After leaving the Bexar Star Region, Saine did not travel alone this time. Instead, he joined an interstellar merchant convoy from the Bexar Civilization heading for the Voskel Civilization.
Civilizations were not isolated from one another.
The more advanced a civilization was, the more proactively it sought contact with other World Civilizations in the surrounding regions.
A civilization that shut itself away would never prosper for long.
Ghost Crow World had once been extremely closed-off, but ever since joining the Wizard Alliance, Saine had found the Ghost Crow King quite proactive.
The most direct result of its conduct for the Ghost Crow Star Region was that it had become far more prosperous and lively than before.
The Wizard Civilization and the Galente Federation had cut off direct trade with each other thousands, even tens of thousands, of years ago.
But trade between those two Top-Level Civilizations and the other World Civilizations around them had never ceased.
Some neutral World Civilizations maintained exchanges with the Wizard World while simultaneously developing trade with the Galente Federation.
Given that these World Civilizations lay far too distant from the Wizard World's sphere of control, and in order to avoid triggering further chain reactions, the Wizard Alliance found it difficult to launch a conquest against them with any legitimate justification. Thus, it could only temporarily "tolerate" their practice of standing with a foot in each of two boats.
A Civilization War was not something one could start simply because they disliked someone.
There were far too many matters involved.
Fighting to the death today and shaking hands in reconciliation tomorrow was utterly commonplace in interactions between civilizations.
Had the Galente Federation not once been a loyal strategic partner of the Wizard Civilization?
Now, too, it had completely turned into an adversary due to conflicts of