While Governor Augustus was talking to Marvin, the retinue who had come with Augustus reminded him.

"Your Excellency, your free time is over, please go home."

"Tsk, Anno, why do you keep such a good time on such a thing?"

That being said, Augustus didn't really show any displeasure with his entourage, which could be regarded as a grumble at best.

The attendant replied as if he was used to it.

"Actually, it's been a lot of time, sorry, Your Excellency, I'm late to warn."

Augustus looked back at Marven with an embarrassed expression, and his tone was quite helpless.

"That, Marven......"

"What do you tell me to do? I'm not going to help you correct the colony approvals, don't you see a lot of things going on here? ”

As he spoke, Marven pointed to the dissected corpse of the gatherer on the platform.

In this case, in the eyes of outsiders, it will feel that Augustus is making himself amorous.

However, this awkward atmosphere was naturally ignored by Augustus.

"Then I'll take my leave."

"I'm busy, so I'm not going to send it."

Marven, who was reimmersed in work, didn't even bother to raise his head when the two said goodbye.

Augustus, who had just stepped out of the threshold, suddenly remembered something, and turned his head to ask.

"Oh, by the way, there's a tea party for the noble ladies in a few days, and there are absolutely no men present, so you'll always go, right?"

“…… It depends. ”

Augustus snorted at his retinue.

"Anno, give her the invitation."

The attendant nodded, drew a white invitation from his equally luxurious robe, handed it to the assistant who was about to see them off to the governor, and then departed.

Just when the assistant was about to take a closer look at what the invitation letter was like, Marven suddenly spoke.

"Take this and burn it."

"Uh......"

This sudden situation caught the assistant a little off guard, so that he didn't react for a while.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the assistant's stunned reaction, Marven's gaze left the instrument, and the cold and mean he showed just now seemed to have never existed at all, returning to normal conversation.

"Didn't you promise the Governor to go to the tea party of the noble ladies?"

"Who told you I was going? Don't we still have a bunch of experiments to do these days? Some things don't care too much, you know? It's for your good. ”

"Yes, yes, sir, I'm so sorry, I'm talking too much."

The slightly chilling tone of his boss really scared the assistant enough, and he began to admit his mistake without much hesitation.

Leaving Marven's residence, Augustus, who was riding a means of transportation, suddenly spoke, and his tone changed from enthusiasm just now to cold and rational.

"Anno, tell me, what's the matter?"

"The commander of the Third Fleet wants you to move to the headquarters."

A hint of surprise flashed in August's eyes, but it passed quickly, and he continued.

"Did he explain what he was looking for me?"

"It seems to be about the strategy of the seas."

"Got it."

Augustus nodded, no more, but turned his head to look out the hanging window.

Soon, Augustus they arrived at the command of the colony.

The striding meteor sat in one of the few positions, and on the stage opposite them stood the commander of the Third Fleet.

"Now that you're all here, let's start today's Ocean Strategy Meeting."

After the commander finished his opening remarks, he waved his hand, and a picture of the collector appeared on the display screen behind him, along with the relevant autopsy report.

"Sir Marven recently handed me an autopsy report, and these monsters have no reproductive organs, so she speculates that the monsters should rely on another creature to increase their numbers."

"They're them, Sir Marven calls them 'Roshan,' and they fit their appearance, doesn't it?"

Pictures of the hives were released, and these photos were taken from various angles of the hives on land.

After letting the colony's principals browse the hive, the display showed a new photo.

Unlike the Hive photo, this one is very blurry, with only triangular shadows visible.

"In the past, because of this other kind of monster that can attack air targets, similar to missiles, the colony cannot enter the ocean domain, but now that our Third Fleet is here, they can't go into space."

The commander exuded absolute confidence in both words and actions.

In fact, he was already fantasizing about the addition of officials and knights after returning to his home planet, because in his opinion, this is an uncontroversial crush, not a war.

"I call the next battle 'eunuch tactics.'"

"First of all, we use the orbital bombardment of the Third Fleet to eradicate the 'Roshan' that breeds monsters and creates floods."

"We all know that if you cut off the ability of a race to reproduce, that race will not be far from extinction."

Governor Augustus and several other colleagues exchanged glances and then asked a question.

"Is it really necessary for us to take that risk? The ocean is very large, and there must be a lot of monsters lurking in it, and if an attack is carried out, it is very likely to alarm them, and it will be the largest 'flood' in history. ”

"That's right, it's too risky."

"Although we have a 'pop', because of the frequent use, the colony has not much stock."

The commander had expected them to answer him like this, so he showed his trump card to convince them.

The display changed to a picture of the turret in a terrible condition.

"Then I'll tell you another piece of news I got two days ago, these monsters will learn, they are not just simple beasts, who of you can guarantee that monsters can't learn how to resist the 'pop'?"

"Your concerns are also well resolved, as long as you temporarily abandon the colony, move to the orbit of the planet, and establish an orbital residence, won't there be no casualties in the colony? What could survive the indiscriminate bombardment of the fleet? ”

"Governor, a little labor pain can be exchanged for a large area of land and eternal peace, and I don't need to explain which side has more interests."

This is already very straightforward, the larger the colony, the greater the power of the governor, and the right of the colonial principals present to speak will naturally rise.

And the commander of the Third Fleet can also get the merit he wants, and return to his home planet to become an official and knight.

"Okay, then follow your plan......"

After careful consideration, Augustus decided to take this risk, and the benefits were too large for him to refuse.

However, just then, a sergeant strode in.

"What's the matter?"

The commander showed a slight dissatisfaction, but he didn't get angry, he knew that the people under his command knew what the rules were, and they wouldn't break in if something major didn't happen.

"Commander, Starport is asking your fleet to attack and intercept a meteorite shower."

"Meteorite rain?"

The commander was stunned for a moment, and then asked again.

"Can't they change tracks?"

"The tonnage of Starport is too heavy, it's too late, you know, this time the supply of supplies has far exceeded all the totals of previous years."

"Got it, reply to them, I'll give the Third Fleet permission to attack."

"Let the fleet solve that meteorite rain as soon as possible, there are still combat missions for them to perform."

"Yes! Sir! ”

The sergeant gave a military salute and walked away briskly.