Draiss raised an eyebrow as he sat down beside her, before grinning evilly. "Well, either the game is broken in favor of the humans, which means the OTHERS would be having just as many problems, or you are incompetent at running an empire. Hold one while I figure out which it is."<br/><br/>He ignored the shocked look on her face, and checked both the history of her fights, as well as his game, and was pleased to discover that his empire was already spreading into space. The 'so-called' asteroid belt was being mined for massive resources, meaning his combat, economic, and research rates were going through the roof as the materials were shipped back, and he had already taken control of a nearby planet, and was putting colonies on two more. His tech tree was branching out into dozens of researches, and while he could follow one of them as he had been, he instead began spreading his research equally, since the asteroid belt was giving him a large enough boost to do so with a reasonable delay in various breakthroughs.<br/><br/>Done reworking how his empire was expanding, including sending colony ships to establish strip mining on two nearby dead planets that never the less reeked of resources, he then examined his balor's problem, and quickly found the problem. "Well, the game isn't broken, and you are not nearly as bad at running an empire as I had thought. You problem is both luck on the barbarian's side, and that you have been almost forcefully ignoring both research and your economy. The barbarians have a weapon that pretty much renders the demonic advantages moot, and you have been neglecting research so hard that I am surprised that they haven't already broken into your capital and bent your leader over her desk. You are being too specific with your orders as well, you have ground commanders that are almost as competent as you are. But the lack of research is your biggest problem. It is like you are using spears against an epic magic user that can hit targets far beyond his sight."<br/><br/>He reached up and rubbed her cheek, softening a bit before leaning forward to kiss her throat. "Would you like for me to come and give you a few pointers, maybe even a bit of personal guidance?"<br/><br/>He didn't think she would need a further explanation of what he meant, not with his hands rubbing her sides, slowly working up toward her large, firm breasts.