Marshal Adeka of the Capricorn Empire was an imperial marshal who had risen entirely from the grassroots.
The only reason he had reached the position of marshal today was that he had muddled his way up through time and seniority, with a bit of luck thrown in, of course.
Before this, Marshal Adeka had always been responsible for relatively unimportant military duties.
It was only after the Capricorn Empire's Royal Main Battleship fleet group had been surrounded, and the imperial royal member originally responsible for communicating with Saine and the others hurriedly withdrew from the Metal Graveyard War Zone,
that he promoted Marshal Adeka, who had served as his deputy, and had him take charge of coordinating with Saine and the others from then on.
When Saine entered Capricorn Empire territory, he had heard more than once that the Capricorn Empire's royal family had led from the front on the Civilization Battlefield, and that two imperial emperors had even died directly in battle.
But clearly, not every member of the royal family so vigorously promoted by the Capricorn Empire's officials possessed such backbone.
There were also cowards in the imperial royal family, afraid of death.
And among the upper ranks of technological civilizations, creatures of this sort seemed to make up an even greater proportion.
In the end stage of the Galente Federation War, large numbers of Federation higher-ups had also fled abroad.
Compared to the lower and middle ranks, who might still possess a trace of backbone and the spirit to defend their homeland,
those Federation higher-ups who fancied themselves above sentient beings believed their lives were far more precious than those lowly ants at the bottom.
One quality Marshal Adeka possessed that surpassed those Capricorn Empire higher-ups with royal status was that he did not weigh gains and