There was no question how powerful the Giant Mantis Shrimp was, given that it had become N'Zoth's trump card.
When N'Zoth first raised this creature, he had nurtured it to the standards of a Faceless Ones General.
After all, the environment N'Zoth inhabited was the boundless Great Sea.
Choosing a creature with a marine template to nurture was only natural!
The Old Gods were all bizarrely shaped, with countless tentacles and eyes on their bodies.
The capable servants they cultivated often shared certain traits as well.
For instance, they had to have shells and tentacles.
The Mantis Shrimp was already a crustacean.
Genetic modification then gave it a cluster of short tentacles on its abdomen.
That satisfied N'Zoth's peculiar aesthetic tastes.
But changes on the genetic level were not absolutely stable!
Although this Mantis Shrimp's size and strength had skyrocketed, its intelligence had not improved at all.
Its intelligence, however, had not improved in the slightest.
What good was overwhelming strength to a brainless fool?
N'Zoth had generously lent it to Queen Azshara.
Ultimately, that was because it was a defective specimen.
Still, used properly, this defective specimen was an outrageously powerful war machine.
Queen Azshara had figured out everything about it on the way to the battlefield.
She had also devised a highly effective combat routine.
The first Murloc army unfortunate enough to cross its path had the honor of experiencing the Giant Mantis Shrimp's strength.
The appendages on the Giant Mantis Shrimp's abdomen looked short and small.
But when they paddled at high frequency, they generated tremendous propulsion.
Its speed was absolutely lightning-fast!
Even with water resistance, it still swam remarkably quickly!
Driven by that tremendous propulsion, the Giant Mantis Shrimp barreled into the Murloc army at a swimming speed comparable to a sailfish's.
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