Victory and Judgment

22BBY, night of August 14, Galactic Standard Time, Laxus Sub-planet, inside a lavish grand hall.

News of victory had already arrived from the front. Reports of triumph from the three battlefields of Christophsis, Bespin, and Falrin Planet had greatly invigorated the corporate magnates who had once been uncertain about the war's prospects.

After all, the Galactic Republic's might over tens of thousands of years made it difficult for any of them to truly entertain thoughts of rebellion. Even though the Rusan Reforms of the past millennium had nearly broken the Republic's fangs and claws, its enormous scale was still enough to make people shudder.

Before this, although the Confederacy of Independent Systems had won battle after battle across many fronts, it had still lacked a decisive victory. But now, more than 150 Hunter Class Battlecruisers had been destroyed across the three battlefields. It could be said that the Galactic Republic now had virtually no mobile fleets left to deploy.

These battles had allowed them to truly see the possibility of defeating the Galactic Republic.

Governor Tang entered the hall led by several attendants. Along the way, he could feel countless gazes falling upon him, accompanied by waves of hushed whispers.

"Dawn Star Planet... Bespin... Republic fleet... annihilated..." Words like these drifted from the crowd.

The two battles on Bespin Planet had wiped out more than a hundred Republic Hunter Class Battlecruisers and turned the 19th Army into a complete shell. Such achievements had also spread Governor Tang's fame far and wide.

San Hill, chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan, had also arrived early. He gave Governor Tang a slight nod, and they did not exchange many words. Their plans on Christophsis had been an overwhelming success this time. They only needed to quietly count their thousands; there was no need