This plan had been proposed by Theus.
There was a vast gulf between wanting to use the Pirate King as fuel and actually being able to do it, but the pollution across the entire Storm Ocean was simply too tempting. After weighing the matter, Theus decided to give it a try.
His original idea had been to drag a Pollution Serpent over from the Pirate King's Court, but the results had not been very good. Leaving aside whether the Pollution Serpent would resist, simply finding one of a suitable length was troublesome enough.
After studying the matter, Theus decided to go big.
He would directly build an airship large enough to haul that monster over.
As for whether the monster would cooperate, Theus was not particularly worried. He had asked Chloe, and the monster formed from the Pirate King should have long since lost its mind. After all, even with Sea God Church believers sharing the burden, no one could withstand prolonged exposure to physical pollution.
It had only instinct left now.
And with Monica, a Sea God soul, suppressing its instincts for a short while would not be a problem.
Besides, it only looked large. Its actual body did not have much offensive power, or it would not have sent those Fishmen and arm monsters onto the battlefield.
It was more like the queen of a termite colony. The monster horde it created was indeed powerful, and Castel had only barely held it back by exhausting all its strength, but its main body was merely a fleshy worm at the mercy of others. It only appeared especially tough because it could not be injured.
As long as they successfully stuffed it into the furnace, recited the Steel Prayer, and completed a summoning ritual, that would be enough.
Monica had