Strongest Hammer God novel Chapter 388

Kyle spent all his time training in his storage room.

After a week had passed, he went back to his room for the weekly meeting with the Crown Prince.

It was very casual. Whenever the Crown Prince brought up a topic, it was quickly resolved by one of the representatives.

"Stark," the Crown Prince said after dealing with another issue. "Your Guild is putting a lot of pressure on the two Three-Weapons Guilds between it and the Naga Covenant."

"Yep," Kyle answered.

Silence.

The Crown Prince raised an eyebrow. "We need a variety of Three-Weapons Guilds in the kingdom. The Guilds need competition, and for competition to thrive, we need an abundance of lower-level Guilds."

"Sounds about right," Kyle answered.

More silence.

"He's asking you to tell your Guild to stop their advances," Sky commented from the side.

"I know," Kyle said.

Silence.

"So? Are you?" the Crown Prince asked with a bit of annoyance.

"Should I?" Kyle asked. "Do you want me to?"

"Yes," the Crown Prince said with a dark tone.

"Alright," Kyle answered. "Then, I'll make them stop."

Kyle quickly grabbed some paper and used his Ether to write a quick letter, addressed to the Chief.

"The Skysand Kingdom wants you to stop advancing on the western territories," was what the letter said.

"This good enough?" Kyle asked, showing the letter to the Crown Prince.

When the Crown Prince read the letter, his brows furrowed. "The Skysand Kingdom has not given any orders."

"I didn't write about any orders," Kyle said. "I asked you if you wanted us to stop, and I said that you wanted us to stop."

The Crown Prince narrowed his eyes.

"I may not have been clear with my statement," he said slowly. "My yes referred to your question of 'should I'. It is in your Guild's best interest to stop the advancement. The Skysand Kingdom has not made any statements or orders."

"Ah, ok," Kyle said. "So, we don't have to stop advancing."

"Stark," the Crown Prince said with suppressed anger. "I am not doing this to hurt you or to demonstrate my authority. There is an agreement between the Four-Weapons Guilds to leave territories for weaker Guilds. If every Guild were allowed to grow without abandon, there would be gigantic trade wars."

"The Stark Brotherhood already has enough territory to rival the other Guilds. If you keep growing, you will become a threat to the other Guilds, and they will unite to deal with your Guild."

"Do you understand what I'm trying to convey?" he asked. Kyle nodded. "The powerful want to keep the status quo," he said.

The other representatives threw a glance at Kyle.

That was accurate, but the way Kyle had phrased the statement rubbed them the wrong way.

"You can phrase it like that," the Crown Prince said with an annoyed sigh.

Kyle nodded. "Alright. So, the Skysand Kingdom is not interfering in the Stark Brotherhood's business. You, as a private individual, just wanted to give us some advice. Correct?"

"Yes," the Crown Prince said.

Kyle nodded again. "Thank you for your advice. I will keep it in mind."

Silence.

"You're not going to tell your Guild to stop?" Shore asked.

From the side, Naga also threw an aggressive glance at Kyle.

"Nope," Kyle said.

The atmosphere became tense.

"Larian, is there anything else you need?" Naga asked after some seconds.

The Crown Prince looked at Kyle with annoyance and frustration before turning to Naga. "No, the meeting is adjourned."

"Thank you," Naga said before throwing a look at Kyle. "Shore and I have things to discuss."

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