307 Mysterious White Veiled Woman (1/2)

The Murong Clan's fleet continued to travel slowly through the river.

The players at Common Reed Bank's banks—numbering more than ten thousand—still did not give up. They chased after the fleet on the sides, and their numbers just continued increasing. However, the increase had become marginal by then.

During that period of time, someone incited the crowd to attack the fleet again, but soon, they were all forced back by another round of flying needles. Their attacks came to a pause, and because they were wary, they did not dare to move forward again.

Once they entered an area that seemed like a small lake, they looked ahead and saw that the breadth of the river swiftly narrowed there.

”Haha!”

”This is our chance! The river in front of us is very narrow! The fleet will not be able to move quickly! Let them enter it!” Some of the people who had some degree of understanding toward marine navigation called out to the people to lay an ambush. ”We can go in front and wait for them there!”

There were quite a number of people who thought that what they said made sense. They caught up to them and rushed forward together.

Happy could see all of that from the bow of the ship.

Many people swiftly appeared at the sides of the river in the distance—which had become much narrower—and some of them had even switched to bows and arrows. By the looks of it, they intended to wait for the ships to run into the trap and use long-distance weaponry to subdue the Murong Clan's fleet.

However, their plans soon fell through.

Once the Murong Clan's fleet entered the lake-like area, the ship in the lead changed direction. It drew a perfect arc with the fleet, and under the countless martial artists' surprised gazes, the ships swiftly formed a circle formation with the tail connected to the head in the river that was not exactly wide.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Chains as thick as arms were thrown out of the big ships. They landed on nearby decks and were quickly fixed in position by the armed escorts on guard. The twelve ships were quickly connected together and practically filled up the whole area. Sturdy boards were also placed horizontally between the ships to form paths.

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The Murong Clan acted swiftly. They quickly fell into the formation and established their defenses. An unshakeable military camp instantly revealed itself before countless players' eyes.

All ten thousand players were instantly dumbfounded!

Behind the crowd was a group of players with uniform attire. They stood far in the back and were positioned at a slightly higher place to observe the situation from a distance. They could easily see then that the entire fleet took the formation of swimming dragons. Soon, they were ready for battle, and they released an astonishingly murderous presence.

The expressions of the players in the back changed slightly, revealing shock.

”As expected of a group quest that provides a reward of one million taels of silver. The commander of the fleet is pretty outstanding… When did such a strong pirate appear in Changjiang? The imperial court's navy might not be their opponents.”

”This quest has been strange since the beginning. Logically speaking, it should be the army's duty to deal with pirates. The imperial court's navy doesn't have any other duties. Why then did they decide to reward us with one million taels of silver crumbs out of the blue for serving as militia to handle the situation.” A woman with a white veil over her face in the crowd had a faint, mocking look on her face.

”Even stranger still is that the fleet has the Murong Clan's flag with them. If the Murong Clan's goods have been stolen, even the imperial court's navy would not dare to use the stolen goods as a reward. There are far too many holes in this.”

”Lil' Sis Shadow, are you saying that they aren't pirates, but the real Murong Clan's fleet?!” A man nearby stroked his chin while staring at the fleet in the distance in disbelief.

”Has the imperial court decided to take action against the Murong Clan?”

”It's not the imperial court. That doesn't make sense. If my guess is correct, it should be someone with a high rank among the navy. That person doesn't want to mobilize his army so that he will end up as the subject of ridicule, so he mobilized martial artists.”

”But the announcement can serve as proof as well.”