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Chapter 93 The Fishmen Who Are About to Meet

Just 1% away from entering another level, the Grandmaster level.

Unfortunately, the energy points have now been exhausted.

However, Richard did not conserve any energy points this time, which can be considered as doing his best.

So, Richard quickly adjusted his mindset and began to carefully read the instructions for the thickness conversion.

[Thickness/Thinness Conversion: Consumes additional mental energy to enhance the dark elemental energy in a specific direction of the dark elemental shield, but correspondingly weakens the dark elemental energy in other directions. This is a subtle control over the energy distribution of the dark elemental shield, while the overall energy of the dark elemental shield remains unchanged.]

Simply put, the Dark Element Shield is shaped like a bubble, and Richard can fine-tune the energy distribution, focusing on strengthening the energy in a certain direction.

After a moment's thought, Richard understood the application scenario of this special effect. For example, if the opponent's attack is a fireball, then it will inevitably hit a certain point on the dark element shield.

If the dark element energy is evenly distributed, the bubble will be easily popped. However, if the energy in other parts of the bubble is mobilized to support the point of attack, then the defense will be greatly enhanced as the dark element energy concentration increases exponentially.

Of course, this effect won't work if the opponent's attacks come from all directions.

Ophelia, who was standing to the side, actually wanted to ask Richard what aspects of his understanding of the level zero sorcery, Dark Element Shield, but after thinking about it, she didn't ask.

The three continued on their way.

Andrea, who was leading the way, walked along the front bank of the underground river cliff and rounded a corner. Suddenly, she saw several figures not far ahead. They were the red-haired girl and her group. She was stunned.

Jenna and her two companions, who had been at a loss, happened to see Richard and his two companions turning around, and their eyes lit up immediately.

Ophelia frowned as soon as she saw the three of them, clearly not wanting to deal with them. However, her Plant Senses told her that there were many creatures ahead, most likely subterranean races, which is why the three of them had headed in this direction.

It would be a shame to give up now.

Richard, seeing that Ophelia and the other person did not get along well, stopped in his tracks.

Actually, Richard's strength has just increased significantly again, so he is not afraid of competing with these people in front of him, nor is he afraid of them causing trouble.

Because, in the end, it will most likely be that they brought trouble upon themselves.

Ophelia hesitated for a moment, then decided to search for the fishmen in a different direction, so she turned around and walked away.

But as soon as the three of them turned around, they heard the voice of the red-haired girl behind them.

"Ophelia, wait!"

"There's a large group of murlocs ahead. Neither we nor your team can take them down alone. How about we team up and each reap the rewards based on their own strength?"

Upon hearing this, Ophelia hesitated for a moment. After all, the three of them had been searching along the underground river for quite some time, and the wizard apprentices had killed off most of the small fry of the underground races.

The remaining dishes are mostly of this kind, which are quite numerous and difficult to eat; I'm afraid the three of us won't be able to finish them.

Now you have the chance to earn a lot of points, so it would be a real shame to give it up.

In the end, Ophelia went to Richard's side first and whispered, "Richard, you're the captain, so you should make the decision. But I must remind you, those three, especially Jenna, are cunning and ruthless. I'm afraid cooperating with them might..."

Richard understood immediately. Ophelia actually wanted to cooperate and earn points. After all, if she really didn't care about points, she could have simply left without cooperating.

The reason for continuing to talk about this is that they are reluctant to give up the points but are also worried that the other party will turn against them later.

However, for him, if this trio from the North Ring obediently followed their agreement and cooperated to kill them, all would be well. But if they deliberately provoked him or tried to pull a fast one, well, that would be a different story.

Richard nodded to Ophelia, then turned to the red-haired girl and asked, "How strong are the fish-men?"

"One high-level murloc warrior, four mid-level murloc warriors, and more than twenty miscellaneous murlocs."

Richard was taken aback, but secretly delighted. What a huge amount of points! No wonder the other party wanted to cooperate with him. Indeed, even if it were just the three of them, it would be difficult to win unless he used all his alchemical bombs. Otherwise, they really didn't have much of a chance of winning.

"How should it be allocated?"

"If we all work together and take down the high-level murloc warrior, the points will be split 50/50. As for the rest of the weaklings, it's simple: whoever kills them gets the points. How about that?" Jenna said with a smile.

Richard thought this was exactly what he was thinking, so he turned to look at Ophelia and Andrea.

Seeing that neither of them had any objections, he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, let's go with this plan."

However, Richard seemed to have thought of something. He turned around, carrying the red-haired girl on his back, and took out ten bottles of Fire Dance Star and ten packs of Silver Moon Dust from his pocket. He handed them to Ophelia and Andrea, giving them half each, and gestured for them to put them away quickly.

"Just in case, use it!"

Upon seeing so many alchemical bombs, the two felt reassured and greatly admired Richard's character.

After all, not every team leader would generously distribute items worth hundreds of magic stones to their teammates.

It should be said that it is extremely rare.

In fact, Richard sensed the hostility of the three men the first time he met them, although he didn't know why they were hostile towards him as soon as they met.

But that doesn't stop Richard from taking precautions in advance. He himself isn't afraid, but he should take care of his teammates if he can.

Meanwhile, Jenner and the other two were whispering among themselves.

"Once we've taken down this group of fishmen, if nothing unexpected happens, we should immediately move in and snatch the petrified lizard's brain and eyes! You two, just watch my hand signals," Jenna instructed.

Brandy and Mijat nodded to indicate that they understood.

Brandy, quite confidently waving her short staff, said, "Don't worry, Jenna, I've also prepared blinding potions. We'll definitely catch them off guard!"

So, the group of six, three in front and three behind, quietly approached the merman group ahead.

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Several hundred meters ahead, a group of about thirty fish-headed, human-bodied fishmen, wielding various weapons, were moving forward in a long straight line along the shallows of the underground river.

In the middle of the group stood a tall merman warrior, his body a pale purple color, over two meters tall, wielding a huge, gleaming steel fork. The scales on his body were the size of a child's palm, giving him an astonishingly strong defensive capability.

It was none other than Braca, the leader of the merfolk.

"Lord Blaka, we have already lost four dual-wielding squads. If we can't find the Prophet soon, the situation will become increasingly unfavorable for us," a burly, green-scaled dual-wielding fishman beside it reported.

Braca sniffed ahead again, and confidently said to the dual-wielding merman beside him who had asked the question, "Slarka, I sense the Prophet's presence. He should be not far ahead. If we speed up, we should find him soon."

"Yes, Lord Blaka, I will inform him immediately." The dual-wielding merman named Slarka sounded visibly pleased after hearing Blaka's reply.

(End of this chapter)