Upgrades, People, Upgrades.

I believe we accomplished a lot the past couple days. First of all Benkei was able to quell my fears of Mugen returning with him confirming that yes his basement was a type of demiplane. Still a bit uneasy about the whole situation, but at least we have some form of defense rather than it just being in a random basement.
 
Second of all the Daimy0 of Byakuroku was actually easier to convince to increase our firepower (literally) than I initially thought. All we had to do was find out why these desert "bandits", they seemed more like simple nomads to me, were encroaching into the northern territory. They were just following nature's warnings, something that is not out of the ordinary for people who do not live in a major city. I will say I am a bit worried about Mae-Lin and her clan's journey. I do hope they arrive at Tao-Tei with little trouble. I am glad we were able to handle the situation diplomatically as it seems Daimyo Mikazuki Tanjiro would have preferred to just kill them all. One major thing that bothered me was his reaction to Genji and Benkei helping his city. They are from the capital, why would they not want their whole country to prosper? I would like to continue to keep a relationshp with him just for the fact to keep tabs on him. The fact I did not see their grand contraptions during the war's final battle is concerning. Did they not understand the stakes or are they that worried the rest of the country would catch up? Also why would that be an issue? Probably a case of "just wants the best for his city and people" but still very fishy and that is not even getting started on the fact they can apparently "see" everything that happens in their city. Bottom line is I do not like this guy.
 
Finally, as I was unable to get a fancy mechanical hammer as the lotus blacksmith "does not take comissions", I brought the remaining jade to Hattori Hanzo to craft an axe. At least it will pack more of a punch than a sword. The question as always is whats next. Now that we know exactly what the black coin does, do we summon Galbatorix in an isolated part of the desert and just throw down? Do we head to Feng-Nao? Either way whatever comes next we need to be ready for it, "Be not defeated by the rain" as Mae-Lin said. Do not let the unexpected cause you problems.