The three members of the Glatters delegation were led away by Ofan and a group of knights. Only after they had completely left the council chamber did Lord Asaha turn to Xiao Ran, who had descended from the throne dais. "Though I don't trust Glatters either, wasn't that a little too direct and hasty? Neither we nor your fleet may be able to spare such a force to deal with them right now."
"Pulling together some forces won't be difficult, and dealing with them won't be a problem either."
"But just as Lord Asaha suspects, I also believe Glatters' attempt to use the Radam matter to form an alliance with us is far from simple. At the very least, it isn't merely for technology that we possess and they lack."
Xiao Ran walked down the steps and continued, "On the surface, cooperating with Glatters would mean gaining another ally. In reality, it would mean bringing in a group of spies ourselves, comrades who could turn on us at any moment on the battlefield. But the strength of the fleet under my command means we needn't fear that. So long as our power is strong enough, Glatters will not dare make too many moves before they have any way to restrain such a force."
"But for Earth, cooperating with Glatters would also allow them to learn our true combat strength, our military deployments, troop numbers, weaknesses, and how deep our foundations run. All that information would become vital intelligence for Glatters when they eventually turned against us."
"For those reasons, and because the two sides were already enemies, an alliance is simply impossible even with Radam serving as a buffer between us. After all, we can deal with Radam on our own without Glatters' help. The leak of information was an