Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God
Chapter 931 - 577: Formidable Enemy Incoming

Chapter 931: Chapter 577: Formidable Enemy Incoming

Just when Serlemon thought that Gaven didn’t want to face the Koutao Fishmen head-on and was about to pull all the Gnolls back,

"Attack!" The Gnolls’ assault cries merged into one, and numerous Gnolls popped up from the rooftops around them, bombarding them with various thrown rocks and spears.

Under normal circumstances, the strength of the Gnolls indeed fell short. Whether it was throwing rocks or spears, the lethality was relatively limited. However, with the boost of being six or seven meters high on the buildings, their power climbed to the next level.

The most important factor was their sheer number, which densely covered the whole street, leaving the Koutao Fishmen with no place to dodge.

The only thing they could do was to hold up their shields against the dense barrage of attacks.

At this moment, the unique property of these Koutao Fishmen came to light, they were covered in a layer of slick, oily substance, making them incredibly slippery, which not only made capturing them much harder but also caused the thrown rocks and spears to slip off them, greatly lessening the damage they took.

So, after a round of attacks, these Koutao Fishmen had more injuries than casualties.

But that was just the beginning.

The next second, a sky-full of crimson fireballs rained down from the rooftops.

Fireball Technique!

A sheer number of Fireball Techniques covered all three streets that had been cleared of floodwaters, saturating them.

The proportion of Magicians among these Gnolls in Weizemay New Village was frighteningly high, and the choice of Fireball Technique was second only to the Stone Shaping Spell. They demonstrated through action what saturation bombardment meant.

Even the Deep Forest Valley Soldiers who were merely watching from the air felt their scalps tingle in fear.

Not to mention those Koutao Fishmen in the streets, surrounded by crackling roars, "Get inside, take cover in human dwellings!"

Like fish, the Koutao Fishmen do not have vocal cords. They cannot shout or scream like humans or animals, but they do have their unique ways of making sounds and communicating, even speaking.

Underwater, they communicate in what humans perceive as silence by vibrating a swim bladder and gills in their body, producing sounds difficult for ordinary people to discern.

On land, they emit strange noises by tightly closing their large fish mouths and vibrating their gills to mimic vocal cords, much like Gnolls have a "wang" sound in their language, the Koutao Fishmen’s speech contains a pronounced clicking sound.

The dark, doorless entrances to buildings seemed like their only refuge, and for a moment, all the Koutao Fishmen rushed towards those entrances.

However, there were simply too many of them, and the doorways were too few and narrow, leading to a scramble that wound up choking the entrances.

By the time you saw a Fireball Technique and could react, it was usually too late.

The thing was as fast as a strong crossbow or bow.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

All three streets were engulfed in raging flames.

Against this kind of attack, the slipperiness of the Koutao Fishmen was absolutely useless. The mucus on their body was instantly dried by the heat, along with their skin and flesh. The powerful flames turned them into rolling gourds.

Some rolled out four or five meters, others slammed into stone houses directly.

This was not a mere single-layered attack, but a stacked one.

Many areas were engulfed by two Fireball Techniques at the same time, and if you were unlucky, you would get bombarded twice by these heavy artillery spells.

Like most monster races, the Koutao Fishmen also had innate multiple Life Dice, possessing four as adults—one more than Hobgoblins.

Although this did not endow them with the combat power of a Level 4 warrior naturally, it did make their bodies tougher, making them more difficult to kill.

But even with their toughness, surviving two consecutive Fireball Techniques was rare, and without exception, those who did were Professionals and had entered a critically injured state.

And above their heads were still numerous rocks and spears raining down, threatening to bury them at any moment, which, if not outright killed them, would leave them severely injured and on the brink of death. Without treatment, survival would be exceedingly difficult.

After just one round of the clash, of the several hundred Koutao Fishmen who invaded Weizemay New Village, only dozens who managed to scramble into the nearby stone buildings remained alive.

But they were merely postponing their death. When they crawled into the buildings, they realized that dozens of spear-wielding Gnolls were waiting for them inside.

Dozens of Koutao Fishmen might sound like a lot, but they weren’t all in one building, they were spread across seven or eight, averaging three or four per building, facing enemies that outnumbered them by seven or eight times.

To add to their misery, these Gnolls had absolutely no intention of facing them head-on. Before they could get close, various Spell-Like Abilities were already being used against them.

These low-level, first or second-level spells weren’t particularly strong but could provide potent support,

Either entangling them in place with a first circle Entangle Spell.

Or making them slip with a first circle Grease Spell.

Or casting them into a state of sleep or hypnotism with a first circle Sleep Technique or hypnotism.

Or uncontrollable laughter with a first circle Hysteria Technique.

In a situation where they were surrounded by enemies, even being controlled for a few seconds was lethal. They had no chance to wake up or break free before being turned into sieves.