Chapter 1166
Siegfried was absolutely furious.
The Marchioni Empire had used the Coral Planet expedition as an excuse while doing nothing when the fallen angels invaded the Middle Realm.
Even during the great war, they suffered the least damage among all nations and only swooped in at the end by sending Princess Irene to claim the spoils. Siegfried had just learned that the Coral Planet expedition was not a defensive war, but an unjustified offensive invasion.
‘The fallen angels started a world war, and the Marchioni Empire was just lining their own pockets the whole time?’
From Duke Neighdelberg's words during the meeting, the assumption was more than plausible.
“Sigh... You have no idea what we had to go through to make this conquest possible. The schemes, the gambles, and the strings we have to pull.”
Siegfried had a feeling that he knew exactly what the duke meant by the "gambles" he had mentioned.
‘Me stopping the fallen angels—that's one of their big gambles. The Marchioni Empire bet that I would stop the invasion while they focused on this place. Of course, I’m sure they had their own safety nets in place too.’
He pondered the whole chain of events. ‘Because the fallen angels invaded, most of the great powers collapsed, and more than half of the continent was devastated.
"Thanks to that, the Marchioni Empire has further solidified its place as the world’s greatest power.’
The Marchioni Empire had become an even greater superpower than before the war.
As if that was not enough, they were now on the verge of colonizing the Coral Planet and harvesting the enormous amount of resources ripe for exploitation.