Talanji refused to accept defeat, especially after the Zandalar Kingdom had supplied so many resources. She could not give up easily.
If the plan failed, all the prestige Talanji had built up within the Zanchul Council would be exhausted.
Besides, the strength the Norwington Family's current fleet had displayed was enough for Talanji to make one final, all-out gamble.
Just as Rowan had charged recklessly into the Outer Sea and pursued them with his life on the line, Talanji had come to regard Rowan as a mortal enemy.
Once that cunning brat gained influence in Kul Tiras and rebuilt the Second Fleet, Daelin Proudmoore's First Fleet would no longer be the only enemy the entire Zandalar Kingdom had to face.
Looking at Talanji's political ambitions, her goal was perfectly clear.
Annex Kul Tiras, launch an expedition to the Broken Continent hidden deep in the ocean, and restore the Zandalar Kingdom's glory.
The sooner the obstacles on the road to the empire's revival were removed, the better.
"Teacher, I have a bold idea..."
Lord Arthur handed the initiative for the attack over to Rowan.
The naval battle at Snowforest Harbor had made no progress in half a month, proving that Lord Arthur's Fourth Fleet truly had no answer to Raul's Blacktooth Fleet.
The enemy ships assumed all sorts of positions to take a pounding. Whatever position you preferred, they simply refused to react. Anyone would find that infuriating.
Rowan, however, liked fleets with a fiery temperament. Battles like these were exciting and challenging.
Rowan brimmed with confidence, but Lord Arthur still had his doubts.
The Iron Battleships had been touted as indestructible, like a new breed of sea monster, but how much fighting power they could actually deliver in combat remained unknown.
Lord Arthur had one particular quality: even when