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Chapter 84 Green-Scaled Dual-Blade Fishman (4000+ words, please continue reading)

These creatures mostly have fish heads and human bodies, with a long dorsal fin running through their spine. Occasionally, there are long, sharp spines on the dorsal fin, the ends of which seem to emit a ghostly blue light, suggesting they are highly poisonous.

The weapons they held were mainly harpoons, broadswords, and short spears, with two or three others carrying short bows; their equipment seemed quite rudimentary.

Only one fishman, who was noticeably larger and wielded two swords, with strikingly green scales, was dozing against the rock wall.

Since Richard had already carefully read the description of the underground races in the mark crystal, he immediately recognized that the other party belonged to the fish-man race among the underground races.

Moreover, the only one who seems to require extra attention is that dual-wielding green-scaled fishman.

Based on the description in the mark crystal, the dual-wielding green-scaled merman is most likely a mid-level merman warrior, with combat power roughly equivalent to a level two wizard apprentice, knight-level physical strength, and possibly some rudimentary talent magic, such as water arrow spit, acid splash, and minor hydrotherapy spells.

After Richard finished his observation and slowly retreated back into the passage, he told the four people about the situation ahead: "There is a small group of murlocs on a shallow beach ahead. There are eight ordinary murloc warriors and one intermediate murloc warrior wielding dual swords. The dual-sword murloc needs to be closely monitored."

"What are your thoughts on how to play?"

Although Richard already had a general idea, as the team leader, he still wanted to encourage his teammates to offer suggestions and ideas, hoping they might come up with something brilliant that would surprise him.

After a moment's thought, Andrea said, "If we go straight in, defeating them shouldn't be a problem. The problem is, if we want to earn points, we'd better annihilate them completely."

Richard glanced approvingly at the legendary duke's illegitimate son, who seemed to have been exposed to such influences from a young age, which was almost entirely in line with Richard's own thoughts.

"So how can we wipe them out completely?" Ram asked. His original idea was to kill as many as he could, but he never expected his teammates to be so ambitious, wanting to annihilate the enemy completely.

A moment of silence fell over everyone. This was the problem. If the other party was just a monster with low intelligence, it would be easy to deal with; they could simply lure it over.

For example, if Courtney deliberately shoots an arrow weakly and then immediately runs away, basically any monster will chase after her.

But if the other party is clearly also an intelligent being, then a problem arises: one possibility is that the other party may not necessarily chase after us.

Secondly, the enemy might catch up, but they could only send two or three murloc warriors to check the situation.

Third, they all rushed over in a swarm.

Obviously, if it were a situation like the first or second, it would be better to launch a surprise attack directly, which might yield even greater results.

Directly launching a gold-plated bomb attack is not a good idea, because Richard has already seen the Murloc Eyeball in the raw materials section of the Mark Crystal.

Although it can't compare to the more advanced Evilfin Fishman Eyeball or Dark Fishman Eyeball, even a mosquito's leg is still meat!

Once collected, they can be exchanged for points. Although they are not as valuable as high-level murlocs, they add up over time.

The group discussed it for a while.

It was finally agreed that Richard, the best archer, would lure the fishmen.

If the fishmen only send two or three people to check the situation after being attacked, then Richard will continue to be responsible for killing them alone.

This creates a false impression for the fishmen, making it seem as if Richard is the only human wizard apprentice, which could lure them into attacking.

Of course, the team also discussed that if Richard launched a surprise attack, the entire enemy team would jump into the underground river and run away.

In that case, Richard's main responsibility would be to hold off the Twin-Blade Fishman, since the Twin-Blade Fishman would definitely have the highest score, making him the one with the highest kill value.

The last scenario is that the other side rushes over in a swarm, which would be the best outcome.

At this moment, Ophelia was responsible for covering the rear, scattering self-destruct mushrooms along the Murlocs' retreat route, and quickly using Trick Super Breed.

It works wonders when the merman is about to escape.

So Richard tucked the Bone Summoning Staff into his waistband, picked up the Shadow Hunter's Greatbow from his back, and stealthily approached, aiming at the patrolling murloc warrior dozens of meters away.

Just as the merman warrior finished his patrol and turned his back to Richard again...

Richard seized the opportunity and swiftly fired an arrow with a "whoosh!"

The long steel arrow, accompanied by a sharp whooshing sound, pierced straight into the back of the merman warrior.

The sound of something cutting through the air immediately startled the other merman warriors who were resting.

The moment they opened their eyes, they saw their patrolling companion pierced through the body by a steel arrow.

The patrolling fishman let out a scream and collapsed!

This immediately caused the other merfolk to jump up, making a series of "gurgling" noises as they searched for the enemy.

Soon, they spotted and locked onto Richard, who had deliberately exposed himself. Looking at the giant bow in Richard's hand, they knew that this despicable human was the one who had ambushed them and killed their companion.

Richard listened carefully to the other party's language for a while, but guessed it was fish-man language, since he couldn't understand a word.

The dual-wielding merman he was focusing on had already woken up and was holding two swords, staring intently at Richard while shouting something at the other mermen.

A moment later, the dual-wielding merman waved his hand, and three mermen charged toward Richard.

Richard chuckled. Just like his previous assessment of the second scenario, they dared to chase after him after only three ordinary fishmen.

At this point, according to the plan, he was to be responsible for killing these murloc warriors, thereby further provoking the murlocs and causing them to attack as a whole.

Thus, as Richard activated his Multishot, three steel arrows shot out like black lightning bolts, hurtling straight at the three ordinary merman warriors charging towards him.

As a result, only one merman warrior managed to dodge Richard's steel arrow, while the other two were hit in vital spots and killed instantly by Richard's arrow!

At this point, the green-scaled, double-bladed fishman could no longer sit still. He jumped up and down in anger, yelling and screaming.

He led the remaining merman warriors and charged forward all at once.

Richard was secretly delighted. He wasn't afraid of you charging in, he was afraid you'd run away!

They immediately retreated while fighting, and deliberately avoided shooting at vital points, instead choosing to shoot the murloc warrior's thigh.

After a while, it pretended to be outmatched and fled into the passage.

But the Green-Scaled Twin-Blade Fishman, without a second thought, believed that Richard was truly no match for them, and led the remaining four Fishman warriors into the trap that Richard and his companions had set up in advance.

Immediately, they were met with a crossbow attack from Andrea, Ophelia, Ram, and Courteney, who caught them off guard and sent them fleeing in panic.

Ordinary murloc warriors were hit by arrows one after another, but the Greenscale Twin-Blade Murloc, wielding two blades in one hand, moved with such a dense, net-like motion, that he was completely unharmed.

At this moment, the Green-Scaled Twin-Blade Fishman also realized that the situation was not right. He immediately abandoned his subordinates and turned to run away!

Unfortunately, it was too late; there were already quite a few red umbrella mushrooms on the way back.

"Bang bang bang!" With the explosion of the mushrooms, the Green Scale Dual-Blade Fishman staggered instantly, but to everyone's surprise, the poison gas seemed to have limited effect on the Dual-Blade Fishman, who still rushed towards the Dark River at high speed.

Clearly, they intended to jump into the underground river to escape.

At this moment, Andrea and Ram, who were closest to the dual-wielding murloc, became anxious. After all, if the intermediate murloc warrior escaped, killing only some ordinary murloc warriors would be like picking up sesame seeds and losing a watermelon.

So the two immediately rushed out and began to chase the dual-wielding fishman.

Richard looked back and, worried that the dual-wielding fishman might escape, immediately stopped and began casting a slow spell from a distance.

When the dual-wielding merman was only ten meters away from the dark river, a ball of black light suddenly appeared above its head and quickly merged into its body, instantly slowing it down.

Richard's slowing technique worked!

This delay allowed the Green Scaled Twin-Blade Fishman to be caught up by Andrea and Ram, who were chasing him from behind.

Upon seeing this, the dual-wielding fishman immediately turned around and slashed twice at Andrea.

With two sharp clinks, Andrea's steel shield blocked both attacks. Seeing that there seemed to be an opportunity to ambush the dual-wielding murloc, Ram launched an attack from the side, aiming at the murloc from behind.

The tactics weren't wrong! But the dual-wielding merman didn't even turn his head, merely slashing backward, sending Ram flying several meters away, his elbow twisted unnaturally, dislocated.

Ram then realized just how terrifying the dual-wielding merman's reaction and attack power were; he couldn't even withstand a casual strike!

At this moment, Richard caught up and cast a Weakness spell on the dual-wielding fishman.

This put the dual-wielding merman, who had been evenly matched with Andrea, at a disadvantage. Coupled with the toxic effects of the exploding mushroom, he was hit by two swords from Andrea and seemed to be on the verge of defeat.

Suddenly, the green-scaled, dual-wielding fishman spat out a water arrow, shooting it straight at Andrea's face.

Fortunately, Andrea reacted quickly and raised her shield to block, but the water arrow was a fishman's innate magic with tremendous power. It not only dented the shield but also sent Andrea flying several meters away.

Just as the dual-wielding merman saw a good opportunity to escape,

Unexpectedly, a black figure blocked their path!

As it turned out, Richard immediately ordered the skeleton soldiers to charge forward and block the retreat of the dual-wielding fishmen when he saw that the situation was not right!

Seeing that his hard-won escape opportunity was gone again, the dual-wielding fishman was quite annoyed and unleashed a blade storm at Richard's skeleton.

The dual-wielding merman spun rapidly like a tornado, wielding two swords with the blades facing outwards, forcing Richard's skeleton warriors into a retreat!

In an instant, the dual-wielding merman got even closer to the underground river, only a few meters away from escaping!

But the next second, a huge black hand, more than two meters in diameter, slammed down, embedding half of the dual-wielding fishman's body into the ground, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.

Immediately afterwards, a steel arrow pierced the forehead of the dual-wielding merman, killing him instantly!

Thankfully, this guy didn't get away!

However, this is only a mid-level merman warrior, yet he is already so troublesome, constantly using tricks. It seems we need to reassess the combat strength of the subterranean races, Richard thought to himself.

At this moment, Richard felt that a black aura seemed to be absorbed by his skeleton soldier. Then, a message came back from the skeleton soldier that it felt it had become stronger again, as if it had touched some kind of limit.

Richard immediately realized that the black aura must be the death aura of a living being when it dies.

The skeleton soldier he had summoned was already at the pinnacle of the skeleton soldier level. Now, after absorbing the death aura of the Green Scaled Twin-Blade Fishman, Richard had a premonition that his skeleton soldier might evolve into a skeleton warrior at any time.

At that time, the skeleton soldier's combat power will increase greatly. Originally, he was only equivalent to a top-level quasi-knight, but after being promoted to a skeleton warrior, his combat power will be at least equivalent to that of a formal knight.

Moreover, Richard's skeleton warrior, wielding a sword and shield, is a skeleton guardian within the skeleton warrior tier, particularly skilled in defense.

Therefore, in terms of defensive capabilities alone, it is roughly the same as Andrea.

However, this was not the end. While directing the skeleton soldiers to gather the fishman corpses together, Richard took out the Soul-Eating Spider Egg from his pocket and placed it in the middle of the fishman corpses.

So, to everyone's astonishment, Richard began to recite the Summoning Spell, a magic trick that he had only learned once and then shelved, never to be used again.

After chanting the incantation for several seconds, suddenly, almost transparent human figures appeared on the corpses of seven or eight fishmen.

Since it last devoured the soul of the human-faced spider, the Soul-Devouring Spider Egg had not eaten again. Perhaps it was hungry this time, as it instantly sucked the transparent human figures into the white egg one by one, like jelly.

The way everyone looked at Richard changed instantly!

Richard sensed something was wrong. Looking at the expressions on the faces of the people around him, he immediately understood. So, he gave a brief, truncated account of the Soul-Devouring Spider Eggs, which dispelled everyone's doubts.

After all, killing the other party was just to earn points, but to not even spare their soul, how deep must the hatred be!

Even among dark wizards, except for a few who are wanted throughout the entire continent, this is generally rare.

Richard then used the Mark Crystal to record the results of the battle: the intermediate murloc warrior was worth 30 points, and the ordinary murloc warrior was worth only 5 points, for a total of 70 points.

In addition, you also obtained alchemy materials, one pair of intermediate murloc eyeballs (which can be exchanged for 10 points), and eight pairs of ordinary murloc eyeballs (which can be exchanged for 2 points), for a total of 26 points.

So, combining the two, I earned a total of 96 points.

Richard glanced at the points and realized that even with such a small amount, it was still a long way to go to get the Crimson Shock Elixir—

A petrified lizard, seven or eight meters long, was lurking silently in the dark cave. It had already devoured four or five delicious humans by surprise.

Its mouth starts watering at the mere thought of human taste.

The flesh of surface humans is smooth and juicy, a delicacy I've never tasted before. Mmm, it's much more tender than the flesh of cavemen, and much tastier than the smelly fishmen.

If Richard were here, he would immediately recognize that this petrified lizard resembles a large crocodile, but its skin is not like the relatively smooth plates of a crocodile. Instead, it has thick, prismatic plates with sharp spikes, which not only look like it has outstanding defensive capabilities but also seem to have the effect of counter-injury from the spikes.

Its short, thick limbs resembled small stone blocks, with intertwined muscles. Although its limbs were short, one could tell at a glance that it possessed astonishing explosive power.

The petrified lizard's long, forked tongue, resembling that of a Komodo dragon, constantly extends and retracts, sensing the aroma of food in the surrounding air. Its tongue serves as both its taste and smell organs, sensitively distinguishing information such as temperature, humidity, and odors in its environment.

Huh! It seems like I can smell the scent of humans from the surface not far ahead.

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