Yet these forces were overly cautious to not be the first to arrive there. They waited till the pirate king came close enough, and then they started to move towards the gathering spot.
[See? They sent fleets to attack the caravan!] The one to send this complaint over wasn't the pirate king, but the lady nymph. Like Hye, she was also watching the pirate king moves and tracking everything closely.
She noticed, just like Hye, the forces which were about to join the pirate king's side, sending lots of ships away from the direction of the meeting. They wanted to attack the caravan when almost everyone was busy fighting the Selvators.
[Let them be] Hye didn't feel any pressure, [Just be sure to be ready to act if things needed to]
[I'm too fcking far away! It'll take hours to get there! Let me move right now...]
[No!] Hye decisively refused, [Just listen to my orders and don't foil the plan, or else you'll get killed by my hands!]
He knew she was very agitated and impatient, but the last thing he'd want to see was for her to disobey his orders and do something that'd cost him everything he worked for so far.
[Tsk!] She indeed planned to disobey his orders. But when he threatened her like that, she couldn't help but hesitate and renege on what she intended to do.
Hye ignored her for now. He had the feeling things wouldn't run as smoothly as he expected and planned. And he got more feeling about how important her role in saving the day would be.
He knew he should always trust his instincts, especially in such vague and shaky situations. He moved his focus over the pirate king, watching how he handled the incoming forces, arranged them into legions.
Even if they were losing on the numerical side, the Selvators showed how strong and capable they were. They managed to deal lots of damage over the coalition formed by the pirate king. And when they decided to retreat, it was done in a very organised and calculated way that limited their losses.
"They knew they wouldn't succeed in passing... Or perhaps it was the high cost they'd pay if they kept attacking..."
Hye kept thinking about this while watching the Selvators retreat far away from the caravan. They didn't run away as most of the coalition forces thought, instead they retreated to the nearest safe and hidden bases of theirs.
"Now it's up to the underground world forces the pirate king gathered to make their next move," Hye knew these forces lost much more than what they initially expected. And yet they were still in a very good shape to continue fighting.
Yet this time things were doomed to be different. Before they agreed to join hands together as there was a scary predator around. But now they were going to act selfishly again.
"I'm sure this time the Toranks won't keep their hidden hand away," Hye could read the next moves the coalition army forces would make. And when the pirate king contacted him with the news, he confirmed his guess.
[New change, I intercepted many arrangements for the forces I gathered to break the alliance and move to hit the Toranks] the pirate king sent.
[Are they going to work solo?] This was the point Hye wanted to know the most. And what he heard made him realise these forces learnt something from the desperate fate the little ships they sent suffered.
[They are going to form smaller alliances between each other, I even got the invitation from many to join them. What shall I do?]
"So, they learnt and evolved, interesting," Hye laughed, "but this is for the best for my plans. Time to push things up a notch..."