"Make preparations. Notify the navy to secure our territorial waters. Destroy any pirate ships that enter without permission!"
In the Kronos Kingdom, Hades notified the navy and issued an absolute order.
"Step up patrols inside and outside our waters. The number of pirates will rise dramatically in the days ahead."
Though the Great Pirate Era supposedly had no effect on the Kronos Kingdom, they still had to take action.
Not everyone knew how formidable the Kronos Kingdom was.
On these seas, the ignorant were the majority.
People who knew neither the meaning of strength nor the meaning of fear.
What Hades had to do was use overwhelming strength to show them what they could not offend, and whom they could not provoke.
Their vast territorial waters needed the military to guard them.
Even the waters within their territory required constant patrols.
After all, Roger's final words had been far too enticing.
Even Hades could not guarantee that no one within his own territory would set sail as a pirate.
Of course, most of them would never amount to much.
The Kronos Kingdom maintained a firm grip on the many islands within its territory and could detect the slightest disturbance immediately.
If pirates really emerged from within and plundered their own territory, they would become a laughingstock.
The military mobilized as soon as it received Hades's orders.
Navy warships sailed out to sea one after another. The Great Pirate Era would take time to gather momentum, and its effects would not appear so quickly, but that did not stop the navy from preparing in advance.
Many people across the seas still could not imagine how terrifying the consequences of Roger's final words would be. By the time they realized it, it would already be too late.
Over a hundred warships spread