"One hundred and fifteen billion pearls to maintain all the Peacekeeping Armies across one thousand academies for a year?" Robin frowned in surprise, clearly not expecting the figure to be that low considering the scale of what they were discussing and the sheer number of worlds that would eventually fall under the protection of those forces.
"...Fine, give me ninety-five billion and I'll manage." Blokan gritted his teeth. "I can't go any lower than that, otherwise the area controlled by the Peacekeeping Armies will begin to shrink, and casualties may start increasing. At that point we'd be defeating the entire purpose of the academies in the first place."
"May?" Robin raised an eyebrow. "You're making me look wasteful now." He let out a sigh. "What's your strategy?"
