Chapter 493
Red-Haired's arrival was absolutely an earth-shaking event.
The reason was that Red-Haired had become the final obstacle in the Revolutionary Army's path.
No, to be precise, there was still someone named Imu in the Celestial Dragons' residence. No matter how the captured Five Elders were tortured, they refused to reveal Imu's origins, making it difficult to obtain any useful information from them.
They merely looked at the Revolutionary Army provocatively, inviting them to visit the holy land of Mary Geoise.
Imu's abilities were probably extremely powerful, but he clearly had his own unspeakable difficulties. Either he lacked a suitable ship, or for some reason he could not leave the holy land of Mary Geoise. His mobility was practically zero.
In that case, the Revolutionary Army was happy to take it easy—wouldn't it be better to slowly seize control of this world first, gradually gain the advantage, and then kill him?
Only then did many people realize just how wise Leo's order had been: cease hostilities immediately, accept the prisoners, and stop pursuing them.
At the meeting, Leo proposed a strategic policy of ignoring the holy land of Mary Geoise, blockading the seas around Mary Geoise, and focusing on self-reliance and deep development. The Revolutionary Army had always followed Leo's lead in matters of grand strategy. Once Mary Geoise was blockaded, the Celestial Dragons there began to suffer bitterly.
The Celestial Dragons were extravagantly wasteful. Though they had substantial stockpiles, they also spent enormously. Within only a few months, they were already groaning in misery. Their supplies would soon be exhausted, and there were so many slaves who needed food and drink. Freeing the slaves was absolutely impossible, since every aspect of their daily lives depended on those slaves. But feeding the slaves properly was equally impossible. With so