Chapter 941: The Master Leaves and Regains Wisdom
Lake Macht disappeared, and a huge crater appeared on the spot. The fishmen who might have accumulated an entire lake were naturally wiped out.
Xia Duo searched for a while, but could not find any traces of murlocs in the crater. Of course, there were still a large number of murlocs in the southern waterway that had been blocked from this huge crater, and there was no sign of any decrease.
With the current number, even if it is dispersed throughout the Nese Waters, its density of existence is extremely impressive.
Seeing this, Xia Duo couldn't help but ask: "Master, although the Mystic Lock has been destroyed, what should we do with the fishmen who escaped before?"
To the north of Lake Macht, Shado has not been investigated yet, but in the south alone, there are nearly a hundred kilometers of winding waterways in a straight line, filled with fishmen.
According to rough estimates, the number of fishmen is at least in the millions. If the soldiers of the Saville Territory were to clean them up, it might take several months to clean them up, even if they didn't eat or drink.
In fact, the area where Savile Town intercepted the fishmen was located was not large enough to launch a battle formation, and the actual efficiency was even lower.
In addition, there must be high-level spellcasters to help stop the fishmen from continuing south, otherwise ordinary soldiers alone will not be able to stop the fishmen, which will be even more troublesome.
This kind of thing cannot be borne by the Saville family. It must be solved by the Severington Parliament. Although Shado believed that the Severington Parliament or the Seven Towers would not ignore it, he couldn't help but remind him. .
In this regard, Master Byron’s answer was also very straightforward——
“The Sevington Council is aware of the situation here and will have dedicated personnel coming to deal with it soon. I believe it will be resolved soon.
"In addition, over at Savile Town, the fishmen can stop them and allow the citizens along the Wolfburg River to temporarily relocate and avoid them. Just don't appear in the fishmen's sight. The actual effect of your blocking may be close to nothing!"
Sha Duo knew that Master Byron was talking about the situation where the fish-man's body was linked by water plants to form a special combined corpse monster after death, but he still had to stop it.
Not only did it take time for the citizens to migrate, Xia Duo also didn't want the murlocs to spread wildly. He said that murlocs would only attack when they saw humans, but in fact, murlocs would come ashore even if they didn't see humans, but the proportion was very small.
But compared to the huge number of fishmen, even if it is a small proportion, the actual number is still very considerable.
In addition, although Netheril does not have a clear statement about relocation, the relocation of its citizens, even if it is temporary, will cause a lot of reluctance and inconvenience.
As long as the people in the territory are not allowed to see the tide of fishmen with their own eyes and make them believe that the fishmen will come ashore to attack them, there will always be people who are lucky.
In the past, I have always had the impression that the number of fishmen is very small, and they are all stupid and stupid. Even an ordinary fisherman can catch them at will.
Maybe, after notifying the fishmen to temporarily relocate the people, more people would go to the river bank to watch the fishmen after hearing the news!
After all, fishmen were indeed rare in the past and could be sold for money!
Therefore, it is still necessary to stop them. Mayor Thain's initial decision to block the fishmen from going south may have been based on this consideration. He was afraid that the fishmen would wreak havoc on the territory, so he had to stop them.
It would be really sad if a large number of citizens were lost. Population was extremely important to Xia Duo. Even some of the citizens who acted cleverly and subtly were the cornerstone of more population sources in the future.
Even if he gives up one, he will feel distressed.
But Xia Duo already had a countermeasure, which he thought of while in the puzzle. In fact, he should have thought of it earlier.
But it may be that the situation is urgent, it may be that there is a blind spot in the mind, or it may be that the method is not considered subconsciously.
This method is not suitable for use in front of others, especially a Grand Arcanist who may be curious and has the ability to satisfy his curiosity.
The best time is when someone is whispering alone.
Of course, there is no need to tell Master Byron about this.
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Next, Shado invited Master Byron to be a guest in Savile Town, but the master refused. Not only did he refuse, but President Jenna also refused, and even said:
"I have informed Advisor Said to return to Severton immediately. Lord Shado should return to Savile Town as soon as possible and organize the people to evacuate temporarily!"
Chateau was silent, knowing that Master Byron and President Jenna had decided to leave. At the same time, he also knew that it would not work to let Master Byron act as a "tiger skin" when the parliament sent people to the south.
Fortunately, this has little impact. Niya is a student of the princess, so no matter who comes, she must give this face.
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After seeing Master Byron and President Jenna opening the portal and leaving just as they came, Shado returned to Savile Town.
As expected, Said had left as President Jenna said. When Shado returned, Aiboke told him another bad news——
"The tide of fish people may be unstoppable!"
"Can't stop it? How is this possible?!"
Although the blocking effect of using an ice fence is not very good and requires high-level spellcasters to supplement it from time to time, it is not impossible to stop it now. Xia Duo knows that a new situation may arise.
Is it related to the destruction of the Mystic Lock?
Almost instantly, he made such a guess, so he and Aibo went to the river to learn about the latest situation.
By the time he reached the river, he had roughly understood what had happened. It turned out that just now, the rhythm of these fishmen's "death" suddenly slowed down, and for the first time, they retreated before they died.
What this means is almost self-explanatory.
Xia Duo stood behind the defense line, looking across the gap between the soldiers and landing on the fishmen in front who were still attacking the defense line. He really couldn't tell anything just by looking at the speed of death, but——
Soon, he focused his gaze on a fish-man who was pushing hard to retreat from his fellow creatures. Although it was eventually carried into the defense line and then killed, this sign was very disturbing. disturbed.
It's not that the fish-men are powerful, but that these fish-men have self-awareness, know fear, and know how to advance and retreat, which is troublesome!
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There is no doubt that the fishmen should be regarded as an intelligent species, but the fishmen raised by the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce in Lake Macht were specially treated and did not have any intelligence at all.
Half a year ago, when Xia Duo passed by Lake Macht, the murlocs lost control, and only a few murlocs developed wisdom. They even attacked the fleet transporting the citizens of Daxia.
As for now, before the Mystery Lock is destroyed, these murlocs are almost without exception, they are all one-minded, they only know how to die without any fear at all.
Even those fishmen who came ashore before arriving at Savile Territory were swimming aimlessly on the shore, not looking intelligent at all.
But after the Mystery Lock was destroyed, Xia Duo saw the murlocs retreating with his own eyes, which showed that the murlocs may have lost control again, but this time they lost the control of the elves and awakened their self-awareness.
Even though the proportion of murlocs who have awakened their self-awareness is extremely low, considering the huge number of murlocs, it is still a problem that cannot be ignored.
Even the judgment of "extremely low proportion" is just a rough judgment made by Xia Duo based on the scene he sees now.
It’s hard to say whether there will be more fish-men awakening their self-awareness more frequently in the future!