The results were quite good. The monster's flesh, which had originally been difficult to separate from the soil, was successfully pulled apart—the former Pirate King's Court had become a massive pit. The monster that had been entrenched in the Pirate King's Court now hung above it, with Pollution Serpents stretching from all around the pit to hold it up, leaving it swaying without falling.
Honestly, it looked rather ridiculous.
This made threading the hoisting cables much easier. The Banshees went down from around the pit, then emerged from the other side.
The cables were passed beneath the monster.
Skyveil Behemoth slowly moved above the monster, pulled taut the cables, and cast off all its ballast.
The enormous airship generated unimaginable lift, hauling the monster's main body completely into the air. Only the endless Pollution Serpents remained connected to it. At last, people could see its full form.
It resembled an incomparably enormous octopus, as large as a small mountain. There was no trace left of its former human appearance; it looked more like some monster from the deep sea.
Its tentacles stretched densely into the distance, reaching who knew how far. These Pollution Serpents formed a giant net, one that covered the entire Storm Ocean.
There had long been no seawater left on the ground. The former seabed had dried up, and the airship hauled the monster up without much difficulty.
By then, construction of the furnace on Castel Island was nearing completion. Though the supporting facilities were not fully finished, the main furnace was already ready for use.
Theus decided to fire it up and give it a try. He had long since had enough of the space where the Sea God Temple stood, and wanted to see whether they could leave.
That day, Monica, Nini, and Gaia gathered