"First, let me make it clear, my lord does not intend to beg anyone. An army surpassing thirty thousand, composed of nine legions, has already assembled outside the Silver Palace. Leading them will be General Taran of the 'Hammer of Burning,' General Babos the 'Bartez Butcher,' and General Tu'a of the 'Pale Blazing Flames.' If your heads have not been buried in the ground for the past thousand years, you should have heard of these three Flame Demon Generals," said the Chief Ambassador in a leisurely tone, "Today's discussion is about giving you representatives a chance to come up with a plan my lord can accept, to convince him there is no need to simply erase your forces from the map."
"You're quite polite, aren't you, Lord Veyne," Samantha's voice oozed sarcasm. "But as I see it, there seems to be no choice at all. Submit, or be destroyed—is that it?"