In fact, the Tailo Empire had not merely reinforced its forces to five legions—it had reached eight legions, all of them Main Legions.
After all, Dorando had always been in the hands of the Black Mang Empire. To guard against a possible surprise attack from the Black Mang Empire, the Tailo Empire had no choice but to keep more than half its forces deployed along the border year-round.
Thus, there was no need to transfer fleets from elsewhere to assemble forces near Dorando. The front-line legions alone were sufficient, even saving them the time needed for assembly.
As for the Black Mang Empire—
Three Imperial Guard Legions and five local legions were all the forces the Empire could deploy to defend the Tailo direction within the next century.
Although both sides appeared to have eight legions, five of the Black Mang Empire's were local legions, whose combat power was considerably weaker.
To say nothing else, the greatest difference between local legions and Main Legions was that the former had no combat forces made up of Black Hole Lifeforms.
Even when they did, those were usually only the legion commanders.
As for everything else, whether it was warship performance or the caliber of personnel, they lagged far behind the Main Legions.
Generally speaking, roughly three local legions could barely fight one Main Legion, and even then, they would usually end in defeat.
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Inside the Imperial Palace's audience chamber.
Sharet's brows were tightly furrowed.
The situation.
Was truly terrible.
Those eight civilizations had already given him enough headaches, yet now that old bastard Valeri had come to meddle as well.
And the Hiltek Empire still had several of his legions firmly pinned down, making their withdrawal exceedingly difficult.
This was practically a dead end. It was merely a matter of time!