Not long afterward.
Inside the Nova Imperium government building was a spacious conference room.
The conference room was surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows. Facing north, they overlooked Sanda City's nightscape. At the center of the room was a large glass table.
As the hosts, Rael and a group of Nova Imperium's high-ranking officials and generals sat on the northern side of the table, with the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Sanda City behind them.
Arthur and Heros sat opposite Rael and the others. Carl, her expression cold and aloof, stood behind the uncle and nephew, while Nebula, wearing handcuffs, stood beside Carl.
On Arthur and the others' left sat Quill, Gamora, and Yondo.
Since Drax was still unconscious, Rocket and Groot were taking care of him. This also prevented Drax from having another fit of insanity.
At that moment.
Rael spoke first. "Lieutenant Russell, may I ask which empire or organization your fleet belongs to? What brings you to the capital of our Nova Imperium?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the imperial officials, generals, and Quill all turned their eyes toward Arthur, hoping to obtain the answer they wanted from him.
Arthur made no attempt to conceal anything and answered directly, "We come from Earth. Going by your preferences... you should call it Terra.
"We belong to a large corporation called Umbrella, and the fleet you see is merely one detached force of our Umbrella."
"Terra (Earth)?!"
"A detached force?!"
The moment those words were spoken, most of the people present could not believe that a planet whose civilization level had not even reached one possessed a fleet and army capable of crushing every known power in the universe.
Moreover, this fleet capable of crushing everything was merely a detached force for Umbrella.
Whether it was true or not, this detached force