"Nuclear bomb?!"
Dawn City's reception room.
After patiently listening to Kaliman's frantic account and learning that the Legion planned to bomb the City of Abundance with a one-megaton nuclear weapon, Chu Guang froze for two seconds, his expression blank with disbelief.
However, he soon noticed the suspicious parts of the intelligence, and a trace of doubt rose in his eyes.
"Is the information reliable?"
I hadn't heard even the faintest rumor.
Yet you found out first.
It wasn't that Chu Guang looked down on a feudal kingdom's intelligence-gathering efficiency. He simply didn't believe they were capable of it.
The Legion was an extremely unusual organization. They emphasized purity of bloodline, and all core officers were Velanders.
Veteran had managed to obtain intelligence related to Military Base No. 530 before, but that had largely been a stroke of luck.
Before Piman and Antonite were captured, no one knew about the operation codenamed "Thunder," including Chu Guang's side. They had merely inferred from the excessive weapon stockpile at that military base that the Legion appeared to be planning a major military operation.
It was only after the plan was scrapped that the hidden truth came to light.
Nuclear weapons...
It wasn't surprising that the Legion possessed them.
But how did the Lion Kingdom know?
Facing Chu Guang's doubtful gaze, Kaliman nodded solemnly.
"Absolutely reliable! This intelligence came from a noble person within the Falcon Kingdom who sympathizes with our plight. He shares ties of faith and bloodline with us, and his devotion to the Spirit of the Sea of Sand surpasses his blind loyalty to the Falcon royal family... I can only reveal this much, but I swear upon the Spirit of the Sea of Sand that every word I have spoken is completely true!"
That grave expression did not seem faked.