"Nii-san, how are you going to expand the Island of Dreams?"
El and the five girls stood on the pavilion-like balcony, looking at the beautiful yet undeveloped island below, where all kinds of ferocious beasts lived.
Carina next to him couldn't help but ask curiously, "Will all the floating islands be merged into one and turned into a super-sized island similar to a sandy island?"
"No."
El patted Carina's shoulder while gazing at the beautiful island below, then explained his plan with a smile. "I plan to expand the Island of Dreams into a super-sized island, while the remaining five floating islands will be merged into four and expanded into medium-sized islands."
"Then, the Island of Dreams, as the City in the Sky, will be diversified in various ways. The remaining four floating islands, I plan to turn them into four-season islands that change their season periodically."
"Four-season islands?"
Nami, standing on his other side, raised her eyebrows and said, "Changing seasons periodically—is there such an island in this world?"
Having seen Drum Island, covered in ice and snow year-round, the Florian Triangle, perpetually shrouded in thick fog, and the beautiful Sabaody Archipelago, the four girls had witnessed the Grand Line's peculiarities more than once.
If El wanted to expand the island, he would need sufficient soil. However, stone from outer space lacked the properties to affect an island's climate.
So if El wanted to build such an island, he would have to find one with that characteristic and integrate it into their floating archipelago.
"Yes."
El nodded and said, "I know there is such a special island in a certain sea area. When I have time, I'll bring it back."
"Before that, let's complete the expansion of the Island of Dreams."
Before El could start working, Carina asked again, "Nii-san, what are we going to do with the beasts on the island? Release them, or transfer them to other islands?"
"Don't worry, I already have arrangements for them."
El smiled meaningfully. "When I go to meet Kaido, I'll be able to solve that persistent problem."
After saying that, El flew from the balcony and floated outside the Island of Dreams.
He then controlled the stone meteorites—large and small—to liquefy and merge with the island's periphery, becoming part of the Island of Dreams.
As more and more stone integrated, the Island of Dreams gradually increased in size.
Within half a day, the Island of Dreams had grown noticeably larger.
In the following days, the residents and visitors of the Kingdom of Dressrosa witnessed countless meteorites falling from the sky, seemingly magnetically attracted, liquefying, and being absorbed by the island.
After a week, the medium-sized island had grown into a large-scale island. El's next task, after expanding the Island of Dreams, was to give it the fertile soil needed to support plant growth.
So, El found the small uninhabited island closest to the Kingdom of Dressrosa and brought it back to the Island of Dreams.
Most of the uninhabited island was then liquefied and merged with the surface ground.
In this way, the fertile soil of the uninhabited island merged with the land of the Island of Dreams.
However, just to be sure, El had the three girls use their Asura Form, then used their Devil Fruit abilities to create artificial dark clouds over the entire island, allowing the new soil to absorb water.
As for the remainder of the uninhabited island, El merged it with another small floating island.
To build a City in the Sky, in addition to consuming many meteorites, El would also need to consume several uninhabited islands.
Over the next month or so, El remained busy expanding the Island of Dreams. So much so that the sky not far from Dressrosa continually rained meteorites, frightening some outsiders who intended to vacation in the kingdom.
Dressrosa's plummeting tourist numbers also affected Doflamingo's income. In this regard, Doflamingo dared not complain, feeling only helpless. His most profitable business remained auctioning contraband weapons and slaves in the underworld, so the drop in tourism was hardly significant to him.
This loss was easily offset by even a fraction of the monthly iron El provided for producing firearms and bladed weapons.
So instead of complaining, Doflamingo offered El the locations of other uninhabited islands.
After consuming eight small uninhabited islands, El finally completed the expansion of the Island of Dreams.
The medium-sized Island of Dreams had become a large island, while the other five floating islands were consolidated into four medium-sized ones.
Thus, Dressrosa—originally a medium-sized island like the former Island of Dreams—instantly became the smaller sibling in comparison.
To thank Doflamingo for his help, after completing the expansion, El moved the five floating islands away from the sea area near Dressrosa, choosing a sea area with no surrounding islands as their new base camp.
After the expansion, El only needed to transform the grounds to diversify them. But transforming the terrain was the real large-scale project, and El was in no hurry to begin immediately.
After more than a month of work, it was time to take a break and attend to other matters.
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