Multithreaded Screen Operation

The room temporarily serving as the Emperor's office resembled a military barracks more than anything else: clean lines, ample light, and only the golden curtains embroidered with wolf heads and cloud patterns silently proclaimed their owner's status. Outside lay the bustling center of Augustgrad. Like a Giant with a stern expression, the Imperial Palace looked down upon the orderly clusters of magnificent buildings. Dark clouds filled the sky, and a cold rain was falling.

Kerrigan wore a long white silk dress beneath a red velvet coat trimmed in gold. On the desk before her stood two small mountain-like stacks of paper documents, while the Holographic Projection unit beside them remained on, flickering constantly.

Sometimes, she even had to handle state affairs late into the night, with very little time to rest.

Many of these matters were trivial, such as the routine report from the governor of some border world, but Augustgrad still had to review and approve them. If the Empire had ten times as many worlds, it would practically work people to death.

Just a few months ago, war had raged across the Empire. Battles large and small had erupted simultaneously, and combat reports and requests for reinforcements had nearly drowned the Imperial Palace.

Only after Augustus assembled his forces and marched on Aiur, striking straight at the heart of the enemy and forcing the Golden Armada and the Overmind's main Swarm forces to return, did the pressure on the Imperial front lines suddenly vanish.

Augustus called it "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao."

Kerrigan then turned to a report bearing the signature of the Minister of Maritime Transport. It detailed how many Imperial transport ships had sunk or gone missing after coming under attack during this period, then meticulously counted the crystal ore storage crates and liquid high-energy gas