"Speak up. Stop pretending to be mute!"
After several minutes of silence in the hall, Toreya sighed softly, pulled himself from his thoughts, and swept his gaze over the ministers below.
"Your Majesty, although our losses were severe, the Heretics have also made a fatal mistake!"
"Oh? What mistake?"
"The Heretics' fleet has now left the Kousha Realm. If we ignore their fleet and advance directly—"
"You mean taking advantage of Cross-Realm Technology to bypass the Heretics' fleet and strike directly into their territory?"
"Your Majesty is wise. With the Heretics' entire military mobilized, their territory should be virtually undefended!"
"Foolish!!!"
At Toreya's rebuke, the minister who had just spoken was instantly dumbfounded.
This was clearly an excellent idea, so how was it foolish?
"You don't understand, do you?"
"Then let me explain it to you properly!"
"Tell me, after our army enters the Heretics' territory, what are we supposed to do?"
Toreya looked at the minister and asked.
"Completely purge the Heretics, Your Majesty!"
"You know it means completely purging the Heretics? Then let me ask you this: how long would it take to completely purge a Black Hole Cavity Realm?"
"Based on the size of the Black Hole Cavity Realm and our current fleet strength, it should take anywhere from two to five years!"
Without much thought, the minister answered directly.
"You know it takes two to five years? Before you can even finish clearing one, the Heretics' army will have caught up. So after all that, you're doing it just to slaughter half a Black Hole Cavity Realm, perhaps not even half?"
"And if you leave them behind, how is that any different from cutting off our own supply lines?"
"Or do you think we can wipe out every Black Hole Cavity Realm in the Heretics' territory