Night fell above the Opal Ocean and the skies had be much clearer and calmer, aplete turn around from how they were during the day.


    The Sovereign was still on a steady course towards the Komi Inds while most of its passengers were resting in their quarters.


    Aron however was among the few that was awake, he was casually seated near a desk in his room lost in thought.


    ''I wonder what her end goal is. There''s too little information about her to determine anything solid. What really has me thinking however is the fact she won''t touch or allow anyone to touch her.'' Aron thought while looking over the n he and Lady Rose hade up with.


    Before he could continue to sort his thoughts, a knock resounded on his door and he immediately gave permission to enter.


    The door was opened and Jagu''srge body walked into the room before ncing at Aron with a more sane look than before. "I''ve thought about your proposal and I''m willing to cooperate. I warn you however even with my approval my n won''t wee the likes of you let alone the other tribes and ns." Jagu said arrogantly while shaking his head at Aron who looked unbothered.


    "We''ve already considered that fact, that''s why you''re needed Jagu. I remember you mentioning the whole reason you left the Komi Inds was to be strong enough to win session rights to bing your n''s Alpha correct?" Aron remained seatedfortably as he began to speak to Jagu who stood near the door.


    "Yes..." Jagu hesitated for a moment but soon gave his answer to the question. He knew Aron was smart and he felt he had to be extremely cautious before replying to even the simplest of questions he asked. "Then for us to bepletely be unhindered, your tribe which resides in one of the southern Komi Inds will keep us hidden so the other tribes are none the wiser."


    "So you want me to be sessor and use my power to allow such a thing?!" Jagu''s voice rose slightly as he asked this but he quickly remembered who he was speaking to and he calmed down before continuing to speak.


    "Even if I am sessful in thepetition which is many months away, the vige elders and other strong members won''t simply listen to such an outrageous request, it''s tant betrayal on everything we believe in!" Jagu thought he finally understood what was nning and felt angered by it before speaking up as he knew that couldn''t work.


    However it was obvious that Aron and Lady Rose wouldn''t overlook such an obvious hurdle. "We aren''t willing to wait months for your sess which to be honest isn''t even guaranteed. You will forcefully take power and eliminate anyone who opposes this change." Jagu couldn''t help but frown as hisrge hands balled up into a fist.


    Every race was about to have different culture, beliefs and morals. What Aron was asking Jagu so casually right now so to betray all his principles and attain power like a coward with outside help. There was no greater humiliation than living with sin against one''s own n on one''s mind and Aron knew this.


    "Even if you say this, my n would sooner fight and die than ept such humiliation?! And I would die alongside them!" Jagu growled out without hesitation while breathing heavily.


    At this moment Aron stood up and sighed before shaking his head. "We won''t be fighting your people, they''ll be too weakened to support themselves after all so your rise to power wille with ease..."


    Aron finally began to exin the finer details of the n he and Lady Rose hade up with which was rather simple.


    Like most ns, Jagu''s had a main source where they drew fresh water from to drink and use for other needs. Aron and Lady Rose would poison this fresh water source and cause it slowly build up a sickness within all who had drunk it.


    It wasn''t lethal but it would cause all those afflicted to grow extremely weak in a very short span of time to the point that even hunting would prove to be a daunting task.


    In the face of such a crisis, Jagu could easily be the n''s savior and pseudo leader. As for those opposed to him? One could argue they were being selfish instead of looking out for the ns wellbeing which was enough to warrant death.


    While Jagu had his n busy and isted, Aron and Lady Rose could carry out their investigations right under their noses. As for keeping the Sovereign hidden? This was a simple task as well.


    Jagu was left astonished by this n they had made. It worried him that they knew so much already about how his n operated and how they would react to certain situations.


    "You want me to poison my people? How do I know this won''t kill them?" Jagu wouldn''t simply listen and agree to a n so crazy with his stubborn attitude but Aron simply smiled and shrugged his shoulders.


    "You will see for yourself. A week should have already passed by now since your n''s water source got contaminated. It would be little too convenient if you appeared immediately after it began after all." Aron casually added and brought Jagu even more shock.


    "You already contaminated it! How?"Jagu was genuinely shocked to hear of this, it was already worrying that Aron knew his tribes location but to think he had already put the n in motion even before Jagu was fully on board with it.


    "Of course I did, if you refused to cooperate then a weakened n would be so much easier to deal with. As for how? You don''t need to know, what you should know however is that there is more than one way we could get what we want." Aron''s eyes finally showed the usual coldness Jagu was so used to.


    The feeling of humiliation Jagu felt only grew stronger at this moment. He felt like from the start Aron had been toying with him.


    In truth Aron was simply left with no choice, a clear path was set and all he needed to do was risk losing one ally to gain passage, other ways may have been possible but he simply didn''t have the time to waste in researching them.


    So he chose to give Jagu an option in which his people would be spared, humiliated but alive. If he chose to not oblige then Aron could only proceed with using force.


    "You need to make your final decision now. Yes and we make and oath then proceed, No then you and I will fight to the death here and your people will die sooner thanter." Aron added in cold manner but Jagu found himself unable to even get angry.


    In the face of true power he hadpletely and utterly failed. Aron could have used gentler words or even slowly conveyed the message but the result wouldn''t be as quick and as solid.


    He truly pitied Jagu at this moment in time, however now that the news was out he couldn''t leave the room alive unless he made an oath of secrecy. Otherwise if the others learnt of Aron and Lady Rose''s ways they would surely gain some mixed opinions.


    In the long run this didn''t matter but in this case the less said the better.


    Jagu remained silent for good while and the usual fiery attitude of his was nowhere to be seen. It was difficult to predict just what was going through Jagu''s mind at that moment but it didn''t matter because in the end...


    "I ept." He could only agree.


    The following day the rest of the faction members were briefed on a fake n of action. In this n, Aron had stated that they could not move inrge numbers as they were not wee in the Komi Inds so Jagu, Evanora, Lady Rose and himself would be going instead whilst the others remained hidden with the Sovereign until a discovery was made.


    On the surface this did indeed look like an ideal n, Considering their strongest members and a grand Mage were going. Even the usually doubtful udia didn''t have any issues with this n and so it was set with no questions asked.


    Perhaps the only one who was doubtful of this was Jin. How much he knew about the Komi was little but he was sure Jagu wouldn''t easily bring an outsider in without fully knowing their intentions especially with his stubborn attitude which had now softened.


    So this begged the question in Jin''s, just what was really going on? Unfortunately he couldn''t outright ask this question so for now he could only observe...


    A few more days of travel under mixed weather conditions and the Sovereign finally reached within Komi Ind waters.