Solomon

In 667 of the World Calendar, many things truly happened in the world that year.

The Ingsman Royal Navy crushed the Pirate Governor Blackbeard in the Nightmare Sea, embarking from then on upon a path to dominate the seas.

The theoretical basis for this was none other than On Sea Power, published that year by a renowned economist.

On the strength of this glorious victory, the names Donald, the economist, and Steam Ironclad Ship were repeatedly brought up by the nations of the O'Farrell Continent and became all the rage.

In that Great Sea Battle, although the Pirate Prince and the Ghost Ship had both made a striking showing, Ingsman was undoubtedly the biggest winner!

Not only had they routed Blackbeard's main force in one fell swoop, they had also plowed through every pirate faction in the Nightmare Sea.

From then on, those pirates of the Nightmare Sea had become a thing of the past.

A few stragglers still remained, but under the navy's ever-tightening pursuit, they could only cling to life by a thread.

With this tailwind at their backs, the island nation of Ingsman not only took control of the Nightmare Sea and monopolized the profits of the entire Golden Route, but also used numerous Privateer Captains to plunder the merchant ships of other nations on a grand scale, even attacking their territories and doing everything they could to hinder the development of other nations' maritime industries.

They even earned the glorious reputation of "wherever the sun shines, there Ingsman rules," and were regarded as the most powerful maritime empire.

After occupying the Nightmare Sea, Ingsman didn't stop while it was ahead. Instead, it pressed on aggressively, setting its sights on the neighboring Golden Sea.

Compared to the Nightmare Sea, where the weather changed without warning, the Golden