"It doesn't make sense at all. The Count said as he threw the pearl back to Fioni, and although there was no emotion in his voice after the Shell Man's relay, it was judging from his expression that Lothar was a little depressed at this time. It's no wonder that there's a reason why he says that the pearls given by Father Shark don't make sense, as we all know that hunting is about tracking down targets that move quickly and intentionally dodge. So if the target you're looking for doesn't have any intention of hiding, how can that be called tracking?

That's the problem this team faces. No matter what angle you look at, the direction that this tracing pearl is pointing is the area at the front of the mist, and of course, as the supreme leader of the Burning Tao Clan, the High Priest will of course be in the center of the army array. And there, is a place that the team will not be able to infiltrate anyway. It would be more difficult to assassinate their commander in the midst of an extremely loyal army than to infiltrate the king's castle and stab the monarch on the throne. And if nothing else, Lothar and the witches were hard to hide when it came to their appearance, and with Fioni's signature scales and Jaquia's shark-toothed habits, no lineup could be worse than them.

The shapeshifters apparently understand this too. He withdrew the pearl, carefully placed it in the leather pouch around his waist, and spread his hands to his frustrated companion. Even from such a distance, Fioni could see the spectacular march of the Burning Tao Clan. The followers of the Lady of the Tides have all sorts of problems, but it is undeniable that the same faith unites them closely under the priests, and this unity is so close that the hunters who believe in the Shark Father cannot do it in any way. And in such cohesive societies, the population also grows much faster than shark teeth. Especially because of the cooperation with the witch group over the years, Lietao has been getting help from outside the ocean, and they don't have to worry about food.

Now the scorching waves are more powerful than ever. This is a fact that anyone must admit, and even Jaquia sighed after witnessing the behemoth formation. Such a scorching wave is indeed capable of competing with the humans in Heartless Bay, and even, considering that the main battlefield is in the sea, the human side seems to have fallen into the upper hand.

"We can't do this mission. Peg's brow tightened as he said pessimistically, "That High Priestess won't leave her army, and our only chance is to find an opportunity to rush in and kill her when the battle progresses into chaos." But I doubt the fight will ever get to that point. Those fogs can disorient all the ships in Heartless Bay. The only way those captains could get through the misty seas was to rely on the Kraken's guidance, but all of them, I mean, were on the other side. ”

"Maybe. "The shapeshifters also know how bad the effects of the fog can be on the human side. And he was sure that Lietao regarded this fog as the biggest killer feature.

"Actually, it's not so pessimistic. Hela swam to Peg's side and said to her companion, "No matter how much the Lady of the Tides trusts her high priest, it will be difficult to control such a large amount of mist, and I think she must have put all her energy into controlling the mist, and if we find her, we will probably be able to kill her easily." ”

"Again, let's say the battle begins, the Kraken doesn't have time to defend, and we're lucky enough to rush to their High Priest and kill her. But what effect does that have on the outcome of the battle? You know what I mean? The death of the commander in battle can be an effective demoralizer to the enemy, but that is when the scale of the battle is not large enough. In this level of battle, the opposing commander's commander will not be a single individual, but must have a complete command system. This means that even if we kill the High Priest, we will not be able to throw Lietao's army into chaos, because the soldiers on the front line will most likely not know that their commander has died at all. Trust me, this kind of thing happens. Lothar spoke, not just because they knew the whereabouts of their targets, but because in his opinion, if the assassination was carried out after the war had entered the melee, it would have no meaning for the outcome of the war.

The Earl's assumption made several people look at each other, and they naturally thought that as long as the High Priest died, the army of the Burning Waves would collapse in an instant, and only after being reminded did they suddenly remember that they were not facing a swarm of bees and their queens, but an entire army of krakens with the same ability to think. Even, in the case that Lietao has a worship of their high priest second only to the goddess, the news of the high priest's death is likely to turn into a shot in the arm for them, completely engulfing the weak odds of victory on the human side.

"That's a good analysis, human. Jaquia was the first to break the silence, she looked at Lothar, but there was no confusion in her eyes, "I'm just a hunter, so what you said about war is probably all right." But I'm a shark-toothed hunter, and since Shark Father has helped us, it means that he thinks this operation makes sense. That's enough. This is the consciousness of being a chess piece, even if the huntress knows that the road ahead is her end, but the faith in her heart makes her still willing to carry out the will of the chess player behind her with her own life. Even if she doesn't think it's a win, so what? I'm just a pawn, and all I see is a corner of the board, and the players, they see the whole board.

"Sorry to bother you at this time. But I think it's better to let you know about some things. Kiri abruptly interjected into the conversation, interrupting several of them about the meaning of the action, and they turned to look at the witch, waiting for her second sentence. Qili hadn't paid as much attention to the situation of the Burning Waves as everyone else had since she started, her vision had been wandering, and in the course of this wandering she had noticed something, "I think those people are here for us. ”

At this time, a few people noticed that above the coral forest in the distance, where the blood mist had not yet dissipated, a force had quietly appeared there. The Forest of Contemplation isn't a strategic location, and with the rings in the water and the gathered sharks cleared, the purpose of the force seems obvious.

"What do you think?" Fioni asked Jacquia, a hunter who was a master of tracking and counter-tracking, and she was the one who planned the team's path.

Jaquia didn't hesitate much, but the expression on his face was obviously unhappy, "I suggest we leave immediately. The evacuation just now was too intense, and we left too many traces. And there are four above-ground people in the team, and the clues they left in the water can easily follow even a layman. But where are we going in that case? There will be some time before this battle begins, and before that time these earthlings will have to replenish their air at least one more time. We don't have a lot of room to deal with each other. ”

The shapeshifter thought for a moment, he had a large area of the map of the waters in his mind that was already off-limits, and indeed as Jaquia said, there wasn't much room left for them to maneuver with the trackers. But to fight on the spot, that is an even more unrealistic option. All in all, he made a rather bold decision.

"Let's go behind them. ”