Chapter 72: Terrifying Sea Beast!

"So this is the ocean? I never thought I, Knight Mi Gen, would one day stand upon the sea! It's truly miraculous, my lord. How deep do you think it is down there?"

Knight Mi Gen and the other knights gazed at the boundless, deep blue ocean, feeling both apprehension and novelty.

They were even more filled with curiosity about the bottomless seabed.

"I don't know the exact depth here, but the deepest parts of the ocean should be over ten thousand meters!"

"Over ten thousand meters?" Knight Mi Gen and the others widened their eyes.

Even in the medieval era of his previous life, human understanding of the ocean was extremely limited.

For the people of this world, it was even more so.

Thus, the depth of the seabed that even a six-year-old child in his previous life knew was, to Knight Mi Gen and the others, utterly incredible.

Of course, Gervas was judging based on the ocean depth of Blue Star, which was not entirely accurate.

However, this world had no sonar detectors or remote sensing satellites, so he feared no one would expose him.

"My lord, there is a white island ahead!"

Just then, the lookout on the mast shouted out in excitement!

"Finally found it! Old Jack, steer toward that island."

Although the System had informed him that the 'Agricultural Treasure Island' lay five li off the coastline of Storm Territory, it had not specified the exact direction.

So Gervas could only order the Storm to sail north along the coastline, and finally, they had found the 'Agricultural Treasure Island'.

As the Storm cut through the waves, before long, the white island mentioned by the lookout came into everyone's view.

"Heavens, that island is entirely white! This is too miraculous!"

"Indeed, the ocean is truly unique; even the islands present such magnificent scenery."

"My lord, may we land on the island to take a look later?"

The guards, unaware of the situation, saw the snow-white island from afar and found it simply magnificent.

Knight Mi Gen was even more eager for his first landing on an island.

Gervas smiled strangely, barely able to hold back, "Are you sure? I think later you will definitely not want to land on the island."

"Why? Such a beautiful island! As long as my lord permits, I am very much looking forward to it!" Knight Mi Gen did not understand.

Gervas nodded and said no more.

Ten minutes later, the island was right before their eyes.

And Knight Mi Gen and the others were dumbfounded.

"This... this..."

Due to the corrosion of bird droppings, there was little vegetation on the island; as far as the eye could see, it was a vast expanse of white.

The seagulls filling the sky were white, and the bird droppings piled all over the island were also white.

Knight Mi Gen and the others stood with their mouths agape.

A scam!

Wasn't this purely a scam?

From afar it looked so beautiful, but up close it was all bird droppings.

There actually existed an island made of bird droppings in this world.

Pfft!

"Hahaha!"

Knight Commander Lei Meng couldn't help but laugh, his stomach aching from it.

Knight Mi Gen could barely hold back, "My lord, this island is truly hateful; it actually deceived us! Moreover, these seabirds are too disgusting!"

"No, Knight Mi Gen. Although this island deceived you, it is not hateful; on the contrary, it is a treasure!" Hearing this, Gervas finally restrained his laughter.

"A treasure?" Knight Mi Gen was stunned.

Even Knight Commander Lei Meng and the others stopped their mockery.

"Exactly. The bird droppings on this island can at least guarantee that Storm Territory's grain production will multiply several times over for the next ten years!"

"Uh... My lord, is this true? Can these bird droppings really double the territory's grain?"

No matter how they tried, everyone could not believe it.

If anyone else had said such a thing to them, they probably would have started cursing their mothers by now.

How could such filthy bird droppings double the grain harvest?

Did they take them for fools?

"This bird droppings is an excellent fertilizer, and it is purely natural, fully fermented by nature, requiring no further composting... Well, explaining it to you, you wouldn't understand anyway!"

"In short, this island shall henceforth be called the 'Agricultural Treasure Island'. Old Jack, mark this location. Transporting bird droppings will become one of the sea ships' tasks from now on!"

In this world, the technology tree had been entirely invested in magic and battle qi; the concept of composting did not yet exist, so the very idea of fertilizer was extremely novel to Knight Mi Gen and the others.

With this, Gervas chose not to explain further; once the results appeared later, they would naturally understand.

Although it was the Agricultural Treasure Island, Gervas himself had no intention of landing. So, fixing his gaze on the direction of the volcanic island to the due east as per the intelligence, Gervas ordered Old Jack to continue sailing.

As they sailed, the coastline grew farther and farther away, and the Storm ventured deeper and deeper into the ocean until the coastline completely disappeared from sight.

Just as everyone was experiencing this unprecedented sense of exhilaration, a sudden catastrophe occurred.

Splash-splash!

A huge sound of churning waves came from the port side of the ship.

"Ah, what is that!"

"Heavens, a sea beast! That's a sea beast! It's heading toward us!"

Looking in the direction the noise came from, everyone turned deathly pale with fright and screamed in shock.

There, about seven or eight hundred meters off the port side of the ship, a massive sea beast was half-floating above the water, swimming in the sea.

Yet its swimming direction was heading straight for the sea vessel.

Although its full form remained obscured, the spine exposed above the sea, bristling with sharp and massive bone spines, measured at least fifty to sixty meters in length.

This length was already double that of the Storm.

"Everyone, do not panic. With the Sea God Stone, we need not fear sea beasts. Maintain silence!"

Fortunately, the very experienced Old Jack immediately spoke to soothe them.

"Did you all hear? Maintain silence!" Gervas immediately issued the command.

Following the order, all subordinates immediately fell silent, covering their mouths as they watched everything on the sea surface with tense eyes.

At this moment, the sea beast's form was less than three hundred meters from the hull.

Just as despair began to grip the crowd, the sea beast's form finally slowed to a halt.

It paused in the distance, then slowly raised its head.

Its head resembled that of a lizard, yet its size was comparable to a stone house.

A pair of giant, amber-hued eyes, yellow-brown as amber, gazed questioningly at the sea vessel for a moment, causing everyone's hearts to leap into their throats.

Roar!

Fortunately, after merely observing for a brief moment and letting out a roar, the sea beast's head submerged once more beneath the water, and it began to twist its body to turn, swimming away toward the distance.

Several dozen seconds later, the sea beast finally vanished at the horizon's end.

"Heavens... heavens, that scared me to death!"

Though they had only seen it from afar, everyone on the ship felt as though they had lived through a cycle of life and death.

The soldiers gasped for air, collapsing onto the ground.

Gervas and Knight-Captain Lei Meng exchanged glances, gaining a profound understanding of the ocean's dangers.

No wonder everyone in this world fears the ocean; facing such a giant beast, let alone a Bronze Knight.

Even a Silver Knight would likely feel powerless!

Of course, this encounter made Gervas even clearer that increasing his strength would be his foremost goal in this otherworld.

Otherwise, whether Bronze Knight or Silver Knight, they were all far too insignificant.

The sea beast's appearance was merely an interlude; thereafter, the Storm sailed smoothly.

"My lord, an island appears ahead. It is green and has a very high mountain range!"

At this moment, the lookout's shout came again from the mast!

The volcanic island has finally arrived!