The wreckage of the "Iron Glory" Sacred Corpse rose nearly a hundred meters above the sea, like a massive island reef standing upon the waves.
From afar, the outline of the colossal war armor looked more like an enormous sculpture that had weathered centuries.
Around the island reef formed by that colossal war armor sprawled a floating city at sea, stretching for several kilometers and built from all manner of debris and ships—the legendary Glory Market.
The entire floating city had been built around Iron Glory, gradually taking shape over who knew how many years.
Atop the wreckage of Iron Glory stood the highest and safest area in all of Glory Market. Only the most influential and longest-established people in the entire market were qualified to live there.
This was the heart of Glory Market, known as Upper City. From there, one could overlook the entire market, like a castle from ancient history.
Perhaps because these colossal war armors known as Sacred Corpses had once slain many World Beasts and carried an aura of death and danger, Sacred Corpse Markets were never attacked by large sea monsters, including World Beasts. They could be called a pure land in the sea, an island of safety.
For that very reason, they attracted countless sea folk, making the entire Sacred Corpse Market ever larger, practically a kingdom upon the sea. Relying on their own strength, Sacred Corpse Markets also effectively governed many of the surrounding Floating Island Markets.
But today, Glory Market underwent a tremendous upheaval!
"Thud, thud, thud..." A rapid series of dull impacts rang out as dozens of iron-tipped arrows struck the hull of the sailing battleship, only to be deflected by its iron armor.
Then came another barrage of dull thuds. Incendiary bombs packed with whale blubber were launched from