Several days earlier.
Inside the Royal Court conference room.
Around an ancient stone table, one virtual projection after another rose, and the upper echelons of the Imperium arrived in succession to take part in this special remote meeting.
Whether it was Imperial Regent Bayev, Primarchs such as Guilliman and Jaghatai Khan, or people from the Departmento Munitorum such as Tako, their expressions were all rather heavy.
This was a review meeting.
Buzz—
When a new virtual projection appeared at the head seat, everyone rose and saluted respectfully.
That was the sole ruler of the Imperium, The Savior, the Emperor of Mankind, Ron Grant.
As the Imperial army advanced deep into the Silence Zone, the engineering departments swept up Blackstone Pylons along the route and built Psyker Network nodes to ensure smooth communications.
Because of that, Ron could communicate with the Imperial side more smoothly from within the Silence Zone and attend important meetings.
For instance, this review meeting on the full-scale war.
Ron's expression was grave.
His gaze swept over Bayev, Guilliman, and the others, and he raised his hand lightly to let everyone sit.
"In this full-scale war against the Necron xenos, we made some strategic mistakes, and that caused us to miss out on quite a few gains."
After sitting down, Ron quickly got to the point, his tone somewhat heavy. "I must conduct a deep self-review.
In this matter, I fell into the trap of empiricism and misjudged the overall strength of the Necron Empire, causing the entire operational plan to be too conservative—"
"Your Majesty."
Tako, a senior official of the Departmento Munitorum and chief secretary, requested to speak.
He said with deep guilt, "This was not your responsibility. It was our intelligence departments and secretarial departments that failed to properly investigate the Necron xenos. Our