Reef City.

This city, which was supposed to be in the middle of the sea, ushered in a biting chill in this season when the frost gradually melted.

Because......

The powerful, noble Upper Sea Shepherd appeared before Reef City.

Compared to the behemoth-like body of the upper-class herdsman, the deep-sea border people gathered in Reef City were unattainable in terms of size and energy level.

Especially the sea herdsman who is at the forefront.

The lower body is composed of dark red tentacles, and the upper body is slightly close to the humanoid body of elves or humans and dwarves, but is wrapped in a hard carapace, and three pairs of limbs protrude from top to bottom.

Clipping-like limbs, five-fingered claws that resemble elven and human palms, and a pair of tentacles that can easily be confused with the tentacles of the lower body.

Totl.

Among the Sea Clan, the Totl tribe is one of the great tribes of the deep sea.

Totl is the name given by the Lord of the Deep Sea.

In the language of the deep sea, which is said to have been created by the lord of the deep sea, it means "wisdom and body", and by extension, it means head and hands and feet.

The Totlis means "a people of wisdom and nimble limbs."

As the lord of Reef City, who is a sea elf, he never thought that these Totl herders who hate land would come to the shore and visit Reef City in person.

Although he is well aware that the other party's mouth is not on the head, but on ***.

But this sea elf city lord also knew that the tentacles attached to the huge sea beast were themselves a keen sense comparable to the eyes, and if the gaze fell on it......

He raised his gaze as much as he could, focusing on what looked like a head:

"Venerable Sea Shepherd, we didn't make a deal with the Dragon......

However, in the next moment, he heard a voice:

"It doesn't matter."

The Sea Elf City Lord raised his head in some amazement:

"No...... Important?"

"Now, the lowly people who live on the edge of the empire, all you need to do is to hunt and catch living creatures on land and in the shallow seas and coasts, and then load them on this ship and send them to my pasture."

The Totl Sea Herder, who had a dark red body color and even his armor had a scarlet sensibility, made a sound:

"Dead or alive, you can choose at will, depending on your performance, you will be rewarded by the Empire. Of course, you can choose to say no."

Following the other's gaze, the sea elves saw a huge, wooden ship.

Wooden boats?

The first thing that came to mind was the forest elves who were once the relatives of the sea elves.

It's just that the other party didn't give him a chance to ask in detail, and after speaking, the other party turned around directly and returned to the sea.

But, at the last moment of the launch, the herder turned around and spoke again:

"By the way, I have a few guards who haven't returned, find them for me."

Hearing this, the sea elf's gaze immediately fell on the sea tribe that followed behind the other party and looked similar to the Totl clan, or should it be called the Sea Guardian of the Sea -

They actually belong to the named race of the "Gathir", which means a race with hard armor.

The guards that the other party is talking about are these races with strange mouthparts.

However, even so, in the fourth-order order of the Deep Sea Empire, it is also the third-order Sea Guardian, which is higher and more powerful than the fourth-order of the sea elves. ….

However, the naming sea clan of the lower order, no matter which one it is, is not as good as the royal family of the sea herding, such as the tidal kraken of the first order.

Although they are all collectively referred to as sea herders.

The royal family of the herdsman, the lord of the herdsman, the guardian of the herdsman, and the herdsman of the sea.

Although he is a "nobleman" compared to the unnamed people of the deep sea, that is all.

In the face of any of the high-ranking Sea Tribes, he is also a Sea Clan herdsman on the border of the Empire.

What is the shepherd?

.....

Naturally, they are deep-sea border people who can't even be ranked.

Looking at the calm sea, and the huge wooden ship that was lonely, the sea elf took a deep breath and spoke in the direction of his subordinates:

"Quick, send some border people to find ...... Take some border people to anchor and fix the ship."

"Yes!"

Returning from the fear of the sea tribes who gave them names, the sea tribes surrounding the city lord of Reef City took action one after another.

......

"City Lord, the team that went out to search has not returned."

The sea elves sat on the underwater reef, in the dim moonlight, looking at the reef guards who reported to them.

"How many teams haven't returned?"

"None of them came back."

This is not the first time.

Hearing this, the sea elf couldn't help but stand up, looking puzzled and a little worried at the same time.

It's not that he's worried about those border people, although as the fourth order of the named Sea Clan, he often laughs at himself for being no different from the border people, but he won't really think of himself as a real deep sea border citizen anyway.

What he was worried about was that dozens of teams of sea people and reef guards had not returned, what did it mean-

It's definitely not an accident or an accident, but some enemy is targeting Reef City.

Those who don't come back will probably never come back.

He immediately thought of what had happened before.

Is it the enemy on the other side of the valley harbor in the mountains?

Or the herdsmen or sea guards who call them as slaves?

It is not uncommon for those high-ranking herders to plunder the interests of various reef cities under various pretenses, and treat them as slaves.

Before, his subordinates had guessed that the upper herders were planning to threaten them with the dragon trade between the reef city and the mountains.

As it turns out, it is.

The big ship that let him go to catch and hunt creatures on the ground?

Don't even think about it, it's because he's a sea elf that he lets him hunt elves.

For what?

It's just a game of hunting.

It's just like their usual hunting game of grazing sea beasts, letting them hunt down those border people, and even hunt down and kill sea herders.

Drive and hunt down a group of border people, let the border people kill each other, and the winner can be spared.

Then, depending on the mood, if the cannibalism is exciting enough, then they may let the border people go.

If it's not exciting enough, then these border people will become the rations of the sea beasts.

Even if they are herdsmen, in front of the herdsmen of the second and third order, they will often be driven into the game of border people killing each other.

The second and third order of herders often have huge bodies, which is the biggest difference between herders and them, and it is also the reason why herders are often regarded as border people.

Even, the sea elves wondered if these groups of border people and reef city guards who had gone out and failed to come back had died in the mouth of a sea beast, or had been killed by other border people in that beast-like game.

However, at this moment, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a strange dark red silk thread on his bodyguard.

And, I don't know if it's his own delusion, he feels that his Guardian Chief's vitality aura seems to have become stronger?

The sea elves' gaze froze slightly.

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