"But—"
"No need to say any more. They want negotiations, so I'll go."
But once Cisrain had swallowed something, there was no way he would spit it back out.
Karamat could be bombed or destroyed, but not yet—not until they had reverse-engineered Karamat's template and developed it for themselves.
Then he could abandon Karamat.
Before that, Karamat could not be destroyed, especially not its control core.
Besides.
To Cisrain, going alone was no different from going with a squad.
When news came that the humans were willing to negotiate with them.
The entire Eastern Fringe was exhilarated.
The arrival of Am'No, a member of the Tau Empire's Supreme Council, had repeatedly turned the tide of battle in their favor.
First, the starship's main weapon he had brought had swept aside nearly all of humanity's space-based countermeasures.
Then, they had forced the powerful and cunning humans to bow their heads and yield.
With every advantage firmly in their grasp, they had even made the other side's highest leader enter territory wholly controlled by them alone for peace talks.
At that moment, the Fire Warriors regarded humanity as they did every other alien race they had conquered.
Their hearts surged with boundless excitement, and their loyalty to the Ethereals grew even more fanatical.
No matter how tenacious or terrifying the enemy was, once the Ethereals descended, they would ultimately submit to the Tau and join the greatest Greater Good, building it together.
They were the chosen people of the universe.
The entire universe should belong to them.
To prevent the Human Imperium from breaking its word, the Tau would not allow the other side to approach their ship. They could only travel in their own vehicle, and if any other vehicles were spotted, they would be destroyed immediately.
Everyone aboard this vehicle