A single glance at the port was enough for everyone to understand that there was little left salvageable within the shipyard.Anything valuable was a burning ruin. Precious machinery, ship schematics, stockpiles of building materials… All gone.Eri’s little expedition was now gathered at the last intact pier of the port. Beside the dock was the captured corvette pirate ship — certainly not the mightiest of war vessels, but at least one of moderate strength and size. It could not compare to a dreadnought, but it would serve as an adequate short-gap replacement, especially as Eri had requested the elven twins to perform powerful modifications upon the ship using their legendary biomancy magic. Regretfully, those ‘modifications’ could be viewed as a violation of certain moral boundaries, but Eri had deemed such extreme measures necessary in the face of the expedition’s imminent failure.Unfortunately, not everyone agreed.“No! Absolutely not! I’m not setting foot on that!”Eri winced. “C’mon, Bori, it’s not that bad…”“Not that bad?! I have seen horrors from the north that might as well be puppies compared to that!” Bori shouted hysterically, pointing at the ship. “Alvine was right about you! You are a demon! A heartless demon!”“Actually, I’m beginning to rethink my stance on that,” Alvine said hesitantly. “Demons aren’t usually cruel, just mindless. This seems… way beyond cruel. I’m almost impressed.”“Look, they can’t really… feel