On the easternmost side of the Balboa Isthmus in the New Continent, lies Dios Port, the traditional departure point of the Treasure Fleet transporting gold and silver over the years.
The time has reached early winter in November. Although the tropical climate of the Golden Sea is not much affected, the Treasure Fleet, which should have set sail in the fall, has been stuck in the port until now.
All because the Kingdom lost a large number of warships this year.
In February, one hundred and twenty ships laden with gold, silver, gemstones, tobacco, and ink trees... were lost in the mouth of the wild Sea God's Son, the "Great Vortex" Charybdis; in October, another part of the Kingdom's most elite Invincible Fleet, totaling forty formidable battleships, was annihilated in a battle with the Tulip on the Southern Continent.
Although for Hilus, these losses are not enough to pose a significant threat to its status as the first military power.
