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[color=gray]Location: Just outside the Jotunheim[/color][/CENTER]

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The moment Nellara heard Gesith's insult, she couldn't help but to laugh. It was honestly a terrifying reaction, considering the situation they were in. Especially since it wasn't a sarcastic laugh, but a genuine, amused laugh. To think a pitiful, arrogant and conceited little lord such as him had the [i]audacity[/i] to not only invade Ascendancy territory, but to challenge a Castigator? That situation was so ridiculous it was almost comical.

[color=d3c28b]"I seem to have made a mistake by treating you like a knight or a noble then! No wonder why we are having difficulties communicating with each other..."[/color] Nellara said, laughing as she looked at Gesith.

[color=d3c28b]"After all... If you take away the honor, ethics and civilized behavior of a person, you are left with nothing more than a wild beast... A beast that moves solely by instinct and greed. Takes what it wants to take, not thinking about the consequences their actions can have..."[/color] Nellara said, giving a step forward until she was two steps away from touching Gesith.

[color=d3c28b]"And we all know that beasts, especially beasts of burden, listen better to the bite of a whip than laws, ethics or words, am I right?"[/color] she said, with a cruel smirk as she looked to Gesith.

[color=d3c28b]"I ask you once again, Gesith. Are you ready to act like someone of the position you so proudly [i]claim[/i] to have?"[/color] Nellara asked, with a threatening tone.

Despite how hard Nellara was working to maintain the situation under control, the lack of proper communication... and maybe the stubbornness of some humans was about to make things even more complicated... As soon as Nellara noticed that Zeynep didn't heed her warning and instead continued approaching Gesith and his knights, a twinge of irritation briefly appeared on Nellara's expression. She didn't even need to think to be sure that somehow, Gesith would twist the situation and somehow use that to justify his words and actions.

Unsurprisingly, it didn't take much to make Gesith's voice and expression to fill with arrogance and excitement as he pointed out the humans' approach... Something which only made Nellara want to pounce on him and slit his throat even more than she already wanted before. The strict investigation from the Order of Magisters, including having her mind searched by Thought Mages, which would more likely take place if Nellara ended up killing Gesith, almost sounded preferable to continuing hearing the Glen lord's nonsense.

[color=d3c28b]"Safe? Spare me from your cheap tricks. We all know that you want nothing but to claim and steal their fortress to yourself. Neither you nor your knights even tried to hide the greed in your eyes as soon as you looked at it."[/color] Nellara said.

When his knights gave a step forward and Gesith himself said that they were in Sudenúr as he began 'talking' with the humans, Nellara immediately put herself in front of Gesith once again, blocking his path, purposely dropping the entire pouch of metal spheres on the ground as she raised her hand in a signal for him to stop, feigning it as an accident.

[color=d3c28b]"You will not take a single step forward, Gesith Silbermine! This is my last warning. The Sky People might not understand your petty tricks, but we know your greed very well."[/color] Nellara said with a loud and firm commanding voice.

[color=d3c28b]"You invaded Ascendancy territory, claimed it as your own by ignoring the clear natural borders and you are challenged a Castigator's authority inside Ascendancy territory! The offenses you committed today are enough to warrant a severe retaliation towards Mythadia from the Ascendancy. Your insolent behavior today might will have serious consequences if you not stand down right now."[/color] Nellara said as she looked directly towards Gesith. Both of them only a few meters away from each other.

[color=d3c28b]"If what happens today is known by the Ascendancy, your king would have to offer our nation your head in a platter as reparations to avoid a war. I suggest you to think about your next words [i]very[/i] carefully and think even more carefully about your next actions."[/color] Nellara finished looking towards Gesith and his knights with an expression that made it clear that there would be no more exchange of words, depending on their reply.

[color=d3c28b]"Zeynep! Listen!"[/color] Nellara said, without taking her eyes away from Gesith and his knights.

[color=d3c28b]"Enemies. Take Jotunheim. Take 'guns'. Not friends."[/color] she said, purposely using the human word for 'guns' as she pointed towards the glen knights, then to the Jotunheim, making a grabbing motion with her hand, almost as if she was trying to grab the entire ship and aggressively taking it back near her own body.

With the tensions as high as they were and the heavy words she spoke, it would be highly unlikely someone would notice the metal spheres (which blended in quite decently with the metal shrapnel from the Jotunheim's crash) that she had dropped earlier slowly moving through the ground, positioning themselves in a line between her and Gesith, with three spheres stopping in front of that line, each one pointing towards Gesith and the two knights that were behind him.