Federation Year 1862.
Kousha Realm, Noreya Empire, Mobile Imperial Capital.
"Your Majesty, the monitoring team reports that the Heretics fleet has made a move!"
Inside the main hall, a guard knelt on one knee and reported.
"What move?"
"The Heretics fleets in the four Black Hole Cavity Realms have all opened Cross-border Channels. Their target is the Tuhr Realm!"
"The Tuhr Realm... Is their target our supply fleet?"
Hearing this, Toreya studied the Black Hole Cavity Space map and muttered to himself.
"Your Majesty, it was already suspicious that the Heretics had delayed occupying the Tuhr Realm. Now that I think about it, their purpose was likely to wait until our supply fleet drew near before suddenly attacking!"
"After all, if the Heretics had occupied the Tuhr Realm from the start, we would certainly have stopped the supply fleet from coming!"
At that moment, one of the ministers in the hall spoke up.
The other ministers nodded one after another, all agreeing with the analysis.
Only Toreya remained silent, his brow instead furrowing slightly.
For some reason, although he felt there was nothing wrong with that analysis, he still sensed that something was off. Yet he could not say what it was.
"Your Majesty, this is a good opportunity!"
"How so?"
"Since all four Heretics armies have begun moving, we can set out for the Tuhr Realm as well once we confirm that they have all entered the channels!"
"You mean to use our faster Cross-Realm Technology to reach the Tuhr Realm ahead of them, then set up a defensive line and wait for the Heretics to walk right into it?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. Isn't this exactly the opportunity we were waiting for in the Kousha Realm?"
The minister nodded as he spoke.
After all, their original decision to defend