Chapter 787 [(*^▽^*)]

In just a short while, the number of people here increased by at least several hundred, and he also saw many leopard people, white wolf people, and white fox people, or rather, there were more of these orcs at night.

Humans are relatively few in number, making up only about a third of the population. Many of the stalls and shops are also run by orcs, judging from the appearance...

Lin Leyou said, "It seems that a small village doesn't necessarily mean a small population. They can't all be concentrated in this Twin Horn City, can they?"

Qin Xingyu said with a smile, "Of course, actually each village has a large number of villagers, more than 20,000, but what you see is only a small portion."

Lin Leyou was taken aback, "So many?"

He was referring to each village, not all five villages combined. "It seems they get along quite well with humans, so why are there still people..."

Qin Xingyu said, "Even among humans, there are quite a few cases like this. It's all driven by self-interest, with no other reason. In the future, don't bring this up in front of many people, as it's easy to cause resentment among the villagers."

Lin Leyou said, "I know, I was just asking... Besides, speaking of which, the one brought back today is incredibly lucky to be alive. It can't be because..."

Because of Zhang Jiao, the city lord's father, right?

Qin Xingyu: "I'm not very clear about this matter either. They always seem to give this person special treatment. Maybe we'll find out later."

Lin Leyou's eyes lit up. "Could this be related to...?"

Is it part of the main storyline?

Qin Xingyu: "That's possible. We can only watch the ranking battles, but we can investigate this matter."

Lin Leyou said, "And that guy who impersonated Lin Wanyi earlier, I wonder if he's been caught yet. Should we go check on him first? Maybe we can get some useful information out of him."

As soon as he finished speaking, two lion-men were seen dragging a man whose head had been beaten into a pig's head out from around the corner of the alley not far away. Each of them was holding one of the man's feet and dragging him on the ground.

Qin Xingyu leaned closer. "You caught them? Are you going to drag them out of the city?"

The lion-man said, "Yes, we can't make a move in the city. I've already explained the situation. The people in the city won't interfere. Let's go, let's go out and deal with this first, and then come back."

Qin Xingyu led Lin Leyou and Xue Rui out. The lion-man glanced at them but didn't say anything. These two were honored guests of Golden Snake Village and were definitely different from others, so they wouldn't have any hostility towards their Golden Lion Village.

Let them follow along; it's just dealing with a petty thief, nothing to be ashamed of.

Having realized what had happened, Lin Wanyi pulled Jiang Xiali's hand and followed. Lin Leyou looked at Jiang Xiali and saw that his face was flushed. She wondered what he had been doing over there.

However, Lin Wanyi couldn't do anything wrong on this busy street.

He then gave Jiang Xiali a teasing smile. Jiang Xiali glared at him, very angry, but could not say anything, as he had indeed been careless.

The group followed the lion-man out of one of the exits of Twin Horn City. Once outside the city, it was time to deal with this man. He probably knew he was going to be killed, and disregarding his injuries, he hurriedly lay down on the ground begging for mercy, "Don't kill me! I didn't mean to! I was forced! Don't kill me!"

Lin Leyou blinked. This person was forced? Something's up!

The lion-man clearly wanted to know who was behind him. "Tell me," he said, "if you're valuable, I'll spare your life, but get out of Twin Horns immediately. If I see you again..."

When he saw that he actually had a chance to live, his eyes lit up. He wouldn't have thought he had a chance in other villages, but the lion people of Golden Lion Village were very upright and kept their word.

"It's that one... uh..."

Everyone wanted to hear who had ordered him to do it, but before they could even get the first word out, they noticed that the man had bulging eyes, a distorted face, and was gripping his neck tightly with both hands.

His neck began to thicken and grow larger at a visible rate, with layers of fat piling up at the base. His head above his neck also became larger, followed by his body and lower body. The whole process took only thirty seconds.

The living, breathing human who was just kneeling and begging for mercy has turned into... a fish.

Moreover, it was a very ugly fish.

This fish was as big as a person, and instead of scales and fins, it was covered with layers of fat. If it weren't for its distinctive head, they probably wouldn't have recognized it as a fish.

Not to mention Lin Leyou and his group, even the lionmen were startled. Their sideburns stood on end, making them look like frightened big cats.

The lion-man had a loud voice, "What happened?! How did it turn into such an ugly thing?!"

Lin Leyou blinked, and after careful observation, discovered that this thing was actually...

"Still alive!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone gathered around to look. The fish wiggled its tail and was indeed still alive. It was also constantly shedding tears, looking very pitiful, as if it was crying for help.

Lin Leyou didn't know what was going on, but he still needed to see what the lion-men were up to. "What do you plan to do?"

The lion-man's bushy mane had returned to normal, though it still looked a bit unkempt, clearly still shaken and disgusted by the thing.

Especially the layers of fat on top.

"What else can we do? Of course, we have to call the people from Twin Horns to come out and take a look. We don't understand it anyway."

Soon one of the lion-men went to Two Horns to fetch help. The two men who came were patrolmen responsible for the night patrols. They were also completely baffled as to what he meant by the man turning into a fish made entirely of fat.

When they arrived at the place, their faces contorted for a moment. Indeed, no matter what it is, you have to see it with your own eyes to know how disgusting it is.

"Wait here, I'll go and call the city lord. You stay here and keep watch."

One of the two patrolmen went back, leaving the other behind. The city lord arrived quickly, in less than two minutes, which was quite fast. He was probably nearby.

When the city lord arrived and saw what it was, he was startled. "Whoa! What is this thing?!"

The lion-man said, "I only called you over to take a look because I didn't know what it was!"

Lin Leyou asked, "Is there any fishman village here?"

Fishman Village?

Upon hearing this, everyone except those who were participating in the dungeon fell silent.

Then the city lord spoke up, "Speaking of the Fishman Village, it does exist, but we haven't heard from it in a long time, and I almost forgot about it. If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have thought of it at all."

The lion-man nodded, "There was indeed such a village, but it disappeared more than 30 years ago. They originally lived by the sea and rarely interacted with other villages."

The city lord added, "They rarely come to human cities, so when we realized we hadn't seen any fishmen in a long time, we went to check and found that the original location of the fishman village was just a ruin with some dried fish scales. We didn't see any corpses, and we don't know where they went."

Lin Leyou stroked his chin. "So what happened?"

He suddenly realized something: almost all orcs had human upper bodies, human-like bodies and arms, but their heads and lower bodies were like those of wild beasts.

So, is this fish-man a fish head and a fish tail, with a human torso and two arms in the middle?

Just thinking about that scene sent chills down Lin Leyou's spine. He wanted to ask what the fishman looked like, but he was too embarrassed to ask now.

He rephrased his question, "Does that merman look like him?"

He pointed to the fish on the ground. Those who, like him, didn't know what fish-men looked like looked at the city lord, and the city lord and the lion-men were all surprised.

Lord, "How could that be? A fishman has a fish head and a fish tail, but the middle part is still like a human. It's not like this, a whole fish, and the outside isn't just piled-up fat."

Lin Leyou nodded. That was a mermaid... an incomplete mermaid, a mermaid with a fish head.

Qin Xingyu: "So what do you plan to do with this person?"

There were some fragments next to the fish, which looked like fragments of the fake golden lion bracelet that the lion-man had mentioned earlier. "He was about to ask who forced him to do this, but he turned into this before he could finish. Is this some kind of talent or witchcraft?"

The city lord shook his head. "There's no witchcraft involved. It's probably just talent. And it might not even be related to the fishman village. After the fishman village disappeared, no fishmen ever appeared again, and we've never seen them. If they were still alive, they definitely couldn't have lived alone for decades. They would have to send people out to buy some necessities."

He pondered for a moment before saying, "Let's carry him back first and put him in the busiest square near the city gate. Let's see if anyone can handle this situation."

The people behind the city lord quickly found a stretcher, then used sticks and other tools to lift the fat fish lying on the ground onto the stretcher and carried it into the city.

Lin Leyou and the others followed behind. They had obtained some important information during their brief exchange: the people in this instance world possessed talents, but the items were not mentioned, so it was unclear whether they had any.

But it's highly unlikely, otherwise, as the city lord, he would never overlook the possibility of items.

Moreover, compared to talent, if items exist, the chances of success are still higher with items.

Qin Xingyu walked beside them, saying, "This is going to be interesting."

The two lion-men were very unhappy. They were supposed to find out who was behind this soon, but they never expected such a thing to happen. Right under their noses, this person turned into a fish with human skin and fat all over its body!

When this person was carried to the bustling square, he was immediately surrounded by onlookers. No one had ever seen anything like it before, and they exclaimed in amazement.

The city lord stood on a stool and said, "Listen to me, everyone. This person has been turned into this state by an unknown method. Does anyone have any ideas, or have you ever seen or heard of anything like this?"

The onlookers and orcs were all shocked by this thing, and they all took out their phones to send messages, probably to contact friends and family in the city.