Chapter 3103: Escalating Severity
Five days passed as the Panama Continent gained as many as sixty convoys, among whom a surprising one-third came in peace. It made sense, for the greater the number of incoming polities, the weaker the average power level would be, and the more unwilling they were to wage an all-out war with the indigenous population.
And yet, two-thirds of them still proved to be stubborn, initiating conflicts upon arrival. The Martial Sages and Martial Masters of the world began growing busy as an increasing number of the latter began migrating to the Kandrian Empire just so that they could be useful.
They were rapidly deployed across the entire continent, facing all manners of invading convoys that thought they could get away with setting a colony.
They didn't realize how wrong they were.
From the perspective of the Panama Continent, it was pure foolishness for lesser polities to even think about putting their hands on the Panama Continent with their strength. However, the decision was more understandable from the mindset of the true worlders.
It wasn't that they thought that they could take on the Panama Continent as a whole.
It was that they thought that they wouldn't have to.
The idea was that because the Panama Continent was dealing with much greater threats across a wide span of area, they wouldn't have the opportunity to deal with all the lesser threats.
They couldn't have imagined that a single nation had captured the Martial Power of the entire continent and was systematically targeting every newcomer that came with unfriendly intentions.
Many who were overwhelmed desperately pleaded for peace, although the Emperor of Harmony had no intention of forgiving initial aggression too easily. First impressions mattered, after all. If the Panama Continent was seen as soft on aggression, then that would only incentivize more aggression.