In the deep sea where sunlight cannot penetrate, there are several anglerfish with fat bodies and ugly appearances. A small lamp hangs above their head, emitting a faint light. Behind the anglerfish is a huge shell, similar to a tractor, and there are several fish standing inside.
A kuo-tao fishman.
Compared to Triton fish people, whose faces are highly similar to humans, Kuo Tao fish people can be said to be human-shaped fish. They have a fish-headed and fish-face appearance, a fat and bloated torso, and incompatible slender limbs.
, there is nothing beautiful about it from a human perspective. The big bulging silver-black eyes, the wide mouth full of needle-like teeth, and the strong and thick fishy smell all over the body are all disgusting and nauseating.
Opposite the Kuo Tao fish-man at this moment is a super-large eight-clawed octopus. It exudes waves of psychic energy and maintains telepathy with the group of fish-headed monsters:
"Supreme Lord? Is it Vanua's deep-sea squid?"
"Yes, yes! That's it!" The Kuo-Tao fish man's language was very noisy, and his telepathy was also rambling: "I just saw you coming, I thought it was the giant octopus scout sent by it, and I was so scared.
We all hid in the cave and didn't dare to come out. By the way, your octopus doesn't look like a living creature. Is it what you humans call a construct? I wonder if you can sell it to us?
Even though we live in the deep sea, there are probably many things that you humans need. Just like the Vanua High Seas Fleet you just mentioned, we also have many transactions with them. We also set up their Qianyan Islands.
At the trading post, we have everything from fluorescent jellyfish, stingray venom sacs, high-quality whale oil, and various pearls of different ages and grades. If you want to purchase in bulk, we can also provide discounts here."
The big octopus construct that maintained conscious contact with Xuan Weizi seemed to be stunned for a moment. Before he came here, he was even prepared for a fight if he fell into a trap to verify the combat power of the new construct. No
Unexpectedly, this group of Kuo-Toa people are actually obsessed with business and trade, and it seems that they have long been in contact with the Vanua pirates.
The big octopus waved its tentacles: "In other words, it is not Vanua who controls the deep-sea squid? But it also rules your various fish people and marine creatures?"
"Yes, yes!" The Kuo-toa priest, wearing a simple decoration made of shells and seaweed, shook his pearl staff, and said excitedly and angrily: "The deep-sea squid not only wants us to surrender, but also forces us to surrender.
We worship it as a god. But we Kuo-Toa people have our own 'Ocean Mother Goddess' we believe in, so why should we worship it!"
The big octopus swelled and shrank for a while, and asked: "In that case, didn't the 'Mother Goddess of the Sea' you believe in help? Do you want to sit back and watch your believers being snatched away by deep-sea squids?"
Standing on the shell, the Kuo-Tao fishman priest screamed crazily: "How can humans understand our beliefs? The spells we master are gifts from the 'Ocean Mother Goddess', otherwise she would have withdrawn her divine power long ago! We are here
We have no choice but to succumb to that deep-sea squid for the time being. The Mother Goddess of the Sea will forgive us! When it becomes stronger in the future, we will chop it into pieces, sacrifice part of it to the Mother Goddess of the Sea, and sell some to you.
Humans make magic raw materials!”
The tentacles of the big octopus were shaking and coiling, and Xuan Weizi in the distance was also meditating. The situation of these Kuo Tao fish people reminded him of the incarnation of the frogman ancestral spirit that he had dealt with in the frogman tribe before.
Xuan Weizi discovered that these ocean mother goddesses and frogman ancestral spirits all have very distinct race and attribute affinities. Their bodies do not seem to exist in the main material plane. Their extraordinary power needs to be transmitted through the descendants of the race as the medium.
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Now think about it carefully, there is a plane space like "Twilight Court" outside the main material plane, which is the territory of the Supreme Fairy. It is not surprising that there are other powerful and immortal beings occupying their own alien planes.
It's just that they seem to be unable to descend to the main material plane in their true form. Based on past knowledge, it should be the result of the ancient giant launching the "Ladder of Ascension". However, both the frogmen and the kuo-toa fishmen have obviously obtained their own "gods"
Or the power given by "ancestral spirits".
These powers are not miracles like the Holy Lord Church. By gathering the will of faith, they are turned into powers that the priests can guide and use. Rather, they are more like magicians, with supernatural powers flowing through the blood and soul of the race.
Shows various magical effects.
Warlocks were originally the church's name for those who pursued evil power and made contracts with demons. Of course, although the church's scribal academy has also been dedicated to studying such spellcasters and trying to formulate more specific countermeasures, most of the time
It is an indiscriminate trial and burning.
In the past, large-scale massacres and exterminations were carried out against warlocks, witches, and warlocks in human society, which often resulted in tragedies. Therefore, spellcasters such as warlocks were quite rare in human society in the past, but they were rare in non-human societies.
There are more among human races.
In addition, the direct ancestors of frogmen, kuo-toa, etc. may be some powerful and immortal alien beings, with whom the entire race maintains an invisible contract. The extraordinary power of the alien beings can be channeled through the blood and soul of the race.
, transmitting through plane barriers.
What's worse is that the ancestral spirit of the frogman uses the offspring of an entire egg pool as a medium to forcibly project part of its power to form an incarnation and descend on the main material plane. However, such an arrival is very fragile, and Xuan Weizi himself was able to combine it with reality in the first place.
Contact is severed.
Whether they are frogmen or kuo-toa, the level of spells they can cast is not high, which is probably due to the characteristics of warlocks.
Thoughts flashed, the big octopus brought the topic back and asked telepathically: "In other words, the deep-sea squid is now ruling all your murlocs? I saw that when you Kuo Tao murlocs attacked Faseno Island,
He also controls three siege crabs. With such a war weapon, are you afraid that he won’t be able to deal with deep-sea squid?”
The tone of the Kuo Tao fishman priest also showed a hint of fear: "The deep-sea squid is very powerful! I don't know what you humans think of it, but it can trigger the eruption of submarine volcanoes at will, and it can tear the seabed apart with invisible spiritual power.
, destroy the atoll settlements we built.
The important members of each branch of murlocs are imprisoned in Loyev City, forcing us to obey its orders. The legend of that underwater city is where it was created. It will be more powerful there, and the siege crabs will also fight.
But!"
The big octopus was silent for a moment, because at the same time, Xuan Weizi also obtained consistent information from the triton fish people. Especially the tribe of the silver dace princes was the first to suffer the attack of the deep sea squid. However, the triton fish people
There are many large and small tribes, and the so-called prince is just the heir of a tribe.
But the situation of the deep-sea squid made Xuan Weizi a little curious. So he asked the octopus construct to use a weak psychic power to separate the sand on the seabed below, and asked the Kuo Tao fish man: "Yes
Such power?"
"Yes, yes!" The kuo-tao man standing in the shell almost closed the lid and asked again and again in fright: "You don't really have anything to do with that deep-sea squid, do you? We see octopus and squid now.
Everyone should stay away!"
The big octopus asked again: "The deep-sea squid is so powerful, why is it ruling all your fish-men tribes now? When did it appear?"
The Kuo Tao fish people chatted with each other for a while, and then the priest said: "We don't know the details, because the first people who found the deep-sea squid were really the group of humans in Vanua. But Loyev City was there once
It surfaced after an undersea earthquake. According to your human calendar...it was about ten years ago, and then deep-sea squid took over."
Xuan Weizi was speechless at this moment. Wasn't it ten years ago when he set up the Xing Gang Dharma Altar? How big of a trap did he create by opening the altar to resonate with the ruins of ancient giants? How come all the monsters and snake gods suddenly appeared?
First it was Casta, then the Spear of Mission, then the Deep Sea Squid and Loev City.
The deep-sea squid is very likely to possess psychic powers, which shows that its existence must be closely related to the half-giants, and the city of Loev may also be related to the "Ladder of Ascension".
And judging from the descriptions of the Kuo-Toa and Triton fish, the deep-sea squid is extremely powerful, frequently detonating volcanoes in the deep sea and tearing apart the seabed. If such power had been unleashed along the coast of New Camelot City,
, it is estimated that there is no need for Nazarui to take action.
It can be seen that the deep-sea squid did not try its best in the first place and was just paddling on the beach! Vanua's group of pirates were not qualified to control the deep-sea squid. In fact, on the contrary, it was the deep-sea squid that controlled them and expanded their hegemony on the seabed, ruling over many
Ocean race!
Xuan Weizi felt like his head was getting big. How many things did the ancient giants and semi-giants have toyed with? Is this going to be over?
"You can't even deal with your siege crabs, why did you come to us? Don't forget, you controlled the siege crabs to attack Faseno Island before. It would be very difficult to repel you." The big octopus said.
Said telepathically.
The Kuo-Tao fishman priest replied: "No, no, no! We still have some understanding of the strength of you humans. After all, you can trade not only items, but also information. We have also heard about the battle situation in New Camelot City on land.
The deep-sea squid is actually quite afraid of the strong ones among you humans. Even if it can survive out of the sea, its strength is ultimately not as good as in the sea."
The big octopus did not respond immediately, and its eight tentacles swayed rhythmically, and then asked: "You Kuo-Toa people hope to use our power to defeat the deep-sea squid, so that you can rely on the siege crabs to become a new generation of ocean overlords."
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"Union, this is a union!" the Kuo Tao fishman priest said excitedly: "We can promise not to attack human towns in the future. After all, we are not used to life on land."
"What kind of promise is this?" The big octopus shook violently, and a wave of ferocious emotion spread out, scaring the anglerfish pulling the shells into biting each other.
"You attacked human towns before, and I haven't asked you for compensation, but you dare to bargain with me like this? Is this the trading art of you Kuo-Toa people?" The big octopus shook its eight claws, causing the surrounding seawater to surge.
The Kuo-Toa fishmen were shaken so much that they screamed wildly, and words of begging for mercy echoed in the telepathy. However, Xuanweizi learned from the triton fishmen that although these Kuo-Toa fishmen were crazy, they had always been despicable and low-level, even if they were begging for mercy.
Don't be gullible either, as you may betray him as soon as you turn around.
Xuan Weizi now probably knows who the real enemy is, but that doesn't mean he will join forces with the Kuo-Tao fishmen so easily. After all, their siege crabs are also weapons used to attack coastal towns.
"Answer me clearly, where do your siege crabs come from?" The big octopus simply used its thick and long tentacles to wrap around a few Kuo-Toa people. The power of the super-large structure was enough to strangle them alive.
The bones are broken into pieces.
The kuo-toa were so strangled that they could hardly move, and they hurriedly said: "It's the outskirts of Loyev City! After the submarine earthquake, we were the first to find the abandoned siege crab and repaired it."
"Oh? Is that the only way?" The big octopus grabbed the Kuo-Tao fish man and shook it up and down, shaking it left and right.
"Don't kill me! I said, I said! There are also many unfinished ancient creations in the area of the 'Whale Falling Tomb'. It was the oracle sent down by the 'Ocean Mother Goddess' to guide us to find them!" Kou Tao
The fishman priest's eyes were almost squeezed out.
The big octopus did not respond immediately, and there was a deathly silence in the deep sea that made the fish tremble. In fact, this was Xuan Weizi asking about triton fish people on Papami Island and getting roughly similar information. After all, the Kuo Tao fish people suddenly had
It is impossible for other fishmen to know nothing about this kind of powerful war weapon, otherwise they should stop wandering in the sea and get ashore quickly.
It can be seen from this that the siege crabs were not made by the Kuo-Toa themselves, but were most likely created by ancient giants. If monsters like the King of the Scroungers are used as a standard, the siege crabs can be considered "normal"
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But even with multiple siege crabs, today's kuo-toa still cannot shake the rule of the deep-sea squid. On the one hand, this is certainly because the kuo-toa race is too smooth and lacks the firm will to fight to the end. On the other hand,
The strength of deep sea squid cannot be underestimated.
According to the general information obtained from the triton people, the deep-sea squid invasion first targets the strongest tribes and individuals among the various fish people. The "Shark Heart King" of the sahuagin even has an ancestral weapon in his hands.
Many artifacts were still defeated by the deep-sea squid. Prince Silver's father and many elders were also killed by the deep-sea squid. The Kuo Tao fishmen were the most tactful and chose to surrender without any resistance.
And unlike the Kuo-Toa fishmen themselves who boast about adhering to their belief in the "Ocean Mother Goddess", the triton fishmen say that these fish-headed monsters changed their beliefs without hesitation, worshiping deep-sea squids as gods on the spot, and even offered "supreme"
The title "Honored Lord" is as despicable as it gets, and it is also highly appreciated by the deep-sea squid.
However, the situation is just as the triton fish people said. The kuo-toa fish people are tactful and despicable in front of them, but they turn around and join forces with humans to try to overthrow the deep-sea squid. Obviously, they have no loyalty at all.
Such a race lacks credibility, and Xuan Weizi really doesn't trust them. However, cooperation is also hierarchical. The Kuo Tao fish people are not obviously sincere, and they are more like placing bets with multiple parties to make profits. Xuan Weizi plans to only maintain business with them.
As for the transaction, the triton fish people might be able to have a good exchange with each other.