The Price of Power (Plot/solo)

Shortly after the meeting of the cardinals and Gilles, The magic merchant formerly known as minthe had sent messengers to each of the leaders of the merchant alliance she was in. The message she was sending them was to call an emergency meeting for the alliance. This is where they would attempt to convince the merchants to pledge their loyalty to the Flame's reach. The Dragon's Horde Merchant alliance was a coalition of small merchant companies that banded together in order to be able to compete with the larger companies that inhabited this country and region. Taking control of this alliance would give the order the resources and power that they needed in order to begin their crusade against the country. It would be a few days until they had gotten word back from other companies. They had all agreed to meet at the warehouse that the alliance normally used for these meetings. Gilles would smile as she thinks about how to convince this alliance.

That night Gilles and the 3 cardinals had showed up to the warehouse early waiting for the alliance to appear. Gilles had her cowl Bertilak equipped, this was how she would prove her power to them as she had heard that magicians normally didnt bow to non magical people. With people like this pure power was the only way to convince them, give them a reason to believe they can gain power and riches from joining the order. One by one the leaders would appear standing in their respective spots. Accompanying each leader was their assistant and 2 to 3 armed bodyguards. Each of these leaders were magicians but that did not mean that they were necessarily skilled at combat, they were more focused on many and politics to worry about that. The men with them all seemed to be goi that were armed with various blades, bows and the like. The leaders were all pretty young men that were around their 20s that had gotten lucky in their businesses and joined the alliance. The 6th leader though was an older man that had a harsh scowl on his face.

"What have you called all 6 of us here for tonight, Minthe of Wishing Well?" It was the old man who was known as Gideon the leader of Purple Mole Merchants. He was one of the founding members of the alliance along with Minthe's Father. He was definitely going to be the one to convince over al the younger men. "Well My fellow leaders I have been given an opportunity for an infinite amount of wealth and power and I want to offer that to you all and your companies as well. We all know that we are just barely holding on together as we get pushed out by the large companies and the higher ups of this country that are in their pockets. With the power of this religious order known as the flames reach we can finally take control of this city and be the top merchants of this country and even this region. Their ideas may sound crazy but if we follow them then we can gain power from them and even use their own power for our favor.""Why do you come to use talking about great power when you bring us a goi? We have plenty working for us but they are nothing to us magician and our power if we use it correctly." Minthe would grin as she replies, "Hahaha. Do you truly believe that the power of us magicians is truly as all powerful as you think? A week ago I have seen power unlike anything else I had ever seen before. So how about this, Your magic against the power of The High Priestess known as Gilles? They winner gets the others company." He would scowl at this and nod stepping up with his 2 swordsman by his side. Gideon would begin casting a massive, complicated spell that was sure to destroy most opponents just to be interrupted by the shouting of gilles, Grasp of the Flames she would shout this as everyone else besides her opponents were out of range. She would slam her palm into the ground to create a 20 meter diameter of flaming hands around her that would grab the old merchant and his men causing them to catch on fire and quickly burn to death while screaming.

After the burnt corpses hit the ground the leaders would gasp watching, one of their own had just been murdered right before their very own eyes. However they were not attached to him, they were similar in thought to Minthe. They were focused on money and power and would do basically anything to increase that for themselves. They would all agree to this and accept the offer of serving under the Order of the Flames Reach as merchants and eyes and ears for them. Gilles would smile at this as she was a step closer now to beginning her crusade. This was a huge step to securing a foothold here and gaining resources tor recruit and bribe people of this magical country.

Magoi 110/130

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