"52 cruisers fighting against 70 battleships, they actually won?!"

"Could Saint Byron really be the legendary Messiah? Destined to save humanity as the Savior?!"

Around the Strait of Dover, many intelligence agents stationed on fast sailboats were filled with tragic anticipation, believing they were about to witness the reverse invasion of the Old Continent by the colonizers, rewriting the history of colonization.

Until the once invincible Phantom Fleet suffered repeated defeats in cannon and god battles and fled in panic.

And with the recovered true form, led by the Blue Dragon King displaying its iconic dragon king ship bow figurehead, pursuing closely, the people were left in disbelief.

The newly ascended King of the Wild Hunt truly rewrote naval warfare history, completely overturning past military theories.

But in a moment of exhilaration, boundless worries filled their hearts.

"What if he leads such a fleet to attack us in the future? Can our nation’s battleship fleet withstand it?"

"Military reform, we must begin military reform immediately. Follow the King of the Wild Hunt across the river, if he can do it, so can we!"

The intelligence agents from the leading maritime power of the Kingdom of Castilia felt the greatest sense of crisis:

"Luckily, Hightins has yet to possess a legendary warship that can dominate a sea, capable of contending with our Holy Trinity.

Otherwise, if they challenge our position as the leading maritime power, given the current situation where the two queens of the Kingdom have yet to settle the score, it would be truly dangerous."

But in the next moment, they were struck by the sudden surge of golden light from the heavy cruiser fleet.

"What is that?"

Soldiers cleaning up the battlefield, prisoners surrendering and being reorganized, all instinctively turned their heads toward that direction.

A great battle from dawn till dusk, as the clouds at the horizon gradually dispersed, the golden-red sunset and the light of the law simultaneously fell upon the Golden Deer.

Thud thud thud...

Everyone listened closely and heard a strong, powerful heartbeat, like some deep-sea giant beast slowly awakening.

The golden light enveloping the Golden Deer also fluctuated, aligning perfectly with the heartbeat.

The people on the Golden Deer felt it most distinctly.

Originally celebrating their victory in the final founding battle, Violet and Catherine were clinging to Byron’s arm, shouting and jumping.

At this moment, they all instinctively quieted down.

They clearly felt as though everything on this prototype heavy cruiser was invigorated — cloud-like sails, interwoven ropes, the golden deck, and the heavy bronze cannon...

Back when Byron seized the Theseus Ship Spirit Ritual from Sailboat Collector Mordent Gray, it recorded a promotion ceremony capable of transforming a quasi-legendary warship into a legend — Challenge the Impossible: 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"Defeat formidable enemies deemed undefeatable by others, explore forbidden zones considered impossible to explore by others, challenge feats seen as insurmountable by others...

If one is not enough, then two; if two are not enough, then three; eventually leading to qualitative change and the emergence of the ship spirit."

Last time, when they successfully challenged the first large Garen, the First-Level Holy Relic-level Golden Deer began showing signs of spiritual awakening.

Now, by defeating a larger, stronger foe, triumphing over the Ghost Battleship Fleet, all final prerequisites were met.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The bronze bell hanging on the main mast’s mast disk rang without wind, and countless points of light rose from every part of the warship, converging before Byron into a petite human form.

After a blinding flash of gold, a slightly translucent-skinned girl lightly landed on the deck.

She looked about ten years old, with one long and one short golden antler on her head, wearing a white princess dress and barefoot.

She also wore an oversized tricorn captain’s hat on her head, looking somewhat extra comical as if a child was trying hard to imitate an adult.

With toddler-like hands, she pushed up the huge brim, revealing underneath a pair of azure eyes and a few strands of black hair.

Perhaps because the Golden Deer was designed by Byron and Violet was the chief engineer, the ship spirit exhibited typical Bayfolk features.

However, her delicate palm-sized face was devoid of much expression, resembling an emotionless and heartless porcelain doll.

Raising her head to look at Byron, she spoke in a serene and unperturbed voice:

"Are you my captain? Please accept the control key of the Golden Deer."

Then she opened her mouth, and spat out a golden, radiant light key, which fell into Byron’s open palm and swiftly melted into it.

Later, if a transfer of ownership is required, one only needs to have an Artisan create a special key proxy to pass the ownership to future generations.

In the past, a group of Bayfolk exiles led by Dagon the Abyssal Horror managed to steal the Dragonhead Ship Valhalla because they obtained the Harrold Family’s key.

With the master-slave relationship established, the ship spirit self-named Golden Deer gained a touch of liveliness and a hint of cheer in her eyes.

She saluted Byron, then continued:

"The Three Great Laws of Warship Spirits:

First, do not harm the master, nor through inaction allow the master to come to harm;

Second, must obey the master’s orders, unless such orders conflict with the first law;