The Commonwealth military assigned the Fuxi a support detachment consisting of one work ship, one medical ship, and four light cruisers. They had all completed their trials and entered active service only last year, and their crews were all highly capable. As for the work ship, it was a nanotech repair vessel imported from the Iron Army Consortium. There weren't many ships of this type,
but they were still warships, after all. The Alliance had actually allowed them to enter its territory, which did seem rather open-minded.
However, before these Commonwealth warships arrived, the Imperial forces participating in the joint operation had already gotten there. Their fleet included two battlecruisers and two large carriers—enough to wipe out three or five small nations.
And right under the noses of the Alliance border garrison, this fleet swaggered across the border and arrived in the Huoyuan system.
Well, considering the relationship between the two countries, the Alliance's attitude couldn't even be called open-minded anymore. It was downright carefree.
Still, from the outside, the fact that the Empire's fleet had entered Alliance territory, even if only a border system, said plenty. If that wasn't a symbol of lasting peace, what was?
The colossal weapon codenamed "Emperor's Scepter" wouldn't enter Alliance territory, but it had swaggered into the Flamewing Sector on the border, escorted by an equally imposing Imperial fleet. The most powerful weapon to appear in the history of this civilization was now aiming its swordlike tail toward the depths of the vast Spiral Cross Nebula.
"So, what exactly is the World-Serpent that it would drive the Empire to deploy a weapon like that?" Brigadier General Tovi was an ordinary soldier, with little knowledge of the Otherworld or the world of psychics. He really couldn't understand why the Empire had gone to such lengths.