Chapter 225: Our Reinforcements Have Arrived!

"Toka, don't blame me for being cruel—you're simply too foolish and greedy!"

"If you had told me the secret of how the Buwa tribe became wealthy earlier, you wouldn't have met this fate!" Lada felt no guilt over his methods.

"No, Lada, you'll never learn this secret—and even if you did, you could never become wealthy like the Buwa tribe!"

Lada clearly didn't believe it, and now had no intention of wasting words: "Then, Toka, I'll wait until I've broken through your Buwa tribe's walls to extract the truth from you!"

"Gentlemen, begin! Whatever we gain, we split equally!"

Lada turned to the six tribal chieftains surrounding him.

"Good!"

Several chieftains nodded: "Warriors, charge! Kill every Buwa man except Toka!"

"Wooaa! Wooaa! Kill!"

The next moment, over two thousand merfolk surged forward toward the Buwa tribe's wooden wall.

Though the Buwa tribe had a wall made of coconut trees and giant clamshells, fewer than three hundred defenders stood atop it.

Faced with the tidal wave of attackers, many Buwa warriors turned pale with terror.

"Buwa warriors, we have no retreat left! They seek to steal our wealth, kill us and our women and children—fight them to the death!"

Toka knew victory was impossible, but as he himself said, they had no retreat.

Lada would never spare them.

Thus, the bloody clash between the sea tribes began.

Yet their weapons and armor were truly primitive, so the battle lacked the grandeur and might of human regular armies.

All one could see was a horde of merfolk howling as they scaled the wooden wall, while defenders thrust bone spears to repel them.

The disparity in numbers was too great—soon, the Buwa defense began to crumble.

Within mere minutes, more and more enemies leapt onto the Buwa wall.

"Ha! Toka, see? You've lost—now do you regret it?"

"Lada, I, Toka, will never regret it—the Sea God will punish you!"

"Hmph? No regret? Then I'll make you regret it!"

As the main gate of the Buwa camp was opened from within, Lada and the chieftains charged straight into the camp.

He stood beside a Buwa woman trembling in terror, slowly raising his bone knife.

"Toka, I said I'd kill every woman and child in your tribe one by one. Since you claim no regret, let me show you first!"

"Lada, you're a demon! Women and children are innocent! The Sea God will punish you!" Toka's eyes bulged with rage, but he was surrounded by merfolk soldiers and powerless to act.

Lada wanted nothing more than to shatter Toka's spirit, so he could force the secret of wealth from him.

So, grinning savagely, he raised his bone knife to its highest point—about to bring it down.

Swoosh!

Just as the knife was about to fall, a sharp whistling sound pierced the air.

Crack! Lada's bone knife trembled violently, nearly slipping from his grip.

His face darkened: "Damn it—what's going on?"

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

But in response came more whistling sounds.

Plop! Plop! Plop!

Aaaah! Aaaah!

Sharp sounds of arrows piercing flesh echoed, followed by waves of screams.

The merfolk soldiers on the wall fell like toppled blocks—over twenty of them.

Closer inspection revealed each was pierced by arrows.

"This… these aren't human arrows?"

Lada was no stranger—he had once visited the northern human port.

He had seen the might of human soldiers there.

But this was the ocean floor…

"Bad news, Chief! Outside… outside there are hundreds of humans and giant monsters!"

A soldier on the wall suddenly screamed.

"Humans and giant monsters? That's impossible!" Lada nearly thought he'd misheard.

But the arrows proved everything.

"Ha! Waga's back! Waga really brought the Gervas humans! Buwa warriors, our reinforcements have arrived!"

While Lada struggled to believe it, Toka was overjoyed.

Waga had returned—and he'd truly brought human reinforcements!

"Toka, I understand now—you've made contact with humans?!" Lada finally grasped the reason the Buwa tribe had grown wealthy.

All of this must be tied to the humans.

Yet humans had always been hostile toward merfolk.

Upon seeing merfolk, they immediately sent soldiers to drive them away.

So how could the Buwa tribe possibly have established contact with humans?

"Lada, yes—the Buwa tribe has made contact with humans. And compared to them, you, your own kind, are the true devils!"

Lada's face flushed red and white—he abandoned the trembling Buwa woman and rushed to the wall.

Atop the wall, he saw over a hundred figures outside the camp… no, half of them looked human, but why were they so tall?

They resembled monsters more than men.

"Lada, what do we do?"

The nearby chieftains turned to him.

After all, they knew the humans' power.

Humans had sharp weapons, heavy armor, and terrifying strength!

"What's to fear? We're underwater! Those humans and giants together number barely a hundred—we have over two thousand!"

"That's right! Only a hundred humans and giants!" The chieftains snapped back to their senses.

On land, human soldiers were countless—they dared not stand against them.

But here, underwater, only a hundred humans? No need to fear!

"So, gentlemen, let's eliminate the humans and giants together. Look at their weapons and armor—kill them, and those treasures become ours!"

Seeing the chieftains' fear fade, Lada urged them on.

"Good! We'll split the spoils! Wooaa!"

The chieftains' eyes gleamed with greed—they thought the same.

"Merfolk warriors, kill those humans first! Reward: one female slave for every human killed!"

"Wooaa! Wooaa! Kill!"

Instantly, most of the merfolk broke off and charged toward Gervas's group.

"Gervas, they're coming!"

Waga's face turned pale.

Not because he feared for himself—but because he feared Gervas's group couldn't hold, and they'd all be doomed.

He'd planned to lead Gervas inside the camp and defend together behind the wall.

But the camp had already fallen.

"Waga, don't worry—leave them to my men!" Gervas smiled calmly.