This military conflict had escalated rapidly without warning, leaving me with countless doubts. Why had the Fallen Apostles suddenly appeared in a region so far from their territory? What had that inexplicable "Void wandering" state before the battle been? Everything felt strange. These things seemed unrelated, but after being tempered by that damnable fate time and time again, I had gotten used to imagining a whole chain of conspiracies behind anything that seemed abnormal. Let me put it this way: ever since becoming Emperor, I could connect the price increase of Jianbing Guozis at the door to the end of the world...
Hopefully, this time it was just another bout of pointless overthinking from my fried brain.
Siweisi suggested launching a strike before the Fallen Apostles' reinforcements arrived. On an ordinary battlefield, that would absolutely be a suggestion worth shooting first and asking questions later. If the defending side did not know the attacker's strength or when the enemy reinforcements would arrive, then abandoning the defensive advantage granted by the World Barrier and their own positions to charge the incoming enemy in an offensive formation meant risking being caught off guard by enemy reinforcements at any moment. It also made losing their positions all too easy. In the Military Academy's space combat command textbooks, this would count as one of a thousand ways for an idiot commander to die.
But this was not an ordinary battlefield to begin with. With a profession like a prophet serving as an adjutant, the enemy's reinforcement numbers, organization, and even their time and location of arrival were laid bare before our forces. Many operations that appeared risky and violated military convention could be carried out safely.
After a brief consideration, I agreed with Siweisi's proposal, but ordered the raid delayed. The Fallen Apostles should