Chapter 1088: An Irrefutable Condition

The Alchemist certainly did not want a future moment to come when he would have to kneel and beg for the other's agreement just to barely survive.

However, from his current position, it seemed very likely that such a thing could happen.

Circumstances never changed just because he hoped or did not hope for something called 'hope.'

This fact, unveiled by the situation at hand, needed to be confronted and accepted.

He should have taken some effective and specific actions by now.

Only then could his initial thoughts and ideas about the problem be transformed into the reality he now faced.

At least, he needed the other party to see what sort of efforts and actions he had made to avoid that step.

Using all his abilities and the skill of observing others' reactions, he should make the other party feel that such behavior would put him in an awkward situation.

Therefore, looking at this, if things really developed to a point that made him feel compelled to take acceptable action,