The Northern Alliance's eastern coast had only been occupied a short while ago.
Many people still wanted to put out to sea, but there was also news that Devil Race fleets were gathering here to intercept them.
This was the perfect chance to test aerial strikes against naval forces.
On the enormous sea chart in the command center, dense red markers covered the surface—deployments of Devil Race naval forces compiled from intelligence reports.
Why did the Devil Race possess the strongest navy in the world?
Aside from their long domination of the oceans and their especially vast supply of Magic Guidance Materials, there were also ships built from the bones of deep-sea behemoths.
Ships like the Black Pearl, forever sailing with the wind at their backs.
Ships that were themselves extraordinarily sturdy.
Sailors skilled at boarding actions.
Countless ships equipped with more than enough bows and crossbows.
Simple fleets of corrupted wooden hulls.
And aerial forces at sea.
As well as underwater forces.
Magical fortress islands forcibly pieced together with magic and left floating upon the sea.
And the Magic Serpent Clan, the Leviathan Clan.
Serving as underwater forces.
There were also the Dawn Empire's ships from those days, which did not rely on sails. Over a thousand years ago, when the Dawn Empire was destroyed, the Devil Race's naval power gained its invincible fleet.
Even after more than a thousand years, the Dawn Empire's seagoing vessels were still being continuously manufactured and improved by the Devil Race.
Back then, the Dawn Empire had a standing fleet of 3,800 ships.
Now, the Devil Race claimed to possess tens of thousands of vessels.
There were also the ocean races, Leviathans, and Magic Serpents.
Now even the Merfolk Race had fallen under their enslavement.
Their invincibility at sea.
It could be said