Sigh.. I would have hoped you might have seen it as a chance for you to still be part of the victory yourself. In the end it will likely come down to R'lyeh kicking my *** once everyone else is out which is rapidly beginning to happen. Mictlan and its amphibious Rain warriors was probably R'lyeh's greatest threat in this game and I have effectively removed that threat paving the way to a victory for R'leyh / Man.
I have no illusions here, I may be able to largely dominate the land but in the end I will have no way to take the sea without heavy use of magic. And even then its doubtfull. With Ermor and Agartha gone I have no doubt that Ulm, Man and R'leyh will all soon rival me on land. I dont really know what Pythium and Marginon are doing (If Pythium hasnt been flat out staling every turn) and I guess Bogorus is just trying to hang in there. I suppose I'll start trying to gobble up some of the Agartha Ermor AI Provinces soon before they are all gone. But my point was that I saw the offer to you as being more than just You = my slave and more of an equal rights kind of deal. Though I would have certainly liked to have taken some credit.
But as I said from the beginning if you don't see it that way I'll just take you out and soldier on the best that I can, thick headed barbarians that we T'ien Ch'i are...