CHAPTER 960: CHAPTER 954: CATCHING BIG FISH

"Starting from the relationship between the whole earth and the sky, we shall begin to construct our understanding!"

The current situation.

Ronald happened to have the chance to test his newly acquired abilities.

So, gazing at the giant shadow under the sea, Ronald chanted the incantation from "Astronomy Master," activating the spell he had recently acquired—[Astrolabe].

In the blink of an eye, the terrain near the sea’s surface was integrated into the perception system of Ronald’s spell.

The true body of the monster hidden under the seawater emerged soon after.

It was a colossal fish.

At the moment, it was preparing to surface and attack the steamship.

Although its body didn’t appear to have any obvious offensive organs, just by its sheer size, several times larger than any blue whale on Earth, it was enough to pose a threat to anything.

What especially caught Ronald’s attention.

Was that this enormous sea fish, besides its daunting size, also had magic fluctuations similar to the fish caught earlier.

A thought immediately emerged in his mind.

This was also a creature that had evolved after the abnormal changes in the world.

Ronald even vaguely had a premonition; perhaps it was the sudden fishing frenzy on the three steamships that attracted those three behemoths to attack the fleet.

"..."

Faced with such a speculation, Ronald felt a bit conflicted.

But seeing the gigantic creature below about to collide with the steamship, he couldn’t afford to hesitate at this moment.

Thus, he locked onto the one right below him.

Ronald exerted all his strength to cast the spell from "Astronomy Master," and before the creature could hit the top of the ship, he dragged it sideways from the water.

BOOM—

With Ronald’s current strength, moving such a massive creature with a spell was no trouble. Though it started to struggle, its large body hidden under the sea was quickly subdued by the power of the spell.

Added to the fact that the steamship was already moving forward,

one was going forward, the other to the side, and their positions quickly bypassed each other in their respective motions.

However, this didn’t mean the ship was immediately safe.

The gargantuan creature’s size under the sea was simply too great, and because Ronald had moved it from its original position so swiftly, it caused intense changes on the sea surface.

Even the steamship, which was originally sailing smoothly, began to tilt under such violent changes.

"..."

Noticing this, Ronald frowned slightly, naturally prepared to use magic to right the ship.

Before he could take action, the casters onboard spontaneously cast their spells, stabilizing the steamship on the tumultuous sea before Ronald could make a move.

The magic was brimming with holy power.

Even from the sky, Ronald could tell that it was the church people who had acted just in time.

"This isn’t bad either..."

"Now, let me try fishing too!"

For companions who could cooperate with his actions, Ronald was naturally not stingy with praise.

It so happened that he also had a little thought of showing off his power.

So behind the steamship, Ronald continued to urge his spell, directly pulling the colossal creature from beneath the sea out of the water!

RUMBLE—

Dragging such a giant creature out of the water was naturally much harder than the previous intervention. But with Ronald’s unabated outpouring of magic power, the sea surface surged with terrifying waves.

In just over a minute,

a terrifying marine creature, tens of meters long, was forcefully yanked out of the water by Ronald and dangled in the air above the sea. The sunlight showering from above was even blocked by the creature, casting a vast shadow like a cloud.

"This is really huge."

Faced with this gigantic creature, Ronald naturally marveled at its size.

But hearing these words, which also reached Il’s ears, aroused a competitive spirit in her. She grabbed Ronald’s leg and, with a tone of unwillingness to admit defeat, said:

"Boss, if I wanted to, I could become very big too!"

"This little creature’s size is nothing to brag about!"

Hearing such an odd declaration from the girl behind him, Ronald turned and rolled his eyes at Il:

"Il, can we not fool around at a time like this?"

"This thing is nothing more than a self-evolved sea monster. There’s no comparison to a top-class lifeform like yourself."

Il finally nodded in satisfaction:

"That’s correct!"

"Even among monsters, I’m one of the strongest existence."

Seeing Il satisfied with his words, Ronald took the two of them and flew towards the suspended giant sea monster.

This creature might have been able to create storms in the sea.

It might have posed a threat to powerful beings like Ronald and Il.

But that’s not the case when it’s lifted out of the water and completely detached from its environment. Despite the frantic magic fluctuations naturally occurring inside this creature, they were futile against the current situation.

Ronald then simply drew the Sword of Saint Catherine.

After enhancing his attack with magic, he effortlessly located and destroyed the brain of the giant creature, quickly extinguishing its life.

"..."

"The fleet only fished for half a day, yet it attracted such three massive creatures causing trouble. Going forward... could there be something even worse?"

He sighed slightly,

then turned his head to look at the two steamships ahead.

As he had easily dealt with the massive marine creature, the battle on the two ships upfront had also neared its end. Yet the other two vessels on the water were not as fortunate as the one under Ronald’s protection.

The other two sea monsters used their massive bodies and strong physiques to directly ram into the bottoms of the steamships!

Even though the casters had used spells to protect the ships and responded accordingly.

The hull still sustained damage under such an onslaught.

The sole fortunate aspect during the engagement was that these marine creatures weren’t very intelligent. Their brute strength advantage was quickly exploited by the battle-savvy casters, who then killed them beneath the waters.

In just a few minutes,

the sea around the three steamships returned to calm.

Leaving only the three massive corpses, too big to carry, slowly sinking to the deep sea in this area.

With the dust settled, the battle concluded.

After Ronald returned to the deck with Costate and Il,

almost as they set foot on it, an investigator approached them hurriedly, bringing news from ahead:

"Mr. Ronald, Her Highness the Princess invites you over to discuss some matters."

"Please head there immediately!"