Ash's battle had yet to begin. At Theus's request, the Banshees had made extensive preparations, laying out quite a bit of explosives alone, yet they had held off on engaging.
More and more Fishmen and sea-urchin monsters gathered here. Monsters continually came ashore from the sea, and before long, the Fishmen numbered over a hundred, with more than a dozen sea-urchin monsters.
"Lord Ash, aren't we attacking yet?"
"There's no need to rush. Our main task this time is to support the Faithguard Army's shooting."
"The Faithguard Army?" Nini curled her lip. "You think they can fight those sea-urchin and arm monsters too?"
"No."
"Then why are we waiting for them? If you ask me, the lord is overthinking things. Counting on the Faithguard Army? How could that possibly work?"
Ash shook his head and glanced at Nini. "You saw their battle report from fighting the Fishmen just now, didn't you? Though they outnumbered their enemies and could hardly be said to possess much combat prowess, they did successfully drive the Fishmen back."
"That was because of the lord's rifled muskets. If we had weapons like that, we'd definitely be far stronger than them."
"Yes." Ash nodded and looked toward the distant Fishmen and arm monsters. "But the lord still issued them to them."
Nini circled Ash in surprise. "What did I just hear? Are you complaining? Complaining that Theus didn't issue us weapons? Wow, Ash, you actually complain about the lord too."
"I'm not complaining. I'm stating a fact. Humans are weak, but once the lord gives them guns, they can take to the battlefield as well. We're strong, but the bullets we fire won't fly any faster."
Nini blinked and lowered her head thoughtfully.
She had seen those rifled muskets as well. They were not much of a