The Bosa Flagship.
As he watched the footage on the display, a trace of confusion appeared in the Bosa Commander's tiny eyes.
"Commander, the enemy has stopped retreating!"
A shrill report came from behind him.
The Bosa Commander snorted. His mouthparts wriggled rapidly as he raised his two pairs of forelimbs and gestured. "I can see that!"
"They're simply trying to hold on to their last defensive zone. How foolish!"
"A Level Four Civilization, and they still can't see beyond one tiny planet. Utterly idiotic!"
"Keep attacking! Break through their defensive line!"
Barely moments after he finished speaking, an ear-piercing alarm rang through the command room!
Then an exceptionally brilliant explosion flashed outside the viewport!
Its light illuminated the entire dim expanse of space, revealing every detail!
At the same time, a line of text appeared before the Bosa Commander.
[Alpha Secondary Flagship signal lost]
"They're insane! They've gone insane!!"
"Lord... this is madness!"
"No, no, no... how dare they do this?!"
Terror filled the scattered voices!
"What happened?!" The Bosa Commander quickly steadied himself and raised his voice, trying to drown out the crew's chatter.
"C-Commander," a crew member stammered. "The Alpha Secondary Flagship has been... been destroyed..."
"I know that!" Suppressing his anger, the Bosa Commander demanded loudly, "I'm asking how it was destroyed!"
"Those Plasma Weapons don't have enough power to penetrate Alpha's Composite Shield!"
"...Self-destruction." The crew member swallowed hard, his two pairs of forelimbs trembling slightly. "Five warships self-destructed at the same time."
"They detonated all the antimatter aboard their warships!"
The command room abruptly fell deathly silent.
The Bosa Commander turned his head with difficulty to stare at the fireball outside, which had yet to die out completely. Disbelief filled his face as he muttered to himself.
"Self-destruction?"
"They're insane. They must