Of course Dante had mixed feelings.
What were they talking about? They were discussing the fate of Holy Terra and the entire Human Empire, talking about how to directly transport a massive army across half the empire to the capital, discussing how two enormous political entities could conduct a strategic cooperation spanning almost the entire empire...
And what was he doing?
This so-called ’legendary hero’ was trapped in his ho star domain, nearly crushed in a deadly insect swarm invasion.
The difference between the two was truly too vast.
He was here, wondering whether Gu Hang had used spiritual energy to deceive him...
Feeling sowhat like those grand figures were exploring the star seas, and he was stuck in petty squabbles.
Yet when he thought of this, he couldn’t help but question again, could this be a scam?
Seeing Gu Hang’s gaze turn to him, Dante said complexly, "Your grand plan sounds too unreal."
His tone was a bit sarcastic.
Gu Hang bluntly replied, "You think all this is fake, a scam?"
Dante was caught off guard and felt sowhat ashad.
It was a sudden exposure of his inner darkness, a sense of sha.
In his fifteen hundred years of life, he hadn’t had many experiences like this.
Yet he quickly adjusted his state and maintained a firm attitude, "I haven’t drawn such conclusions, but this is too unbelievable, don’t you agree?"
"Alright, I’ll explain in two sentences, just two."
Gu Hang raised one finger, "First, deception wouldn’t use sothing so outrageous and easily verifiable. You’ll soon be able to confirm through various channels whether the Son of God’s rebirth is true or not."
Dante remained silent in response to Gu Hang’s first explanation.
He could think of these things too. Still, he felt it was astonishing and sowhat unacceptable, though he understood it quite well by now.
And what Gu Hang said next left him even more speechless.
Gu Hang raised a second finger, "Second, neither the Blood Angel Corps nor you, the Empire’s hero, have any value in being deceived."
...
Returning to his command post, Dante felt a bit lost.
The people from the Crimson Scythe had already left, leaving only his closest battle brothers here.
Seeing the state of their battle group leader, everyone was a bit worried.
Worried about his ntality and his physical condition.
At the sa ti, there was a sense of unease.
The combat power displayed by the Alliance upon their arrival was astonishing. Their massive military strength was far beyond what the Blood Angels had imagined. They had fought to exhaustion, on the brink of defeat, and yet the arriving Alliance swept through the insect swarm effortlessly.
Although the insect swarm had been worn down in previous battles, it remained a formidable army, suddenly vanquished...
Conversely, the Blood Angels and their subsidiary groups were almost wiped out by the remnant insect forces and stood no chance against the Alliance.
The current strength of the Blood Angels, compared to the Alliance, was even greater.
Moreover, there was no need to feel resentful, thinking the Alliance is exploiting the situation. Even at the peak of the Blood Angels, with twenty-one thousand interstellar warriors, they wouldn’t have matched the Alliance’s Southern Line Army. Not to ntion, in terms of conventional ground forces, naval fleet size, and logistics, they were comprehensively ahead.
Replace the Alliance’s Southern Expeditionary Force against the insect swarm army that nearly destroyed their ho star, and the victorious side would undoubtedly be the Alliance.
And this wasn’t the entire strength of the Southern Expeditionary Force; they had at least half of their forces operating in surrounding cosmos domains in detached fleets. This wasn’t the Alliance’s full power either; the Eastern Expeditionary Force was on par with the Southern Line, and the Western Line was the Alliance’s most focused direction. Not to ntion the abundant strength they possessed back ho...
This comparison made the Blood Angels feel like they were facing the pressure of the Central Empire.
Under the overwhelming power of the Alliance, amidst their own weakness, with Dante unconscious and near death, almost saved solely by the Alliance’s special technology, they surrendered the Netherworld Star Domain, which they had defended for years, with casualties beyond imagination.
This is why Gu Hang told Dante, ’You aren’t worth deceiving.’
This was the reasoning.
What was there about the Blood Angels worth deceiving?
Dante himself couldn’t think of a reason.
The star domain territory he guarded was now systematically taken over by the Alliance; the mortal soldiers who fought for the star domain were being inducted and screened. Those of good quality with personal willingness integrated into the Alliance Army ranks, and most who were not up to standard, or didn’t wish to serve anymore, were given so money and a Netherworld Star Domain defense campaign commorative dal to retire and return to civilian life, enough to inspire them.
When setting Alliance ranks post-battle, they wouldn’t be too low, and rank-based security was guaranteed. Not to ntion, the Alliance’s military decorations and commorative dals were not re honors. The Alliance’s honor was valuable, providing lifelong allowances based on honor levels, unless stripped of honor due to cris or other reasons.
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