It was merely a nominal status grant. The Huya people needed a guarantee, and Saine himself suffered no real loss.
He had indeed even entertained the idea of taking the Huya people in as his own private army.
With the outbreak of the Civilization War, vast numbers of lower-tier legions and cannon fodder were indispensable.
Saine's Ash Holy Tower had been established only recently, and its shortage of lower-tier magicians was a serious flaw.
As for the recruitment of Slave Creatures from planes such as the Flame Worm World, he had no idea how it had been progressing lately.
Having an additional interstellar wandering legion of such decent strength was certainly no disadvantage to Saine.
Just as the Huya King had said, Saine might even have to find ways to preserve them rather than casually use them as cannon fodder.
Once the two sides had confirmed their basic intention to cooperate, the subsequent negotiations proceeded far more smoothly.
The Huya King also raised several other requests at the appropriate time. His demands were not excessive, mainly concerning the settlement and protection of ordinary lower-class Huya people.
The foundation of any race's development lay in its lower-class population.
The Huya Fleet Group had roughly more than five million individuals capable of combat, but its lower-class population was over ten times that number.
So many lower-class people were currently surrounded by fleets stationed in the Galente Federation's positions.
The Huya King was deeply worried that the slightest unusual movement on their part would bring down the Federation Fleet's thunderous strike.
Beyond that, the Galente Federation had many methods of keeping them in check.
Apart from the Law Contracts and the metal buttons implanted into Huya warriors' bodies, nearly every Huya vessel had been fitted with self-destruct devices from the Galente Federation.
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