The seagulls leisurely strolled along the beach, pecking at the shells left by the fishermen, while not far away on the dock, the imperial engineers were working hard.

When it comes to building docks, the imperial workers are definitely professional; even the players can hardly match them in this aspect.

First, they used a large number of precisely cut oak piles, driving them into the seabed with mallets until they reached a stable layer, ensuring the spacing between each pile was exactly 1.5 meters to form a foundational grid, and then laid beams on the piles to create the structural framework.

After completing the framework, they piled up granite blocks around the pile foundation, using the principle of gravity walls to resist tidal waves and ship impacts.

These stones weren't brought over from Saint Yil Castle but were sourced directly from the nearby Sun Step Mountain Range. To conveniently acquire materials, General Hamoldon approved the construction of a military quarry through the quartermaster with a grand gesture.

The local rocks were quite excellent, especially the high-quality granite, and due to their proximity to the coast for easy transport, they had the potential to become one of the area's pillar industries.

General Hamoldon specially discussed this matter with Baron Ticky; once the port was finished, that quarry wouldn't be left idle and could supply stone to the ports along the New Continent coast.

Those ports and towns being rebuilt would surely have use for these.

Apart from the critical docks at the port, the imperial engineers, to facilitate the transport of materials, also installed pulleys and arms at the port along with tracks similar to early railways — mainly to ease the transport of goods with carts and beasts of burden.

Originally, these were intended for the devastated Seldo Port; now, for strategic reasons, Withered Wood Port got the benefits first.

Anyway, the imperial citizens there had already suffered enough, a little more wouldn't be an issue; just endure it and it will pass.

Apart from the port facilities themselves, Saint Yil Castle's construction team also contracted to build the wells, warehouses, and customs offices here for goods registration, storage, and taxation.

Such enthusiastic, attentive, and comprehensive service almost made Ticky suspicious — could this guy also be a follower of the Demon?

Otherwise, it was completely inexplicable why the general treated the "remnants" who had just returned to the Empire's embrace better than their own people.

On the other side, at the dock construction site.

Leaning on his shovel, the engineer squinted at the port under construction and bragged proudly to Captain Kaidesen standing nearby.

"The reason your previous port was blown away was that the site selection wasn't good!"

"Firstly, you need to ensure there's a natural deepwater berth, with at least six meters of draft depth even during low tide. Then, it should be sheltered from the wind and close to major waterways to facilitate large vessels docking."

"I see you didn't consider any of this at all!"

That sense of superiority was like an upper-class citizen facing the lower class, which indeed was the case nominally.

"Yes… we did overlook that! You guys are truly professional, haha." Captain Kaidesen nodded in agreement at the boasting of the construction engineer, though internally he mildly cursed.

Such a huge wind blew my ship up to the mountaintop, and you're saying good site selection would make a difference!?

Seldo Port wasn't blown away, was it?

Moreover, it's said that this entire region was previously sealed off by a Great Barrier, completely cutting off contact with the outside world, making the construction of a trading port unnecessary!

Of course, he admitted.

The new site for the port selected by the imperial engineers, though a bit farther from the town center, was indeed much better.

This was entirely the experience of a seasoned captain — on the east coast of the New Continent, ports that were easy to dock were mostly developed from military ports.

This point was entirely opposite to the Empire's mainland.

Kaidesen didn't realize that he, like the sailors on the Traveler, had unknowingly adopted the identity of "Gana people."

His "assimilation" was even more thorough than those sailors who settled, as he began to consider things entirely from Withered Wood Port's perspective.

Just as Captain Kaidesen was contemplating how to coax this guy into helping construct a school and a church for his port, and maybe even renovate the Governor's Mansion, suddenly the distant lookout tower sounded the clanging bells.

His face slightly changed, and soon he saw a sentry riding over, shouting at him anxiously.

"Ship— Your Excellency the Governor! South of Withered Wood Port, near the quarry, there's a troop, hundreds of them! They're moving north towards the northern coast, and in about an hour they'll be here!"

"Troop?!" Captain Kaidesen's face changed completely, he hurriedly asked, "Is it Gutaf Kingdom's army?! Why would they suddenly come here?!"

Could the fleet on the shore have provoked them?!

The sentry stammeringly replied.

"No, it seems not… it's a group of Undead and some Little Demons."

Demon?!

Captain Kaidesen was completely stunned, not knowing what to do for a moment; after all, he only had a militia of about ten people.

Seeing the bewildered Captain Kaidesen, the imperial engineer holding the shovel grinned, slightly raised his chin and said.

"Just a few hundred demons, such a small number isn't even worth mentioning on the New Continent over there."

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