This time, Xu Yi had brought an enormous number of people and vast quantities of supplies with his massive fleet, all to accelerate the development of the Demoncloud Continent.
And that development was, of course, more than mere talk.
The various projects had already begun after the fleet reached the Demoncloud Continent ahead of Xu Yi.
The Amli Merchant Guild, which had come along with the Xinfei Merchant Guild, had brought a huge construction crew of over three thousand people.
Their task was to continue widening the roads and building factories and homes within the base, greatly expanding it until it matched the Xinfei Merchant Guild's main base on the Sains Continent as closely as possible-or even surpassed it in scale.
Xu Yi placed tremendous importance on the Demoncloud Continent, primarily because, unlike the Sains Continent, every inch of its land had not already been divided among various nations and other powers.
For the Xinfei Merchant Guild to acquire even one more mine on the Sains Continent, it had to pay a steep price.
And when it sought benefits in other areas, that usually brought it into conflict with the other powers on the Sains Continent as well.
By comparison, the Demoncloud Continent could almost be considered unclaimed land.
Goblins held the dominant position on this continent.
But goblins were a backward race with an extremely low level of civilization, one that still had not established even a single proper nation.
Thus, although the goblins were far stronger than the other races, they did not truly control this continent.
As for exploiting the continent's various resources, they had done almost nothing.
After establishing its base here, the Xinfei Merchant Guild had found several completely undeveloped mineral deposits with only a cursory survey of the surrounding area.
The territory under the