On this day, Xi Fei suddenly walked to Zhao Guang's training ground, and Zhao Guang slowly restrained the rune in his hand.

In recent days, through research on new knowledge, Zhao Guang has delved deeper into the study of magic patterns. In the future, new legendary magic rune professionals might be much stronger than before.

It's just that Zhao Guang has been organizing knowledge these past few days, so Xi Fei basically wouldn't come to disturb him.

"Has something happened?" Zhao Guang thought for a moment, it seemed like there wasn't anything major.

Even if there was, it would be matters over on the Borick Continent.

Xi Fei began to speak: "First, over on the Borick Continent, we've already provided twelve floating battleships, which is a substantial number. Next, we need to pause; here is the battle report for the floating battleships."

Zhao Guang glanced at it and nodded: "I didn't expect the performance to be this good."

Indeed, Zhao Guang didn't expect this performance, or rather, he had previously overestimated how powerful the plague giants were.

It now seems that the strongest aspect of the plague giants is their infectious nature, which is quite effective even against strong opponents of the same level. But this entity is not designed for direct confrontation, despite its enormous size.

In other words, the seemingly powerful plague giants perform poorly under a series of effective strikes.

Zhao Guang had originally thought he might lose two or three floating battleships, but it turns out the damage to the ships is minimal.

Not only is the damage minimal, but the frontlines have already eliminated over thirty plague giants.

If the enemy weren't cautious, this number might have doubled. This elimination rate makes the frontlines even more interested in floating battleships; this combat power is not something to joke about.

"So now, some countries on the Borick side hope to purchase floating battleships."

"Purchase? Do they know about the Chirali Empire's situation?"

If they didn't know about this, why would anyone propose buying floating battleships, which are national treasures?

"I suppose, on the Delan Continent, most things are not secrets now." Ever since the Xuanwu Empire emerged, their investigation of the Delan Continent has never ceased.

Even Zhao Guang suspects that some of the special characteristics of the Delan Continent may already be known to others.

Were it not for his presence here to maintain order, and the current significant problems on the Borick Continent, someone might have already attempted to send people to occupy the Delan Continent, and that wouldn't be surprising.

"Forget it, tell them that for now, we don't have that many floating battleships. If they want to buy, we'll talk about it later."

Zhao Guang didn't shut down the conversation entirely but said to talk about it later.

Once the second-generation battleships are out, we'll see. If they can completely outperform the first-generation ones, selling a few wouldn't be a problem. If they fight each other, all the better; he can profit from the war.

This isn't because Zhao Guang has a bad attitude; it's just that they would still fight even without his involvement.

As long as he doesn't actively cause trouble or do bothersome things, that should be fine.

"There's also the matter of the Dragon Corps, as we've been working quite fast lately, the first batch is already complete. Do we need to ship them ahead of schedule?" Xi Fei mentioned the second issue.

"Shipping in advance, there's no problem with that, keeping them would just waste food."

No matter how low-quality the creatures, they need to eat. Without food, they'd starve to death, no need to wait for a collapse. Since the Alliance needs them, why should he bear extra costs?

But seeing Xi Fei's expression, Zhao Guang found it strange: "What's wrong? You seem somewhat unwilling."

Xi Fei silently nodded: "It's not entirely unwillingness; it's mainly that the discourse on the Borick Continent is somewhat peculiar."

"Peculiar discourse? What's going on?" Zhao Guang hadn't paid attention to this.

"According to the intelligence we've gathered, there's talk now that this invasion might be related to us, with the goal of selling them various weapons."

Zhao Guang frowned; while different narratives are common, this one seemed particularly strange.

"Do you have any suspects?" This is definitely not a coincidence; someone must be deliberately guiding it.

Over the years, Zhao Guang hadn't lived in vain; this rhetoric is too far-fetched. And crucially, for a narrative to gain traction without opposition suggests influence from some higher-ups.

"According to the intelligence we've gathered, the rumor initially came from the Lusis Empire, and now the Lusis Empire is where this sentiment is strongest, with many people boycotting everything related to us."

"Though they've been the most proactive in establishing magic nets, other aspects aren't as agreeable."

Zhao Guang was a bit puzzled: "Lusis Empire, as I recall, we haven't had any conflicts with them."

Then Zhao Guang added: "And the northeastern defense line seems to have reached the Lusis Empire's territory."

Xi Fei nodded: "It has reached the border of the Lusis Empire, and they will soon make contact. They've formed an alliance with smaller neighboring countries to establish a defense line, seemingly with no intention to retreat."

After all, it's an empire; a complete retreat would spell large trouble.

Didn't you see the countries to the northeast? They thought that retreating for a while would allow them to return.

But now it seems they won't return for a while. Plus, the loss of civilians is immense; even if they can return later, restoring to the original state will be difficult.

Initially, these people didn't care much, but now they are utterly desperate.

Especially many noble lords, who found themselves with nothing left.

While they don't care about the populace, they can't ignore their absence. And these people also seem to be the staunchest supporters of the recent narrative, with some even proposing that compensation be demanded from them.

"Could it be because we're too accommodating, and since we're a nation outside of Borick, they think we're easy to bully?" Zhao Guang frowned at the information.

This is probably why Xi Fei interrupted him due to this matter.

"Perhaps they think our strength is overwhelming. Moreover, they can directly dispatch people to the Borick Continent; if it were me, I would also feel endangered."

Zhao Guang hesitated, then understood that he might've overperformed.

"Hmph, it was they who asked us to step in when they didn't want to use their own forces. Then when we showed powerful strength, they became wary; they're such worthless trash." Zhao Guang couldn't be more disgusted with these politicians.

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