Goblin Dependency

Xia Nan did not know exactly what the Sha Hua Fishmen were planning.

But he knew that these creatures, like goblins in the water, were frantically collecting human corpses to perform a sacrificial ritual to summon a shark beast monster.

Obviously, the reason why the corpses of the Black Tide Hunter ship crew disappeared is that they were taken by the fishmen as sacrifices.

And when Xia Nan shared his guess about the whereabouts of the corpses with Lorin beside him, the face of the captain, who had roamed the Southern Islands for many years, became increasingly solemn.

"Perhaps we should leave this sea area as soon as possible."

She said in a deep voice, extinguishing the cigarette butt with her index finger and thumb.

The Sha Hua Fishmen, to some extent, belong to a type of intelligent beings, possessing their own culture and language, not rare in number, and often appearing in the Southern Islands.

In Lorin’s many years of adventure, she had dealt with these fishmen more than once.

She is somewhat familiar with the nature of these Water Rats.

But because of the strong strength of the Vengeance Blade Blade Squad, even encountering some Sha Hua Fishmen communities during the mission, the fishmen’s combat ability could hardly impact Vengeance Blade Blade.

Therefore, Lorin rarely paid attention to them before.

Until the Twin Canyon battle, where the deformed shark beast summoned by the Sha Hua Fishmen nearly wiped out her team, she began to pay more attention.

Using a break during the mission, Lorin collected a lot of intelligence about the fishmen through her connections in Suo Yu Bay.

She was surprised to find that in recent months, the cases of adventurers sighting groups of Sha Hua Fishmen have suddenly increased at a rapid pace, and incidents of ordinary civilians and merchant ships being attacked by them have also surged.

This is extremely unusual.

And the situation brought back by Xia Nan, about the island at Wildberry Cliff where fishmen and human gangs collaborated, was something Lorin had never seen before.

What exactly do they want to do?

No one knows.

But it’s not good news for the people living in the Southern Islands.

At present, the tragic experience of the Black Tide Hunter ship group and the large fishman group Sarisa spoke of being premeditatedly lurking in the depths of the sea water, further indicate that these dangerous demons have shifted their target from ordinary islanders to powerful professionals with Extraordinary Power.

Will this affect the Vengeance Blade Blade Ship Group heading to participate in the Moon Tide Banquet?

Or do the radical changes of the fishmen have something to do with the upcoming Sea Rhythm Festival?

Without enough intelligence, Lorin couldn’t conclude.

But considering the large number of Sha Hua Fishmen hiding in the nearby sea and that massive Windkind Octopus, she ultimately decided to abandon the idea of in-depth investigation and chose to focus on traveling, minimizing entanglement with these vicious demons as much as possible.

For this, which aims to find Algae Scale Dodd at the Moon Tide Banquet, Xia Nan naturally had no objections.

Instead, Sarisa, who had just been severely wounded under the fishmen’s siege, opened her mouth, her expression clearly hesitant, but ended up swallowing words that had reached her throat, fully complying with Lorin’s arrangements.

Just another outsider, even if she deeply wanted to avenge her former companions, she did not have the qualification to interfere with the actions of the Vengeance Blade Blade Squad.

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Sarisa recovered quickly.

Benefiting from her robust physique as a professional and the effects of the Healing Potion, she was able to walk down from her sickbed independently and regained the ability to move freely by the afternoon of her complete awakening.

Thanks to her extremely cooperative attitude, her activity range was not restricted to a single room but was allowed to go to the deck for resting activities.

After all, for a ship on an ocean voyage, unless one possesses the ability to fly or dive for extended periods, it is like a moving prison, surrounded by boundless ocean, even if one wants to escape, not knowing where to go.

Of course, to be on the safe side, Sarisa’s weapon [Silver Vein Longbow] had been put away by Lorin, kept by herself.

Along with the light leather armor originally worn was removed under the pretext of helping to clean it, not allowed to wear it anymore.

Having lost her weapon and armor.

A Ranger whose Power Level was not truly high, estimated to be around Level 3 or Level 4, her threat level naturally reduced significantly.

Being an adventurer herself, Sarisa understood Lorin’s concerns and did not show any signs of resistance, cooperating very well.

At present, she wore just a somewhat thin linen shirt, with bandages wrapped around her arms, abdomen, and thighs, standing alone by the railing at the edge of the deck, gazing at the distant horizon, where the sun, already nearly orange-red, quietly set.

The amber vertical pupils contained an inexplicable emotion flowing within.

It could be anticipated, as an experienced long-range shooter, upon returning to Suo Yu Bay, many adventurer teams would extend olive branches to her, hoping she could become a member of the team.

But even if the adventurer industry is so realistic, humans are, after all, emotional creatures. Having been with the Black Tide Hunter teammates for so long, how could she possibly dismiss the death of her companions so easily?

Sad and regretful emotions filled her mind under the reflection of the sunset.

Having just finished training, Xia Nan passed by her carrying a fishing rod, with an empty fish bucket in his hand.