As the navy began bringing its full strength to bear, the pirates' already unfavorable situation became even harder to withstand.
Although the pirates held the advantage in the average fighting strength of their high-tier classholders, the navy simply had more of them!
Every Pirate King facing the navy on the battlefield now had to contend with at least one fourth-tier naval classholder and several top third-tier naval classholders.
A top Pirate King like Bella faced three fourth-tier naval classholders outright. Even someone as strong as Bella was firmly suppressed when facing three opponents of the same tier.
From the looks of things, unless something changed, she would not last much longer. After all, although these fourth-tier naval classholders were weaker than the Pirate Kings, they were no pushovers.
With even Bella in such a state, the other Pirate Kings were in even greater difficulty.
Not only that, but in the battles between low-tier fighters, the pirates were also firmly suppressed by the navy. No, "suppressed" might not have been quite appropriate. "Slaughtered" was more fitting.
Although the battles between the high-tier classholders had divided the entire battlefield into small sections.
The navy had lost the advantage of its military formations, but even so, its fighting strength had not diminished in the slightest.
The [Naval Sailor] class was a perception-type class, so its members were far better at operating cannons and firearms than other classholders.
Equipped with the latest steam rifles, they did not even give those low-tier pirates a chance to board. The pirates were nothing but targets for the navy!
Steam rifles were currently the most advanced firearms in the nations of the Old World. Anything above them would be transcendent firearms made through enchanting or alchemy.
Their power could even threaten third-tier professionals. In the hands of perception-type