Did he?
Aramarki capturing Weevil was clear for you but Xebeck leaving an admiraL corpse behind needs Sherlock Holmes to decipher the writings?
Aramarki capturing Weevil was clear for you but Xebeck leaving an admiraL corpse behind needs Sherlock Holmes to decipher the writings?
All we were told here (from the spoilers) was an Admiral was murdered by Xebec, and his murder allowed Harold to sneak in. It sounds more like a sherlock holmes situation than it does a battle took place. A battle against an Admiral would be very loud thanks to the sheer DC, why would he need to be murdered for Harold to sneak in, when just the commotion from such a large scale battle should do the trick, the text isn't helping either. It should say "that battle allowed me to sneak in" instead of "that murder allowed me to sneak in"
Unless Xebec stomped him so hard that this Admiral couldn't even use his abilities, or this Admiral is a Walmart version of every top tier Marine we've seen that causes massive collateral. This is why it's ambiguous.