The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 50 Preparation before the war
  Renn vaguely understood Willen's plan.

The fishmen bully the weak and fear the strong. When they see strong humans, they would not dare to attack even a few fishmen. But when they see thin women and children, they will immediately scream, wave their weapons, and start hunting.

So Willen planned to use the skinny Mateo as bait to lure out the murlocs in the murloc tribe, and then surround and kill them.

Ren nodded, it was a very safe plan, and he could evacuate immediately if something unexpected happened.

Can't we just kill the murloc tribe directly?

It’s not that it doesn’t work, it’s that it makes no sense!

When a murloc encounters an irresistible enemy or is in danger, they will immediately dive into the water nearby, either waiting for an opportunity to gather more murlocs to launch a counterattack, or they will hide in the water and wait for the powerful enemy to retreat on their own.

Therefore, if a large number of murlocs cannot be eliminated at once, according to the super high reproductive capacity of murlocs, this water area will be filled with murlocs again before long!

"Let's go, let's kill these murlocs first!" Willen was very happy with Ren's humble attitude. He turned around and talked to the other night watchmen, and then slowly sneaked towards the murlocs.

But just after taking a few steps, Willen turned to Ren on the side and said: "Um, Ren, you can take a rest first. We can kill these fishmen with bows and arrows."

After saying that, Willen took off the bow and arrow from his back and gestured.

This made Renn stunned. He glanced at the other night watchmen and understood something instantly. He scratched his head and smiled, saying: "Okay, Captain Willen, then I will hold the line for you."

When he came this time, he brought the two-handed sword wrapped in sheepskin, and he didn't prepare a bow and arrow at all.

It's not that Ren is lazy, because with his level 2 basic archery skills, he really can't do anything well.

Willen also knew this, so he didn't remind Ren when he set off.

Of course, the main reason is that in a short period of time, Renn will not consider spending precious skill points to invest in basic archery.

So, Ren was alone behind, watching the ten elite night watchmen slowly move forward in a semi-surrounding formation. After reaching the shooting distance, he took aim with his bow.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

After the whistling sound of a rain of arrows.

The four fishmen fell to the ground one after another!

Ren's eyes lit up, and he finally understood why Hamilton sent the night watchman instead of the security guards and guards in Goldsmith Town.

Because of archery!

The archery skills of the Night Watchmen are generally better than those of those people.

It is perfect for dealing with fishmen.

Renn stepped forward and carefully looked at this humanoid creature, which Captain Willen thought was not very intelligent.

I saw that these fish were about one and a half meters long, with fine and smooth scales on their bodies, and they seemed to have good defense.

There is a pair of raised bubble eyes on the fish's head, plus a big mouth full of fangs, exuding a fishy stench.

His hands and feet were all webbed, and he carried a variety of weapons, mainly low-quality harpoons, broadswords, and short spears. None of them could hold a short bow. The equipment was very rudimentary.

Renn also deliberately poked the opponent with the hilt of the sword. Sure enough, the scales on the fish's body had a protective power similar to a single layer of leather armor.

Of course, if he were to strike with the stainless steel sword in his hand, there would be no difference at all whether the opponent had this layer of scales or not.

"Ren, this is the symbol of the evil-finned murloc, look!"

Captain Willen turned a dead fishman over and saw a long dorsal fin running through the center of the opponent's back. There were occasional long spikes on the dorsal fin, and the entire dorsal fin was dark gray.

"The fishmen have different characteristics, representing different groups, and sometimes their strength is very different."

"For example, on the coastline of Fishing Port Town, there are black-gipped murlocs, which are much stronger than the evil-finned murlocs. In addition, even if they are the same kind of murlocs, the strength of each tribe is very different."

Ren was on the side, listening attentively and nodding from time to time. He couldn't tell that this was Captain Willen imparting his experience.

"Let's go, let's follow the fish-men's footsteps and we should be able to find their location soon."

Along a small river upstream of Shimmer Lake, Renn and his team followed the webbed footprints left by the fishman on the riverside, searching all the way up.

Soon, they found that the tracks were getting denser and denser.

I saw more than ten stilt houses newly built with branches and thatch on the riverside in front of me. There were many faint and short figures in the camp. Obviously, this is the 'base camp' of this evil-finned murloc. .

Looking at the small evil-finned murloc tribe in front of him, which numbered no less than a hundred, Willen couldn't help but frown and said, "These evil-finned murlocs have migrated the entire tribe over. This number is quite large!"

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to deal with it. This is a bit different from what the investigation report said."

"Captain Willen, what does the investigation report say? The number is not that large?" Ren asked curiously.

Willen shook his head and said: "The investigation report said that there is a small group of evil-finned murlocs in the upper reaches of Shimmer Lake. Small groups usually number thirty or fifty. But the group of murlocs in front of me is too numerous. Visual inspection There are at least a hundred of them.”

"Let's give up first. After Lord Hamilton's injury has healed, it is safest for him to take action." After some thought, Willen frowned and said.

雷恩看了下面板上显示的守夜人职业等级lv1（87/100），以及巨熊剑术lv2（269/300）。

Both of these are about to be upgraded. Obviously, just going back like this makes Renn a little unwilling.

So, Ren asked again: "Captain Willen, although the number is a bit large, the individual strength of the murlocs is not strong. Is there any difficulty in killing them?"

"Well, we don't just need to eliminate some of the fishmen, but we need to wipe them all out as much as possible. With such a large number, it will take a long time for us to kill one with one arrow."

Willen frowned and said.

"According to the original plan, you have to cut off their retreat. I'm afraid, Ren, you will be under a lot of pressure."

It turns out that I was worried that I couldn’t bear it!

After hearing Willen's explanation, Ren's brows widened.

Lane has a different view on this matter.

First of all, this group of evil-finned fishmen did not have long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, and the giant bear swordsmanship he had practiced himself was very good at dealing with such group battles.

In addition, his strength has been further improved compared to the Jackal.

The two points of improvement in mental power allowed Ren to grasp more details during battle, making him less vulnerable to injury.

So, Ren said with a smile: "Captain Willen, I have confidence in myself. Let's give it a try. It shouldn't be a big problem."

Willen was stunned when he heard that Ren actually took the initiative to ask for help.

But when he looked at Renn, he looked serious and didn't seem to be joking.

Moreover, as the interceptor with the greatest pressure in the entire battle, Renn even proposed to give it a try. If he gave up again, it would be too demoralizing.

So, after thinking for a moment, Willen patted Renn's shoulder heavily and said in a deep voice: "Okay! Since you have confidence Renn, we will try our best. However, if we are defeated, remember to retreat immediately. "

"Come on, let's set up a trap here. If something goes wrong, we'll pull back."

"Okay, boss!"

A group of elite night watchmen immediately started moving at Willen's call.

After a while, everyone arranged several spikes, blocking ropes, etc., and marked them one by one to prevent their own people from accidentally triggering them.

(End of this chapter)