As the Mushroom People rode their Fighter Planes to scout various parts of the sea, the map centered on Reef Island gradually grew more complete.
Kroya discovered that, starting from Reef Island's former location and heading deeper out to sea, there were actually no islands.
There were no islands anywhere in the known waters. Not almost none-absolutely none.
Everywhere they looked, there was only an endless, moonlit sea.
This was clearly abnormal. By rights, there should have been at least a few islands out at sea, yet there was not a single one.
Only near the mainland were there a handful of scattered islands.
"Could the Void God's power have erased all the islands?"
"The ocean... do islands not count as part of the ocean?"
He had his doubts.
After all, this completely contradicted his knowledge of geography. How could an ocean have no islands?
Still, far too many recent events had gone beyond the limits of his knowledge.
He had indeed taken this opportunity to bring every island he could find, covered and isolated within these waters by moonlight, under his administration.
Naturally, Kroya had also taken those pitiful, bewildered inhabitants under his jurisdiction-as for their former lords?
If they dared come and question Kroya, they would have to be rather capable.
During the exploration, Kroya discovered some more seabirds and sea beasts, capturing them all for taming to expand his collection of species.
He had plenty of territory now, anyway. More Magical Beasts and Magic Plants meant more possibilities.
The Voidmoon Illusion Fish Dragon contributed greatly to this. With the help of illusion luminary crystals, it could briefly leave the Voidmoon Divine Tree's bottle and enter the outside world.
As a true dragonkin, it could exert an overwhelming suppressive influence over most ocean creatures. That pressure, born of