Over the sea, cannon fire roared without end.
As time passed, the pirates, each fighting on their own, gradually found themselves suppressed by the navy.
Even after the Pirate Kings joined the battlefield and Lamantis gained command over most of the fleet, he could not halt the pirates' decline.
One reason was that the pirates were a mixed lot. They included not only the Pirate Kings' subordinates but also many independent pirates, and Lamantis could not unify all their fighting forces.
The other was that, although Lamantis was clever, he had no experience commanding a naval battle on this scale!
Lamantis knew perfectly well that the pirates would undoubtedly lose if the naval battle continued, so he ordered them to push toward the navy's warships, preparing to board them.
The main pirate force tried to approach the warships several times, but the navy's warships evaded them every time. Since they held an enormous advantage in naval combat, the navy did not want to begin boarding battles so soon either.
After all, the Legendaries had yet to give their word. How exactly they would fight still depended on what the Legendaries wanted.
Even if scattered pirate ships managed to approach the navy's warships, the navy would outnumber and easily wipe them out.
Watching their fleets suffer constant losses, the Pirate Kings cursed furiously in their anxiety, but even so, there was nothing they could do.
The [Sea King] and [Weather Master] Classholders on both sides did exchange a few moves from afar, sending torrential rain, raging winds, and towering waves across the entire battlefield.
Both sides suffered losses, but those losses were somewhat heavy compared to those from the naval battle, so both tacitly stopped and continued wearing each other down through naval combat.
As time passed, the pirates' losses gradually