As the smoke from localized warfare over the Aphotic Sea gradually dispersed, amidst the ruins, a new chapter was silently unfolding.
The "Cyart East Sea Trading Company" descended upon this war-torn land like a colossal beast.
Though ostensibly a company engaged in trade and reconstruction, it harbored ambitions and purposes unknown to others.
Representatives of the company, dressed in crisp clothes and shiny shoes, sat down alongside the Aphotic Sea Overlord.
The meeting table was adorned with exquisite tea sets and a map of the Lightless Sea Islands, which the company's representatives seemed to view as a new world ripe for conquest.
"Hello, what we've come here to do is not to conduct business," they said, "but to help you rebuild, to bring the various convenient technologies of the continent to you."
