On the morning of the third day of the anniversary celebration, Lady Dena was patrolling the battlefield around Beastcastle, which had been fiercely contested for a long time, accompanied by several priests.
At her side was Nikita, commander of the Tide Warriors. She had distinguished herself in last night's battle by leading from the front and winning a major victory. Although her arm was still in a sling and bandages covered her face and neck, she was clearly in high spirits.
Not far from them, a crowd of players had gathered to watch the "show."
Nearby, a group of Tide priests were "escorting" several small ghost ships over. They were the next stage of the battle's victory rewards, soon to be distributed to the players. The merfolk wouldn't interfere with how they divided them up; the players could always work something out among themselves.
Meanwhile, the fighting in the alleys of Beastcastle was still going on.
Many players were still hunting down fishmen who had hidden themselves, dragging them out and killing them. Farther away, in the trench, the Giant Anchor priests were sweeping the fishmen's bones from the battlefield into the trench with powerful currents. Then they rode giant deep-sea crabs to turn over the trench's soil and bury the flesh and bones.
Though crops couldn't be grown on the seabed, the concept of "flower fertilizer" still applied.
Fishmen's bones would nourish the seabed. When the merfolk planted beautiful seaweed in this trench next year, they could turn the barren gray trench back into an ecosystem where sea beasts and other marine life could be raised.
Of course, that was a matter for after the battle. As she patrolled, Lady Dena bent down and picked up a fishman's badge that had fallen during the fighting. She looked it over,