"Rotten Vulture" Geli acted almost the instant he heard the news.
Although the Tide Retreat Gang was not particularly powerful, establishing such an underworld gang in the Southern Islands meant that Geli, with the greed ingrained in him during his adventurer days, occasionally made rash decisions at inappropriate times.
Still, as the gang leader, Geli possessed fairly reliable judgment.
When faced with intruders who had broken into his stronghold and attacked his subordinates, he did not rush off in pursuit. Instead, he first sent someone to notify the Shahua Mermen currently on the island.
For now, the Tide Retreat Gang and the Shahua Mermen were allies, and could be considered to be in a sort of "honeymoon period." Even for the sake of the sacrifices in the dungeon, they could not possibly remain indifferent.
As it turned out, Geli's idea was correct.
The Murlocs took the possibility of an enemy force invading Wildberry Cliff very seriously. Their leader, a Murloc Priest, immediately brought the elite fighters of the tribe and set off with the Tide Retreat Gang to search for the intruders.
Led by the gang member who had first discovered the anomaly, the group soon reached the area where the Iron Rock Shield Squad had attacked Hogan. Nearby, they found the corpses of all the thugs except Hogan.
Geli's experience was considerable. He immediately guessed that the enemy had deliberately spared Hogan's life to interrogate him and extract information.
But why would the intruders risk making an enemy of the Tide Retreat Gang to sneak into Wildberry Cliff?
Could they have discovered the cooperation between the gang and the Shahua Mermen, or were they simply opportunists who had accidentally wandered in?
There was too little information, making it difficult for Geli to judge.
What he did know was that