The shipyard Torres was to visit stood by the sea, but it was the last stop on their tour.
After getting off the Magic Locomotive, Torres had yet to reach the distant shipyard gates when he glanced out over the sea and immediately drew a sharp breath.
On the broad expanse of water, an enormous ship, a full five stories high as viewed from land and at least fifty meters long, slowly emerged from behind the shipyard.
As the immense ship sailed out, it looked like a mountain moving slowly across the sea.
Even from some two hundred meters away, Torres felt an overwhelming pressure bearing down on him.
The largest ship Torres had ever seen was a Mana-Powered Ship the Porter Merchant Guild had recently used for river transport. It was roughly thirty meters long and five meters high.
A ship that size had already looked enormous sailing along the Sandy River.
But placed beside this vessel, that Mana-Powered Ship would surely have looked tiny.
Torres swallowed and turned to look at the others beside him, only to find them staring blankly at the behemoth as well.
A thought struck him. Unable to hold back, Torres pointed at the enormous vessel and asked Basaka, the Xinfei Merchant Guild representative leading their tour, "Say... once we join the shipyard, we won't be building huge ships like that, will we?"
Basaka looked at Torres with a smile, not at all surprised by his reaction.
This was already the fifth group of new workers he had brought here. Every group had been just as stunned as these people when they saw the Wingspan, the large cargo Mana-Powered Ship.
"Yes. Our shipyard is currently putting all its efforts into building large cargo Mana-Powered Ships like this one. You're a Mana Welding Worker, correct?"