The eager players rubbed their hands together as they waited for the anniversary celebration to begin. As dawn arrived in Bibo Town, the sluggish countdown finally reached the ten-minute mark.
The players, full of food and drink, noisily made their way from the rest area to the event's starting point. Sharp-eyed players had already spotted a whole line of armed giant sea turtles rising from beneath the waves.
These giant sea turtles, raised by the merfolk for war, were genuine "Children of Triton"!
They carried enormous weapons platforms, and their massive shells, decorated with clamshells and coral, looked both majestic and imposing. Like warships of the sea, each one could become a "sea monster" of legend, passed down through the tales of superstitious sailors. Having truly inherited the bloodline of the Wanderers, these giant sea turtles were not only huge and powerful; they also possessed a rudimentary ability to manipulate space.
When necessary, the turtles carrying merfolk warriors could make several consecutive short-range teleports underwater. And with the defensive tactics that came naturally to them, once they entered the battlefield, they could immediately form a series of mobile fortresses.
For this battle, Great Reef Province had mobilized every giant sea turtle in its territory for transport. To the players, the turtles rising from beneath the waves looked like "a chain of iron links," seemingly creating another stretch of "land" around the outskirts of Bibo Town.
They would carry the players from the safe zone of Bibo Town to the combat zone in the southern part of the province, a place called "Gray Trench."
Meanwhile, the Tide Warriors of Great Reef Province and Red Earth Province had already gathered near Gray Trench. The giant-shell priests led by Lady Biquka and Lady Dena were also ready to unleash their war offensive beneath