Ignoring the bewildered senior officials, Krum strode out of the conference room.
Three minutes later, in the leader's office.
When he saw that familiar face projected before him once more, Krum became excited.
"Speight, I always thought you had already perished at Turgar..."
"Leader, I had no choice. At the time, there were only two paths: the entire army being wiped out, or preserving this force for the Republic!"
"I understand. You did very well. It's just that the Republic now... sigh."
Krum nodded and spoke happily, showing no intention of blaming Speight.
But he quickly recalled the Republic's current situation and could not help letting out a deep sigh.
"I understand, Leader. Although I'm on the Alliance's side, I've been following news from the Republic at all times. And the current situation is precisely why I contacted you."
"What do you mean?"
"The Alliance is already preparing for the next battle. The Republic is close to the front lines, so the Alliance needs our cooperation to open up the situation from the Lothar Republic's side!"
"Speight, do you know what you're saying?"
Krum's expression immediately froze.
Indeed, according to the Sun River Empire camp's current deployment, devices used to destroy Black Hole Channels had been distributed to every civilization.
After all, the Empire could not possibly deploy its fleets to every corner on its own.
Therefore, distributing the corresponding devices was a necessary measure. Even so, the Empire had put sufficient safeguards in place. The devices could not be activated freely; they could only be put into use after being unlocked by the Empire. This prevented its subordinate civilizations from using those devices against the Black Hole Channels opened by the Empire itself.
The Lothar Republic was only two Current Nodes away from the front lines. If he cooperated