Conditions

The Zerg needed to change the image they held in the minds of the other races, not because they lacked strength, or because they were afraid. In Rowan's eyes, the loose alliance and independently governed alien races were no longer much of a threat.

If these were their only enemies, Rowan would not have needed to waste words with them. He could have simply gone straight at them. Through the continued infiltration of "their own people," along with fanning the flames and redirecting conflicts, Rowan believed that before many years had passed, the Zerg would be the ones calling the shots in this star region.

The only issue was that a major threat still lurked behind the Star Sea Alliance. Though it was merely Rowan's hypothetical enemy, he had always been good at outwitting and battling the air. It never hurt to make more plans and be prepared.

Although this war had begun due to the secret instigation of many major powers, by this point, many civilizations and races no longer wanted to continue it.

At the beginning, they had only believed the Zerg to be a lucky emerging civilization that had obtained the inheritance of an ancient advanced civilization. Unfortunately, this had been discovered before they had been given sufficient time to develop.

To those alien races, the Zerg were like an infant who had acquired a cosmic battleship—possessing treasure but unable to use it. With their strength, taking down the Zerg should have been effortless. Even if they could not obtain the greatest treasure afterward, they could at least earn some scraps of the reward through their contributions.

Yet this contempt was ruthlessly slapped away by the results of battle after battle. Not only were the Zerg not weak, they were hundreds or thousands of times more difficult