Chapter 176: Chapter 175: The Bloody Deck
Everyone on deck jumped back in shock at the sight of the rmaid, subconsciously backing away, while Richard’s eyes narrowed slightly.
In modern Earth, the term “rmaid” referred to a fish-tailed monster with a human upper body from Greek Mythology, a particular version of a rmaid. According to legend, they often appeared as beautiful won, wandering between reefs and isolated islands, captivating sailors with their enchanting voices and leading ships to wreck and sink before devouring the castaway sailors.
However, the creature before them bore little resemblance to a rmaid, at least not in terms of beauty. Although it had a humanoid shape, it looked more like a fish or sowhat like a sea lion or seal.
The creature was about two ters long, with extrely thick forelimbs ending in sharp claws, slightly shorter hind limbs resembling a caudal fin that could stand upright.
In general, the rmaids of this world seed to be a new species under the subphylum Vertebrata, combining characteristics of both fish and mammals.
rmaids class? Fishn class?
In any case, it was a type of rmaid without “beauty.”
Quite interesting…
Richard’s eyes narrowed into slits as the rmaid on deck roared and lunged at the people.
Everyone scattered, ducking to the sides, but one unlucky apprentice was a step too slow and was imdiately knocked down by the rmaid. The rmaid swiped with its claw, ripping open the apprentice’s abdon, and blood spurt out crazily, turning the deck crimson red under the rain.
After witnessing this, everyone’s faces turned pale, shivering uncontrollably from the cold or perhaps from fright, amidst the torrential rain.
While everyone was stunned, more rmaids climbed aboard, taking up nearly half the deck space, and began attacking the people. Looking at the rmaids – strong, ugly, and vicious – the crowd was overwheld with fear, too scared to fight back. Even if soone did attack, the rmaids easily blocked and slapped them to the ground before biting off their necks to kill them.
Screams rang out incessantly as the people continued to retreat.
“Screech!”
A rmaid suddenly lunged at Gro, whose eyes bulged and legs went weak. He almost collapsed, but Richard swung his longsword, stabbing the rmaid’s body.
“Roar!” The rmaid voiced its anger, looking at Richard with rage.
Richard, unafraid, watched calmly as blood flowed from the rmaid’s wound, pondering the creature’s anatomy and where its vitals might be.
The rmaid, enraged by Richard’s deanor, opened its mouth and roared again, charging at him with its claw swinging viciously.
Richard’s eyes narrowed as he nimbly dodged the rmaid’s attack, then took the opportunity to slash his sword across the rmaid’s back.
“Roar!”
The rmaid howled in pain, its eyes reddening as it launched a second attack on Richard, who dodged effortlessly again before slicing at its lower limb, testing the creature’s defensive power.
Fresh blood stained the rmaid and a large area of the deck red, but the rmaid didn’t seem to be seriously injured and continued its furious assault.
Richard dodged, slashed, dodged, slashed, dodged, slashed…
Eventually, facing a rmaid covered in wounds but still vigilant, Richard’s eyes twinkled. He had a clearer understanding of its defensive capabilities – they were extrely strong.
Thick skin and a layer of blubber gave warmth and, more importantly, a defensive power stronger than the usual leather armor. The rmaid before him was like a brawny man armored in rhino hide, enduring many attacks without serious harm, while a single blow from it would be hard for Richard to withstand.
Indeed, it was proving to be a tough opponent.
Richard thought to himself.
Glancing to the side, Richard saw that Nancy was also entangled with a rmaid, trying to bleed it with her speed, but the effect wasn’t very good.
Richard’s eyebrows shot up.
In the distance, the other rmaids continued slaughtering everyone. Dempsey spoke with so seriousness, “If you don’t put more effort, the rmaids will soon board the ship, and then your situation will be even worse.”
“This…” Everyone looked at the fierce rmaids, willing to kill them but couldn’t muster the courage.
“Spurt, spurt, spurt,” the rmaid attack imdiately resulted in several unlucky students killed.
Dempsey’s brows deeply furrowed, seeing that the situation for everyone was unbearable. If this continued, they might truly be wiped out. A bit helplessly, he turned to the side and issued an order to the standing wizard apprentices, “You all take action too. Consider it a trial, and help these rookies out.”
“Yes,” responded nearly ten wizard apprentices, launching their attack.
Each wizard apprentice had considerable strength. Although they couldn’t compare to a full-fledged wizard, dealing with rmaids wasn’t a problem.
They rushed to the frontline and waved their hands to release various attack spells.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”
A continuous barrage of water arrows struck the rmaids’ bodies, like bullets, tearing their skin.
“Swish, swish, swish!”
Ice cones ford in the pouring rain, piercing the rmaids’ bodies and leaving them riddled with bloody holes.
“Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle!”
Wind Blades flew out like blades, slicing every inch of the rmaids’ bodies, causing them to bleed profusely and scream relentlessly.
Under the barrage of spells, half of the rmaids were held back by the wizard apprentices. Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, then mustered their courage to surround and attack the outnumbered rmaids with all their might. Although people continued to fall to the rmaids, the creatures’ wounds were slowly multiplying…
The entire deck was engaged in a grisly battle…
Richard’s eyes flickered, and he withdrew his gaze, looking at the rmaid before him. Taking a deep breath, he lifted his longsword, pointing it at the creature in a provocative gesture.
Although not considered beings of wisdom, the rmaid clearly understood the aning behind this action. It was initially on alert, ready to lick its wounds, but Richard’s provocation elicited an ungracious response as it opened its jaws wide and rushed over, viciously biting at Richard. If the bite landed, Richard would lose a good portion of his body.
Richard faced the onslaught with calmness. Watching the rmaid, he stepped back, avoiding the attack.
The rmaid’s bite missed, but it didn’t give up and moved to swipe with its claws.
Richard stepped back again, evading the attack.
The rmaid’s claw swung through the air, and the next mont, it lunged at Richard, aiming to pin him to the ground.
Richard’s eyes sparkled, retreating for the third ti with a “snap” sound as he stepped on the edge of the deck. The rmaid, continuing its charge, covered his body from above.
At that mont, the huge ship swayed slightly, a wave rose and crashed down, seemingly ready to engulf both Richard and the rmaid.
Gro and Nancy saw this and almost simultaneously called out a warning, “Be careful!”
The expression on Richard’s face didn’t change, his back to the wave, sword in hand, aid at the rmaid.
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