Countless light-years from an alien planet, the emperor of the empire, situated somewhere in the palace on Imperial Star, was closely following the battle unfolding in Scarred Gorge on the alien battlefield.
He watched as Aida Kang ordered the seven Duke Mech units to retreat, only to be caught up with by Ji Xinghe leading the nearly half-depleted Independent Group, who destroyed three of them and then began a frenzied pursuit.
He suddenly burst into laughter.
"My ninth brother, you've miscalculated again," he said.
It seemed that Ji Xinghe's previous words to Aida Kang were not mistaken—the empire's emperor didn't care in the least about the sacrifice of great nobles like dukes and marquises; on the contrary, he preferred more of them to die.