I Become Karna With a Million Times Crit System In Mahabharata.

Chapter 178 176. Hypocrisy Of Politics

"Yes Kin-Emperor, We were happy to hear you get such a talent and legendary weapon in your kingdom. We hope to have good relations with you and Hastinapur."

The messenger said in a trembling tone wiping the sweat bead on his forehead, nearly preventing himself from falling on the ground with his shaking legs.

He is himself a warrior of the Rathi class who saw many warriors even stronger in his kingdom sparring with each other, So he witnessed what level of power these warriors had.

And yet what he felt just moments ago can't be compared to all these powers he seen in his life combine. He felt like the end of the world was going.

There was not even a will to fight back like a warrior like him does who follows the motto of dying on sword is more honourable than to die of thousand cuts but here he could not raise even thought of rebellion.

He only had one thought and that was he should just lay down and accept his fate, let death take him into its embrace, Which he did not feel anything wrong with it strangely.

'It's really terrible, O' Lord, thank you for enlightening us and making us retreat. If we attacked then that power just ago now would really wiped all of us out.'

Messenger could not think of how lucky they were that they were able to change their mind and go against the royal decrees they received from their main sovereign kingdoms.

If they really follow through with it then they along with their kingdom would be nothing but a bleak spot of history, The people who stupid enough to confront the power that is formidable.

"Oh really? Then we Hastinapur accept your blessings, Please offer your gifts, We will put them in our treasury right away."

Dhritarashtra heard the words of messenger not believe it one bit, He knows the deep rooted hypocrisy in the politics especially in the royal ones.

That is why people offer marriages and tie other kingdoms with each other as that is the only way to make sure they will not get backstabbed because at least for now blood bonds hold significant meaning in the society.

That is why as long as you are not related to blood, many kings even offer their daughter's hand in marriage to their friends or peer kings or vice versa. This way they know they will be tied to their boats.

Of course this way they also create new relationships with each other but main focus was of course always to create a trusted ally for aid and to prevent your allies being snatched by others before you.

Yeah that happened before many times. Many such people turned against their allies because they married an enemy kingdom's princess or give their daughter to the king.

So competition is deeply rooted in each and every royal who is in power. Everyone wants to take over each other but because of similar powers they don't attack as the result would be no one will win, They all will be losers.

But he just tipped the power dynamic in-between the kingdoms, He was already has too much power in his kingdom having warriors like Kripa and Bhishma that he was able to beat any big kingdom in one-on-one war.

But it was still hard to face all of the kingdoms together but now that he got another talent that too with legendary weapon with it, He just destroyed the equilibrium of the power levels.

Now if he waited for while for that warrior to grow up, He would even run Ashwamedha's horse and conquer all Aryavart becoming the solo emperor of this Bhartvarsha.

That is why Dhritarashtra was ready to face severe backlash not the blessing from other kingdoms, This was too weird. They right now should have been marching towards the Hastinapur with their armies together.

Then he notices that the messenger just came alone for to give blessing, which is not how this works. When you come to give a blessing it comes in the form of gold and gems.

This is a blessing they talk about this not only to improve the relationship between them but also show off their wealth to others, So it was weird for Dhritarashtra to see him come alone.

Hence why he even asked the messenger about the gifts to make sure he did not bring anything with him.

"Huh-That…That king, I was send soo quickly that my lord did not get time to send gifts with me, They should be on their way here, So expect their arrival."

Messenger was taken back hearing what Dhritarashtra said, Then he realised that he forgotten about to bring gifts. How can he come empty handed to give their blessing to others?

But in his defence, he comes here for war not to give blessing to the enemy they were marching on, So it was reasonable that they forgotten about it.

Not to mention even if they know about it, What they would give as gifts? They not carrying much gold and treasures, All they had was a war supply, and if they wanted to give that little of treasure they had with them to Hastinapur then that would be dumb move.

Not only that be interpreted as disrespectful towards Hastinapur as how he they give that less for a big kingdom like Hastinapur but it also no longer seems as blessing but provocation, Which the last thing they wanted to do.

Thankfully he was quite trained in diplomacy and quickly made up a reason for it, yeah it is a stupid reason but it would at least save their face and not provoke Hastinapur.

And Hastinapur also will not point out the stupid reason as even if they want to save their face and do not want any trouble, Both party would be happy with an excuse then.

"....Okay then, We will be saying for your gifts, Please stay and enjoy the Hastinapur's hospitality."

Of course Dhritarashtra seen through the stupid reason that was created on the spot but like messenger guessed he can't point it out as even he did not want trouble for his kingdom.

If these kingdoms even if for just to pretending to offer blessings and call it truce it's working in his favour, He gets enough time to prepare the counterattack against inevitable attack from them.

What was worrying him most right was fact that he didn't know what was going in the mind of those kings, Who knows what they up to.

"I would have been honoured to get a chance to experience the legendary hospitality of Hastinapur but unfortunately I have to leave right away to inform my king, So Emperor I ask for permission to leave."

Messenger heard the sarcasm in the first words of Dhritarashtra but seeing he brought the excuse he sighed in relief.

As for the last part of invitation, He really wanted to stay, He heard about the hospitality of Hastinapur, How they treat their guest, It would have been great experience if he gets to stay.

Of course he was not worried about safety of his, King of Hastinapur himself should make sure of his safety and comfort. After all, messengers hold the position that can't be harmed.

No matter how deep hatred one share with the other party if they send a messenger to you, Then that messenger should be protected at any cost, The rules every kingdom follow even if messenger being bad news.

But he can't stay and e joy, he had to inform his king about what happened here and tell everyone to stay away from Hastinapur, God forbid if they change their mind and turn around to attack Hastipanur.

"Okay then, Our soldiers will escort you to your carriage, Have a safe journey."

Dhritarashtra seeing his offer was denied not mind it, He politely permitted the messenger to leave.

He too need time to deal with other issues. Keeping an enemy soldier here while he talk about it would be stupid, So best if this messenger leaves from here.

"So what brought the commander of Ayodhya's elite army here?"

After the messenger left, Dhritarashtra turned towards the man standing in the dark in the corner of the hall and spoke in a cold, uncaring tone. Who knows how he found that dark spot as this place was designed to have light in all places.

"O King forgot about that, Can you tell me what was happened a moment ago? Can you see how many people got hurt by whatever that was happening out there? Why are you sitting here talking with me? That is more important."

Well, the commander jumped out of the shadow but unlike how everyone imagined he would be, he acted like a silent mysterious man, He started babbling about stuff incoherently in full panic.

This took everyone aback, how can the commander of an elite army of Kingdom like Ayodha can act like this? There is no way the warriors are ready to march against death if they were ordered to panic like this right here.

But when Dhritarashtra sees this he frowns thinking of something, Then his eyes become wide because of realization.

(A/N : Like always thank you for reading and have a good day ??.)