Chapter 57 Cutting Grass (3)
William left.
The remaining matters were given to Lautner to settle.
As the honorable Lord, he could not let his precious time be wasted on these things.
Hence, on that day…
The Lord of City of Dawn wore a black cape and stood under the cliff, staring at the endless grass plains before him. The wind blew softly, making the tall grass and flowers sway. It felt comfortable and pleasant.
William rode a black horse and headed towards the red skies as the sun set. He tightened his legs as little around the horse, as the horse galloped towards the north.
It felt really good to ride quickly, especially when it was riding over his own grass plains. There was no feeling of having to wait for a red light in a sports car.
Both Iron Dukedom and Black Lava Dukedom were in the north of the plains. City of Dawn was about 150 kilometers away from the borders of both dukedoms.
Many races such as Taurens, Vhouls, Goblins, Dwarfs lived in the grass plains while small mermen also lived near the lakes.
But no matter when the continents had split apart or when the world had split into different continents; the number of small mermen was the highest amongst the other races in the entire world.
This group of small trident wielding people was the most cold-hearted. They were the messiest race and killed everyone they saw. If their opponents were in a small group, they would attack and if the group was big, they would run without any care. They did not hold back at all!
They were also called the Adorable New Killers.
When the game was first in open testing, many players liked to go into the wilderness for an adventure at night. All of them were killed by schools of small mermen.
They would appear near lakes, rivers, oceans, every water source. These water sources would be the territory of the small mermen unless they were already occupied by stronger beings.
The sky slowly darkened.
On his horse, William moved speedily across the plains. As he passed by a river, he heard a sharp shriek.
Subsequently…
Countless screams continuously sounded.
The various screams gathered together, forming a type of ultrasonic wave. The wave was so strong that it made a person's head turn dizzy from the impact. Within a short period of time, the wave swept across the entire grass plains, causing fear to swell in people's hearts.
The war horse William was on started to be a little nervous. It had already sensed the danger and was running faster and faster.
However, pairs of blood-red eyes had already appeared on both sides of the simple path.
He glanced forward.
He couldn't see the end of the path!
Half of the world was filled with red eyes, seemingly endless.
The wild riverside at night belonged to the small mermen!
"Woah." William pulled the reins. He jumped off the horse instead of continuing his journey.
Next, he patted the horse's butt and the war horse turned around before it started running. William chuckled softly. "Run slower, they're not chasing after you."
"Little fishies, you want to kill me?" William took off his hood and glanced around him coldly.
When several mermen saw his face and ears, they froze, not expecting the food in front of them to be an Elf!
However, no one replied to William.
Although the small mermen were intelligent beings, their language was extremely complex and difficult to learn. Only a small number of mermen had learned the common language on land.
Another scream rang.
Instantly…
A large number of small mermen carrying tridents surrounded William like a flood.
Screams, sounds of running, clashes, and countless noisy voices trailed into William's head.
Everything in front of him seemed to disappear and was covered by an overwhelming number of mermen instead…
Just as the small mermen surrounded him, William, who had remained still, suddenly snapped his fingers
Bang!
A pale blue force came from all directions and hundreds of small mermen suddenly flew away.
If anyone had seen this, they would realize that the small mermen were suspended in midair, with their souls pushed out of their bodies. Apart from a small number of souls returning to their bodies, the rest turned into ash.
Soul magic!
It was impossible to guard against.
It was extremely scary.
It was not something that normal magic could compare with.
Especially for this group of small mermen, it was a God-like skill.
"Hiss!" A small merman almost 1 meter tall, opened his mouth, and exposed his sharp teeth. He glared fiercely at the person in front of him. Battle energy flashed on his body as he charged forward.
William narrowed his eyes. Intermediate-level!
With this revelation, he rushed over at a faster speed. The small merman only felt a vision appear before his eyes and everything turned dark. William had already grabbed its head, a strong force ruthlessly throwing him against the floor!
Bang.
His skull smashed, the brain juice splattering all over the ground. His small limbs trembled and immediately stopped moving…
Critical attack.
Fatal blow.
2410 points damage.
The target was dead.
The advantages that came with an individual's race was hard to describe. A small merman of the same level was definitely the weakest professional in the entire world. No matter how high their bloodline was, they would not be able to add too many attributes…
"Your small body bore an amount of Health Points you shouldn't have. Since you can have 2410 Health Points, you shouldn't be afraid of exploding, but it's a pity that you only have a high bloodline." William pursed his lips.
Specializing wasn't only about challenging opponents of higher levels, there were other methods as well.
Challenging opponents of a higher level wasn't the most common but wasn't the rarest method either.
What would new players fight?
They would usually accept assassination missions or find a Human NPC of a higher level to fight.
However…
Humans…
No matter what bloodline level they were, they would usually live in the cities, so a player would usually be beaten to death by the other NPCs after they killed one.
Players could revive.
But William could not, so he had chosen a simpler option.
He was going to take on a mermen tribe with at least thousands of mermen, individually.
As long as luck was on his side, he would definitely be able to kill three Intermediate-level mermen with Grandmaster bloodline, since even Epic-level mermen were useless mermen.
He didn't manage to frighten this group of mermen with just two moves.
They knew their own abilities. Every time they were caught in a robbery, there would be a large number of casualties. However, their birth rate and growth rate were even faster!
If not for the fact that their average strength was too low, small mermen would have dominated the entire universe…
Group after group of small mermen grasped their weapons tightly as they fiercely rushed towards William. They didn't care if they managed to leave wounds on him, they could still wrap around his back and bite him.
However, William's battle energy shield was as strong as a rock.
He was like a firefly in the dark, catching all the attention as merman after merman rushed over, but was thrown back by the battle energy shield.
All the mermen felt terribly dizzy after being thrown back because hitting the shield felt like hitting a wall.
"You can't even break the shield. Indeed, it seems too much for a Legendary Elf to torture small mermen." William held his swords in both hands, putting battle energy on his blades before he started to spin.
Windmill!
It was a self-made skill.
There was no additional skill.
It only used the person's turning speed…
Such a simple skill behaved like a chopper. Wherever it passed, the corpses would be cut in half and blood would flow like a river.
"Kill!"
"Bang." William turned around and used the short blade to defend himself. His body remained motionless and the small merman that shouted 'kill' flew backward and disappeared in the Fish Ocean.
However, very quickly, William saw the 1.5-meter tall merman. Its small body was covered in muscles.
"Tsk tsk, that's a muscular fish."
Just one blow was enough for him to get this merman's details.
He was an Intermediate-level merman with Grandmaster bloodline.
"You want to run? No…" William knew the small mermen very well, knowing that this small thing would attack once more. That was why he continued to use his double blades and continued to kill the other small mermen.
These small mermen would not be able to break his shield, he had too much battle energy and stamina.
Indeed, after William had easily killed a few more waves of mermen, that small merman attacked him once more.
However, William, who had been prepared for this, made a counterattack.
The blade passed through the small merman's body and the energy burst out from his back. Blood filled the area as the other small mermen behind him were killed immediately.
The attacking trident also broke through the battle energy shield and brushed past William's neck.
Although William killed the small merman with Grandmaster-level bloodline, the shield with 1200 battle energy points was broken. He would need at least 5 seconds to activate his battle energy shield.
Instantly, countless small mermen pounced on him, swarming over him as they formed a small mountain.
