"So you're saying that wasn't the Alphart Civilization at all, that the Fario Civilization had known it all along, and that Nevitt had played us completely?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Damn it!"
In the audience chamber of the Sun River Empire's Imperial Palace, Amles was beside himself with rage after hearing Leon's report.
Nevitt had actually played him?
"Forget the Fario Civilization for now. Leon, tell me, is there any way to turn the situation around in Turgar?"
Though furious, Amles knew this was not yet the time to completely fall out with the Fario Civilization. They still faced the Divine Radiance Civilization, the remnants of the Gem Empire, and that mysterious unknown civilization.
No matter how unwilling he was, he could only maintain their alliance with the Fario Civilization for the time being. Otherwise, their plans of so many years might truly collapse at this final juncture.
After a brief moment of thought, Amles spoke.
"Your Majesty, after realizing that the enemy might not be the Alphart Civilization and reviewing some details we had previously overlooked, I discovered something extremely important!"
"What is it?"
"Although this mysterious unknown civilization has powerful warships, from the time they entered Turgar until the current battle at Kolt, they appear to have only around thirty billion main warships. The rest are fleets with combat power roughly comparable to that of a Tenth Order Civilization!"
"You mean..."
"Yes, Your Majesty. Although they possess warships stronger than ours, they do not seem to have many of them. Thus, they can maintain an advantage in small-scale engagements, but once we engage in a large-scale battle..."
"We crush them with absolute numbers!"
"Yes!"
Amles understood what Leon meant.
Since they could not compete in quality, they would compete in quantity.
After all, however powerful the enemy's warships were,