The commotion above grew louder. The sound of running feet on the deck increased, and the shouts became clearer. Curious, Ard summoned his Ace Garuda and sent him out through the round window glass of the prison below, where they were all pretending to be held.
After that, he sat back down cross-legged next to Eva and closed his eyes. Everything Ace saw appeared clearly in his head. It turned out the fighting above was quite serious and widespread. The Ateras Kingdom forces were clearly putting up a fierce resistance against Vahn's pirate crew.
It seemed that the kingdom's forces had deliberately taken this unusual route through dangerous waters so they could sneak into the Orthus Empire's territory undetected and in secret. This was proven by the fact that many of the soldiers were wearing heavy, protective armor clearly meant for fighting on land, not at sea.
