"We'll begin the meeting. This should be the first conference of our alliance."
Theus sat at the long table, speaking while simultaneously sending messages through the connection.
This meeting consisted of the highest-ranking members of the Fourfold Alliance. Theus had descended into Worker Theus's body and sat beside Angelita, while also contacting Jules through the connection. Isabella's side was more troublesome, so Little Gwen had been sent over to relay messages.
There was no helping it. Although Castel and the South Continent could send messages by radio, the distance meant they could practically only use shortwave radios. They also had to account for the weather, since the radio waves needed to reflect through the atmosphere several times before they could be received here.
This made communication highly unstable and inefficient. They could only use Morse code to transmit messages.
On Blue Star, radios used for direct conversation generally had a range of only a few kilometers. Radio interference in this world was not severe, so multiplying that range several times over was easy enough.
But expanding it any further was difficult. Even with relays, it was nearly impossible to communicate across an entire ocean.
That would require fiber optics or satellites, neither of which Castel could currently manage. Thus, they could only rely on Theus's connection to communicate.
Theus glanced at Angelita beside him. Her voice was calm and unhurried, but her tightly clenched mechanical arms revealed that she was far from composed inside.
"Let's start by introducing the situation in each region." Theus glanced at Angelita. "Lady Angelita, you first."
"Very well." Angelita's voice emerged from her speaker. "The South Continent has completed its general mobilization and fully transitioned to a wartime system. Nearly all civilians have been conscripted by the authorities. Our side will serve as the main