The Marshall Islands lay in the central Pacific Ocean, southeast of China's Divine Land, and consisted of twenty-nine atolls and five small islands, totaling 1,225 islands of various sizes. They had originally been an independent republic region as well, with over a hundred million natives and around a hundred thousand Otherworlders. Thus, although this archipelago was small in the Earth World, it was naturally no small place in the world of Forging the Sacred Court. Its thousand-plus islands dotted the sea like a constellation of stars, forming a rather wondrous pattern, and even the smallest island covered more than ten thousand square kilometers.
Such was the sorrow of a small nation. When the Lance Fleet passed through, it had conquered this region almost in passing, using it as a stepping stone across the Pacific Ocean and establishing a military base and a Teleportation Formation. Then came the Sino-Canadian Decisive Battle. The Lance Fleet collapsed, and the Huan Kingdom's navy pursued it here. The Marshall Islands changed hands once more without the slightest suspense, becoming the Huan Kingdom's military base and stepping stone across the Pacific Ocean. A Teleportation Formation linking the islands to the Huan Kingdom was also built here.
At this moment, countless warships and warboats of every size packed the waters of the Marshall Islands. There were Iron Colossi, reputed to be the strongest vessels in naval warfare, China's tower ships, and the three supreme treasures-the Heaven-Piercing Divine Ark, the Jingyang Water Estate, and the Golden Divine Ship-which held the surrounding seas in awe. On every island, people swarmed like ants. All manner of resources from the Huan Kingdom arrived continuously through the Teleportation Formation, while construction of various buildings and facilities proceeded at a feverish pace. Naturally, labor for construction and other work was recruited directly from