He muttered in disbelief. "Impossible... If that were the case, how did they destroy the defense installations and the patrol fleets on the southern side of the star system...?"
But before he could give it much more thought, the star chart trembled once again.
Multiple new signatures suddenly appeared.
The problem was that, this time around, they appeared from every direction throughout the star system.
They had completely encircled the entire star system...
Along with all of his forces.
"No… how… how did they… when did they encircle us?!" uttered Vael, now shaking. "Why didn't the detection equipment pick them up?" He then frowned.
As he contemplated the situation, he watched with his own eyes as multiple attacks were launched once again by the enemy fleet—which now numbered at, if not a bit more than, thirty thousand ships.
