The familiar appearance of the sahuagin, the familiar murloc language, and the sea breeze from the Thousand Sail Sea were brought to Woody's eyes.
He hid behind the shadow of the boulder and remained motionless.
One, two, three... until the seventh sahuagin emerged from the water, Woody still held his breath.
Because he knew that it was impossible for a sahuagin team deep in the shallow sea to act alone without a captain, especially on land.
These were all sahuagin hunters in front of me, and there were no individuals with larger bodies or holding tridents.
Obviously, the leader of this team has not yet appeared.
Now there are only two possibilities left, either the leader is still in the sea and has not come up.
Either the leader is a sahuagin spellcaster, and is preparing to communicate with Sekora at the bottom of the sea to cast magical spells, giving buffs to the group of kin on the shore, allowing them to persist on land for longer.
If it's the latter, Woody thinks that tonight's plans may be put on hold or moved to another place while it's still dark.
After all, if there is a spellcaster, the risk of fighting is still too high, unless it takes the initiative to get out of the water and come to land.
Otherwise, in the sea, Woody is now a level 1 demon hunter, and he may not be able to defeat even the most ordinary sahuagin warrior underwater, let alone a priest who can cast divine spells.
However, sahuagin priests are extremely careful. Unless it is raining, they will never expose themselves to a dehydrated environment. Even with magical powers, most of their main battlefields are still in the ocean.
Fortunately, Woody guessed that the worst case scenario did not happen. It was not a sacrifice. The gray-blue sea ripples gradually expanded, and the creatures hidden under the sea surface gradually emerged from the water.
Under the moonless night, Woody, who had the dark vision of a demon hunter, could clearly see that the leader of the murloc team was slightly larger than an ordinary murloc, with a pair of extra arms under his arms.
Sahuagin variant!
Seeing this, the information he knew quickly flashed through Woody's mind.
The birth of mutant sahuagin is extremely rare. Each sahuagin tribe has to breed an average of 200 ordinary sahuagin before one sahuagin acquires a mutation and receives Secora's blessing, thus gaining mutant abilities.
Not only does it have higher strength and constitution than ordinary murlocs, but it can also perform multiple claw attacks and use additional weapons in addition to rake and bite attacks.
Woody remembered that in his previous life, the data about it in the Monster Manual was like this.
"Sahuagin Variant" (Level 2)
Challenge level 4, personal level 8, possessing bloodline talent.
The highest attribute value is 18 points, the lowest is 9 points, and the total attribute value is 70-80.
Bloodline Talent: Shark Fury.
Special feats: multiple attacks, dancing with sharks.
Challenge Difficulty: B+
The sahuagin mutant in front of me has at least a level 5 ranger or warrior professional level.
But even five professional levels are not something he can face as a level 1 adventurer now.
Level-up challenges are not uncommon in "Saint", but they will definitely not belong to new professionals who have just taken up basic professions.
However, Woody currently has an advantage, and that is the land here. Many of the sahuagin's specialties cannot be used on land. This is also the source of his confidence to continue to stay here.
Whether it is the "blind sense" that can locate surrounding creatures by relying on the current, or the "fighting with the current" that is familiar with relying on current and wave attacks underwater, they cannot be fully utilized, and the combat power is reduced by at least three levels out of thin air, and
As time goes by, the balance of victory will tilt towards him.
The premise is... he cannot be besieged and must seize the opportunity.
Even if the demon hunter takes the magic potion, his agility, speed and strength are different from ordinary people, but it is simply impossible to carelessly step forward and try to defeat many with one.
He had to seize the opportunity to reduce the effective strength of this team of sahuagin, and then deal with the mutant sahuagin.
And the opportunity is... when they go down to the pothole under their feet to tame the injured "shark"!
Woody's thoughts were racing, but his breathing rate was not affected at all. Although the sahuagin were on land, both their hearing and nerve reflexes were much slower than in the water.
But it has long been Woody's instinct to contain all his movements while sneaking.
He was like the shadow behind the boulder, silently waiting for the opportunity to come, except for a faint yellow light peeking out from under his squinted eyelids.
…
The cool sea breeze swept over his cheeks, and without the obstruction of the current, Narrows felt that every step he took was ten thousand times heavier than in the sea.
But as the leader of the team, he naturally cannot show cowardice in front of his sahuagin brothers.
Therefore, he spent more energy and accelerated his pace, trying to find the errant shark brothers on this coast who were guided by the Cavil priest and who were also a gift from Sekola to the entire tribe.
The soft sand is no longer soft, and the refreshing sea breeze is no longer moist.
The sea! Why does landforms exist?
Every time after landing, the feeling of being heavy, being too slow, and being too slow to wield weapons made Naros want to curse the gods who created the land.
Isn't it good to let the world return to the ocean?
However, according to what Priest Cavil said, there does seem to be such a place, and it seems to be called the "Water Elemental Plane."
Secora, the great god of hunting, is said to live there.
It's great! I wonder if I can go there after I die? I don't know if there is a lot of meat there? How are the sahuagin brothers there?
Its thinking is divergent, but it is not in a hurry because it still has a lot of time.
When it first landed on the beach, it closed all its scales and even its inner eyelids tightly to prevent the sea water from leaving its body.
The lack of water is not pleasant, as it will be like a dead fish or a piece of rotten meat, unable to swing its tail.
Phew, fortunately, Narrows did not experience this feeling for long. He and the sahuagin brothers behind him saw the very conspicuous puddle on the beach, which was half the size of a coral reef, lying quietly on the beach.
superior.
There are rugged rocks there, and even there are many huge rocks on the top of the puddle, which are shaped like clams.
Narrows quickly dragged his heavy body and ran on the beach, ran to the puddle, then dipped his webbed paws into the water in the pool, and then licked it.
Sure enough, in addition to the unique salty smell, there was also the smell of blood that Cavil's sacrifice had made it smell - and it had been following the smell like this.
This is it! It seems that the gregarious shark brother,
Praise Secora!
Narrows stopped the sahuagin behind him from wanting to go down with it.
Taming a shark requires skill, and only one-on-one can gain its approval.
Narrows didn't want other sahuagins to get involved. In fact, according to his idea, if he was taming sharks, he would be enough by himself, and having a small team to follow him would be a complete burden.
However, he never disobeys the orders of Cavil Priest. After all, who told him to always...
After making the decision, Narrows threw himself into the puddle without hesitation. Although the sea water revived him, he was still very unhappy.
After all, this is not a real ocean, and there are no currents flowing.
Let's make it quick! He can't wait for some exciting flipping action with his new shark brother.
How many circles can his shark brothers support this time?
Narrows is looking forward to it with great anticipation.
However, what it didn't notice was when the tip of his tail completely disappeared into the puddle.
A human figure quietly appeared behind the boulder. His footsteps moved silently. While all the sahuagin eyes were fixed on the puddle, the steel sword with the cold starlight behind him was quietly drawn out.
Directly using the cover of the rocks around the puddle, he approached a sahuagin warrior on the edge of the cluster.
Then he raised his long sword, stepped forward and leaned forward, then linked his body with the sword and slashed hard towards the vital points of the fishman's back and spine.
"The shadow ambush was launched successfully."
"Swordsmanship: Heavy Slash is activated."
"Successfully activated Sword Skill·Heavy Slash·3, causing 14 (+2) points of damage to the target."
"Target is paralyzed."
The alchemical potion made from the cockatrice's heart that he just drank made Woody's steps feel windy, and the strength in his hands seemed to be forever exhausted.
He jumped directly from the rock and hit the back of the Sahuagin Tactics under the rock with another sword strike that was enough to paralyze it.
Hearing the sound of a sharp blade penetrating into the bone, the sahuagin holding a bone fork fell to the ground softly without even resisting.
It could only try to open its widened fish eyes and stare at the human who suddenly attacked it.
Resentment, unwillingness, and fear spread in its heart.
But Woody still didn't stop. The two swords directly cut off the spine and cut off the nerves in the torso of the sahuagin. He had no time to make a last-ditch attack.
He had to seize the time to deal with the other sahuagin, otherwise it would be difficult for him to deal with them when they surrounded them.
The red potion placed in the cockatrice's heart completely evaporated in Woody's body, increasing his strength and agility to the level stated in the item description.
"The Wrath of the Cockatrice"
"Effect: After taking it, it can improve the demon hunter's agility and nerve response for a short time, gain +3 judgment on corresponding actions, and add an additional 2 points of damage to vital attacks."
"You will get the agility of a rooster and the speed of a flying snake. It's all good after using it! - "The Demon Hunter's Good Partner""
Jumping down from a three-meter-high rock, Woody cut off the spine of the fourth sahuagin in succession. Before he could wipe the blood from the sword in his hand, he discovered that three people were already standing to his left, right and right in front of him.
A burly-headed sahuagin.
Seems to be in despair.
But Woody's crystal-yellow vertical pupils, glowing with cold light, showed no fear at all.
There is no longer any nervousness and apprehension like when I first met a sahuagin.
