"Manager Chi, your first official task will be to accommodate our new patrons in this region. The Blazing Maw Tribe will be our gateway to the whole Emberfall Tribes. As for the Ironbone Clan and the Spirit Haze Sect. They will possibly wish to discuss 'reparations'. They are now your responsibility. You can negotiate a deal. You can offer them a discount on their first bulk purchase in exchange for a non-aggression pact and their cooperation in identifying any other… inconveniences in the region. It all depends on how you want to handle it. I trust your judgment."
Chi Yang froze, her eyes widening in panic. Negotiate? With the leaders of two major, terrifying powers who had just been humbled by a force of nature? She was a mortal who ran a barter hub in a backwater village.
"Shopkeeper, I... I am not..."
