In truth, this war had been outside Hades's expectations from the start.
He had never expected the World Government and the Navy to abandon the stable development strategy they had devised after the bloody war to deal with the Great Pirate Era.
They had decided to fight a decisive battle against the Flying Pirates ahead of schedule.
Although Hades knew how difficult it was for the Navy to develop in its current circumstances, he had not given it much thought.
But after careful study, drawing on extensive intelligence and the analysis of the many talented people in the Kronos Kingdom's General Staff...
They had worked out essentially all the causes and consequences of this battle.
The Monster Legion's participation had also come as a surprise.
No one knew what the World Government had done to enrage Typhon, the "King of Monsters," and cause the entire Monster Legion to take the field.
After all, the terrifying weather phenomena triggered by Typhon's fury could not possibly be concealed.
Originally, the World Government had only one opponent: the Flying Pirates.
Now, however, it faced an alliance between the Flying Pirates and the Monster Legion.
As for Byrnndi World, he was just one man rather than a force of his own, so Hades disregarded him.
This had multiplied the strength of the Flying Pirates' side.
They had more than ten top combatants.
Naturally, they still could not compare with the World Government.
But their numerical advantage in high-end combatants gave them the ability to stand against the World Government.
At least in the short term.
Even Hades could not be certain how this war would end.
Whether Atlas lived or died was not important. What mattered was that the Flying Pirates could not be destroyed.
If Atlas died, but the Flying Pirates withdrew early