Did the World Government still have a chance?
Of course it did.
Hades quietly made his move.
Weren't there still plenty of factions in Mary Geoise?
Even after Mosquito Girl and Locust Man's rampage, the central district of Mary Geoise remained exceptionally prosperous.
No matter what, Mary Geoise remained the Seat of Power on these seas. That could not be changed, and countless people yearned to go there.
Many nobles coveted the power of the Celestial Dragons and wanted to live in Mary Geoise.
There were still many factions left in Mary Geoise.
The World Government had even deliberately attracted quite a few nobles and wealthy individuals to settle there.
They were not all that well informed about what was happening out at sea.
In the past, how could settling in Mary Geoise have been so easy?
After all, Mary Geoise was known as the "Holy Land," the place where gods lived.
After the Bloody War ended.
The factions that had suffered devastating losses in the Bloody War had either been wiped out or left Mary Geoise.
A large portion of the interests and wealth they left behind had been swallowed up by the World Government.
That had allowed the World Government to recover considerably.
If it suffered devastating losses in this war, the World Government could do the same thing again.
It was not a possibility, but a certainty.
Most of the factions remaining in Mary Geoise had chosen to commit themselves to it and could no longer leave.
Once their main fighting forces were sacrificed, the assets and wealth they kept in Mary Geoise would naturally become ripe for the taking.
How could the starving World Government possibly let them slip away?
Without sufficient strength to protect them, they were lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
And the nobles