Although the two human settlements they had encountered along the way—the fishing village on Rabbit Island and the Rock Wall Settlement in Twin Canyon—were now devoid of survivors.
The good news was that the crew of the Oath of Vengeance Blades had suffered no significant losses.
Neither the storm at sea earlier nor the Sahua Mermen's attack just now had caused any actual fatalities.
The two most seriously injured crew members were one who had slipped while running across the deck and had his arm pierced by the sharp fin of a merman corpse, and the lookout who had fallen while climbing the mast a few days ago and broken his thigh.
In a sense, the Oath of Vengeance Blades had actually suffered worse damage than its crew.
Fortunately, Xia Nan and Hain had returned in time and prevented the mermen from inflicting further damage on the hull, leaving the Oath of Vengeance Blades intact enough to continue sailing.
Otherwise, everyone aboard would really have had to start surviving on a deserted island.
The battle had only just ended.
There was no time to rest. Raine and Gordon immediately began urgently assigning people to inspect the ship's exact damage and arrange temporary repairs.
Xia Nan and Hain led several Sailors in clearing the battlefield.
There was not much worth taking, really. Sahua Mermen were only Challenge Rating 0.5, and their bodies contained no particularly valuable materials. Moreover, among the mermen that had besieged the ship, there had not been a Spellcaster priest, nor even a four-armed elite. They had all been the most ordinary fodder, naturally carrying no precious special equipment.
They were all junk. There were not many pieces worth a decent price after picking through them.
With a good eye, Xia Nan casually pulled a nearly new merman