No one had expected Alice Ho Lactea’s visit, but Eval thought he could use this opportunity. Although he had joined Seven Stars with great reluctance, he wanted to do a proper job now that he was part of the group. His goal was to make Seven Stars the most influential faction among the human factions on Liber. It wasn’t an unreachable dream, but had a good possibility of becoming true.

Of course, he didn’t think it would be an easy task since there would be many worthy competitors. Among them, he thought the Ho Lactea would become the greatest obstacle in their pursuit to reach the goal. But contrary to these expectations, the Ho Lactea admitted defeat before they even clashed. Although he had originally planned to form positive relationships with the other Celestial Lights and isolate the Ho Lactea, this changed things. In military terms, it was as if a superior had joined hands with their superior.

And with this reunion, they could crush groups like the Afrilith and Eustitia if they wanted to. Now that his strategic plan had been overturned like this, Eval needed to rethink things.

“No, I don’t need to formulate a new strategic plan.” Eval smirked. Other groups had probably already received news about Alice Ho Lactea’s visit. They were probably anxiously wondering what Chi-Woo’s group would do from now on. And it was up to them whether they would stand resolute by themselves or come seeking an alliance with them like Ho Lactea.

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As Eval expected, there was a great buzz inside the Afrilith headquarters because of the news that Ho Lactea visited the Seven Stars. The Seven Stars were recognized to have led the successful conquest of the Hala Forest, so it was even more startling. Apoline, who had already proclaimed herself as Choi Chi-Woo’s future wife, was enraged to hear the news. She had been wondering whether she should visit Chi-Woo, or if Chi-Woo would visit her first, and was stunned to hear that the fox from the Ho Lacteas had taken the first step. Her subordinates were busy appeasing...