Over the sea off Karuss Town, a rolling black tide surged in from the horizon.
Count Simon identified the distant variety of Deep Sea Fishmen and breathed a sigh of relief. "Spiked Fishmen. It seems my luck is good."
"Father, the Goddess of Life must be protecting North Yi City."
"My child, pass down the order. Prepare for battle." Count Simon drew his Knight Longsword and shouted the command.
"Yes, Father." Galak bowed, then went to make a final inspection and urge the soldiers to defend the walls.
Velin stood with his sword planted before him, his expression calm. These Deep Sea Fishmen looked terrifying, and they truly were terrifying.
"My lord, there are roughly eighty thousand Spiked Fishmen. Only two are Gold rank, while around two hundred are Silver Rank."
"Then we will not need to intervene." Velin nodded.
Half an hour later, a vast number of Spiked Fishmen came ashore through the harbor and charged toward Karuss Town atop the hill.
The harbor was packed with Spiked Fishmen wielding weapons.
Upon the city walls, several hundred archers continuously rained arrows upon the Spiked Fishmen under Count Simon's command.
"Forward."
Several hundred spearmen took the archers' places on the walls. They stared at the Spiked Fishmen climbing the cliff without end, holding their breath in concentration.
"Screech—"
A piercing cry rang across the battlefield as two sea beasts were driven ashore by the Spiked Fishmen.
They were eight meters long, covered in black spikes, with eight thick legs supporting their massive bodies.
A priest-like Spiked Fishman chopped off the sea beasts' tails.
Driven by pain, the two sea beasts charged toward the city walls like mad.
Every Spiked Fishman standing in their path was torn apart by the spikes on the sea beasts' heads.
The city walls trembled under