Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
He doesn't need to lead the white whale anywhere. After/If they defeat it, the whole army is obliged to help Emilia because the trade for the mines and the white whale location info was an equal alliance, not a one time whale busting truce.

It really feels like we missed an episode. The suffering episodes earlier could've been reduced to make room for how Subaru convinced the pink haired bitch.
We'll see. I don't think that's enough of a guarantee to make them move preemptively after a formidable opponent like the White Whale.

But yeah, what you say might be what occurs regardless.