"Be careful!"

I heard a shout, but before I could turn around to attack, the warning of an attack was sounded, and in front of me stood a person with a pair of pincers in hand, swinging them straight at me.

Hmm, maybe I could dodge it if he were 30 levels higher?

I reached out and caught his attack, then observed his name in his panicking eyes.

Crabman LV30

One of the sea clans, strong defense, and the pincers possess great strength.

Oh? It turned out to be a big sea creature.

Turning my head to the other side, a middle-aged man was holding a little girl and looking towards me.

"Um, is this guy attacking you guys?"

I pointed at the crab and asked.

"Well..."

The middle-aged man nodded, while the little girl still had tear marks on her face, looking quite frightened.

"Alright then."

I nodded, casually choosing the most powerful strength-enhancing magic, then grasped the opponent's pincer tightly and threw him towards the sea.

"Wowww!"

The seafood creature made a perfect splash on the water, then plopped into the sea.

"Good!"

I looked at the strength-enhancing skill I just used, Ultimate · Song of Swiftness, granting a 100% increase in strength and 40% in speed, not bad, should be added to my favorites.

"That..."

The middle-aged man behind me spoke.

"Yes?"

I looked back at him.

"Are you guys alright?"

"We... are fine. Thank you for saving us, but I advise you to leave quickly, otherwise Lord Tian will blame you."

"Lord Tian? Blame me? Why?"

I asked in surprise.

"Because... you're from somewhere else, right? Lord Tian is the governor of Rivertown, our village is under his rule, and to avoid conflicts with the sea clans, he forbids us from confronting them."

"Forbids?"

I chuckled bitterly.

"Even when threatened with our lives?"

"..."

The middle-aged man looked at the little girl in his arms with a bitter expression and nodded.

"Well, it seems your village is not so peaceful either, even with such a beautiful beach."

"In fact, the sea clans had designated fishing territories for us in the past, and we never infringed upon each other's areas. However, in recent days, more and more sea clans have been attacking us near the shore."

"I see, in recent days."

It seems that the events that happened earlier have already had a very strong impact, not only on the Dragon Clan but also on the Sea Clan, which is also constrained by the so-called ancient treaty.

The incidents of the past few days have completely shattered this balance.

But I am more curious about the other continent Elliot mentioned before.

If there is indeed another continent beyond ours, where are those continents located? Why are the people on our continent completely unaware of them?

The only clues are the legends on the continent, such as ancient wars and underground ruins, but due to very incomplete intelligence, any analysis is completely impossible.

Although Thane's Gate personnel have been sent to various libraries to investigate related information, it may take some time for any significant results to appear, or else we wouldn't have ventured out... no, investigated.

However, things seem to be better than expected, as I quickly bumped into someone who might know some intelligence.

Merfolk.

Simply put, are they just sea creatures? Besides mermaids, there's probably nothing else worth paying attention to, right?

Interesting, looks like I need to interact more with the merfolk.

"Well, you guys should leave quickly too. If you are discovered by the nobles you mentioned, you will also get into trouble, won't you?"

"Y-yes indeed. Thank you again."

The middle-aged man bowed to me, then turned around, holding the child, and ran off into the distance.

From afar, I could see a village at the edge of the forest in the distance. That's probably where they live.

Hmm, it seems better to leave the relevant information to the professionals.

"Lock on target, teleport!"

The next moment, I was back at our campsite just now. Yep, acted cool and ran, that's how confident I am.

However, I noticed that everyone around me was staring at me.

"Huh?"

Still puzzled, suddenly, I was hit from behind by something, and then, my whole body was thrown out!

"Huh?"

The next moment, I found myself in the embrace of the sea.

"What the heck! What's going on!"

Emerging from the water, I saw Aliyah in the distance holding a baseball bat, still wearing an eye patch.

Upon closer look, I noticed there was a watermelon where I was just standing.

"Oh, why is this watermelon so huge."

Aliyah took off her eye patch, glanced at the watermelon in front of her, then looked at me, immediately understanding what had happened.

"Well, even though I missed the watermelon, it's not bad~"

"Argh!"

I pointed at them.

"You guys were eating watermelon while I was gone!"

"This guy is beyond help..."

Beside me, Taishi Xi covered his face and commented.