Before this invincible fleet, which seemed to have sailed straight out of myth and blotted out the sky-
Eastern Japan's dozen or so tiny patrol boats looked like leaves floating on a vast ocean, liable to capsize at any moment. They were so insignificant, so laughable.
Every Eastern Japan soldier had been scared senseless by the apocalyptic spectacle before them.
They slumped on the decks, their faces ashen, unable even to muster the thought of resisting.
How were they supposed to fight this?
What could they possibly fight it with?
The waves those ships stirred up just by approaching could sink them!
This was not even a battle between forces in the same league!
This was an overwhelming mismatch!
Inside the flagship's command room, the commander who had been so arrogant moments earlier felt his legs turn to jelly and collapsed onto the floor.
Splash!
The pungent stink of urine rose from his crotch.
He had literally pissed himself in terror!
And the Japanese Emperor, who had just been clamoring to tear Yue Xiaofei into pieces, was even worse. His face was white as paper, and his entire body shook like a leaf.
"Impossible... this is impossible... how could the Dragon Kingdom's navy be this powerful..."
In his mind, wasn't the Dragon Kingdom's navy still the impoverished, feeble "Brown-Water Navy" of decades past, incapable of fielding even a single decent warship?
How many years had it been?
How had it grown into something so terrifying?!
In both scale and presence, this fleet was several times more formidable than even the Aircraft Carrier Battle Group their "master," the Eagle Side, took such pride in!
When exactly had this lion of the East silently honed fangs sharp enough to tear through anything?!
Just as everyone was being overwhelmed by the terrifying spectacle-