The situation in the North Sea was tense.
Pirates and Riptide had fought three major wars to date, not to mention countless smaller-scale conflicts.
Both sides had suffered losses, with nearly five figures in deaths alone.
But there was no helping it.
It was indeed tense!
You couldn't get at me, and I couldn't get at you.
All the fighting had led to a stalemate.
Lord Riptide was struggling to hold on, and though the warfare against the pirates was somewhat successful—not losing meant winning, after all, and they had managed to hold their ground—
the eastern battlefield was not going well.
The Black Iron Nobles and the Highland Kingdom, united against the Barbarians, were being pushed back step by step, with the Shattered Archers suffering heavy casualties and in need of reinforcements.
And the pirates were also having a hard time holding on.
