The thread of mana prolonged alongside the size of the fishing line.

The slender line was crafted from an unfamiliar materials to Alex. It resembled a braided wire woven from a wide range of completely different supplies.

The bait trailed behind, following the ship’s course. Small fish that sensed the presence of mana steered clear, whereas barely bigger ones have been enticed.

The crew used deceased fish as bait, a method Alex adopted.

Nonetheless, for many fish, the limp, lifeless physique of the used bait fish was unappealing. This defined why the crew struggled to catch a considerable quantity of fish.

Because the mana infused into the bait, the flesh rekindled a semblance of vitality, drawing bigger fish towards it. They circled across the bait at insane pace.

Nonetheless, Alex did not comprehend it. He waited patiently for a fish to tug on the road. He was prepared to tug again and hook the fish as quickly as he felt it.

Seconds ticked by.

It has already been a minute since he final forged the road.

‘I feel my luck simply ran out. Or was my luck glorious since I acquired a fish on my first strive.’

‘Perhaps I ought to reel within the fishing line and check out once more. The bait may need slipped away from the hook. That may be why nothing is biting it.’

Totally different ideas popped up in Alex’s thoughts. Not less than fishing was not boring him.

Simply as he was about to reel again the road, a pressure was transmitted to his arms. One thing had bitten the bait. And it was pulling on the road with great pressure.

‘What’s it? Did I catch a whale?’

The stiff rod that Alex wielded began to flex. The rod, as inflexible as a plank, was bending in an unnatural place. This spooked Alex.

Nonetheless, with out hesitation, Alex pulled as much as hook the monster that was pulling on the road. He used physique reinforcement to stabilise his kind and pull again.

Fortuitously, the rod and the road strengthened together with his mana may maintain the pressure simply. It was simply that the mana he used to strengthen the road was rapidly dissipating as he fought with the fish. Alex needed to steadily provide and management the mana to strengthen the road and the rod.

‘That is why you need to be a grasp mage. On this world, mages are depending on runes to manage mana. Just some can deal with mana effortlessly with will. And most of them are grasp mages.’ Alex thought as he pulled again on the rod even tougher.

Then immediately, he smiled on the realisation that he may really be pretty much as good as grasp mage.

‘The reeling mechanism on the rod will not be adequate. There are not any bearings or methods to manage the pull pressure. I simply should do all the things with mana.’

Even after struggling for a minute, Alex had solely reeled in one-tenth of the road.

He had forged the road far-off. It was too far for consolation.

“I want to see the fish on the different finish,” Alex stated as he continued his battle.

For the fish, it was a battle figuring out its life and dying. So, it was unwilling to surrender.

‘I’ve to carry on till the fish is drained. I’d be capable to reel it in sooner after that.’

Alex’s mana across the physique intensified as he braised for a protracted battle.

Time glided by as half the road was reeled in. The fish dashed left and proper, making an attempt to unhook itself or to interrupt the road. However neither labored.

The mana provided was steady and constant.

‘A bit bit extra.’

The road lastly neared the ship. Alex regarded all the way down to examine the dimensions of the fish.

However the turbulent water made it tougher for him to see.

“Simply a few meters extra.”

Alex noticed the fish.

A tail flashed on the ocean’s floor because it displayed its physique earlier than Alex.

“What the precise F?” It shocked Alex past phrases.

Reeling tougher, Alex raised the rod up.

“What is that this?” His thoughts could not seize maintain of the fact.

Simply because the fish was pulled out of the water, the load Alex felt decreased. Alex slid again on the sudden change in pressure. His physique misplaced stability for a second earlier than stabilising shortly.

Alex rapidly raised the struggling fish into the ship.

The fish he had pulled up was barely greater than the one he beforehand caught. At a look, nobody may discover the distinction in measurement between the 2 fishes.

However Alex rapidly realised that there was one thing odd with this fish.

“The fish I caught beforehand was small and straightforward to reel in. It did not really feel like I hooked a whale when reeled in. Why was it the case?”

“Maybe it’s a magical beast!”

That was the one attainable purpose Alex may consider. How else can a fish weighing lower than half a kilogram really feel prefer it weighs tons of of kilograms?

“There may be some magic to the existence of this fish?”

Alex unhooked the small fish and checked out it intimately.

It regarded higher and contained a better focus of mana contained in the physique. Its physique’s scales glowed silvery-blue and steadily launched a stream of mana outwards. It was a reasonably fish.

“Perhaps the scales have one thing to do with its unnatural means.”

‘There is just one technique to know for positive.’ Alex thought.

“Farm AI, please conduct a gene evaluation on this specimen; attempt to use Chitra’s assist fairly than spending FP for all the things. Final time, you ripped off FP for simply transferring the specimen into the analysis pod.” Alex stated as he threw the fish into the farm house.

[Executing command.]

The farm replied again in affirmation.

[Deducting 100 FP for waking up Chitra.]

“Sigh…”

[The specimen has been transferred to the research pod.]

The fish had died on its technique to the analysis pod. Chitra threw it in and closed the lid. She complained concerning the odor of the fish earlier than strolling to clean her arms.

The analysis pod, which regarded like a mixture of a barrel and a rice cooker, started to decompose the tissues and cells of the fish Alex captured. It was slowly deciphering the genetic make-up of the fish.

“After evaluation, give me a brief report,” Alex requested the farm.

In the meantime, he continued to put a brand new bait on the hook and check out fishing once more. Although the fish was smaller than those the crew caught, it was an exciting expertise to seize it.

Alex wished to really feel it once more.

“The effectiveness of the bait is rising as I enhance the mana. Ought to I strive one thing in a different way this time?” Alex determined to alter his techniques.

He had already familiarised himself with utilizing the fishing line and rod. He controls his mana effectively, permitting him to seize magical beasts. These elements led him to up the stakes.

As a substitute of a sliver of mana, this time, he would fill the bait with sufficient mana to make it seem to be a beacon within the sea.

“A silver coin to purchase one other rod and line. I can strive with it till the traces break or till I destroy it with mana. In any case, there may be a restrict to how a lot mana it may face up to.”

Alex ready himself to throw the bait into the ocean.

Simply as he was about to throw, a number of the crew walked by. He noticed the tiny fish he had caught and smirked.

“What an enormous fish!” Leaving a sarcastic remark, they sat close by.

It was apparent that they have been mocking Alex once they noticed the fish he had caught.

Alex wished to scream again, ‘Dimension would not matter’ to these guys. However he kept away from doing so.

Channelling a gradual stream of mana, Alex strengthened the fishing rod and line earlier than throwing the bail outwards.

The bait flew about fifty meters earlier than falling into the water. The water swept away, down into the ocean.

‘Now could be the time to check my speculation.’

Alex started to channel mana into the fishing line.

One core of mana rapidly occupied the fishing line and rod.

‘There isn’t a change to the fabric. I can add extra.’

Alex rapidly despatched out ten cores of mana.

‘Extra? How a few hundred.’

At once, Alex spent 100 cores of mana.

Now, he may see a slight change within the materials used to construct the rod and line. They have been starting to disintegrate. Alex toned down the mana output to lower than 90 cores to forestall the road from breaking.

Whereas Alex rigorously managed the mana on the fishing rod and line, a sea creature sensed the bait.

The dense mana on the bait felt like a tasty deal with to it. The temptation was changing into tougher to manage. It wished to dive in and chunk the bait.

Abruptly, the mana within the bait started to extend. From feeling it was only a deal with, the creature began to really feel it will be its greatest meal. 100 cores of mana have been attractive it to chunk in.

Lastly, The creature, unable to with out its urges, dashed to the bait. It dived like a bullet and bit it.