Half a year passed just like that.
And in that half year, the Middle Continent branch became something the continent could no longer ignore.
At first, it had only been a rumor.
A foreign power was building something.
That alone had been enough to stir interest.
Then the rumors changed.
It was not a fortress.
It was not a sect.
It was not a merchant city.
It was all of those things and none of them.
•••
The territory rose with frightening speed.
By the time half a year had passed, the Middle branch was nearly complete.
And it was more miraculous than even the main Lootwell territory in one particular way.
Lootwell's main territory was older in meaning.
But the Middle branch was built to be seen.
Naturally, the Middle Continent noticed.
The problem was that no one was sure who owned it.
That uncertainty made the matter worse.
Some said it belonged to the Liberators.
Some said the Celestial Dominion was finally expanding again.
