"God, how did they learn to change the guard?"

"Kester, quick, get the bucket!"

"Webb, do what you have to do and don't stop!"

"Hell, how do these fishmen seem to be so much smarter?"

“...”

There was chaos at the western wall, and when Alan arrived in a hurry, he found that the militia had now split up in two ways, one running to the rear looking for something, and the other still holding on to the wall.

It was as if they had seen something extraordinary, and they were still amazed even though they were busy.

Alan wanted to grab a soldier to inquire about the situation, but seeing that they were too busy to care about anything else, he gave up this idea and went up to the city wall himself.

A squad leader who was commanding the militia saw Allen's arrival and quickly greeted him.

Alan nodded, then motioned for him to ignore himself. At the same time, he stood beside him and listened quietly for a while.

After observing the situation outside the western city wall for a while, after a while, I had roughly understood what was happening.

Because of the irrationality of the fish-people, the defense of the city wall has been much easier, but now the pressure has increased!

Although there is no perpetual motion machine in the body of the fish people, because of the bright stars, they do not need to eat and rest during this period, and the energy in their bodies is like endless, and they are not tired at all.

However, despite this, the fish-man launch of water arrows is not without obstacles, there is no concern about consumption, and there is still a buffer period for the launch of water arrows.

If Alan were to describe it, he would probably refer to this buffer period as the cooldown.

After each arrow, the fish wait for a few minutes before they can fire again, which is one of the reasons why it is easier to defend against them.

Accustomed to the monotonous attack methods of the fishmen, the militia has become more and more experienced in the attack methods of the fishmen, coupled with the continuous hunting of mercenaries, Bay City is no longer as nervous as it was at the beginning.

The armed forces of Bay City are constantly building up and adapting. On the contrary, the fish-people in the ocean have basically nothing to replenish, one after another, and the victory against the stars is within reach.

But now there is a hint of change.

Alan looked at it, outside the west city wall at this time, the fish people who were originally stupid had changed their attack methods at some point, and they were no longer stuck to the previous monotonous attack, but began to take turns!

The fishmen seem to have opened their minds, and the fishmen who can reach the city wall at the front will crowd back after shooting a wave, and replace those who can't reach the rear forward.

Although there will inevitably be some confusion, it is a lot more efficient!

Looking down at the vertical surface of the city wall at his feet, it was already covered with a thick layer of viscous liquid, translucent, and covered the entire city wall.

The liquid was dripping slowly down the walls, but before they could reach the ground, another wave of water arrows would follow. It is no longer the same as before, and it is endless, and it does not allow the city wall to have the slightest "rest" at all.

Two-thirds of the time has passed, and the city wall has been greatly reduced in thickness due to long-term corrosion, and if it continues like this now, it is estimated that the city wall will collapse in a few days....

"How did this happen?"

Alan was very puzzled, in the previous records of Bay City, the fish-people had never had such a sudden smart event, and in the previous records of breaking the city, it was often only because the city walls were not repaired thick enough, and they could not withstand the corrosion of water arrows, not because of the sudden special circumstances.

After observing for a long time, Alan was silent.

"In this case, it's not so much that the fish people suddenly become smarter, but that someone is directing behind the scenes..."

"Could it be that there is a high-level fish-man?"

The thought flashed through his mind, but he immediately denied it.

High-level fishman monsters will appear during the fish-man invasion, but those monsters will not affect the behavior patterns of ordinary fishmen at all, except for the water arrows that shoot farther and more powerful.

"Adult Naga can easily command the fishmen, but those monsters can't command remotely, and if you want to command the fishmen to do this, you can only be nearby, but..."

After observing for a long time, Alan found no trace of the adult Naga.

"Could it be that there is a special fishman that is not recorded in the book?"

The Star Empire was founded for a short time, only more than a hundred years, so the cultural background is not very high, although the understanding of the monsters in the territory is quite clear, but it is only for high-level magical beasts, for the fish-man such an innocuous little minion, the scholars of the Imperial Bachelor Tower have no time to pay attention.

Therefore, Alan would not be surprised by the appearance of a fishman with unknown attributes, but he would rather appear than face this situation.

Unknown means mysterious, it means ignorance, and if there are really fishmen or other monsters with special abilities, then Bay City really can't deal with it.

It's also possible that it's not because of the special monsters, but because the fish-people have evolved their IQ, but if that's the case, the situation they're facing will only get worse.

Alan is a little worried about the current situation, but it is useless to worry about it now, and the most important thing is to find out the source of this anomaly.

After observing for a long time, he didn't find any external factors in the changing of the guard of the fish...

"Is it really getting smarter overall?"

Alan couldn't help but be a little skeptical about this possibility, but it was simply impossible!

As far as he knew, there were other mental powers in this world than magic, and that was the means of warlocks with foreign blood.

Eren didn't know much about warlocks, but he thought he was about the same as mages.

According to the mage's logic, the spells that can affect such a large area of fishmen are estimated to be only able to be done by those mages who are in the legendary realm, but the legendary mages will be interested in such a small border town as the bay?

I tried to ask the militia around me, but I didn't know anything out of the ordinary.

The sudden change in the behavior of the fish people seemed to be silent, and there was no warning at all, at least not in the slightest notice from the militia.

They had just been repeating the act of shooting the fishmen before, and before they knew it, they found that the fishmen besieging the city had become the current state.

"It's weird..."

Alan frowned at this, and after thinking about it, he suddenly turned around and ordered Barry, who was called by the militia, "Go and prepare some fire bombs." ”

"Okay. ”

Although he was confused, it was one of Barry's advantages to execute the order without asking the reason, so after hearing Alan's order, he immediately carried it out.

Commonly known as incendiary bombs, fire bombs are a simple but effective siege weapon, and of course can also be used for defense.

The way in which the firebombs are made varies from one region to the Stars, but the firebombs in the southern region of the Stars are basically made with the Black God Oil, which is a specialty of Samuel City.

Black God Oil is a bit like the oil of Allen's previous life, but it is different because it has no viscous nature, except for the color, it is basically the same as Qing Shui.

Fill the hollow stone ball with black god oil, and then smear the whole body of the stone ball, ignite it, and when launched, it will cause a raging fire to burn in an area, and the lethality is considerable.

Because of the starry sky, Alan got a lot of firebombs in Reef City, which were originally used to quickly kill fishmen and face emergencies, and the cost of firebombs to manufacture was still relatively expensive, so the militia basically wouldn't use this in normal times, but now is a good time for it to play an effective role.

Eren is ready to disrupt the behavior patterns of these fish-people in the hope of discovering something.