Asking Cornelia in Area 19 to meddle in matters far away in Area 11—and to secretly obtain a batch of Sakura Stone for Area 19 behind everyone's backs—was no easy task. Even Euphemia, the governor of Area 11, could not interfere much with the Sakura Stone mining zones. Asking Cornelia to do this was practically making things difficult for her.
Yet Cornelia still agreed to Xiao Ran's request. Not only would she gather all the Sakura Stone currently stored in Area 19 at this base, she would also coordinate the delivery of another batch if possible and find a way to bring the Sakura Stone Xiao Ran needed over from Area 11.
However, the war in Area 19 had remained extremely tense. Although the Empire had continuously provided support, once the Sakura Stone needed for normal short-term consumption was deducted, the amount that could truly be gathered would not be much. It was still unclear how much support it could provide for the coming large-scale operation, so they would ultimately have to rely on the Sakura Stone transported from Area 11.
What kind of results Area 19 could achieve next would depend on how much Sakura Stone it could gather in the shortest possible time. With Cornelia's full cooperation and Xiao Ran's various arrangements and deployments in Area 19, they should be able to secure a satisfactorily large amount this time.
Cornelia knew quite well that the Crimson Knights' machines consumed enormous amounts of Sakura Stone. Every deployment required Sakura Stone to replenish their energy. But she had no idea that more than half of those so-called Sakura Stone replenishments were actually skimmed off by the Crimson Knights' participants, gradually stockpiled to unlock more advanced machines.
Yet if the Crimson Knights wanted to use the unlocked machines, they likewise needed