The site of this fleet duel was a stretch of sea thirty kilometers long and thirty kilometers wide. Since this morning, countless vessels had followed the North Wind Fleet and the Renard Family fleet of the Ewindara Archipelago Joint Fleet toward those waters.
A large number of buoys had already been placed around the waters as maritime boundaries. Other than the navies of the two sides taking part in the duel, no ships or airships were permitted to enter the area.
The North Wind Fleet had dispatched two battleships led by the Snow Thorn and four heavy cruisers—half the fleet's total strength. Likewise, the Renard Family had sent two battleships and four heavy cruisers into battle. As for the Renard Family's losses after this battle, the great houses and family representatives of the Ewindara Archipelago had stated that, after the battle, all the families would jointly provide funding to restore the Renard Family's fleet strength to its prewar level.
The vessels from the North Wind Fleet and the Ewindara Archipelago Joint Fleet that were not participating in the battle cruised around the perimeter of the dueling waters, maintaining order for the duel and resolutely sinking any vessel that dared intrude into the area.
Naturally, the ships that had come to watch did not dare enter the dueling waters. All of them gathered two or three kilometers outside the area marked by the maritime buoys. The wealthy passengers and sightseers aboard climbed up the masts or stood on high ground, taking out high-powered telescopes, cameras, and other equipment as they prepared to enjoy the grand spectacle.
In the sky, Golden Roc Bank's airship hovered several thousand meters above the center of those waters, overlooking the entire scene.
Amid many cries of surprise from aboard the airship, an enormous section of the