Warhammer, I'm a nanny, not your father!

Sylvia lay lazily at the bow, using her soft belly as a pillow for Wop, with a motherly light in her eyes as she quietly watched the wolves playing.

When the bait was almost complete and most of the fish had been caught, Russ climbed back onto the dragon boat.

Russ took the grilled fish from Wop and ate while saying, "Tengjier has brought the tribe's warriors to the island. They're going to confirm whether there are any other dangers on the island. We can return to land by tomorrow at the latest."

It had been more than two months since they discovered the island. Even the red-hot magma had cooled down into pitch-black basalt, and the cracks on the surface no longer emitted hot steam. At first glance, it seemed completely stable.

However, given Fenris's violent geological temperament, detailed reconnaissance is still needed for safety reasons. Only after confirming that there are no hidden hot springs in the island's rock formations and no hidden rifts on the coast can the tribe land.

These are the skills passed down from generation to generation by the Rus tribe, and are also the blood lessons learned by their ancestors.

There is no vegetation or other life on the island. Before the cold winter comes, the Rus tribe can only rely on fishing for a living. They must store enough food in the Fire Season to survive the winter.

Because there is almost no food source in winter, hunting in the cold winter requires the right time, place and people.

The right time is the time for animal migration, the right place is that the island of the Russ tribe is very close to Asaheim, and the right people are the Fenris wolf's keen sense of smell. None of them can be missing.

But the new island discovered by the Russ tribe is far away from Asaheim, and there are not many animals passing by here during the migration season, so the geographical location is not very good.

By evening, there was still no sign of Tengger's exploration team.

Although they should have returned before dusk according to common sense, the Rus tribe was not too worried. Perhaps the king and his men were delayed by the terrain.

"Ao!" Sylvia's wolf ears suddenly stood up and a low growl rolled out of her throat.

The warriors on the dragonship wondered why she suddenly growled. Leman Russ gazed at the island in the darkness and said, "Mother smells blood."

He couldn't communicate directly with Sylvia using psychic powers like Wop could, but it wasn't difficult for him to understand what Sylvia was saying.

The soldiers on the dragon boat tensed their muscles instantly. The smell of blood meant there was danger, but how could there be danger on the island?

This island emerged from the seabed not long ago, and it is impossible for any life to survive on it.

"Could the king and his men have encountered other tribes?" asked a warrior.

It is very difficult to find an island where people can survive in the vast ocean of Fenris. During the Season of Fire, the tribes of Fenris often clash over the ownership of an island.

Wop: "If there were fleets from other tribes, we would have found them long ago. Organize a rescue team and follow me. Save the people first."

The warriors in the fleet quickly gathered, and more than a hundred elite hunters, armed with bone spears and battle axes, followed Wop's dragon ship towards the island.

Sylvia and the wolves smelled an increasingly strong smell of blood. The wolves crouched down and bared their fangs, as if danger was approaching.

The warriors of the Rus tribe all had experience hunting with wolf packs. They believed that these Fenris wolves with their keen sense of smell would not act aimlessly. The warriors holding torches led their men to grope cautiously into the darkness.

Rus suddenly threw his battle axe towards the darkness on the right, and the Rus warriors only heard the sound of blood spurting and skulls breaking.

"Snap!" Leman Russ suddenly threw his battle axe, and the sharp blade suddenly tore through the darkness. Before the sound of breaking wind stopped, the muffled sound of skulls exploding and the sticky sound of liquid splashing came from the distance.

Several Rus warriors holding torches rushed towards the source of the sound. Under the flickering flames, a twisted corpse with an axe piercing its head was slowly sliding into a pool of blood.

The corpse's pale skin was dotted with spider-web-like purple veins, a stark contrast to the bronze hue of the Fenrisians, tanned by years of wind and sun.

Its limbs were twisted at angles that defied normal joint behavior, with claw-like keratin extending from the ends of its phalanges; the most horrifying thing was its pair of bulging milky white eyeballs, without irises or pupils, like two balls of solidified pus embedded in festering eyelids.

The Rus warriors had never seen such a creature before, and no one could recognize what it was.

The most important thing is that the island has just cooled down, and the Rus tribe’s fleet has not found any other dragon boats. Where did it come from?

"Night Raiders." Wop recognized these pale mutants at a glance and said decisively, "Don't worry about where they come from. Sylvia, can you smell Tenger? Let's go save them first!"

"Ouch!"

Sylvia lay on the ground and let Wop ride on her back, and Ruth also jumped on Gerry's back.

Wop: "Russ and I will lead the wolf pack to rescue people. Everyone else should return to the ship first. These mutants are likely to attack the fleet. Protect everyone else!"

The proud wolf pack would not allow anyone other than Wop and Rus to ride on their heads. The Rus warriors also understood how fast these predators were, and if they tried to rescue them by force, they would only hinder them.

The two warriors silently handed their torches to Wop and Russ, then followed the others in retreating to the coast.

Wop tapped Sylvia's silver-gray mane at the back of her neck, and the she-wolf shot off into the darkness, followed closely by the pack.

"What are Night Raiders?" Ruth asked.

"The ancient inhabitants of Fenris once built vast cave cities beneath Asaheim. However, during the Age of Strife, these refuges were abandoned for unknown reasons. The Fenrisians began to move to the surface, and those who chose to remain underground degenerated into night raiders."

Wop frowned. "Logically, these mutants only exist in Asaheim. Why did they suddenly appear on this deserted island?"

They couldn't have swam here. Night raiders are afraid of light, and predators in the sea won't give them a chance.

They can't fly, and even if they could, there are still predators waiting for them in the sky.

So where did they come from?

Ruth: "Maybe they've been on this island since the beginning?"

"That's possible." Wop nodded. There was no other explanation.

If they really have been on the island from the beginning, there must be a huge underground city complex under the island.

"Come on, you monsters!"

A few flickering flames flickered in the darkness, and Tengger's roar mixed with the soldiers' shouts and cries pierced the cold wind, interspersed with the sticky hissing of mutants.

Leman Russ swung his arm, and the torch drew a red arc in the darkness, accurately hitting a screaming mutant.

The flickering light of torches briefly pierced the darkness, and hundreds of night raiders surrounded Tengger's exploration team. Less than half of the warriors led by Tengger were still standing.

The night raiders on the periphery had also discovered the wolves and were trying to attack them under the cover of darkness.

"Ouch!"

Russ rode Gerry into the encirclement of the Night Raiders and used his battle axe to chop off the head of a Night Raider that pounced on him.

Gerry also opened his huge mouth, and his sharp teeth easily bit the mutant's neck.

Chapter 75 Night Raider (5K)

"Ouch!"

The howling of wolves in the dark boosted the morale of the surrounded soldiers. Regardless of where these mutants came from, the wolves were definitely their reinforcements.

"Hold on, warriors of the Rus tribe, our reinforcements are here!"

Tengger swung his battle axe and broke the night attacker's neck, and used his roar to boost the morale of the soldiers.

The wounded warriors who fell to the ground were dragged to the middle and protected by them, but more people would unfortunately be dragged into the darkness by these mutants and eaten. Their screams before death further aroused the anger of the Rus warriors.

But there were not many Rus warriors left, and gaps inevitably appeared in the defense line.

A night raider suddenly emerged from the shadow of the crevice, its festering claws tearing through the cold wind and heading straight for Tengjil's neck.

"Ouch!"

Fenrir leaped into the air, and his sharp white fangs bit into the Night Raider's abdomen like a guillotine.

As the sharp teeth opened and closed, the mutant's deformed body was reduced to pieces of flesh mixed with black blood. Fenrir shook his head in disgust and spat the remaining residue into the crevice of the rock, a low whimper rolling out of his throat.

He is a good boy and doesn't eat people.

Although mutants are not considered humans, this meat is dirty, fishy and smelly, and he disdains to eat it.

Gerry and the other giant wolves tore through the encirclement of the night raiders like a silver storm. Russ jumped off Gerry's back. The pale night raiders in the darkness surged like a tide, but within three seconds, Russ's battle axe opened their skulls and splashed blood all over him.

Three seconds is not Rus's limit, it's just that these night raiders are too slow.

Wop rode on Sylvia's back, and the blue spiritual energy shone like an arc of electricity in the darkness.

The moment he clenched his palm, the three Night Raiders that tried to attack him from behind suddenly froze, their pale bodies bursting like berries crushed by an invisible giant hand.

The hundreds of night raiders that surrounded Tengjil and others were reduced to smelly debris on the ground in just a dozen seconds.

Ruth turned around, "Is the injury serious?"

"It's just a minor injury." Tengjier clutched his bleeding right abdomen and shook his head. "We scouted around the island and didn't encounter any danger, but we encountered these monsters shortly after dark. Luckily you arrived in time."

Tengger looked back at his soldiers. Only one-third of them were still standing, and almost everyone was injured.

There weren't many wounded lying on the ground, because most of the soldiers were dragged into the darkness and eaten by the night raiders when they fell.

Wop: "Let's go back to the ship first. Those monsters might come back."

Tengjier nodded and shook off the sticky black blood on his battle axe.

Russ carried a wounded warrior on one hand, and the others also helped the wounded warriors up and followed the wolf pack.

When they returned to the shore, there were oil lamps burning on every dragon boat, illuminating the sea.

The wind carried the sound of shouts and the dull thud of axes splitting bones. At least three hundred night raiders launched a surprise attack on the fleet, and a bloody battle broke out with the soldiers who stayed in the shallows to support them.

When the wolves and the exploration team returned, the night raiders had left behind hundreds of corpses in vain.

Back on the boat, Tengjier punched the side of the dragon boat. The friction between his bones and the sea salt crystals made a harsh sound. "How can this new island have so many monsters?"

He had obviously never seen the Night Raiders either. These mutants lived in underground caves and rarely appeared on the surface. Even the lowlanders of Asaheim were unfamiliar with them.

Wop: "Night Raiders live underground. Since there are so many of them on this island, there must be a huge underground city. If we want to survive here, we must find a way to wipe them out or move to another island."

"No, we can't give up this island!" Tengger shook his head.

The dangers of Fenris's Season of Fire are not only the ocean itself, but also the numerous deadly giant creatures that inhabit the vast ocean.

These massive creatures retreat to the depths during the winter and return to the surface to hunt in the summer. Some of these ancient, scaly, reptilian beasts are nearly as large as islands and can swallow entire Fenrisian fleets in one gulp.

The most terrifying of all are the unspeakable and indescribable creatures, multi-tentacled monsters with sharp beaks and cold black eyes, hiding in the depths of the sea until they select their prey and then surface to devour it.

Compared to these top predators of Fenris, the sea kings are just docile kittens.

Even with Wop, it was too dangerous to drift at sea.

Tengger had already scouted the island during the day. It was very stable and according to past experience, it would probably not sink for many years.

Moreover, they have wasted too much time on this island and may not be able to find a second island.

Even if we find it, it may have been occupied by other tribes.

"Then we have to find a way to eliminate all the night raiders on the island," Russ said. "Since the night raiders come out from underground, they must have caves. They don't go out during the day, so it's safe then. We can send people to search for the night raiders' nests on the island, but we must never enter those dark caves without permission."

Tengjier also felt that Wop's plan was feasible, as they had indeed not been attacked by these monsters during the day.

"We'll have to arrange for a night watch," Tengger said wearily. "These monsters might come again at night, but then we might not have enough people to guard them during the day."

Ruth: "Let the wolves take turns guarding the night. They can smell the scent of the night raiders from several kilometers away."

Woppe did not participate in their discussion, as he did not want to deprive Ruth of the opportunity to grow.

And one day he will leave Fenris, and Russ must lead the Fenrisians alone.

……

"Ouch!"

On the eve of dawn, Shikodi's wolf howl pierced the darkness.

The soldiers on guard on the ship instantly tensed up their nerves, and the rockets soaked in sea beast oil roared towards the shallows.

The flickering flames illuminated the suffocating scene on the shallows, where countless night raiders were crawling from the land towards the shallows.

Many Rus tribe members saw these monsters for the first time. These humanoid monsters were all hunched over, with huge eyes like teacups occupying most of their faces. Their skin was also pale and sickly, with pus oozing from strange birthmarks and traces of mutant diseases.

"Are these monsters never going to stop?" Tengjier laughed in anger. This was the fifth time these monsters had attacked tonight.

The first four times they had simply gathered in the shallows to scare the Rus tribe, but this fifth time it was clear they were serious.

They attack in the darkness before dawn, which shows that these monsters are intelligent and know that this is the time when people are most likely to let their guard down.

But they were not very smart, because the previous night attacks had already alerted the enemy, and the Rus warriors had become frightened birds.

Besides, they had the wolf pack as a warning, so the attack by these night raiders could not succeed.

"Why are they so persistent in attacking us?" Russ frowned in thought.

The night raider's attack last night can also be explained by the predator's primitive instinct. No hunter will let go of the prey that enters their territory.

But the repeated attacks on the fleet are different. The Night Raiders are not good at naval warfare, so why do they have to attack the Rus tribe?

Although the Rus tribe and these night raiders are indeed in a life-and-death relationship and only one side can own the island, do these night raiders really have such high IQs to think about such profound issues?

If they have such high IQs, how could they come up with such stupid tactics?

The Night Raiders' advantage is obviously underground. If the Russ tribe wants to eliminate them, they must take the risk of going underground.

If the night raiders had any brains, they would have waited until the Russ tribe went underground and then used the favorable environment to attack them, instead of forcibly attacking the fleet in such an obviously unfavorable environment.

"Could it be that there is something about the fleet that is attracting them?"