Lake Macht disappeared, and a huge crater appeared on the spot. The fishmen who might have accumulated an entire lake were naturally wiped out.
Xia Duo searched for a while, but could not find any traces of murlocs in the crater. Of course, there were still a large number of murlocs in the southern waterway that had been blocked from this huge crater, and there was no sign of any decrease.
With the current number, even if it is dispersed throughout the Nese Waters, its density of existence is extremely impressive.
Seeing this, Xia Duo couldn't help but ask: "Master, although the Mystic Lock has been destroyed, what should we do with the fishmen who escaped before?"
To the north of Lake Macht, Shado has not been investigated yet, but in the south alone, there are winding waterways with a straight line distance of nearly 100 kilometers, and they are full of fishmen.
According to rough estimates, the number of fishmen is at least in the millions. If the soldiers of the Saville Territory were to clean it up, it might take several months to clean it up, even if they didn't eat or drink.
In fact, the area where Savile Town intercepted the fishmen was located was not large enough to launch a battle formation, and the actual efficiency was even lower.
In addition, there must be high-level spellcasters to help stop the murlocs from going south. Otherwise, ordinary soldiers alone will not be able to stop the murlocs, which makes it even more troublesome.
This kind of matter cannot be left to the Saville family. It must be solved by the Severington Parliament. Although Shado believed that the Severington Parliament or the Seven Towers would not ignore it, he couldn't help but give a reminder.
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In this regard, Master Byron’s answer was also very straightforward——
"The Sevington Council is aware of the situation here and will have dedicated personnel coming to deal with it soon. I believe it will be resolved soon.
"In addition, over in Savile Town, the fishmen don't need to block it, and can allow the citizens along the Wolfburg River to temporarily relocate and avoid them. Just don't appear in the fishmen's sight. The actual effect of your blocking may be close to nothing!"
Sha Duo knew that Master Byron was talking about the situation where the fish-man's body was linked by water plants after death to form a special combined corpse monster, but he still had to stop it.
Not to mention that it takes time for the citizens to migrate, Xia Duo also does not want the murlocs to spread wildly. He said that murlocs will only attack when they see humans, but in fact, murlocs will come ashore even if they don't see humans, but the proportion is very small.
But compared to the huge number of fishmen, even if it is a small proportion, the actual number is very considerable.
In addition, although there is no clear statement about resettlement in Netheril, the relocation of its citizens, even if it is temporary, will cause a lot of reluctance and inconvenience.
As long as the citizens are not allowed to see the murloc tide with their own eyes and are made to believe that the murlocs will come ashore to attack them, there will always be people who are lucky.
In the past, the consistent impression was that the number of fishmen was very small, and they were all stupid and stupid. Even an ordinary fisherman could catch them at will.
Maybe, after notifying the murlocs to temporarily relocate the people, more people would go to the river bank to watch the murlocs after hearing the news!
After all, fishmen were indeed rare in the past and could be sold for money!
Therefore, it is still necessary to stop them. Mayor Thain's initial decision to block the murlocs from going south may have been based on this consideration. He was afraid that the murlocs would wreak havoc on the territory, so he had to stop them.
It would be really sad if there were a large loss of citizens. Population was extremely important to Xia Duo. Even some of the citizens who acted cleverly and acted against the will would be the cornerstone of more population sources in the future.
Even if he gives up one of them, he will feel distressed.
But Xia Duo already had a countermeasure. He thought of this while in the puzzle. In fact, he should have thought of it earlier.
But it may be that the situation is urgent, it may be that there is a blind spot in the mind, or it may be that the method is not considered subconsciously.
This method is not suitable for use in front of others, especially a Grand Arcanist who may be curious and has the ability to satisfy his curiosity.
The best time is when someone is whispering alone.
Of course, there is no need to tell Master Byron about this.
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Next, Chateau invited Master Byron to be a guest in Savile Town, but the master refused. Not only did he refuse, but President Jenna also refused, and even said:
"I have informed Advisor Said to return to Severton immediately. Lord Chateau should return to Savile Town as soon as possible and organize the people to evacuate temporarily!"
Chateau was silent, knowing that Master Byron and President Jenna had decided to leave. At the same time, he also knew that it would not work to let Master Byron act as a "tiger skin" when the parliament sent people to the south.
Fortunately, this has little impact. Niya is a student of the princess, so no matter who comes, they must give this face.
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After witnessing Master Byron and President Jenna opening the portal and leaving just like when they came, Shado returned to Savile Town.
As expected, Said had left as President Jenna said. When Sha Duo returned, Aibok told him another bad news——
"The tide of fish people may be unstoppable!"
"Can't stop it? How is this possible?!"
Although the blocking effect of using an ice fence is not very good and requires high-level spellcasters to supplement it from time to time, it is not impossible to stop it now. Xia Duo knows that a new situation may arise.
Could it be related to the destruction of the Mystery Lock?
Almost instantly, he made such a guess, so he and Aibo went to the river to learn about the latest situation.
By the time he reached the river, he had roughly understood what had happened. It turned out that just now, the rhythm of these fishmen's "send to death" suddenly slowed down, and for the first time, they retreated before they died.
What this means is almost self-explanatory.
Xia Duo stood behind the defense line, looking across the gap between the soldiers and landing on the murlocs in front who were still attacking the defense line. He really couldn't tell anything just by looking at the speed of death, but——
Soon, he focused his gaze on a fish-man who was pushing hard to push his fellow fishmen back. Although it was eventually dragged into the defense line and then killed, this sign was very disturbing.
disturbed.
It's not that the fish-men are powerful, but that these fish-men have self-awareness, know fear, and know how to advance and retreat, which is troublesome!
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There is no doubt that the fishmen should be regarded as an intelligent species, but the fishmen raised by the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce in Lake Macht were specially treated and did not have any intelligence at all.
Half a year ago, when Xia Duo passed by Lake Macht, the murlocs lost control, and only a handful of murlocs developed wisdom. They even attacked the fleet transporting the citizens of Daxia.
As for now, before the Mystery Lock is destroyed, these murlocs are almost without exception, they are all stubborn, they only know how to die without any fear at all.
Even those murlocs who came ashore before reaching Savile Territory were swimming aimlessly on the shore, not looking intelligent at all.
But after the Mystery Lock was destroyed, Xia Duo saw with his own eyes the murlocs retreating, which showed that the murlocs may have lost control again, but this time they lost the control of the elves and awakened their self-awareness.
Even though the proportion of murlocs who have awakened their self-awareness is extremely low, considering the huge number of murlocs, it is still a problem that cannot be ignored.
Even the judgment of "extremely low proportion" is just a rough judgment made by Xia Duo based on the scene he sees now.
It’s hard to say whether there will be more fish-men awakening their self-awareness more frequently in the future!