Chapter 50 Preparations before the War
Ryan vaguely understood Willen's plan.
The murlocs bully the weak and fear the strong. When they see strong humans, if there are only a few murlocs, they dare not attack them. But when they see thin women and children, they will immediately scream, wave their weapons, and start hunting.
So Willen plans to use the skinny Matteo as bait to lure out the murlocs in the murloc tribe, and then surround and kill them.
Ryan nodded. It was a very safe plan. If something unexpected happened, they could evacuate immediately.
Can't we just kill the murloc tribe directly?
It's not impossible, but it's meaningless!
When the murlocs encounter an enemy or danger that they cannot resist, they will immediately dive into the water nearby, either waiting for an opportunity to gather more murlocs to launch a counterattack, or hiding in the water and waiting for the strong enemy to retreat on its own.
Therefore, if a large number of murlocs cannot be eliminated at one time, according to the murlocs' super high reproductive capacity, it won't be long before this area of water will be full of murlocs again!
"Let's go, let's kill these murlocs first!" Willen was very happy with Ryan's humble attitude. He turned around and talked to the other night watchmen, and then slowly sneaked towards the murlocs.
However, after walking a few steps, Willen turned to Ryan and said, "That. Ryan, you can take a rest first. We can use bows and arrows to deal with these murlocs."
After that, Willen took off the bow and arrows on his back and gestured.
This made Ryan stunned. He looked at the other night watchmen and instantly understood something. He scratched his head and smiled, saying, "Okay, Captain Willen, then I will support you."
This time, he only brought the two-handed sword wrapped in sheepskin, and did not prepare bows and arrows at all.
It's not that Ryan is lazy, because his level 2 basic archery skills are really not good enough.
Willen also knew this, so he didn't remind Ryan when he set out.
Of course, the main reason is that in a short period of time, Ryan will not consider consuming precious skill points and investing in basic archery.
So, Ryan was alone behind, watching the ten elite Night Watchmen slowly move forward in a semi-encircled formation. When they were at shooting distance, they drew their bows and aimed.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
After a whistling sound of arrow rain,
the four murlocs fell to the ground one after another!
Ryan's eyes lit up, and he finally understood why Hamilton sent the Night Watchmen instead of the sheriffs and guards in Shimmering Gold.
Because of archery!
The Night Watchmen's archery skills were generally better than those people.
It was perfect for dealing with murlocs.
Ryan walked forward and carefully looked at this humanoid creature that Captain Willen thought was not very intelligent.
These murlocs were about 1.5 meters long, with fine and slippery scales on their bodies, and seemed to have good defensive power.
There was a pair of protruding bubble eyes on the fish head, plus a big mouth full of fangs, emitting bursts of stench.
They all had webbed hands and feet, and held a variety of weapons, mainly low-quality harpoons, broadswords, and short spears. No one held a short bow, and their equipment was very simple.
Ryan even poked the other party with the hilt of his sword. Sure enough, the scales on the surface of the fishman had a protective power similar to that of a single layer of leather armor.
Of course, if he chopped down with his fine steel sword, there would be no difference between the other party with or without this layer of scales.
"Ryan, this is the mark of the evil fin fishman, look!"
Captain Willen turned a dead fishman over, and saw a long dorsal fin running through the center of the other party's back, with occasional long spikes on the dorsal fin, and the entire dorsal fin was dark gray.
"The different characteristics of murlocs represent different populations, and sometimes the difference in strength is huge."
"For example, on the coastline over there in the fishing port town, there live black-gilled murlocs, who are stronger than evil-fin murlocs. In addition, even for the same kind of murlocs, the strength of each tribe varies greatly."
Ryan was listening carefully and nodding from time to time.
He could tell that Captain Willen was imparting his experience to him.
"Let's go. We should be able to find their base soon by following the footsteps of the fishmen."
Along a small river upstream of the Twilight Lake, Ryan and his party followed the webbed footprints left by the fishmen by the river and searched all the way up.
Soon, they found that the footprints were getting denser and denser. They
saw more than a dozen stilt houses newly built with branches and thatch on the river bank ahead. There were many dim and short figures in the camp. Obviously, this was the "headquarters" of the evil fin fishmen.
Looking at the small evil fin fishmen tribe in front of them, which was about no less than a hundred, Willen couldn't help but frown and said, "This group of evil fin fishmen has moved the entire tribe here. This number is a bit too much!"
"I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to deal with it. This is a bit different from what the reconnaissance report said."
"Captain Willen, what does the reconnaissance report say? Isn't there that many?" Ryan asked curiously.
Willen shook his head and said, "The reconnaissance report said that there were small groups of evil finned fishmen in the upper reaches of the Twilight Lake. The small groups usually consisted of 30 to 50 people. But the group of fishmen in front of us is too many. It is estimated that there are at least 100 of them."
"Let's give up first. After Lord Hamilton's injury heals, it will be safest for him to go out." After a little thought, Willen frowned and said.
Ryan looked at the night watchman's professional level lv1 (87/100) and the giant bear swordsmanship lv2 (269/300) displayed on the board.
They were about to be upgraded. Obviously
, Ryan was a little unwilling to go back like this. So Ryan asked again: "Captain Willen, although there are a lot of them, the individual strength of the fishmen is not strong. Is it difficult to kill them?"
"Well, we are not just going to eliminate some of the fishmen, but to wipe them out as much as possible. There are so many of them. Even if we kill one by one, it will take a long time."
Willen frowned and said.
"According to the original plan, you have to cut off their retreat. I'm afraid you, Ryan, will be under a lot of pressure."
It turned out that he was worried that he couldn't bear it!
After hearing Willen's explanation, Ryan's brows relaxed.
Ryan had a different view on this matter.
First of all, this group of evil fin fishmen did not have long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, and the giant bear swordsmanship he practiced was very good at dealing with such group battles.
In addition, his strength has been further improved compared to the battle with the jackals.
The improvement of two points of mental power allowed Ryan to grasp more details in the battle, making him less likely to get hurt.
So, Ryan smiled and said, "Captain Willen, I have confidence in myself. Let's give it a try. It shouldn't be a big problem."
Willen was stunned when he heard that Ryan actually volunteered.
But he looked at Ryan's eyes and saw that he was very serious and didn't seem to be joking.
Moreover, as the interceptor with the most pressure in the whole battle, Ryan proposed to give it a try. If he said he gave up again, it would be a bit of a blow to morale.
So, after thinking for a moment, Willen patted Ryan's shoulder heavily and said in a deep voice: "Okay! Ryan, since you are confident, let's try our best. However, if you are defeated, remember to retreat immediately."
"Come on, everyone, set up a trap belt here. If something goes wrong, we will retreat."
"Okay, boss!"
At Willen's call, the elite Night Watchmen immediately started to move.
After a while, everyone set up several spikes, blocking ropes, etc., and marked them one by one to prevent their own people from accidentally triggering them.
(End of this chapter)
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