"This looks a bit like the sperm whales on Earth," Richard thought as he looked at the huge fish. However, he then realized that this must be a demonized sperm whale affected by extraordinary powers.
The reason was simple, the sperm whale before his eyes was much larger than normal sperm whales on Earth. Typically, female sperm whales on Earth are about 10-11 meters long, and males are about 14-16 meters long. But this sperm whale was at least sixty or seventy meters long, possibly even longer. Although it was still not as massive as the entire Queen Victoria, it was certainly not small.
This was far beyond the largest whale on Earth—the Blue Whale. It reminded him of the giant whale he had encountered when traveling from Smans Island to the East Coast.
However, in comparison, that giant whale seemed a size smaller and appeared at night, lacking the visual impact of the one before him now.
At that moment, the giant sperm whale made a noise and spewed a large stream of seawater from its nostrils toward the deck.
Richard noticed that the water was sprayed at a 45-degree angle to the left front, a distinctive feature of sperm whales—since the right nostril is naturally blocked, they can only spray water from the left one, making them easily recognizable.
A sixty-seven-meter sperm whale spraying water was clearly a tremendous force, much like a high-pressure water cannon, drenching the people on the deck.
Richard reacted quickly, turning and dodging to the blind spot in front of the giant sperm whale to the right; he was not hit. Others were not so lucky, as they were harshly knocked to the ground by the water, tumbling all over.
The female captain took this act of the giant sperm whale as a provocation and immediately shouted to the Magic Knights, "Attack!"
"Swipe! Swipe! Swipe!"
The Magic Knights obeyed without hesitation, quickly grabbed the new fine steel spears, and forcefully hurled them.
The thrown spear, rapidly spinning, made a sharp whistling sound and then "pfft," deeply penetrated into the body of the giant sperm whale.
The giant sperm whale cried out as blood furiously gushed from its body, instantly staining a large area of the sea surface red.
In pain, the whale arched its body, lifted its tail, and dived into the sea, disappearing without a trace as if it had fled in fear.
The expression of the Magic Knight relaxed slightly.
Richard observed but furrowed his brows, not feeling too optimistic.
According to the habits of sperm whales on Earth, they are somewhat timid and quickly flee when threatened. However, one point that should not be overlooked is that unlike other whales like Blue Whales, sperm whales are sociable and sometimes live in groups of a dozen or more.
"Hopefully... after demonization, the living habits of the giant sperm whales in this world have changed."
As Richard thought this, within less than a minute, he heard "bang, bang, bang" sounds; the Queen Victoria’s hull shook violently. The entire deck shook fiercely, causing many people to fall.
Turning towards the sea, they could see huge sperm whales sweeping past around the hull. Leading them was the sperm whale from before, with many spears stuck in its back, continuously bleeding—it was obviously leading its companions for revenge.
"It seems the habits haven’t changed much after all. This won’t be easy to deal with," Richard thought, looking at the Magic Knights.
At this moment, the Magic Knights looked somewhat solemn. They slightly turned their heads to look at Captain Victoria Eliza.
Captain Victoria Eliza showed little fear at the arrival of the many sperm whales, her voice cold and commanding: "Just a few overturner fish, kill them all!"
The Magic Knights dared not refuse, immediately picked up more fine steel spears, and forcefully hurled them at the giant sperm whales underwater.
The Magic Knights’ throwing accuracy was high, with nine out of ten spears hitting their target.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
The sound of cutting through the air rang out continually.
The five or six giant sperm whales that had come for revenge instantly sustained various degrees of injuries, turning the sea around the Queen Victoria a deep red.
Realizing the danger, the giant sperm whales stopped their reckless attacks, trying to dive a few meters below the water to continuously ram into the hull of the Queen Victoria. Or they rapidly shot water, forming spears of water arrows, aiming at the deck. If anyone was struck carelessly, it could result in bleeding or severe disability.
This made it difficult for the Magic Knights to respond, especially with spear attacks. Since the giant sperm whales had submerged several meters underwater, even the strongest spear throws, hindered by the resistance of the water, had much diminished power, hardly causing serious harm to the giant sperm whales.
Captain Victoria Eliza saw this and shouted, "Use the Magic Rune Spears!"
The Magic Knights paused, a look of surprise on their faces, but before they could say anything, several heavy, long rectangular boxes were swiftly brought up.
Upon opening the box, they saw pole after pole of silver-white spears, intricately carved with Magic Runes, emanating a mysterious and dangerous aura. It was clear that they had a special function and were extremely costly, far beyond ordinary spears.
In fact, Magic Rune Spears were only used by Magic Knights to combat other Magic Knights or when they were prepared to kill Wizards. Now, Captain Victoria Eliza had taken them out, clearly a bit enraged by the giant sperm whales.
There was nothing more to say!
Numerous Magic Knights quickly took the Magic Rune Spears from the box, gripping them firmly, their momentum suddenly erupting, becoming incredibly sharp.
It wasn’t just one person whose momentum erupted, but a group. Their auras merged and amplified, reaching a terrifying level, causing the destroying sperm whales in the water to become alert and subconsciously distance themselves.
But they weren’t far enough!
One of the Magic Knights shouted as he hurled the Magic Rune Spear at high speed, the rest following suit, throwing their spears one after another.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
Numerous Magic Rune Spears flew out, emitting a whistling sound, then releasing blinding white light. Spear after spear, like beams of white light, traced flat arcs across a distance of hundreds of meters, fiercely piercing into the water.
The moment the spearheads touched the water, the water automatically split apart under the influence of the extraordinary power, allowing the Magic Rune Spears to descend like lightning, hitting the distant giant sperm whales before embedding deeply into their bodies.
The sperm whales were severely injured and struggled violently.
But it wasn’t over yet.
The next moment, "Boom Boom" several sounds erupted, and dazzling flames burst from beneath the sea. The Magic Rune Spears that had penetrated the bodies of the giant sperm whales violently exploded, blowing several bloody holes in their bodies.
Massive chunks of flesh were blasted into the air above the deck, falling down like a bloody rain.
Struck by such powerful attacks, two of the giant sperm whales were killed on the spot, while the rest, seeing the dire situation, quickly fled, disappearing into the distance.