Chapter 248: Unbelievable Proposal
Perhaps sensing that it would be wiser to address the more grounded party first, or at least the party she was a lot more familiar with and thus could better anticipate their moves, Talia shifted in her seat and turned her gaze to Tessa.
"What is it that you propose?"
Tessa didn’t hesitate for a single second, having already decided on it before Talia even made the reservations for the restaurant.
"A full alliance. Runewoven and Nova Circuit, equal partners. Military coordination. Joint research divisions. Shared financial ventures, marketing campaigns, and political lobbying. Everything."
The implications rang loud and clear across the table.
An alliance in every sense of the word.
Talia’s face didn’t immediately change, but her eyes...
They darkened.
Not with surprise. With calculation.
Nova Circuit, proposing an equal alliance? Now?
Her fingers, still resting against her goblet, tapped once... then stopped.
Sure, Runewoven was in a precarious spot right now. The damned dungeon that the Awakened Association forced them to clear right after the tragedy of the last dungeon clear, which was a dungeon that came with a strict level cap. Their guild’s true monsters—the real raid-sweepers—were all locked out as a result. Without their top brass being able to enter, and with their promising low-level awakened wiped out besides Diaz, they’d been forced to rely on outside help.