Chapter 287 - What“s That? (1/2)

Those green tiny creatures were rather tense when they noticed the strangers. Soon, a squad was gathered, and the short, green, human-shaped creatures cheered and charged out with wooden spears and lances at a rather high speed despite their awkward movement.

Though those green creatures seemed aggressive, Hirlow was not anxious at all.

A moment later, the squad approached Hirlow, and they all stopped when they were about to attack.

The leader of the squad heaved a breath of relief and said, “Hahaha. It’s you, Young Master Hirlow.”

The short creature who was speaking had green scales all over his body, which was the shape of a human’s. He also had a fish head. When he talked, transparent mucus dripped from the sharp teeth behind his lips.

The murloc was a va.s.sal race to the vulpera.

Because of their hideous appearance, the murloc’s social status among the hybrids was quite low. They were no better than kobolds.

n.o.body was willing to live with them except the vulpera.

The vulpera’s reasoning was simple. They didn’t care if their va.s.sal races were beautiful, because none could be more beautiful than themselves.

With that logic, the vulpera was the only advanced hybrid race that was willing to accept the murloc.

“It’s been a while, Chief Uluru.” On the gigantic wolf, Hirlow smiled gently. “How have your people been doing?”

“They’re fine.” When the murloc talked, there were bubbling sounds from his throat.

The murloc all looked similar to other races, but thanks to their keen noses, the vulpera could distinguish them by scent.

Hirlow looked around and found that the population of the murloc had increased a lot. He said, “A human Mage arrived at our city a while back and fled soon after.”

“A human Mage?” The murloc’s bulbous eyes widened even more. “They’re here again?”

Hirlow nodded. “So, I want you to patrol on the sh.o.r.eline and contact us if you find anything.”

The murloc nodded quickly. “Okay, got it. All humans should die. We’ll try our best to defend the sh.o.r.eline.”

Hirlow was rea.s.sured after receiving Chief Uluru’s promise.

What he worried most was that the Mage would escape from the sh.o.r.eline.

The smell from the sea would cover the smell of a human. It would be difficult even for the vulpera to track a human next to the sea.

But the murloc were different. They were familiar with sea scents and sensitive to foreign smells. So, they were the best guardians of the sh.o.r.eline.

After that, Hirlow led five hundred wolf-riders to the wood in the west, leaving a trail of smoke and dust rising to the sky behind them.

When they were some distance from the wood, the rider in the lead slowed down, and when Hirlow caught up to him, the handsome vulpera archer said, “Young master, I smelled the human. He must be in the woods.”

“Then let’s get closer—don’t let him escape.” Hirlow was quite excited, as the prairies and the mountains were the home of the vulpera. Essentially, they were the hybrid version of elves, except that they did not have the longevity and talents of the elves. He said, “Wind Soaring is very exhausting. This Mage must’ve used up half of his mana during the flight. He can’t cast many more spells now.”

Then, Hirlow raised his hands and roared, “Everybody, speed up, and don’t let the human escape!”

The five hundred wolf-riders echoed him at the same time.

At this point, Roland was taking a rest at the mountaintop.

He had hidden himself inside a two-storied tower that only had ventilation holes.

However, Roland had learned his lesson and released three magic spiders in advance as his sentinels.