Xi Wei and most of the Players decided to ignore the Western Continent for now and develop on their own to strengthen the foundations of the Church of Games.
Even though the Players had previously said that they wanted to explore the new continent, after the unfortunate Players took the lead, the rest of the Players were no longer as enthusiastic.
After all, there were too many directions they could develop in: the Valley of the Tragic Dead and the Grey Fjord Inlet were still far from being fully explored, the dungeons of the Fishmen Island and the Living Dead Cellar would be refreshed daily as well. Moreover, Lancaster and Tunaya were now open to Player Reputation, allowing them to start carrying bricks while pitting their wits against the residents there. Even the Trinia Forests with its many arcane realms had only been explored a small part of it.
Moreover, they could head to Cromwell from the Unnamed Town, head to the heart of the Valla Empire across the Sotimi border, and head to the Grand Duchy of Rominos from Codo Bosra if they were to head to Lancaster …
Either way, the Players did not lack places for adventure. On the other hand, aside from the Western Continent's rather intimidating title of 'New Continent', a brief tour would reveal that it was filled with Hyena-men who didn't drop anything good, loved ambushes, and fought in disgusting ways. There was nothing fun at all.
Be that as it may, the man may not harm the tiger, but the tiger may hurt the man.
In the first place, the presence of the Players in the Long Ears' settlement was not hidden from the Hyena-men, but they did not act recklessly since they didn't know the Players' background.
And after the Players who took the lead were killed by the Hyena-men, they seemed to think that the humans were nothing more than that. Moreover, most of the Players had left the Western Continent, leaving the Long Ears' settlement much more deserted, giving the Hyena-men the false impression that they could wipe out the humans and claim credit from the Grayclaw tribe with their 'zero's as proof.
Hence, they really did dispatch an army and headed towards the Long Ears' settlement.
One must say that while the hyenas were intelligent as wild beasts, they were still 'wild beasts' in the end.
It was like an adult praising a child with 'wow, that child's so smart'. In truth, the child's intelligence was only relative to peers of the same age, and was still a child to an adult.
It was the same for the Hyena-men.
While most of the simple-minded nonhumans believed that the Hyena-men were smart and cunning, their intelligence had reached a dead limit and they couldn't think deeper.
For example, 'Why are there so many humans?' or 'Why did those people disappear into thin air?' They did not even consider the question of 'if they could appear and disappear out of thin air, would there be more humans?'
In fact, the Hyena-men did not even notice that the Long Ears' resources (mainly food) had suddenly become abundant, and they had not gone to the sea for days. That was the extent of the Hyena-men's intelligence.
The Dark Tidal Coast was not a safe place, which was why the Long Ears' sentries never let their guard down.
When the Hyena-men's army appeared, they immediately noticed it and sent a warning signal back to the tribe.
Led by Zonyan, the Players who stayed behind in the Long Ears' village were adventurers who wanted to explore the new continent as well. Therefore, they didn't panic in the face of such a situation, and instead began to investigate the enemy's situation.
"There's about five hundred of them …" A Spirit Swordsman said as he recalled the spirit familiar he had sent out to scout. "Their average level is around Level 10 to 20. There are also monsters above this level, but most of them are elite monsters. "
As mentioned before, the Players could fight five Hyena-men at once with their advantage in level and equipment.
There were only around twenty Players left to guard the Long Ears' village, and according to their superiors, they could only handle a hundred Hyena-men.
But was that really the case?
The answer was no.
While there would be a certain degree of friendly damage, the Players would be able to nullify most of their teammates' damage, which was why group battles greatly improved the Players' combat ability.
That was why the Players had the advantage whether it was a group of Players fighting a single Boss in PvP or a free-for-all in PvPvP.
Moreover, many classes had AoE skills. While the AoE skill would usually be dodged by the enemy due to the long cooldown of the skill or be interrupted by the enemy's attack, if unlucky, they might even be stunned by the interruption of the skill and end up getting killed by the enemy.
However, in group battles, the enemy wouldn't be able to interrupt them easily with the protection of their teammates. Moreover, their numbers ensured that they couldn't all evade the attack, and they could take down a whole bunch with a single strike!
When the Players excitedly ran to the village gates, intending to face the Hyena-men directly, they found that they were worse off than they had imagined.
The Hyena-men appeared to still be in the stone age, wielding various stone and bone weapons while wearing ragged leather. They were drooling, their eyes filled with hunger as if they had never eaten their fill in their entire life.
Compared to the Hyena-men, the Long Ears were more normal in every aspect. Apart from their weaker combat ability, they were basically modern people who had been civilized for a long time …
Gurt the Hyena-man licked his lips.
As one of the most greedy non-human races, they were just like real hyenas, able to eat prey that was half their own weight. However, because the winter season had just passed, the grasslands hadn't reached a flourishing state yet. There weren't many prey either, and Guridt hadn't even had a full meal yet.
But now, it seems that he could have a full meal — the chief had said that he couldn't eat those rabbits, but since he didn't have ears, he could eat as much as he wanted the meat of the 'humans'!
This made Geidt extremely happy … The last time he was able to eat to his heart's content was before the winter. That time, he had caught a Large Capybara Beast and had enough meat for him to eat to his heart's content, allowing him to survive the long winter.
Now, he could do it again. Gurt couldn't stop drooling at the thought of tearing apart the flesh of the 'humans'. There was nothing better than the feeling of biting through the bones of his prey!
But as the Hyena-men approached the Long Ears' village, Gurt suddenly felt that something wasn't right.
Why weren't the 'humans' fleeing in all directions like their usual prey?
Why was he still smiling in the face of the fate of being torn to pieces by himself?
Why were they looking at him as if he was their prey?
Suddenly, Geidt's outstanding hearing picked up the human's voice.
"Martyr's Sacrifice! Sword Skill: Sliding Slash! "
In the next split second, Gurt felt as if he was flying as a wondrous sensation of levitating through the air.
When he saw the headless body slowly fall to the ground, Geidt finally understood what was going on. 'So …'
So … I'm dead.
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Chapter 245:
The Confidence of the Hyena-men
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