Expanding the Harem
The campaign had to keep going here, but the big kingdoms around them were a constant threat to them, so James asked to push forward over the kingdoms that already lost their fleets, and conquer them first.
These kingdoms were a few days away from their current location, and the debate was about leaving these small flies and go hunt the big fish, risking these flies to unite together, or receive reinforcements from other kingdoms, and turn into a big thorn on their side.
Or, they would kill their way towards the big kingdoms by sweeping all the small kingdoms on their path. After long hours of discussions, James proposed to leave behind part of the fleet, including all of their eight grand fleets gathered together to form a sweeping force over small kingdoms.
And when they would finish from these big kingdoms, they would return to aid their fleet by attacking from behind.