Ambrosius did not speak, only nodding slightly.
The people's gaze towards Budocaribas and Xisaites softened a little.
Another elder from the Murenica River tribes spoke discontentedly, "I just do not understand why we agreed to that clause when initially signing the alliance with the Nix Tribe, otherwise, we wouldn't have all this trouble."
Cleobrotas' face turned cold because it was he who made the alliance with the Nix people. As he was about to retort, a tall figure stood up:
"Isaac Menas, easy for you to say! Don't you know when Leader Maximus wanted to buy land, he not only made requests to me but also to pirates from other tribes of Illyria like the Otarlat?
The clause in the treaty you mentioned was insisted upon by Leader Maximus. If we hadn't agreed at that time, there would have been no alliance. Leader Maximus would have taken his followers to other Illyrian tribes. Imagine if the Otarlat allied with Leader Maximus; what would that be like!"
