cut him down where he stood the duke clutched the pommel of his sword so hard his knuckles turned white I took a drink of the meed before asking could you beat your brother in law the Duke nodded yes my family is known to be damn good warriors so is his family but I was always the better warrior and general sense we were young I nodded so y didn't you cut him down the Duke side shaking his head saying it would have been pointless even if I did one against 100 elven knights isn't much of a far fight I shrugged it would have been better then doing nothing sense you didn't act the elven emperor thinks he can do what ever he wants in your land and you wouldn't do a think the duke side again I could tell my the mans expression that it was true and his brother-in-law was already doing things inside of his land but Echo looked to me saying Azmo dont speak to my father with such disrespect you and your man out guests in our city remember that it isn't my father's fault I chuckled at this little girl and I shook my head saying o little one you still got much to learn if you wish to be a great warrior the duke nodded he is right sweetheart everything sir Azmo has said has been the truth he wasn't being disrespectful he was simply telling the cold hard truth nothing more nothing less but and he looks over to me with sharp eyes asking who's side are you on sir Azmo Harriet tells me she has already talked to you about how this meeting will probably go I nodded and took a swig before saying yes we have what about it the duke shrugged leaning forward in his chair slightly as he asked who's side are you on mine and the dwarfs or the elves when I heard his question a huge fanged smile spread across my face as I lowered my mug onto the table and looked at him with cold glowing eyes and I chuckled before saying who side I am on mmm that's simple enough answer I am on the side that most benefits my tribe i plan on expanding my numbers and if anyone tries to stop me from building my army I will burn their cities to the ground but if you give me benefits I will do the same to you besides I have already signed a treaty with both Gimli and Stream all that it needs is the signatures of the two court heads coming this way but if the elves goes against this treaty I will simply overthrow the current emperor and place Stream and Gimli as there new leader so the real question isn't who side I am on its and I leaned forward grinning at the duke slowly hissing who's side are you on duke white cuz we may have a demon problem but we got something much worse then the demons coming towards us the Duke also leaned forward I could tell he was intrigued by his expression he smiled asking something worse them the demons what on earth could be worse then them I laughed taking a swig of meed before saying humans currently there is 5 human armies heading towards these wood it is truly a pity you have no royal guards or even much of a army the duke shot up yelling what did you say Azmo is there truly human armies heading are way I shrugged that is what my master said O right my master is the great and powerful goddess Athena so take that information as you will the duke slumped into his chair as he looked down with a dark hopeless look even Echo had a pale face silence feel over us the two of them processing this news wall I eat my breakfast sandwich after a few seconds Echo looked to me asking master Azmo y do you not looked worried I shrugged its cuz I ant Echo frounded asking y is that this effects everyone including your self I shrugged let them come by the time they get here my plans with be already put in place the duke looked up to me hope in his eyes you got a plan Azmo I chuckled of course I do but my plan will only effect those I call a friend so and I shrugged the duke stood up and walked next to my chair before kneeling down bowing his head to me saying please Azmo I am beginning you please save my city I will do anything I will even give you the tightle of duke of that is what you want I chuckled shaking my head saying I have no use of become the duke sense I will not be able to stay in these woods forever I will have to join my father to defend his kingdom soon but what I need is a temporary base of opportunities till I find a permanent base if you allow me to use your city as my temporary base not only will my people come to your aid but if the time comes and your family is in danger my tribe will take you in and protect you in exchange i will welcome you I you into my small circle of friends where I not only will help defend your city but improve it fuck I will even train people you chose but all that I ask is any monsters or mutants join my tribe where we will welcome them with open arms if you can agree to this we can get started right now in improving your defenses and training your troops the duke shot up yelling deal and we shook hands he walked and sat down asking so what is first Azmo a huge grin spread across my face again as I stood up saying come Duke and little one I have something to show you and like that they stood up and we walked out of this dining room .