On the seemingly shimmering Treasure Sea, with a temper not much better than the Black Sea.
A fleet consisting of twenty-three ships, mainly battleships, took a double-column formation, riding the wind and waves, heading south along the predetermined route.
However, the flags fluttering atop the masts were clearly not from a single entity; the fleet was mainly composed of Phaletis and Tyrone, intermixed sparsely with flags from Paros, Thessaly, and the Tulip Duchy.
On the surface, they appeared majestic and mighty, yet inevitably carried an air of a motley crew.
Because this time the opponent was not pirates, but the world's most powerful nation, Hilus.
The alliance leaders were well aware that sending low-level warships was just fodder for the enemy, and thus they mobilized all their war potential. However, almost all the battleships that could be deployed in a short time were already here.
