[b]A promised gold[/b]

"Our spies have come back to us with the promise of cities made of gold in our western neighbor's land. Tonight we shall be discussing on what we should if we were to, eh, secure this city," Alfos, a slann councilor, said. He was merely reporting on what his spies had told him and he felt the need to believe them. "Are these rumors worth our time? An entire city made of gold sounds far-fetched to me," Azul, another slann councilor questioned, not believing what she heard. "It is definitely worth investigating though, however I do agree with Azul. We should send more spies to investigate if these are true," another one said, gaining the agreement of his peers. "Then it is settled, we shall investigate this matter in more detail. I hope that these rumors turn up true. Now onto our next matters," Alfos said.

The other problems that were brought up were mundane things that were quickly dealt with, nothing out of the normal. More spies of the skinks were brought in to investigate the matter of golden cities. If this held true then an invasion would certainly hold place to gain control of this, having a golden city would be very promising for their economy, mainly because there has to be mines for that kind of operation. Many were hoping that this did hold truth just so it gave them a reason to go to war against their aggressive allies. 

By dawn, the spies were already crossing the border into the lands of their neighbors. Being led by the one who had come with these rumors, leading them through the lands. They had to be sure that they were not caught as there could be harsh punishment but it was worth the investigation.