"Whoa, what a grand reception!"
Within the Twin Stars Fleet, Reynolds clicked his tongue at the sight.
All this just to welcome a single warship? Even if it was the alliance's flagship, using over a thousand ships as "hostesses" seemed excessive by any standard.
"A grand reception? They're clearly making a show of strength!" Ishar watched the Long-Lived One's enormous body, her eyes gleaming.
"If they want to stand against a colossus like the Second Prince, they have to display enough strength and presence. Otherwise, why would these fair-weather pirates willingly risk their lives?"
"Alsace" couldn't help glancing at Ishar.
As expected of the military's brilliant female strategist, she had seen right through his intentions.
Nie Yun had arranged this welcoming ceremony not out of vanity, but to shore up unity within the alliance!
The Iron Wall Fleet... what excellent publicity material!
The Dark God Temple and the Locke Conglomerate were, after all, merely fronts for the Second Prince. The pirates had some reservations about fighting them, but only so many.
It was like how everyone knew the Syrian opposition was America's proxy in war, yet no one felt particularly constrained about beating it up.
But next, they might have to face the Second Prince directly, perhaps even openly break with him. Naturally, that was an entirely different matter.
In fact, Messiah's intelligence network had already discovered that the Second Prince's covert agents had recently been secretly contacting the leaders of several major Pirate Crews in the Shattered Star Region. Their purpose was obvious.
A visible offensive masking a covert maneuver!
On the surface, he had dispatched the Iron Wall Fleet for a two-sided military assault. Behind the scenes, he was secretly sowing division and undermining them. A three-pronged approach.
And now, what did it mean for the Sea Wolf