“These are the demands from our Emperor. If the Town of Amber Leaves can agree to all of these conditions, we will accept your surrender and stop the battle,” Gerald stated officially before reading out all the terms present in the scroll.
The terms included very common terms such as taxes to be paid in money or as crops. Ability for the Empire to use and control the land and population as it sees fit. The condition for complete surrender and loyalty as part of the Flame Dragon Empire. All terms were common, and nothing stood out except for one in which Gerald read with more emphasis than the rest. After all, this term was just recently added by the emperor himself less than a month prior to this.
“As for the final condition, the Town of Amber Leaves agrees to send the most beautiful a
