The Candel Empire was far from the only one spurred into action by news of the New Continent.
The year 3800 of the Continent Calendar would, by Earth's reckoning, have been the first year of a new century.
Just as the first spring breeze swept across the entire Sains Continent, the tenth exploration report on the Demoncloud Continent, sent back by the second reinforcement fleet the Xinfei Merchant Guild had dispatched to the New Continent, arrived at the Xinfei Merchant Guild Headquarters.
The report was then reviewed, and selected portions were published in newspapers such as the Xinfei Magic Industry Weekly and the Bunta Daily, immediately rekindling enthusiasm across the entire Sains Continent.
Ever since first releasing information about the New Continent the previous September, the Xinfei Merchant Guild had published new information about it every month.
With each report the Xinfei Merchant Guild released, the people of the Sains Continent grew increasingly interested and enthusiastic about the New Continent.
Legends of the New Continent had circulated on the Sains Continent for thousands of years. Now that the Xinfei Merchant Guild had discovered a real New Continent through its explorations and was gradually lifting its veil of mystery, everyone was desperate to learn more about it. Some even hoped to set foot there themselves and experience this entirely new world firsthand.
According to the information published by the Xinfei Merchant Guild, this land known as the Demoncloud Continent was sparsely populated. Aside from the Dragon Race they had initially encountered offshore, the guild's exploration team had surveyed a vast area of more than five hundred square kilometers over the ten months since landing, yet had discovered only a small number of native inhabitants.
More surprisingly, the most numerous natives discovered on the Demoncloud Continent so far were Goblins-a notorious race