"...How much do you need, for example?" Robin asked calmly. "Let's say the number of academies on our side reaches one thousand tomorrow. How much would you need for defensive expenses per year?"
His expression remained relaxed.
Almost casual.
As though he were asking about the weather.
Yet behind that simple question, countless calculations had already been completed.
He wasn't actually looking for Blokan's answer because he didn't know.
No... the calculation wasn't that difficult.
What Robin wanted was to test something.
As for the real number, he had already calculated it within a fraction of a second, using Althera's academy as an example.
The Dawnlight Star Academy wasn't the largest academy in existence, but it certainly wasn't small either. Within Mid Sector 99, it had been the largest of the three major academies, and by a considerable margin.
It was large enough to serve as a reasonable benchmark.
Large enough to represent a successful academy.
