"Ha, foolish beast, do you think this will work?"

Watching such a massive creature crash onto the ground, the caster of the Dawn Spell Society merely laughed disdainfully.

For this mighty individual who possessed incredibly strong spell-casting abilities.

The sea beast's actions were nothing more than an extreme behavior in the face of the array's might, having little impact on the actual battle.

"Whether it's water flow or entity, you cannot break through my defenses!"

Things were just as the caster of the Dawn Spell Society said.

Although the gigantic sea beast jumped onto the land, even when its massive body collided with the personnel guarding the port, it still could not inflict any harm.

"Hmm—"

Soon, the sea beast that actively leaped out of the water and lay on the port let out a unique low sound.

Before the casters could comprehend the emotions it wanted to convey through the sound, strong magic fluctuations began appearing on the beast's body, with a very unstable state!

Next second.

Irregular protrusions and flow began to emerge on the sea beast's body surface, with flesh and fat losing stability completely. A sensation of the body about to explode instantly appeared on this giant beast!

"When pressure differences are large, significant changes in density or volume primarily occur in air flows and vapor flows..."

The situation before her allowed no hesitation.

Thus, the great witch situated in the middle of the defense team spoke up.

This elderly holder of the original scriptures chanted a spell, and the invisible force immediately enveloped the sea beast's massive body completely.

Boom—

Then, with a deafening roar,

The sea beast that leaped onto the ground exploded into powder within the invisible cage, and the air was instantly filled with a bloody and unpleasant smell.

However, beyond that, there was no other impact.

The quick response of the great witch Theresa tightly limited the power of the sea beast's self-detonation within the spell's control range, therefore, not causing any damages.

Just observing this scene.

Costate at the rear had an even more puzzled expression:

"Sir, this is too strange!"

"These marine creatures, acquiring wisdom through magic power characteristics, should not make such rash sacrifices of life?"

The maid's understanding of this scene was spot on.

Though the sea beast was bound by the great witch Theresa's spell shortly after leaping onto the land, it did not prevent people from realizing that the beast's original intention was to threaten the port casters with self-detonation.

For a living being, such behavior is absolutely incomprehensible.

As for the maid's confusion.

Ronald's expression did not change; instead, he pointed towards the water ahead:

"Costate, this is just the beginning."

"Keep watching—"

Plop!

Just as Ronald finished speaking, a sound came from the sea again.

Another creature, similar in size to the previous sea beast, also leaped out of the water. Then almost completely repeating the actions of its companion's self-detonation, obvious magic fluctuations appeared on its body and immediately exploded!

Boom—

Fortunately, at this moment, all the personnel responsible for defense were fully concentrated.

Thus, at the moment this sea beast exploded, the great witch who had acted earlier quickly followed up and immediately constrained the explosion range to the slightest extent, causing no impact to the surroundings.

This made the scene well controlled temporarily.

But it's precisely this result that made the individuals most clear about the battle situation even more tense.

Plop plop—

Soon, this ominous feeling was confirmed.

The sea beasts hiding below the water truly did not fear death!

After the first two sacrificed their lives, more and more sea beasts continued to jump out of the water, carrying out suicide attacks on land.

Even if the great witch Theresa could perfectly control the impact of the explosions at the beginning and take time to send the shattered bodies back to the sea.

But as time went on, the fatigue of her aging body and the need to maintain concentration brought challenges.

Several defenses against the sea beasts' attacks also began showing some lapses.

In these gaps, the true nature of the sea beasts' suicidal attacks was exposed.

Through a unique way of magic operation.

The flesh splattered from these giant beasts during self-detonation carried an effect that could ignore the defensive arrays and then interfere with the casters' magic power.

Though it couldn't cause immediate lethal attacks.

Yet, one must realize that the casters standing at the port were mostly striving to maintain the operation of the entire defensive spell.

If the number of affected personnel was large enough.

The collapse of the entire defensive array might be inevitable!

For a moment.

The defensive work at the dock fell into a stalemate.

Due to the earlier lightning strike from Ronald's first wave of attack being too terrifying, these giant beasts hidden beneath the water also knew how powerful these human casters' abilities were.

Hence, they didn't dare to exhibit all their power simultaneously but chose to attack one after another.

Therefore, the battle turned from a competition of strength into a pure war of attrition.

Even with powerful casters like the great witch Theresa or the Dawn Spell Society who were extremely adept at arrays participating, the strength of these dozens of casters paled compared to what seemed like an endless number of sea beasts.

If this war of attrition continued.

Which side would ultimately claim victory was already evident.

...

Watching the scene unfold before him.

Ronald, situated in the rear safe zone, secretly calculated in his mind.

—Two hours.

That should be the limit the casters on the dock could sustain.

Even with several people alternately relieving Theresa's work in between, once this time was surpassed, the collective stress on spirit and physical endurance among personnel would likely reach its limit.

By then, the collapse of the entire frontline would happen in an instant.

Perhaps that would be the time Ronald must immediately assist.

Clap clap clap—

Just then, amidst the continuous sounds of explosions, Ronald's keen hearing detected the sound of leather shoes stepping on wet ground coming from behind.

He turned around.

A somewhat surprising figure appeared there.

Ronald's friend whom he met in Burenwich, the famed detective Swift was braving the heavy rain, walking in reverse from the city to the port at night.

After witnessing the scene of casters and sea beasts confronting each other.

The detective did not hesitate to turn and approach Ronald, waving to greet:

"Ronald, I knew you'd be on the shore as well."

"Regarding the issue of Capone being attacked by sea beasts, I have some special information on my side. Would you like to hear it?"