"Holy crap, I've never fought such a well-funded battle in my life! Every random little mob that pops out is a BOSS, and I've practically got these Corrupted Crystals coming out of my ears!"
On an island that had been formed on the other side of this war-torn sea, Meow Brother, drenched in blood, hummed a strange little tune as he tossed a Corrupted Crystal stained with fishman gore into the large sealing chest beside him.
The chest, which he was using to store loot, already held nearly twenty irregular crystals, a testament to the astonishing haul the Big Bird crew had racked up over the past thirty minutes.
This sudden turn of events had finally let players fight on the surface of the sea, making it possible to use many tactics that had been unavailable before. One example was the Red Knight's signature "one-man army" strategy. Behind Meow Brother, two Thornbeasts led a group of armed sprites, battling desperately against the fishmen pouring ashore with the help of man-eating flowers and strangler vines.
As a Red Knight, Meow Brother kept tossing the "battle treant" seeds he had found on Gramor Island from his pouch into the ground, which was now soaked in fishman blood. The blood stank terribly, but these unusual seeds weren't picky eaters. As long as there was blood, they could grow and burst through the soil.
Thanks to the Red Knight's ridiculous "the more you fight, the more you get" battle strategy, the island held by the Big Bird crew had become one of the few places on the entire battlefield where they enjoyed a "local numerical advantage."
The faster the fishmen charged, the more treants Meow Brother could summon. Before long, the fighting here had turned into a standoff between two armies, and the merfolk