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Karou looked at the battlefield, this was not what he wanted, though his forces were superior in combat power, they were far too few in number. Compared to his enemies his forces are outnumbered by 1 to 100 or maybe more. Not to mention those enemies hidden in the shadows. 

But despite that retreat is no longer an option. At least not for him, if he retreated many of his forces would be forced to be sacrificed. 

So instead of retreating, he decided to go all out. 

He also ordered the spies working for him to do as much damage as possible and to disrupt them from concentrating on the battle. 

All the spies who pledge their lives to him immediately accepts action, those working for him in the GFA have started to send false information despite knowing that if they are caught they will be executed. 

This false information greatly delayed GFA from sending many of their forces in the front line. 

The same with Coalitions and other top organizations fighting in the front line. The only forces not affected are the independent forces. As well as GT, or Grand Army as every intel they have comes from a trusted source. 

Back in Liberty Queen was having a serious discussion with the elder of GFA, at first the Elder refused to take action but after being blackmailed by Queen he had no choice but to act. Personally, the Queen doesn't want to resort to blackmailing as it can easily backfire. 

But she couldn't refuse the orders from the top. The elder then secretly started sending false information, he regrets having accepted their proposal. Because after watching the GT videos he began to have second thoughts, after all he was unclear if the promises they made would even be fulfilled after getting what they want. 

And now he is being blackmailed, he in a way anticipated this kind of event but not too soon. 

He knows that if he refused in the future they might resort to blackmailing, but at that time he was very convinced by their promises and saw only gains by working for them, how wrong he is, but despite that he is no simple man as being an elder is proof of that. 

So he started preparing contingency just in case everything goes south. Contingency he should have prepared long ago. But for reasons he can't explain how they were able to convince him so completely he never once questioned it. 

Sending his most trusted men the elder started preparing for the worse. 

Liberty was a mess if not for GT security agency holding the line it would have descended into anarchy, in a single moment many buildings started going in flames, then people started marching on the street, if not for GT drones the whole outer layer of Liberty would have been in total chaos. 

People were confused by the sudden development. 

As one building after another goes into flames, and people refuse to stay at home. 

While in the street people started rioting and breaking things, fortunately GT security drones are there to take control as soon as the mobs started breaking things GT drones started breaking their legs. 

The only problem is that no one knows which building to be set in flames next and GT security drones are not equipped to fight fire, those fall into Liberty firefighting agency but because fires in liberty are so rare. Their equipment and their personnel have long entered into decline, and many of their equipment have not been used for a very long time. 

So the massive and spontaneous fires happening all over Liberty have caught them with their pants down. They have no idea where to go or how to go about it. 

And this is just a start, some of the forces of GFA suddenly defected, and started firing on their unsuspected allies. 

Report after reports have come to the elders who was already in the elders conclave having a meeting. 

Small things happening all around. Things that can be considered isolated incidents but if one takes a step back and looks at it again it is clear they are under attack. 

The elders immediately figure it out, after the recent attempt to destabilize the GFA, they have become aware of the many spies their enemies have in their organization. 

Never once did they think that any human would betray their own race. They might fight one another because of profits but if it comes down to it, they are willing to unite to fight common enemies. GFA is built because of that sole purpose. 

They never once imagine that any human would betray their own race. It's a problem they never once considered possible. 

Small incident happening at the same time, one or two of these small incidents is not enough to disrupt the operation of GFA but all of them all happening at the same time, it becomes big enough to cause problems, and delayed, delayed that could have a very serious consequences. 

Not to mention several captains of the ships have defected on route, destroying their fellow soldiers before disappearing without a trace. 

The elders were furious when they heard it. They immediately sealed the news of those men betraying mankind to prevent the soldiers from doubting each other, as it will quickly destroy any coordination they have with each other. 

But unfortunately not everything goes to plan, news of captains betraying humanities and killing their fellow soldiers before escaping was released to the public. Nobody knows who released it, and so the Elders have no choice but to acknowledge it, they know keeping quiet about it now that it has been made public would only worsen the situation. They will not repeat the same mistake twice. 

And so they immediately released a statement along with the faces of those confirmed that betrayed humanities.

Those that betrayed humanity didn't expect for the elders to reveal to the public what they did, after all it's a big shame on their reputation. 

Being branded as traitors of humanities, they are the first in history. So of course their families would be implicated. 

Their faces were plastered all over the GFA main page. 

Soon many news outlets began talking about it, especially the crimes they have committed to be branded as traitors of humanities. 

But with the recent events taking place many began to speculate. 

Meanwhile the elders began to clean up the mess, not to mention a critical battle was taking place in the front line. In order to prevent the moral from taking a huge blow after recently gaining it. The Elders released a series of public announcements, they even named several heroes those soldiers and Captains who accomplished many great things in the battlefield, what better way to increase the soldiers moral than giving them heroes. 

Heroes that can inspire them, and motivates them to do better. 

Some soldiers fighting in the front line have no idea they are being hailed as heroes. 

Captain Andrew Wiggins. Captain of the mech assault team. Have been fighting in the front line for a long time. His team is one of the best teams under GFA. They have completed several life and death missions. Even now they are fighting in the front line along with several drones their assault team are leading the charge. 

What they didn't know is that they are being recorded and their accomplishments are being made public naming them Heroes of the Galaxy. 

Andrea Shen, captain of assault ship Trident, she too has been fighting the front line since the war with Ganesh started. Her ship was equipped with many latest technology from GT, and was carrying many combat drones. Her ship is one of those ships that have been modified to use combat drones as part of the ship weapons system. They are one of the first few to use GT combat Drones. 

And ever since then she has been fighting in the front line. 

She also completed many rescue operations. And now her many accomplishments are being released to the public. 

Using these methods GFA was able to divert the public attention from all the bad things happening, and successfully increased the morale of their soldiers. It's a win-win situation for GFA. 

This makes those who betrayed humanity look very bad. Especially to their families and acquaintances. 

It even comes to a point that local authorities have sent security to protect them. 

Unfortunately though the security was never enough. Too many people are going there to harass and insult them. Even some of the security can't help cursing them after all many or some of them have family and friends who are fighting in the frontlines. 

Meanwhile the family of those who deemed heroes were celebrating non-stop. And many people have come to greet and congratulate them. A stark contrast between heroes and villains.