"I–I've tried, Rose. I can't do it. Even though I've gathered influential people from different countries, we're still on the losing side against Rama. We need Bala." Rose raised her eyebrows. It turned out that the Queen had made her own alliance. Besides attracting the Empress–which also meant the Montserra Emperor had joined the alliance, the Queen said she had attracted influential people from other kingdoms. Arguably their alliance must be quite strong. But Rama used black spirit. And he also had an alliance with Marquis Ferinde's faction which had enormous funding and military power. "We need Bala to stop this war," said the Queen, "We could have fought Rama. Our military power is just as strong. But war will only consume bloodshed. We want the war to be stopped before it starts.

