With the emergence of the New Sea Route, the Atlantis Empire entered a period of rapid development.
Vast numbers of merchant ships flooded into the New Sea Route, and the tax revenue alone filled Atlantis's coffers.
On top of that, Dunn sent all the captains under his command out to patrol the entire route.
During this period, the United Navy launched an invasion.
After all, the New Sea Route connected the New World and the Old World. In other words, Atlantis's sphere of influence extended even into the waters of the Old World.
This was something the United Navy could not tolerate. In the Old World, people called the Atlantis Empire a nation of pirates.
And the waters of the Old World were the United Navy's own preserve.
Naturally, the United Navy could not sit by and watch the pirate nation extend its rule into the waters of the Old World.
Of course, there was another, more important reason: the profits from the New Sea Route were simply too great. In just a few short years, its revenue had already surpassed half the combined revenue of the other nine routes!
The revenue from any single route had to be carved up among multiple powers.
Yet the New Sea Route, which generated as much revenue as four or five routes, remained firmly in the Atlantis Empire's hands from end to end.
How could the other powers not covet it?
They could only watch because they feared the route's master, [Traveler] Annie, as well as the Atlantis Empire's more than double-digit number of Legendaries.
The United Navy's attack was a probe. Once the Atlantis Empire showed signs of weakness, the other powers would immediately tear into it like ravenous tigers pouncing on prey!
Dunn knew this too, so the ten newly completed