Lord: Starting with Contract Half-Elf Twins

"Master, a ship is coming from the sea."

"Oh?"

Allen was busy with the construction of the harbor when he suddenly sensed a new telepathic connection.

After obtaining 3 achievement crystals, one was used to enhance the Silver Dragon bloodline on Solina, and the second was used to recruit the Flipper Crab Leader Sharp Armor.

The third one is used to reinforce the armor.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

【Name: Sharp Armor】

[Race: Fiddler Crab]

[Character Template: Elite]

[Rank: Tide Priest lv4 / Underwater Warrior lv8]

[Alignment: Lawful/Neutral]

Status: Normal

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

The original [Tide Speaker] class, which could only manipulate water flow, has been upgraded to the [Tide Priest] class, which can manipulate water elemental magic over a large area to condense magic.

In this way, Allen was able to fill the gap in the underwater reconnaissance unit.

As long as there is any movement on the surface of Sapphire Bay, the armored creature operating underwater can immediately notify him.

Allen arrived at the beach and looked in the direction the Fiddler had indicated.

Sure enough, a small black dot of a ship was spotted on the horizon of Sapphire Bay.

Allen estimated that this ship was smaller than the merchant ship led by Barga last time, indicating that the newcomers were probably not a merchant fleet.

Are they refugees?

Allen messaged the armored vehicle: "Same as last time, show us your pincers first."

"Yes." Sharp Armor's reply was very brief.

……

As the ship sailed into Sapphire Bay, the unpredictable sea breeze on the howling sea suddenly softened.

Tasha and the guards looked at the view of the bay with some curiosity.

Those who know anything about the Kingdom of Dorne's predecessor, the Kingdom of Ono, have more or less heard of Sapphire Bay, which once carried out the northern sea route.

The sailors also surveyed this legendary cursed land, suppressing their unease.

As for the group of slave refugees, Tasha naturally wouldn't let them move around freely, and temporarily kept them at the bottom of the ship's hold.

Only a few representatives, chosen by the slaves, could take turns leaving the cabin to make reasonable demands of the guards.

She's not some saint; she let these refugees on board to reassure the sailors and explain the situation, and they'd be off the ship in a day, so there wouldn't be any pressure.

Letting them roam freely on the deck could cause trouble if they try to seize the ship.

Among the slaves, there were indeed a few with some strength, and even if the guards could suppress them, they would still be a problem.

"This bay is so beautiful," Kyleon exclaimed.

"yes."

Tasha nodded. The bay was surrounded by mountains on five sides and faced the sea on one side, with picturesque scenery inside; it was indeed a wonderful place.

The boatswain chimed in, "Indeed, this is a perfect haven. In ancient times, it was probably even more prosperous than the largest seaports of the southern kingdoms!"

The three leaders chatted idly at the bow, while the sailors and guards also chatted.

"Should we land here?"

"Yes, we'll have to abandon ship and travel by land from there."

"Look at the mountains surrounding the bay, I'm afraid I'll die of exhaustion on the way to climb them."

"What can we do... The reward money given by Her Highness the Princess is enough for three years' income, and we have the Imperial Guards to protect us, it's just a bit tiring."

"That's true..."

"Wait, did you see that? There looks like a building on the shore."

"Ancient ruins, I suppose... I've heard there are many ancient ruins throughout the entire Western Wilderness..."

"No, no, something is building that structure. It's huge. What is that... is it a tree?"

Just as the coastline in the sailors' field of vision was gradually expanding.

"Splash—!"

The calm water surface suddenly shattered as one after another, fiddler crabs with hard, bluish-brown shells and sharp, enormous pincers leaped out of the water.

They swung their giant pincers and rammed into the merchant ship's hull; the next moment, a dull thud resounded.

"Monster attack! Guards, protect the ship!"

The guards, under Kylian's command, immediately stood ready.

But it was clear to anyone that the guards were incapable of protecting the ships.

The fiddler crabs were ramming ships underwater, and the guards were unable to fight them underwater.

Even with a bow and arrow, only Captain Kelion is confident he can pierce the hard shell of the Flipper Crabman through the water.

However, beneath the surface of the sea, there were countless fiddler crabs, and Kelion alone could not accomplish anything.

Kylian decisively issued the order: "Get ashore! We can only fight on land!"

During the emergency beach landing, the merchant ship struggled to break through the encirclement of the crab people and barely made it to the beach.

Fortunately, despite the fiddler crabs' repeated ramming of the ship, they failed to breach it.

No one fell into the sea until all the slave refugees in the bottom cabins had reached the shore. Only one or two slave refugees suffered minor injuries from falling in the chaos.

This result brought a sigh of relief to everyone.

"What exactly do these monsters want?"

After confirming that everyone was safe, Tasha frowned as she looked at the situation in the sea.

After everyone came ashore, the fiddler crabs neither retreated back to the seabed nor launched a strong attack from the shore.

They silently circled their ship and did not continue to ram it, for reasons unknown.

"have no idea."

Kylian was quite relaxed at this moment.

Once they set foot on the ground, these monsters could no longer pose a threat to them.

As for the ship... they were going to abandon ship and go ashore anyway, so it didn't matter.

"If they were targeting us, do you think those pincers wouldn't be able to tear through our ship's planks?"

Tasha pointed to the Fiddler's enormous pincers.

Especially the largest one; she had no doubt that if it were to strike with its pincers, it would immediately tear a large hole in their small boat.

Before Kylian could answer, he seemed to sense something, immediately assumed a fighting stance, and shouted, "Warning! An ambush!"

Sure enough, after he shouted, everyone felt the ground tremble slightly.

A moment later, five enormous creatures came into view.

There were five large trees, several meters tall and as thick as several people could hug. Their roots branched into two legs, and human-like faces and arms grew on their trunks. They were stepping towards them step by step, and each step made the earth tremble.

The slave refugees and sailors were thrown into chaos almost immediately.

Kylian then commanded, "Guards, listen up! Prepare for a combined attack. Three men each, take one tree leg, and disable their mobility!"

"Wait!" Tasha suddenly spoke up.

"Ms. Tasha, this is wartime, you must listen to me!" Once Kyleon entered battle mode, he seemed like a completely different person.

"No, they shouldn't attack us."

"What did you say?"

"Ms. Tasha is right."

A clear voice came from behind several people in the distance.

"Tree people, please step back, these are our guests."

The tree people indeed stepped back, and only then did everyone notice that in the middle of the tree people's huge bodies, there was a boy dressed in an animal skin robe.

However, everyone's attention was drawn to the giant tree-man, and no one immediately looked at the boy at the tree-man's feet.

The boy smiled and said, "It's been a long time, Ms. Tasha."