Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 77 Monsters in the Sea
The coastline of the Golden Haikou Town stretches for more than twenty miles. The water level in the natural harbor is very deep, with the shallowest being nearly fifteen meters and the deepest being nearly forty meters.

As the town grew, the dock was also expanded. Now even multi-masted sailing ships built by southern countries can dock at the harbor.

Today, the harbor is filled with schooners, sloops, and even a few galleys, which rock slightly as the calm waters lap.

The small town of Golden Haikou is still brightly lit under the night, and these adventurers seem to have endless energy.

No matter how tired they were after working in the endless forests and vast grasslands during the day, they were still keen to gather in taverns and chat at night.

Many adventurers also took advantage of the night lights to sneak into the ladies' buildings where lanterns were hung high. Soon, loud voices would be heard from the extremely exquisitely renovated houses, like a duet between a man and a woman in an aristocratic band.

The fog gradually spread over the depths of the sea and moved towards the coast under the influence of the sea breeze, covering the ships docked in the harbor and some towns.

The sailors on duty who remained on these ships were already accustomed to this kind of scene and were not surprised.

A young sailor climbed out of his companion's bed, put on his slippers and put on waterproof and warm clothes.

Enduring the unpleasant smell that seeped into the cabin from the bottom of the ship, which was a mixture of moisture, body odor, and mildew, and soaked wood, garbage, food, and cargo, I turned on the mast light on the bow to avoid any accidents.

However, he did not notice that in the increasingly thick fog, an ugly monster quietly emerged from the sea in the distance.

A pair of vicious and cruel eyes were prowling around in the fog, quietly observing this small town that seemed to have no night.

This monster is about two to three meters long from head to toe, with a slender body. Its dark green skin is covered with grid patterns, and some parts of its body occasionally have patches of fine scales.

Its head has distinctive features, with a well-developed jaw and sharp teeth, webbed feet on all four limbs, vertical wings like small sails growing on the back of its head and neck and the sides of its forearms, and a pair of fish-like eyes.

The monster has a pair of strong fin-like structures on its tail, and its sharp claws hold a trident decorated with coral and seaweed.

This is the Sahuagin, which is called a sea demon by coastal human residents. This monster usually lives in ocean caves or deep sea trenches.

They like to hunt and attack all creatures they see. Although they also have the habit of trading, they prefer to get what they want by plundering coastal settlements and merchant ships. They are a very predatory fish-like intelligent race.

However, the bronze dragons, who claim to be just and kind and never eat intelligent creatures, love the taste of these monsters and often eat them, so they do not recognize these Shahua fishmen as intelligent creatures.

Unlike the blue dragon among the five-colored dragons, it not only recognizes that these Shahua people are intelligent creatures, but also eats them more decisively than the bronze dragon.

This Shahua murloc is a member of the murloc tribe living in the deep-sea trench far away from this sea area. In the past, these Shahua murlocs would not pay attention to this place when they occasionally patrolled this sea area, because they knew that this place was a gathering place for ogres.

Those stupid ogres were poor but powerful, not worthy of the Sahuagin's attack and plunder. Moreover, there were few merchant ships traveling back and forth in the past, so they did not attract the attention of the Sahuagin.

But this sea area seems to be getting more and more lively recently, with more and more humans and merchant ships passing by and docking here. This attracted the attention of a monster who accidentally patrolled this sea area, so he began to lurk and explore.

In the eyes of these sahuagin, humans are extremely weak and can be bullied. So after observing for a while, this sahuagin sank into the sea and approached the sailors on the ship. The young sailor didn't know that danger was approaching him. After lighting the mast light on the ship, he looked at the lively town on the shore with some envy.

I muttered to myself, "After facing men's butts all day, I almost forgot how wonderful those ladies taste, damn it."

Suddenly he heard a loud sound of water breaking and quickly turned to look at the source of the sound. In the misty fog, he vaguely saw a green monster leaping out of the water, releasing a strong stream of water towards him.

Before the sailor could even finish his shout, he was hit in the face by the strong current and everything went dark.

A sharp trident had pierced his body with great force, and the sailor fell powerlessly on the deck.

Boom! The Shahua fishman grabbed the hull and jumped onto the deck. Without staying for long, he dragged the unconscious sailor and jumped back into the sea.

He planned to take this human with him and report to the Shahua nobles and priests who ruled the tribe, perhaps he would receive a generous reward.

……

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

The Shahuamin, who possessed several times the strength in the water than on land, easily dragged the human corpse with one claw into the huge cave in the trench, while driving away other fishmen who came over because they smelled blood and meat.

When he entered this deep and vast cave, he did not look at the Shahua fishmen guards who were eyeing the humans in their hands. He simply bypassed these guards and walked towards the upper level of the cave.

There is another large space on the upper level of the cave, which looks a bit glittering under the reflection of various underwater corals and gems.

Various strange and hideous murals were painted on the ceiling and walls of the cave using some special fat.

Most of these murals show ferocious sharks fighting various strange-looking deep-sea monsters. These are the gods worshipped by these Shahua people - the shark god Thekla.

Sitting under these murals is a tall, ferocious and ugly male merman. Surrounding him are several female mermen, who are working hard for the reproduction of their race.

This is the priestess among the Sahuagin and the Sahuagin Baron who rules the tribe.

The patrolling murlocs did not dare to look too much. Although these priestesses were playthings of the baron of the murloc tribe, they themselves had great influence and high status among the Shahua murlocs because they were qualified to channel the power of the shark god Thekra.

"My Lord Baron, I have discovered some good news."

The patrolling fishman threw the already pale and swollen human to the ground, knelt down, stared at the ground under his feet with his fish eyes, and did not dare to look up.

The fishman baron, who was busy lying on the priestess, shook his ugly body vigorously and turned his head to look at the patrolling fishman who broke in. He showed his sharp teeth and laughed coldly: "This news had better satisfy me!"

(End of this chapter)