The destruction of the Seventh Fleet cluster shocked the entire Noreya Empire.
It also provoked Emperor Toreya's fury.
If the enemy had been stronger than the Seventh Fleet cluster, then losing would have been understandable.
But the problem was that, based on the intelligence sent back, the Heretics held no advantage in either fleet numbers or warship quality.
Their only advantage was that they had more than six hundred thousand Black Hole Lifeforms, while the Seventh Fleet cluster, even with a Shadow Legion, had only four hundred thousand.
Yet that difference of two hundred thousand Black Hole Lifeforms could not make up for the enormous gap in fleet combat power.
After all, according to the intelligence, the Heretics had deployed only a little over two hundred legions capable of fighting the Empire's conventional main fleet. As for the other five hundred legions that had appeared midway through, they had been utterly incapable of putting up a fight.
Therefore, the Seventh Fleet cluster had not lost due to combat power, but due to tactics and strategy.
It could even be said that they had been lured into a trap more than a decade before the war began, leading to their defeat today.
That was what enraged Toreya the most.
"Other than the First Fleet cluster remaining behind to defend, immediately order the other seven major fleet clusters and all Shadow Legions to assemble. In ten years, I will personally lead the expedition and completely flatten this Heretic civilization!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Inside the audience chamber of the Imperial Palace, Toreya waved his hand and announced it directly.
Aside from the First Fleet cluster and the already-destroyed Seventh Fleet cluster, the remaining seven major fleet clusters possessed a total force of seven thousand legions.
The Shadow Legions, meanwhile, numbered nine legions.
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