Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 511

Chapter 509: Cold-hearted Person

. Gu Hang didn’t immediately respond to Gallardo’s words.

Gallardo waited for over ten seconds, but with no response, he felt a little uneasy.

“You…”

Just as he began, Gu Hang spoke up at the same time: “You understand the Alliance’s situation.”

“When I left Holy Terra, you and Prime Minister Ou gave me the mission to defeat the Fury in the Dragon Eagle Segmental Region and block the Iron Rage Stone’s path to further expand its influence southward.”

“My Alliance has successfully completed this mission.”

“…” Gallardo

felt a little embarrassed. Gu Hang was right. Before returning from Holy Terra, the Alliance’s mission was indeed simply to drive the Fury from the Eastern Astral Region.

But who could have imagined this outcome?

The Alliance had driven out the Fury with virtually no cost. In fact, it was originally expected that the Dragon Eagle Segmental Region, as the first battleground against the Iron Rage Stone rebel alliance, would be shattered.

However, this did not happen.

Because the Fury Flame Chapter was driven out through a bloody duel, the Dragon Eagle Sector remained relatively untouched, remaining in excellent condition.

This significantly increased the Alliance’s strength, making it far more formidable than initially anticipated. However,

the situation shifted swiftly after the Ironclad Chapter’s rebellion. First, three sectors were overrun, then Melandri led a large force in surrender. Then, the Inquisition and the Blood Rose Battle Sisters, along with two loyalist chapters, fell into a trap and were slaughtered on Tianyuan VI… By

this point, the entire Spider Web Sector was practically doomed.

This was a stark contrast to the Imperial Central Government’s initial predictions.

Why were Gu Hang offered so many benefits? Wasn’t it simply because they expected the Alliance to be the vanguard, fighting the Iron Fury Stone on the front lines, buying time for the Empire to rally its forces?

As it turned out, the Alliance was doing well, the Dragon Eagle Sector was doing just fine, but the Spider Web Sector, with its fourteen sectors and tens of thousands of worlds, was in dire straits.

The Empire barely had time to muster sufficient forces to launch an attack.

Looking around the Spider Web Universe, the only reliable force that could potentially play a role was the Alliance, which was supposed to be the first to attack!

Gu Hang was indeed right; he had fulfilled the promise he made upon leaving Holy Terra.

However, the mission assigned to him at the time was essentially to hold back and contain a portion of the Iron Fury Stone’s power, not to truly recuperate here.

Why would the Empire want you to recuperate?

Get back to the fight!

However, Gallardo would not be too forceful with Gu Hang, his “good brother.”

He said, “You have to consider my difficulties. I can give you a lot of extraordinary support, and that’s for many reasons. You have to give me some support too.”

“I understand.” Gu Hang’s tone softened a little. “I am willing to provide you with support, but…”

Gu Hang sighed and continued, “Bogioia, if you insist, I will of course launch an attack.”

“But are you sure you really want me to do this?”

“I am undoubtedly your most staunch supporter. The current situation of the alliance does not allow it to fight against the Iron Fury Stone. If I act rashly, the troops I bring to the Princess Star Region will almost be doomed to fail. They must be sent away. In fact, after that, the Iron Fury Stone will not have any scruples about the south. After losing the main force, especially the main fleet, Paul can send a detachment south to completely defeat my alliance.”

Gallardo remained silent.

This was indeed a very easy situation to happen.

“I’m your staunchest supporter, your brother. After giving away all my possessions, is that just buying a little time?”

“By then, once we’ve overcome the most difficult part, the various factions of the Empire will indeed be able to accumulate some strength. But let’s not even talk about whether this will lead to ultimate victory. Even if we do, what will it have to do with us? Who knows which marshal, which faction, will reap the final, most abundant fruits of victory.”

His words made Gallardo fall into deep thought.

Gu Hang casually picked up the glass beside him and took a leisurely sip. This was a set of arguments he had prepared long ago, and it was the most suitable one to tell Gallardo.

Is Boggio Gallardo some great loyal minister of the Empire?

Obviously not.

This guy has always been a man who never does anything without profit.

Even with his good and close relationship with him, it’s not appropriate to use emotional persuasion.

This person has a cold heart, and talking about relationships can easily lead him to feel, “You’re letting me down.”

It’s not that he can’t succeed; he can easily succeed; however, if he fails, no matter how strong their relationship was, it can easily break down. Even if they succeed, it will leave hidden dangers and cracks in the relationship.

When it comes to discussing interests, however, they’re at a rational, focused-on-benefits stage, which actually has less impact on the relationship.

To put it bluntly, someone like Gallardo, who had previously helped Gu Hang, essentially had this logic: “You’re my good brother, someone I can trust. I’m helping you, and it’s also good for me.”

Now, Gu Hang’s argument really concerned Gallardo.

He thought for a moment and realized that Gu Hang’s words made sense!

Giving away the alliance would be a huge loss even if they won!

The alliance belonged to Gu Hang, so wasn’t it essentially his?

The thought of this made him feel incredibly bad.

The key question was, what would the benefits be in exchange for giving the alliance away?

That might be good for the empire, and good for Ou Juren, but not necessarily for Gallardo.

Even if they finally defeated and killed Iron Fury Stone, the credit would belong to the entire faction. As the second-in-command of the faction, he would certainly be able to share a lot of the profits, but…

how could it be as satisfying as taking all the credit for the achievements in the war for yourself?

However, Gallardo still had one last question.

He pondered and weighed it carefully in his mind.

At this time, Gu Hang’s voice rang in his ears: “Of course, I know you are also under pressure, and I understand it very well. We must take some action for this.”

“I will send part of the army north, so that we can shut up some people on Holy Terra.”

Hearing this, Gallardo, who was in Holy Terra, finally smiled.

(End of this chapter)