Meanwhile, on an island far out at sea, far from the mainland...
"What? You discovered Sea Ships in the offshore waters? And there are three of them?!"
As he spoke, the figure behind the curtain could no longer sit still. Amid a rapid series of "thump, thump, thump, thump" sounds, he strode out.
He was a middle-aged man dressed in a yellow-brown-dyed imperial robe, with an extravagantly long crown on his head.
Seeing the figure suddenly rush out, the man kneeling outside immediately lowered his head.
"Your Majesty! We discovered three Sea Ships in the offshore waters. We didn't dare approach carelessly, and they were too far away for us to determine the size of the ships. We could only make out two small ones and one large one."
Hearing this, the man addressed as the Emperor's expression immediately shifted between light and dark.
Those damned rats shouldn't have the ability to build ships...
Could it be that another power defeated the Ratmen and occupied that place?
At that thought, the Emperor's expression became even uglier.
He knew all too well how terrifying the Ratmen were. Otherwise, he would never have voluntarily abandoned the capital on the mainland and fled by ship to this island with his troops.
Given that, if the Ratmen had been wiped out, didn't that mean the newly arrived power was even more terrifying than the Ratmen?!
At that thought, the Emperor felt his heart and liver tremble.
After abandoning the capital and fleeing to this island, he had racked his brains and developed his forces for several years, all to find a chance to retake the capital from the Ratmen.
Who could have imagined that plans would never keep pace with changes?!
Just facing the Ratmen had already placed enormous psychological pressure on him. If