Thump!!
A violent impact struck, and the Swordfish trembled violently. Duke could even hear the ship's groans. Jayce held onto the ship's side tightly, shouting loudly, "What happened?"
"We're being attacked by a school of sea beasts, don't panic!"
On the constantly swaying Swordfish, Duke walked as if on solid ground, not losing his balance at all due to the ship's rocking. Instead, he stared at the calm sea below.
Wearing Edith, he activated the exploration function. Instantly, the massive objects beneath the sea came into Duke's view.
More than a dozen sea beasts, led by an incredibly huge beast, were attacking the Swordfish. The smaller of these sea beasts were the size of a carriage, while the larger ones were like blue whales.
And their numbers were terrifying.
"Attacked by a school of sea beasts?" Jayce's face turned a little White, his lips trembling, "And you tell me not to panic?"
"Anything can happen at sea!"
Duke shed his previous laziness and carelessness. He gripped the ship's side with his right hand, using Edith to observe the Jaull-fish school beneath the sea.
"Captain!!"
Jayce saw Captain Lister emerge from the Captain's cabin and couldn't help but shout in surprise. Captain Lister's pipe was nowhere to be seen in his hand, and his expression was extremely grim.
He came to the ship's side, watching the Water gradually begin to churn.
"How could we suddenly encounter a school of sea beasts? This shouldn't be!"
Captain Lister's brows furrowed tightly. Jayce quickly pressed, "Is this an accidental occurrence?"
"That's right, encountering sea beasts at sea is nothing unusual, after all, the sea is their territory," Captain Lister said quickly. "But sea beasts generally don't gather in schools during breeding season. Normally, sea beasts are solitary!"
"But they violated their usual code of conduct!"
Duke slowly moved his body, recalling Pyke's background story. In Pyke's background story, Jaull-fish are an extremely valuable sea beast.
The most valuable part is the blue sac in their throats, which contains powerful magic essence.
These fish are also the priority target for Bilgewater's sea-hunting ships; once discovered, they will hold on tightly and not give up until they are caught!
"That means a Jaull-fish has been born within the Jaull-fish school, one whose wisdom and strength far surpass its fellow kin, capable of commanding other Jaull-fish to form a sea beast group!"
"Beast King?"
Duke thought of that Rat King and couldn't help but click his tongue, "How can such beings be found everywhere?"
"The most urgent task now should be to find a way to get rid of these guys, otherwise our ship will be sunk!"
As Jayce spoke, a Jaull-fish the size of a carriage from beneath the sea rammed into the bottom of the Swordfish, causing the ship to shake violently from the intense Threads of Vibration.
The renewed violent shaking made Captain Lister and Jayce have to grip the ship's rail tightly, but Duke stood steadily by the rail.
At this moment, those Jaull-fish were no longer hidden in the waters beneath the ship; instead, they gradually surfaced, revealing their terrifying silhouettes, constantly circling the Swordfish.
They were like vultures that had smelled carrion, ready to Devour at any moment.
Jayce subconsciously leaned his head out to look at the sea below the ship, and the result made him shiver.
Giant fish-shaped Shadows swam beneath the ship, no fewer than ten, the smaller ones as large as carriages, and the larger ones comparable in size to blue whales.
Compared to the massive size of the Jaull-fish, the two glowing green, bulbous eyes on the heads of these terrifying sea beasts were excessively small.
They patrolled back and forth around the Swordfish, and the waves they stirred up merely by swimming pushed the Swordfish listing from side to side. Their enormous figures would evoke the most primitive Terrify of the deep sea rooted in human bones.
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