"No matter what questions you have, dear, you cannot miss this bottle of wine." The Emperor's words revealed that he was not entirely unaware. Without even turning around, he ordered an Invisible Servant to bring over a bottle of wine. Stephanie Malik gladly accepted the gift, ignored the rule against drinking during work hours, and poured herself a glass. Then, as if she were at a Japanese restaurant, she stored the bottle in a wine cabinet reserved exclusively for her in the Emperor's office.
The Emperor's trust in her was beyond measure, but Stephanie Malik knew that she still lacked the clearance to view the deployment orders for the Gene-modded Warriors and the Praetorian Guard. Even so, from logistical transfers, transportation directives, ammunition supplies, fuel supplies, emergency financial expenditures, and other logistical and administrative orders, she could glimpse just how enormous the Emperor's force for his trip to South America was. By comparison, even the army deployed in northern Macedonia seemed tiny.
Praetorian Guard Commander Constantine and his adjutant Hannibal had repeatedly led Hellfire Knight squads deep into Albanian autonomous villages in North Macedonia to strike transnational criminal groups, displaying their military might. This forced Macedonia, whose trade had been cut off by Latveria's blockade, to gradually submit and hand over the administration of North Macedonia to Latveria. Afterward, Legion Commander Malcolm of the Hellfire Knights, Praetorian Guard Commander Constantine, and numerous other military commanders were recalled for mysterious specialized training.
Only the Emperor himself could command those people. Without question, the Emperor would once again don his armor and destroy his enemies. That was what worried Stephanie Malik the most. Latveria had finally gotten onto the right track of development. Other than the Emperor, no one could make this reassembled nation advance under a single will and a single