A troop movement on such a massive scale by the Eternal Night Fleet naturally could not escape the Wulf Empire's notice.
In fact, several groups from the Imperial Reconnaissance Fleet were already nearby, shadowing it and gathering intelligence.
The Ninth Prince, who was equally at odds with the All Things Unity Society, eagerly awaited a clash between two titans and naturally chose to stay out of it.
Yet when seventy-two lights flared within the enormous fleet, something shocking happened...
With Eternal Night's demise, the million-ship fleet seemed to lose its soul, slowly shutting down its engines and thrusters.
The fleet's lights went out in swathes, turning its ships into steel coffins coasting through the cold universe.
Even the signals flooding the channels between the ships fell silent in an instant.
Only two hours later did a reconnaissance ship bold enough to approach send out drones for a closer look.
Then they discovered a fact that left them utterly stunned...
The news soon reached the Empire.
The entire Wulf Empire was gripped by terror. Even the Hawkish Nobles clamoring to avenge His Majesty the Emperor instantly fell silent.
The Machine Race's main fleet, which had fought the Empire for a full thousand years and rivaled it in strength, had been wiped out in a single strike.
Eternal Night was dead, and two-thirds of the Machine Race's power was gone.
And from beginning to end, the attacker had never even shown his face, taking the enemy commander's head from far away.
What they had expected to be a clash of titans had instead been an ant trying to stop a juggernaut!
This was nothing short of the astonishing power of an advanced civilization!
And the Machine Race had been destroyed simply because it had wanted to attack the Solar System...
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