At this time, the Golden Skeleton swordsmen who had been sent underwater had also returned.
They were called swordsmen, but they did not learn the Dark Night Thrust Swordplay, the most common style in Liu Zhi's territory. Instead, they learned and used ordinary longswords. They had made this choice because their bones were relatively strong, and they were the only ones who could wield these Greatswords without straining their arms.
The other Skeleton Soldiers couldn't do it. At the very least, they couldn't hold longswords and clash head-on with enemies.
For this very reason, the Golden Skeleton swordsmen were also formidable underwater. Their swords could cleave through the water and withstand the pressure.
To them, then, fish swimming along the seabed were no different from birds flying past them.
When they swung their swords, the water's resistance barely affected them. In fact, the ripples made by fish swimming underwater were easier to detect than the trails left by passing birds, making the fish even easier to kill.
Each Golden Skeleton now carried at least three large fish, each one half a person's height.
The fish had also been affected to some extent. Though they were all living creatures, many of them were somewhat deformed.
The Wild Mage noticed one fish with the body of a sea fish but the head of a shark. Three octopus tentacles even sprouted from its dorsal fin. He had no idea how it had grown that way.
After the fish were brought to the altar, the Wild Mage took them.
He casually tossed them into the center of the altar, which was like a giant pot. The moment the fish landed inside, they melted away, leaving only the bones beneath their flesh.
Since they weren't in the deep sea, the fish had bones, though they