Although Natasha expected a peace talk wouldn't be easy to succeed, she didn't expect the Vanguard Guild to be extremely sly.
Rather than outright rejecting her request, they decided to postpone the peace talk and gave a logical reason as an excuse.
To summarize this sly action, it meant that they couldn't do anything about it to criticize or even attempt some sabotage.
The Illuminati had already caused many first-rate guilds to be wary of them.
So if news were to spread that they were committing sabotage or attempting to ruin an upstart guild, then such publicity would easily invoke public anger.
There was a limit to how much one could act overbearing in the Divine World. Not even the Reaver Guild dared to be overbearing against multiple organizations and people in the early stages either. They only dared to throw their weight into their specific territory and expand a little bit.
