043 Meteor

"Both sides were fighting for the rise and fall of their nations, the survival of their peoples. There was nothing ugly about it."

Kredo said blandly, "It's just that the Temple's way of doing things is too disgusting—though they preach civilization and progress, the moment their own interests are involved, every one of them starts spouting Social Darwinism. They even dress it up as, 'I'm beating you for your own good.' Absolutely shameless. At least we imperialists never hide what we do."

"We must take the necessary military action against Lioz and his White Candle regime, as well as Azure Planet!"

Just then, a representative from a civilization aligned with the Temple stood up to speak:

"Being strong isn't a crime, and being weak isn't an excuse. If you kick a tough guy in the crotch first, don't blame him when he punches you in the face."

"Strip Lioz of his Stratum Abyss Hero title! Launch a full-scale air raid on Azure Planet! Kill all the Azure Planet natives!"

"They only repelled a social invasion. A few councilors, and people have already turned them into some kind of myth."

"Give Azure Planet back to the Maxwell Syndicate! They chose it as their homeland two thousand years ago!"

The entire hall was filled with righteous indignation. Some even projected the Maxwell Syndicate's flag onto the walls, as though the Maxwell Syndicate had become the most pitiful nation in the Stratum Abyss.

The development of events was so surreal that, in less than two hours of discussion, people had completely come to believe the Maxwell Syndicate's tragic tale.

For some reason, people always clung to one belief: wealthy families must surely be generous and gentlemanly. Because they were powerful and well educated, they would never covet the little patch of land in