Chapter Seventy-One: Settling on a Plan

  After the news spread, there was also a heated debate within the Panbai Water Demon clan about how to treat the beastman alliance that took advantage of the fire. Of course, most water demons had long been accustomed to enslaving other races and regarded themselves as noble royal bloodlines, looking down on all other races with disdain, viewing them as inferior beasts only fit to be slaves. These guys were shocked when they heard the news, then furious, with opposition speeches being extremely fierce, even declaring that they would kill all the beastmen before the big tide arrived, killing one to warn a hundred. Supporters, however, were few and far between.

  However, due to the strong intervention of Badak, the supreme commander of the Water You, and the hesitation of the Queen of the Water You, a serious division appeared within the Water You.

  When the elders of the Water God Temple were about to influence the queen's decision, something unexpected happened. The usually indecisive water nymph queen was unusually resolute this time. After a brief discussion, she didn't even give most of the high-ranking water nymphs a chance to react and made the decision herself. Moreover, she gave an order that must be obeyed at all costs! As a result, all the water nymphs present fell silent, including the powerful elders of the Water God Temple, who dared not speak out of turn. Only Badak, with a cold smile, led his elite troops and left the inner river in satisfaction.

  By the end of this month, the tide superimposed, the sea water surged, and the sea surface rose sharply, changing drastically. After a few more days, the seawater began to pour into the inland rivers, causing the river flow of the Tongbai River to surge, even triggering a flood. The Gaya rainforest was filled with this salty smell everywhere. It turned out that the seven-year-old tide had arrived. Now, those broken things that happened in the Tongbai River Basin have come to an end, and everyone has joined the tense preparations for war. Although the Beastman Alliance is not favored by most of the water elves, and even disliked by most of the water elf leaders, they do not dare to openly defy the queen's orders.

  After all, the Water Demon Clan evolved from the original Blood Mosquitoes, and generations have always revered the Queen. Although the times have changed, the idea of obeying the Queen's orders has not changed in the slightest, and it has long been deeply ingrained in their bones. Even the elders of the Water God Temple, who hold high positions and wield the strongest power of the Water Demon Clan, do not dare to openly defy the Queen or criticize her orders. So they can only secretly undermine her from behind the scenes, using underhanded tactics to divide the 30,000 Beastmen into five groups, dispersing their strength, and then having them guard the entrances to the five branches of the river. Without any aid or support, they are left alone to resist the Sea Clan. The intention is to use the Sea Clan's hands to eliminate all these overbearing Beastmen!

  After another six or seven days, the tidal phenomenon seemed to have reached its limit. From a distance, the sea tide was surging, like thousands of horses galloping, thundering and roaring, with no end in sight. The white lines formed by the wave crests had just appeared on the horizon when they suddenly rose up into the sky, violently pounding against the rocky shore, producing a deafening roar, before shattering into billions of water droplets that scattered over thousands of meters. It made one feel as if an overwhelming and majestic power was rushing towards them, leaving no room for resistance! This is the power of nature!

  In the surging sea water, some enormous beasts suddenly appeared, rolling on the undulating sea surface with a piercing gaze. A member of the sea tribe, with an upper body resembling a robust man and a lower body that was a long snake tail, burst out of the waves, holding a giant shield in one hand and a four-meter-long bone scythe in the other. Looking at the continuous black reefs stretching thousands of meters to the inland river, he couldn't help but let out a cold laugh: "The magic reefs in this sea area have been repaired again? Those bastards from Borweisna really love to stir up trouble! In previous years, how many of our brave sea warriors had to die on these magic reefs, unable to advance further despite being so close to the inland river. However, this year, with our great general Besman taking matters into his own hands, your good days are numbered!"

  The snake-tailed tribe circled around the so-called magical reef, sneered a few times, suddenly patted its tail, made a turn, and then disappeared into the vast ocean. In an instant, it was gone without a trace.

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  On one side of the reef, 6,000 beastmen warriors are stationed. As soon as the battle begins, they will be the first to bear the brunt and withstand the most violent attack from the sea tribe!

  At this moment, Raul, Old Liu, Nigel and several others sat together in a circle to discuss countermeasures.

  These days of contact have come to an end. Raul has already had a relatively intuitive understanding of Lao Liu: flexible, cunning, strong learning ability, although sometimes a bit lazy, but when it's time to make an effort, he will never slack off and will do better than most of the one-track-minded beastmen. And usually, this little guy is full of clever ideas, although most of them are empty talk and nonsense, but some of his thoughts will bring great inspiration to Raul, making him benefit greatly. This makes Raul look at Lao Liu with even more importance, secretly treating him as his own advisor.

  Now, Rour, who had separated from other beastman leaders, gathered a few beastmen he valued more and assembled them here to seek their opinions.

  "The Hai tribe is coming with a strong momentum, and there has been a deep-seated grudge between them and us beastmen for many years. This time, seeing that we are isolated and helpless, I'm afraid they won't let us off easily." A beastman spoke up first, expressing his concerns.

  Nigel said, "We have three thousand Tree People allies hiding. They can throw giant boulders weighing over a thousand kilograms, with extremely strong attacking power. If we catch the Sea Clan off guard, perhaps we can defeat their first wave of attacks!"

  "But this way, we'll be exposing our hidden strength! If we just bring them out and throw them into battle like that, we're bound to lose a lot." Another beastman retorted.

  "We don't need to worry so much. This place is a communication hub between the inland river and the outer sea, with treacherous terrain. Although we may suffer from the Sea Clan's fierce attack, the pressure on the water demon occupying the inland river must be greater than ours, that's where the main battlefield is. To know, even if the Sea Clan occupies this place, it won't be of much use. The role of this place is equivalent to an unimportant watchtower." Another beastman spoke up, with a comforting tone that anyone could hear was insincere. He probably didn't even believe what he was saying himself.

  "Miss Liu, what do you think?" Lao Liu suddenly looked at the old Liu who was sitting on one side, silent and seemingly thinking about something, and asked in a low voice.

  "What?" Old Liu looked at Raul in surprise, patted his head and thought: "I think you're thinking too much. What's the point of fighting? When you see the sea tribe coming, can't you just retreat back to the inland river?"

  "What!" Including Raoul, all the beastmen shouted in unison, looking at Old Liu in disbelief. Several of them puffed out their chests and glared at Old Liu, growling: "What nonsense are you spouting! If you don't understand, then don't speak rashly. By doing this, aren't we retreating without a fight? Not only will it tarnish the honor of our beastmen tribe, but it will also give the Water Wraiths an excuse to interfere and hinder the agreement we've reached with them!"

  "You're thinking too much..." Old Liu stroked his chin, deep in thought, and said to himself: "The Flood Dragon Water Demon has us stationed here, clearly intending to use the Sea Clan's hands to keep us all trapped. If we really stay here like fools, even if we can withstand the Sea Clan's first wave of attack, we'll still suffer heavy losses. Moreover, doing so will inevitably attract the Sea Clan's hatred and make them divert some of their forces to deal with us. They have a large family and business, so it doesn't matter to them, but for our small group, it's absolutely unbearable. If you really want to do this, foolishly staying here to defend, you'll be falling into the Flood Dragon Water Demon's trap. Even if some of you manage to survive after the war, I'm afraid there will only be a hundred or so defeated soldiers left, or even fewer. In that case, it's better to make up your minds and migrate to another place to thrive, perhaps preserving more of our kind."

  Several beastmen were silent. Raul frowned and said, "But what if the Water Demon takes advantage of this to launch a surprise attack and uses this as an excuse to tear up the treaty after the war?"

  "No way! They're not stupid either. After the real war breaks out, they'll still need our strength. By then we've made our contribution, and they won't have anything to say." Old Liu said in denial.

  Here is the translation:

  "When the Hai tribe's army approaches, we just need to put on a show and then immediately retreat. The Hai tribe will think there's no defense here and directly sweep past this place to fight in the inner river. During this time, no one will pay attention to what we're doing. We only need to suddenly appear during their intense battle, kill the Hai tribe, and harvest heads. What pretext can the Tongbai Water Demon use to attack? To say it, we indeed resisted, but just couldn't hold on. Want to deny the treaty? We helped them kill so many enemies on the battlefield, no merit but hard work. Even if they're foolish, they won't be stupid enough to tear up the treaty and consider our labor as nothing. Unless they don't want to continue recruiting demons to help fight in the war from now on. The Tongbai Water Demon's 'good reputation' is the main reason why so many demons came here to help fight. Furthermore... ...” Old Liu's face revealed a strange smile, saying: "It seems they didn't say we must stay here and resist the Hai tribe?"

  "Huh?" Several beastmen were stunned by Old Liu's shameless theory and thought hard about the loopholes. However, a glimmer of light flashed in Rourou's eyes, and he suddenly stood up, laughing loudly: "Liu, you're right! Let's do it this way. Come to think of it, we haven't actually violated the agreement with them."

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