A few days later, the Tech Side's large warships arrived as promised.
Facing them, the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird warships once again moved to drive them away. Both ships carried a great deal of high-end combat power.
Just as before, the Tech Side's elite fighters realized after a brief clash that they were no match for them and decisively chose to withdraw.
The Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird warships pursued closely, clinging tightly to their rear.
Before long, all the large warships vanished from sight.
More than two hours later, small warships in the hundreds appeared near the base and launched an attack almost simultaneously.
Beef Eater no longer kept the players hidden. Instead, he had the players in the small space emerge and drive away the surrounding warships.
It could be said that Klaus's first objective had already been achieved.
He had tested the player base's true situation. Only a small number of players had returned to Third Main City; the main force had never left.
On a planet, Klaus felt inexplicably uneasy.
Everything was clearly proceeding according to his plan, yet he could not shake that unease.
"The players' Supreme Commander is a war maniac. He couldn't possibly have failed to see through my intentions, so why hasn't he made any move?"
"Could he be preparing something?"
Klaus contacted Nami Sya Clara. "Respected Insectoid Queen, have you seen anything unusual?"
Nami Sya Clara shifted her vision and quickly scanned what the insects had seen. "No. Perhaps you're worrying too much."
Klaus then contacted the Plague Elf, but no traces of players had been found there either.
It was as though Klaus really had been overthinking things.
Klaus carefully replayed the players' actions in his mind several times, yet he found nothing amiss. Finally, he muttered, "I hope