A month went by.

During that time, many dramatic things occurred in the war between Seven Blood Eyes and the Seazombies. The Seazombies made several full-scale assaults on the Merfolk Isles, but failed to take them. They could do nothing but watch as Seven Blood Eyes grew more deeply entrenched, bringing in more magical devices and more allies. The islands were becoming an increasing threat to the Seazombies.

However, the Seazombies had some victories of their own. Thanks to their diversionary tactics, they successfully took control of the Pearl Archipelago, which became their new command base. The taboo pills that Seven Blood Eyes had buried on the islands were all dug up by the Seazombies after a very thorough search of all the islands in the archipelago. For the Seazombies, it was a military victory. For Seven Blood Eyes, it was an embarrassing slipup.

And in war, slipups could be fatal. For about half a month, Seven Blood Eyes was put into a passive position, and thus, there were two dangerous Seazombie offensives that almost succeeded in taking the...