William II quickly answered the Empire's demand for surrender.
Cront would never bow to the Empire's tyranny! Even if its people had to die for their country, they would never become part of the Empire! At the same time, he ordered all of Derrin placed under martial law. Everyone had to prepare for war. They would fight the Empire to the bitter end!
Honestly, after reading William II's statement, Li Wei let out a long sigh of relief.
"All right, Derrin it is."
"Mm."
Beside him, General Hao set down his wineglass and nodded, looking relaxed.
Li Wei wasn't talking nonsense. In fact, throughout this war, the Queen had maintained one requirement: she wanted to see how much damage Guided Missiles could inflict on a city.
That was only natural. After all, if the Empire wanted to build a deterrent around Guided Missiles, it had to show everyone the devastating power they could unleash in a city.
It was like how films nowadays described a bomb's power by comparing it to so many times that of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
That was essentially a baseline.
Once a Guided Missile had exploded in a city, the Empire would have a baseline whenever it talked about their power afterward. For example, a new bomb might be so many times more powerful than the Guided Missile used to bomb Derrin-and so on.
But even bombing required some consideration.
First, if someone wanted to surrender, bombing them anyway would be rude.
After all, the Empire's main objective at present was to "reclaim" Cront, Francis, and the Sasha Alliance. It wasn't as simple as being an invader who smashed, looted, and burned everything. They also had to consider how difficult those territories would be to govern after the war. Dropping Guided