By then, the powers based in Mary Geoise could no longer leave.
They had chosen the World Government, along with the interests and power Mary Geoise offered. That choice came with obligations.
They could only follow the World Government to the bitter end.
The powers that had left early were grateful they had. As for those that remained, they could hide little of their strength from the World Government.
Even Victor had entered the fray.
For the first time since the Second Bloody War, the Sterling Family was again taking part in the struggle between the World Government and the Pirate Allied Forces.
A powerful force like the Sterling Family was naturally under close watch by the World Government.
Even the Celestial Dragon families had entered the fray. Marrying into several of those families would do the Sterling Family no good.
Their participation could greatly strengthen the World Government's forces. Naturally, it would not let them sit on the sidelines.
This war would be even more brutal than the Second Bloody War.
And that was without considering how far across the world the fighting would spread.
The forces sent by Mary Geoise's various powers alone were formidable, making up for the World Government's shortage of mid- and high-level fighters.
After all, Mary Geoise had no fewer than four powers with Top Combatants capable of threatening the Celestial Dragon families.
Besides the Sterling Family, there were the Phoenix Family, the Nicholas Family, and the Augustus Family.
The four families wielded enough power to threaten the Celestial Dragons and held extraordinary influence in Mary Geoise.
For that reason, many Celestial Dragon families had long feared and suppressed them.
Few people on the seas knew they existed. Through their connections within the World Government and their own potential, they had grown undisturbed for