When the ships set sail from Cow Hoof Island's harbor, Liszt understood that war had become unavoidable.
And naval battles were cruel. The cramped confines of a ship offered no room for knights to charge. All they could do was exchange attacks from afar, or leap back and forth in boarding combat.
Liszt and A Ke rode aboard the Tulip, the Tulip Family's flagship. They did not choose to fight, merely watching as the battle spread across the sea. Having basically decided to reap the fisherman's profit, Liszt regarded the war as a movie—he only needed to buy a ticket and find a seat.
"We hold the advantage in naval warfare. Sapphire's knights have dealt with pirates often enough; their experience fighting on the water is not something the Eagle Kingdom's hastily trained knights can compare to... After all, they have never endured the sea's baptism, and do not know how to master the waves."
Leewilliam stood at the bow, surveying the entire naval battle through a telescope.
The Dragon Knights had not appeared on the battlefield, so for now it was merely a naval battle between ordinary knights. Sapphire's knight orders and fleets were still arriving one after another, and the current fleet was not particularly numerous. The Eagle Kingdom, however, had practically mobilized its entire strength, countless sailing ships covering the whole expanse of sea.
Yet their ships were clearly slower, clumsy in turning, and especially foolish-looking before Sapphire's many fast sailboats.
Two fast sailboats coordinated their approach from either side. In an instant, great numbers of knights leaped from their decks and began boarding combat.
Two against one—they easily destroyed an Eagle Kingdom sailboat. Then the Sapphire fast sailboats swiftly pulled away and charged toward the next Eagle Kingdom vessel.
After only a brief clash between the