After William finished his little speech.
William was filled with scorn, mocking him in his heart. 'Trying to play political games with us? Reinhardt, you're still wet behind the ears!'
Too bad he never would have dreamed...
...that this very thought was a delusion deliberately cultivated by Reinhardt.
If he couldn't achieve this, how else could he have been so certain that a large group of rebel leaders would "voluntarily" attend this closed-door meeting?
When a war reaches the negotiation stage, anyone would understand that the bloody slaughter over power has simply reverted to a political game at the negotiating table.
Making demands exposes weakness.
Once things reached this stage, political maneuvering was often more effective than brute force.
This was the source of William's confidence—the reason he dared to be so arrogant, to subtly vie with Reinhardt for control of the floor and attempt to dominate the meeting.
