Babu Guanguan from Afar

The Ghost Ship continued along the route on the Marauder's Map toward Black Reef Island.

During the day, Ling Chu and the others mostly stayed in the Training Room to keep active. The skeletons practiced swordsmanship while Raphael taught magic. Lingering Wind and Fading Moon stayed in the Alchemy Room all day long.

At night, Squid Ball would usually burrow into her own Observatory and sit there for hours.

Before they knew it, half a month had passed in a flash.

Hope Island was much livelier than it had been half a month ago.

Ever since news spread that mixed-blood sea monsters could earn ten Sea Shells a day working here, more and more of them had arrived after hearing about it.

Some lived too far away, so they simply came ashore to work during the day, then found a place to rest in the shallow waters near Hope Island at night before returning at dawn the next day.

As a result, construction of the port sped up considerably.

What had once been little more than foundations and piles of stone now clearly resembled a dockyard, and the first batch of berths could already accommodate small and medium-sized vessels.

Thick wooden pilings had been driven into the seabed, while stone breakwaters stretched outward along the coastline. Mixed-blood sea monsters hauled building materials underwater, while human workers laid planks and installed facilities. The two sides worked together with increasing proficiency.

Houses had also begun rising one after another in the residential district.

Though most were still simple brick-and-wood homes, at least the city was no longer nothing but tents and work sheds at a glance.

The Blacksmith Shop, Tailor Shop, and Shark Daily branch office that had been damaged during the Ten-Thousand-Bone Giant's attack had also been rebuilt and reopened.

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