The Kronos Kingdom's next stage of development was to keep expanding its sphere of influence.
Since the Royal Military Academy was founded, it had supplied outstanding talent to every sector of the kingdom over the years, especially the military.
The Pluton Pirates could not expand, but there were plenty of islands to the kingdom's north, east, and west that could be brought into its sphere of influence.
Those islands might not belong to the Kronos Kingdom on paper.
But in reality? The Kronos Kingdom already controlled them.
Both the Army and the navy had to keep moving. Neither could afford to lie idle.
The world had ten or twenty million islands, but the vast majority had no resources and no inhabitants.
When counting the islands controlled by the powers of the sea, no one ever included those.
To the navy and the Army, however, those islands meant military merit.
Other pirates would inevitably appear along the way. Dealing with them was part of the navy's and the Army's job.
Once the islands fell within the Kronos Kingdom's sphere of influence, they would inevitably belong to it.
Their resources would fuel the kingdom's development.
The kingdom was also building Marine Bases in the waters around it to extend its influence.
On some larger islands, the Kronos Kingdom even stationed Army troops under the guise of locally organized guard units.
Meanwhile, across the New World...
The wars between the great powers were gradually winding down.
A year of training through battle had been enough for all sides.
This was also a ceasefire, giving each side a chance to gauge the others through limited fighting.
Everyone knew the respite would be brief. After a period of recovery, the Contest for Supremacy in the New World would reach its climax.
The title of Legendary