0196 Kou Tao Fishman
In the dim seabed environment at a depth of 200 meters, Jialan didn't notice the rapidly approaching figures, thinking that they were just some big fish living on the bottom of the sea, and the shallow sea environment of the continental shelf was an excellent environment for aquatic life to survive.
However, the undead, who are very sensitive to the breath of living beings, sensed the arrival of these creatures at the first time, and instinctively made an attack posture, but they were wearing heavy cold iron dragon armor, and they could only move on the bottom of the sea covered with soft sea sand, and they could not attack these creatures swimming flexibly in the sea water at all.
The appearance of these strange creatures startled Jialan, a group of Kou Tao fishmen about a meter long, they had a blue-green hard scales, short but exceptionally strong body, with thick limbs, and duck-like webbing between the four sharp claws.
Many people who have never seen "fish-people" will confuse this aquatic race with "merfolk", but in reality, there is no relationship between the two at all.
They seem to have evolved from fish, and although they have a human-like body structure and limbs, they have a strange fish head and sharp piranha-like fangs protruding, which makes them look particularly ferocious.
There are many types of fishmen, such as tidal flat fishmen who live in shallow waters by the sea, shark-like fishmen who live in the deep sea, etc., and the Koutao fish-people are the groups of fish-people who live near the offshore continental shelf in the fish-man family.
Not only are they very similar in appearance to piranhas, but they are also very similar in temperament, and they are very formidable predators. Far more ferocious than their close relatives, the Mudflats Fishmen, who raid fishing villages near the coast to loot some food and iron tools. However, the Koutao Fishmen attacked human gatherings for the purpose of hunting for food.
Yes, any animal, including humans, is a prey for them, so coastal areas, even those with few fish-people. There are also often warnings such as "fire prevention, anti-theft, and anti-fish man", and the "anti-fish man" among them is usually worth it, that is, the murderous piranha of Kou Tao Fish Man.
But as far as Jialan knew. Although there are fish-people tribes in the waters near the docks of Port Corran, they are basically the kind of mudflats fish-people who are crumpled and slimy, and look like miscarriages/births. It's annoying though. However, the individual strength is weak and not very harmful.
What's more, because of the establishment of Kemo University, in the past 200 years, the magicians have wiped out the mudflat fish-man tribe near Kolambang, and the destructive transformation of the coastal mangrove forest has seriously damaged the living environment of his tidal flat fish-people, and the sporadic tidal flat fish-people can no longer cause harm to the residents of Kolan City.
Especially in the corpses of some unscrupulous alchemists, from the mudflats of the fishmen. After unexpectedly refining the expensive luxury of "fish-man oil", the vast majority of the tidal flat fish-man tribes. He had already migrated to the more remote shores, far from the terrible place of Port Corran.
Theoretically, it is unlikely that there will be fishmen near the city-state of Kolambang, which has a huge demand for "fish-man oil", but now it has not only appeared, but there are still many of them.
What's even more strange is that the breeding ground of the Kou Tao Fishmen is located more than 2,000 kilometers away, near the "Girago Kingdom" Gilargo County, and the "Elven Country" Vilena County, which is separated from the entire Squid Bay, and is not in the southern continent where Koran City is located.
Fish-people are not migratory fish, their breeding grounds are quite fixed, unless they encounter a very serious natural disaster or ecological disaster, they generally do not migrate easily, this is a major event that will affect the reproduction of their population, how can they be idle, across more than 2,000 kilometers of sea, swim to Gilargo County?
Although things were weird, Jialan didn't have time to think about it, because these Kou Tao fish people were obviously very unfriendly, and as soon as they appeared, they rushed towards them with a clear purpose.
"Retreat to the waterways!"
Jialan gestured decisively, and everyone slowly approached the exit of the waterway under the cover of the skeleton knights.
The people of the Kou Tao Fish were amazed by this group of "humans" who could survive underwater, and they nimbly swam around Jialan and them, and from time to time they tentatively attacked, but they were forced back by the two-handed swords of the skeleton knights.
Humans dared to "provoke" them at the bottom of the sea, which quickly angered the murderous Kou Tao Fishmen, who numbered hundreds of fish, and frantically attacked the skeleton knights.
Apparently they had never encountered such an iron-hulled tortoise-like enemy, and they used their sharp fishbone spears to poke the dragon armor of the skeleton knights, but they could not hurt the skeleton knights who were protected by the heavy dragon armor.
This makes the Kou Tao fish people a little helpless, they usually rob ships, but they have never encountered this situation, after all, there is no sailor on that ship, will look for dead people at sea to wear this kind of armor, fall into the sea will not even bubble up.
Soon, however, they spotted several unarmored humans in the "crowd" who looked like important people, which made them immediately change their target.
Seeing the Kou Tao Fishmen rushing towards them one after another, but they were repelled again and again by the skeleton knights wielding two-handed giant swords, Jialan had to sigh in admiration, although many species researchers in this era ridiculed that the fishmen's memory would not exceed 3 seconds, and they should not be classified as intelligent populations.
However, according to Jialan's understanding of the fish people, they not only possess a certain amount of intelligence, but also have developed a primitive but very ancient civilization, and its historical trajectory is far longer than that of most terrestrial intelligent populations.
However, it is a pity that the civilization of the fish people, as if the time seal was released by the gods, although it has a long heritage, but it has always stayed in the ancient and primitive tribal form, which is very puzzling, compared to the land that people can set foot in, the vast ocean seems more mysterious.
Although the Skeleton Knight raised his shield to shield them from above, and everyone did not have to worry about their safety, it undoubtedly slowed them down their return to the waterway.
Especially after discovering that the bone spears made by them from giant fish bone spurs could not cause any damage to the skeleton knights, the Kou Tao Fish people began to use their natural abilities of the water system to shoot out a stream of water, or disturb the surrounding seawater, making everyone unstable.
The formless and insubstantial "water arrows" in the sea water were also unable to penetrate the thick cold iron dragon armor of the skeleton knights, but the chaotic water made it difficult for everyone to stand firm, and the surrounding skeleton knights who were responsible for protecting Jialan with shields also had loopholes.
From time to time, the cascading shields staggered to reveal gaps, and at this moment, cunning Kou Tao fishmen would shoot water arrows into the gaps, and in a few cases they would almost graze Jialan's body.
Jia Lan couldn't help frowning, there were too many of these Kou Tao Fishmen, which had seriously threatened their safety, and the very powerful Skeleton Knight on land was very powerless at the bottom of the sea, which was covered with soft sea sand and uneven reefs, and could not launch an effective counterattack against the nimble Kou Tao Fishmen.
Just when a Kou Tao fish-man suddenly pounced downward, trying to spray water arrows at Jialan who was being protected by the skeleton knight, Jialan suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled it back violently, and the Kou Tao fish-man seemed to be grabbed by an invisible big hand, and dragged it over!
The hapless Kou Tao fish-man struggled in panic, but what awaited him was the slashing of a dozen two-handed giant swords...... It's almost all minced!
The broken corpses were swept up by the turbulent current, and the blood that flowed out was rendered in the seawater, but those Kou Tao fishmen who smelled the smell of blood were not afraid, but were stimulated by the blood to become more and more crazy.
They brutally snatched the corpses of their companions, tore and devoured the corpses, and then slammed directly into the skeleton knights without fear of death, intending to knock the iron turtles away in order to attack the "tender and delicious" humans in the middle.
Jialan didn't expect that the attack of one of his "mage's hands" would cause the other party's rage, although the skeleton knights' counterattack killed a lot of Kou Tao fishmen, but in order to protect them, the skeleton knights' formation was too dense, and the wide and huge two-handed giant sword could not be wielded at all, so they could only defend passively.
It could be quite dangerous to go on like this, and Jia Lan no longer hesitated to release several spells one after another, bursting several huge holes in the seawater!
Burst, a small spell that can only be used on land to scare people or disturb the opponent's mount, its effect is only to release a loud bang around the opponent with lightning speed, except for deafness and tinnitus for a while, there is basically no real damage.
But this little spell, at a depth of 200 meters, has shown another form of power, shock!
The sound wave formed by the arcane energy suddenly exploded and formed a shock, and even the sea water around the flashpoint was repelled, forming a strange huge bubble, and then the sound was transmitted to the surrounding area.
In the process, the fishmen within the range of the sonic explosion seemed to have been smashed by an invisible sledgehammer, convulsed and lost consciousness, and sank in the sea water on their stomachs.
Although they soon woke up and swam desperately again to escape to a safe distance, they were killed by the skeleton knights because they were too close.