Halu immediately ordered the observation stations to focus on that sea region while sending the goblin forces over to establish defensive fortifications in advance.
Whether war would break out or not, they had to prepare for the worst.
Along the Northern Territory border of the Goblin World, more and more people began gathering.
Some stood on field ridges, some climbed onto rooftops, and some stood on hillsides. Everyone faced the same direction.
The outline of that new continent was becoming clearer. The course of its mountain ranges and traces of its rivers could already be seen.
The sea was changing as well. The waves began to calm, and the color of the water shifted from deep blue to light blue, then from light blue to grayish white.
The seawater receded to both sides, forcefully pushed away by the newborn continent.
The water level continued to fall. The receding seawater joined together again in the distance, blocked by the edge of the rising continent and forming a white line of waves that stretched along the new coastline.
The new continent and the Northern Territory coastline of the Goblin World were drawing closer.
The edge of the Northern Territory's land was also extending outward. The water between the two coastlines had already become very shallow, and the sand and rocks below could be seen through the surface.
Then they touched. There was no great tremor, only a steady process of joining, like two puzzle pieces slowly fitting together, their edges perfectly matching.
The Northern Territory coastline of the Goblin World joined with the southern end of the new continent, while the new continent was likewise connected to the Source Realm.
A new, narrow strip of land formed at the junction, linking the two continents.
Lynn stood at the border between the Alchemical