Brake

The Republic of Marezia was likewise focusing its attention on affairs in the South.

Unlike the chaotic Center, the Republic of Marezia possessed a somewhat modernized army and intelligence service. They had taken notice of the South's new battleship.

"A new battleship... The way they're hiding it so thoroughly makes it seem like they have something up their sleeve."

"They hid everything just as thoroughly when they built their first battleship in 1025. Maybe they're simply unusually sensitive about it."

As a result of concentrating their intelligence resources on the Southern shipyards, they were able to obtain some meaningful information.

At least, that was what they thought.

"According to the information brought in by our agents, the new battleship is also said to be about the same size as their Dreadnought."

"Then it can be assumed to weigh about 20,000 tons at most, correct?"

"That's our estimate."

The republic's intelligence service readily believed the information the Southern Intelligence Bureau had skillfully leaked...