The war at its peak

The Allied Forces could still suppress the news of G38 Fortress's destruction alone.

But G38 Fortress, G-42 Fortress, and G-46 Fortress had been destroyed one after another.

Three Allied Forces supply depots had been destroyed. Something that big could not be covered up simply because they wanted it to be.

Quite a few members of the Allied Forces had survived the war against the Pirate Army.

The Marines also had no shortage of spies from various factions.

Many of the surviving Marines would leak intelligence about the war in exchange for large sums of Beli.

With that money, they could live out the rest of their lives in comfort even if they left the Marines.

That was how the news leaked out, rapidly spreading across the world.

The World Government had already lost its control over global public opinion. Or rather, other powers had been backing those newspapers and media outlets all along.

"Three major supply depots destroyed! Where do the Allied Forces go from here?"

"Hades, the king of the underworld, strikes deep into enemy territory!"

"A major strategic blunder by the Allied Forces!"

"The incompetent Black!"

"The Fleet Admiral defeated! By two young pirates, no less!"

Even without evidence such as photographs, those reporters could concoct stories from their imaginations.

They made them as sensational as they pleased.

In any case, public opinion swung overwhelmingly toward the Rocks Pirates, putting pressure on the World Government.

The spread of the news directly affected the morale of the Allied Forces on the front lines.

They had never imagined that someone would strike their rear.

And inflict such devastating losses.

Now their reserve supplies were in trouble, and panic spread through the ranks.

"How could this happen?"

Even the Allied Forces' senior officers, who had already known about the destruction