Transmigrated as a Ghost

“Gah, this thing is strong!” Marcus said, feeling the full weight of whatever creature he had on the end of his line.

He was no longer sitting comfortably in his chair and instead had his right leg braced against the railing that kept people from going overboard.

With his arms braced and the drag on his reel at its highest setting he had just managed to stop whatever had swallowed his lure.

It was currently deep down and out of view, but he knew whatever it was that it had to be ginormous.

“Whoa!”

Being pulled forward, Marcus suddenly felt a powerful yank on the other side of the line.

The force was quite abrupt and did not feel quite like the creature just shaking its head. More like it had grabbed ahold of the line with hands or something.

Then he felt the same thing again and more of the line was pulled out despite the drag being as tight as it could be.

Placing his hand back on the reel, Marcus made sure that the next pull was unable to take any more line and he slowly began reeling his catch in.

Yet he was about to run into another problem as he heard the railing creak.

It was made of mithril and had enchantments on it to make it tougher, but the focre it was currently bearing was too much for it.

“That is not good.” Marcus said as the railing was about to be ripped from the ship.

Before that happened though he removed his foot and instead created a mana barrier for to anchor himself to.

This proved to be quite effective, and Marcus no longer had to worry about the ship taking the weight of whatever he had caught.

Unfortunately, this meant that the next weakest link was going to give, and that was the adamantine line.

As strong as it was, the creature on the other end was powerful and heavy. Even as study as adamantine was, it was only as thick as a wire and was not meant to take this much pressure.

However, Marcus was not going to give up easily and poured in as much mana as the rod and line could take to reinforce them.

“Sir. I believe that it would be best if we released the line. Whatever you have on the other end could be a danger to the ship.” Dustin said, noticing the struggle Marcus was having and the fact that the ship’s railing was already damaged.

Certainly, it would be quite the expensive loss to let the line go, but it was far preferable to the ship being attacked by something that could put the guests in danger.

Sadly, by the time Dustin made this suggestion, it was already too late.

The creature that Marcus had hooked realized that it was not able to get free with ease, and instead began swimming up to the surface in order to deal with the problem at its source.

This was when Marcus finally caught sight of what it was that he had on the other end, and he pursed his lips together and made an almost guilty expression.

“It looks like it is too late to let it go. My catch is coming up to us.” Marcus said.

Immediately after that the sonar enchantment on the ship detected the incoming creature and alarms began blaring.

Anything over a certain size triggered the automatic safety protocols onboard and the Ascension quickly prepared for battle.

The crew visibly looked panicked hearing this, and the adventures as well as Domovoi got ready for what was coming.

Mana cannons that were normally hidden began whirling out all over the ship, and what normally looked like a luxury cruise liner suddenly had the appearance of a floating fortress.

A moment later some loud explosion could be heard coming from underwater as the turrets that sat at the bottom of the ship opened fire.

Except, they did not deter the creature from counting its approach.

With a large splash that sent up a small tidal wave, the entity that Marcus had hooked half surfaced and glared down at those that were on the fishing platform.

‘That is certainly one big lobster.’ Marcus thought, seeing the creature up close.

It was easily over a hundred twenty feet tall and looked like a creature that might appear in a monster movie.

‘Oh, it is called titan lobster.’ Marcus thought as he appraised the beast.

It was truly one of the largest creatures he had ever seen. Though would still look like a dot compared tot eh Doomsday Worm that was several miles long.

“Marcus, you want me to deal with it?” Mrazivý said nonchalantly.

While everyone else was panicking or at the very least tense, the two of them were fairly calm.

Marcus of course felt bad for bringing such a creature up to the ship, but he was not feeling threatened in any way.

“No, I will take care of it. Though this is not really fishing anymore.” Marcus said as he handed his fishing rod to Mrazivý.

Multiple flashes of light then flew off of the ship and blasted into the titan lobster. The mana cannons all around the ship had opened fired and the adventurers on the top deck had cast some spells.

It was an immersive attack to be sure, but not enough to bring down the creature that had come from out of the depths.

The titan lobster had armor plating that was especially resistant to magic and mana-based attacks and would not be seriously injured by the ship’s defenses easily.

There was also the fact that it was level sixty-three. A true horror that would be able to sink most vessels without them being able to put up a fight.

Pulling its left claw back the massive lobster was about to slam into the side of the ship and begin its attack.

But right before it swung, undeterred by the attacks coming at it. Marcus jumped off the fishing platform and landed a flying kick right to its chest. Sending it reeling backwards.