Volume 2: Storm Falls 1 - Plague of Fishmen
"Put down the dinghy! Ready to land! Ralph shouted, "Blow the trumpet!" ”
"Whew!" The sound of the horn at this time made a low and distant sound. After the five boats were lowered and the dinghy was lowered, we began to move ashore.
"I've never been so gracious about seeing land." Lawrence sighed.
A dinghy can only hold fourteen people, but we have four dinghys on board, and we can transport personnel and supplies to shore in three trips.
I laughed out loud as I jumped from the dinghy and stepped on the beach gently washed by the waves. I've never felt so happy to have my feet on the ground as I am today.
The bandits who ran out of Nanhai Town with me were crying and laughing when they stepped on land again. They lie on the sturdy ground to their heart's content, like a coquettish child who has been away from his mother for a long time and then returns to his mother's arms.
"Hah!" Lawrence sprang straight on the beach like a child, then lay on the reddened sand in the afterglow of the setting sun.
If it weren't for the group of people around me, I would have wanted to lie down and shout.
Settle quietly on the beach and finally get a good night's rest! The bonfire went up, and the smell of meat wafted in. Finally, I can skip the smorgasbord seafood soup on the boat!
The sun reluctantly sinks into the sea, a quiet night! The people on the beach were talking, laughing, singing and dancing. The sea breeze is warm and warm, and it is a feeling of happiness.
"What a funeral for him!" But as I was walking around the camp, I suddenly heard someone grumbling. I stopped and hid behind the tent.
"Isn't that it! Don, that guy is not reliable either! A slightly rough voice said.
"You say, is that guy Guise now a feather for the Krakens?" The guy who said he was really sad just now spoke again. I peeked out from behind the tent and stared at the fire in front of me.
"It's possible that it's been pulled out as poop." The man snorted as he spoke. I remember the voice! It was indeed him, the guy with pig-like eyes, and I remember his name seemed to be Marlin!
"Did you see him sink the ship?" The guy with a slightly rougher voice said. His bearded face glistened in the light of the fire, and the guy's name was Balin.
"Nope! How can you care about that! That whining Siren wants your life at any moment! Marin said.
"It's their ship that sinks! A flock of landlubbers! "Now it's the guy who shouted frustration just now, and since Guise is missing, the person who spoke is called Victor.
"Looks like there was something that kid named Bill did before he left." Balin said: "What do you think is the reason why the warships of Bullars are chasing them? ”
"It must not be a trivial matter to be chased all the way by a warship." Now the one who speaks is the one who is discouraged, and his name is Victor!
"Do you still need to say that you were chased by a warship?" Bahrain said angrily. "The Alteracs are not worthy of deep friendship, they are all savages! Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people. ”
"I don't believe them either!" Marin spat into the fire. "I'll have to ask him for money tomorrow."
"Yes, depending on his attitude." Victor said, "How many of you still have it?" ”
"I have seventy-two brothers on board," Marin said.
"Sixty-three." Bahrain said. "What about you?"
"You're three more than me." Victor said.
No wonder he said he was depressed.
"The day before yesterday, your combat attrition was so serious?" Marin's eyes widened.
"He's so serious! Almost half dead! Bahrain said as he shook his beard. What are you doing so far ahead? ”
"What the hell am I! Do you think I want to? I was in the middle of the Kraken's circle of attack! My ship was the first to be tapped! Do you know how many krakens have come up? Victor gritted his teeth angrily. Before leaving, old Shepard said that this trip was more auspicious! ”
"It seems that the old blind man was right." Bahrain snorted. "What did he say?"
"The sea breeze shouldn't change direction at this time, there is a smell of blood in the sea breeze." Victor lowered his voice.
"Isn't it just the smell of blood, your people are dying!" Bahrain tilted his head and said.
"Did he say that you turn evil into good fortune? What about a full load? Marin said.
"Nope." Victor shook his head.
"What are you going to do?" Bahrain looked at the two guys.
"It depends, now that it's here, all that's left is looting." Victor said.
"How many of them are there?" Marin asked.
"One was sunk, and it was all landlubbers. I don't think there are many people left. Bahrain said.
"You mean ......," Victor said.
"It depends." Marin interrupted him.
I slipped out from behind the tent.
When I got back, I counted the number of people, and there were still one hundred and fifty-six people who could move, which was a little less than theirs.
Although I was very unhappy with the conversation between the three guys, I was finally able to relax my nerves for the time being. The piles of bonfires on the beach were still burning, and the fact that more than 300 people were still lying safely on the beach made me feel a little relieved.
The question now is not to kill each other, but how to appease and exploit them. It doesn't seem very nice to take a hundred and ten people to see King Lane.
I looked up at the guards standing guard and lay down.
It seems like I'm dreaming again...... It seems like I'm alone again! I'm lonely...... I can't find my companions, are they all dead? Or did you abandon me? I'm left alone in the wilderness!
Orcs! It's an orc! I see the orcs! Come on! No...... They have wolf warriors! Find a place to hide, I don't want to die......
"There's an attack!" I heard the shouting!
"Whew!" It's the sound of a trumpet...... Not a dream! I jerked my eyes open! I saw a mess on the beach, and dense black shadows poured out of the sea.
"Wow, lala!"
"Fishman!" I instantly remembered that horrible scene in my mind.
"Hurry up! Fishman is here! "I shouted." Fall back! Evacuate to the woods! ”
Drawing two knives from my waist, I shouted for them to retreat.
It's really a fishman! I didn't expect there to be a fishman here! Those who got up got up got up, and those who didn't get up and those who were knocked down by the fish people basically couldn't stand up again!
"Retreat!" I shouted. At this time, it is simply impossible to organize a counterattack. Patches of large and small fishmen rushed up.
A guy not far away was pounced! I yelled and rushed forward. The weapons of the Naga are better than those forged by humans! I discarded my sword and chose two quick knives.
He slashed into the fish-man's body, and then slashed directly into its bulging head. This half-human, fish-man about the size of a dog, was hacked to death by me on the spot. When I pulled out my knife, the two fish-men who had been biting the guy spread out and ran away.
"How are you!" I turned my head to look at him.
"Ahh The guy just let out a trembling, terrified scream.
"Retreat!" I yelled at him and rushed at the other guy who was pounced.
After hacking a few more fishmen to death, I was shocked to find that the fishmen seemed to have an inexplicable fear of me. When I raised my knife, all the fishmen around me who saw me would subconsciously duck back.
So I started running, trying my best to keep away the fish-people who were biting my companions on the beach. However, I couldn't do it myself, and hundreds or more of the fish-people came like a tidal wave.
"Bill! Evacuate! "I vaguely heard someone on the shore calling me.
When I turned my head to look over, I realized that I was far away from the retreating crowd.
I was surrounded......
Looking at the surrounding dense fish-people as big and small as dogs, I'm not afraid of farting. Even if there are dozens of rats around, it can make my scalp tingle.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" The fish-men screamed, but they didn't pounce. Their large, round eyes gleamed eerily in the moonlight and firelight.
Can't wait! I took the lead in picking up my twin knives and swept towards the fishmen around me! Really! The fish people fled like lost dogs, and were cut by my knife before they could dodge.
An attack of this range can be said to have no attack power, and it will definitely not cause fatal injuries, but it is just scary to watch.
I don't have much time, if I can't get out of the encirclement as soon as possible, once these fishmen find out that I can't kill them at all, I'll end up torn apart by them!
At that moment, an arrow suddenly fell beside me! Another piece!
I couldn't be so excited! My brothers did not abandon me!
Soon! A few dozen meters away, I ran into the woods, and I saw my companions with bows and arrows on the edge of the woods!
"Ahh I yelled, slashing at the fishmen who were trying to block me.
One! Two! Three! Chop down one after another, and the group of fishmen who no longer attacked enclosed me.
Arrows kept falling, but that didn't seem to make much of a difference.
Suddenly, my back sank, and a fish-man jumped on my back. At that moment, I shook my waist and shook my shoulder, and threw the fish-man who had just opened his mouth and bit me on the shoulder.
But this moment, I felt the black shadows rushing up from all directions envelop me.
All of a sudden, there were four or five fish-men hanging on my body, and I stumbled and was bitten my calf!
I fell to the ground, and in an instant I felt a whimper around me pounce on an unknown number of fishmen. My weapon is off! My arm was bitten, and the dog-like fish-man tore my arm.
It didn't hurt very much, I didn't feel it at the moment, only the growing fear made me panic.
My left hand tried to protect my face and neck, and I couldn't care about my chest and other places, and my right hand jerked back, pulling out the dagger from my chest. He stabbed the fish-man in the chest.
I'm going to die!
I feel the pain!
I...... Finished!
A deafening cry rang out, my eyes lit up, and the fish-man covering my face flew out. The weight on my arms, legs, and stomach instantly lightened.
"Bill!" It's Gage! I recognized his round head.
He reached out and grabbed me by the collar and dragged me out.
"Protect the Chief!" Gage yells!
The sound came to my ears, and it really touched me!
I was dragged by two people, and everyone fought and retreated, and finally I was dragged into the grove by the beach!
"You're damn scared to death!" Lawrence jumped and fled, and he ran to me, "How are you?" ”
"It hurts!" I say.
"Are there any bandages?" Ralph shouted.
"Bandages in the fish-man pile!" It was said.
"Bill! Are you okay! "Marlin, that guy came over.
"Can't die!" I sat up with my back. Turning his head and looking around, Bahrain was here, Victor was here, and everyone I knew was there.
"Where's the fish-man?" I asked.
"Outside the woods, didn't come in." Ralph said as he took off his clothes, "It's okay! Bandage him first! He tore his clothes as he spoke.
No one spoke, everyone stared at the crowd of fish staring at us outside the woods.