The ship was pulled toward distant waters.
As vast stretches of island clouds descended, the entire ship was hauled into the sky.
Roy looked at Golden Lion, whose limbs had been restored and whose ship's wheel had been removed from his head.
He was now very curious about just how powerful Golden Lion would be with all four limbs intact.
After staring at the sleeping Golden Lion for a while,
Roy left the infirmary with satisfaction.
In Roy's mind, sea, land, and air were the three great forces he intended to develop.
He already had Kuzan and the other fish-men for the sea.
And as Golden Lion's body became whole again, Roy had begun considering the formation of an aerial force.
As for its members, Roy believed the Sky Islanders were the best recruits.
They lived in the sky, were accustomed to high-altitude environments, and most importantly, were loyal to Roy.
The sea and sky branches of his sea, land, and air forces were now slowly taking shape.
As for land, Roy had long since chosen suitable candidates.
CP9's strongest genius in eight hundred years, Rob Lucci, along with the other CP9 members, were the ideal Land Forces in Roy's eyes.
It was just not yet time to bring them under his command.
If he wanted to recruit them, Roy still had much groundwork to lay.
In short, Roy now had a complete plan for sea, land, and air.
Lions of the sky, sharks of the sea, and leopards of the land.
Those would become the strongest forces in Roy's hands.
Standing atop the cloud tower at Sky City's highest point, Roy gazed over the drifting sea of clouds and the blue ocean at its far edge.
He thought over the strength he had accumulated so far.
Then he pulled