As the Golden Deer took advantage of the lull at the turn of the month to depart the Hundred Beasts Paradise and begin its return voyage, hordes of adventurers' ships, warships, pirate ships, whaling ships, slave ships, and merchant ships—which had been blocked behind the Living Hatch for a full month—were swarming in.
"It's open! The Living Hatch is open!"
"Weigh anchor, full sail! Let's charge ahead!"
"Time is money! If we transship via the Great Bear Archipelago's warehouses using the West Wind, just a few extra voyages will earn us more than an entire year's usual profit!"
"Intelligence reports have arrived. The eastern coast of the Southern Continent is occupied by a Deep Sea Clan, the western coast by a Native Empire ruled by a Pseudo-God. However, the northern rainforest belt only contains Totemic God Tribes. If we land from the north, slaughter them, and plunder everything, the vast lands and endless gold and silver will all be ours!"
