Back then, after the divine envoy of the Xilbeila Empire—the bishop of the Black and White Church—shared the technology of the Black Hole Gate, all the Purgers built one.
The Noreya Empire was no exception.
"Your Majesty Bater, we have confirmed that the Black Hole Gate of the Noreya Empire was never discovered by the Heretics and still exists to this day."
"As long as we use the Black Hole Gate to send our army directly into the Noreya Empire, we can avoid the original route, catch the Heretics off guard, and invade their territory within a century."
"After all, the Noreya Empire is only a little over a hundred Black Hole Cavity Realms away from Heretic territory!"
Bater listened silently.
That was true, but the problem was that the Dasaross Empire was more than 2,900 Black Hole Cavity Realms away from the Noreya Empire.
In other words, activating the Black Hole Gate would require the sacrifice of 30,000 Black Hole Lifeforms, all of whom had to be at least Third Tier.
"Your Majesty Bater, if we continue advancing along the original route, our repeated simulations show that even if we manage to defeat the Heretics, our losses will be dozens of times greater than these 30,000 Black Hole Lifeforms."
Seeing Bater hesitate somewhat, Cardinal Kachinsky continued.
There were only around a hundred thousand Black Hole Lifeforms above Third Tier in the entire empire. How could Bater not hesitate?
Still, Kachinsky was right.
Given the environment of the Meridian Valley Route, combined with the strategic weapons in the Heretics' hands and their still-unbreakable stealth technology...
If they insisted on taking that route, the losses might not be as exaggerated as dozens of times what Kachinsky claimed, but they would certainly be several times greater.
"How about this? We will use