For our side, everything was heading toward the best case scenario. The Northern Alliance’s plan to ambush Dark Moon City had clearly ended in failure because they didn’t understand the sea weather at all. They had underestimated us and launched their assault unprepared believing that they could take out Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls with sheer numbers. However, we and our four allies were some of the strongest guilds in the entire China, and our defense was practically impenetrable when we were joined as one. Even if this battle had taken place on land, they wouldn’t have been able to take anything off our hands without considerable effort.

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So far, our fleet was still stuck in the storm. Cold and starving, the Dragonlight Cavalry had no choice but to hug their mount’s neck for warmth.

Standing at the bow of the ship, I paid close attention to the patterns of the storm around us because the only realistic way to avoid the hurricanes was to predict their movement ahead of time. If I reacted after a hurricane had made a move, it would most likely be too late already.

"It feels like the storm is less intense than...