Unlike the situation in the small village of Dor - the Red Onyx River just bypasses the south side of the village - the situation in Krum Village is much more awkward. This village is simply built on the river. The river channel about 5 meters wide passes through the middle of the village, dividing the entire village into two halves.

Locals are used to calling it "East Krum" and "Seikrum".

Although it is two parts, in fact, even if it is combined together, it is not big! The weak Krum village is the smallest among the three river villages, about half of the Dor village downstream and one third of the Kalo village upstream!

The weakest village has the most unlucky terrain. Once the monster comes from the water and enters the hinterland of the village directly, it will not even play a big role in the wall.

It can almost be concluded that if even the powerful Kalo village falls, Krum village will basically be dead.

Therefore, the people of Krum Village were already in a state of pessimism and panic, and showed the greatest welcome to the people of Dor Village who came to help!

In the afterglow of the sunset, people saw a shadowy team appearing downstream from afar. The bearded old man Gerwit, the village chief of Krum Village who had received the letter, immediately led all the villagers to greet him! He began to thank him loudly from afar, and immediately arranged hot tea, food, and a resting place for the people who came from afar!

The place to rest is actually the home of the villagers of Krum.

People open their doors to allow guests to check in, and they take the initiative to lay the floor.

Daren and Enid were assigned to settle in a family in "Sikrum". The owner of this family was a middle-aged farmer who was widowed in his early years, as well as his children, the 18-year-old sister Mitchell and the 11-year-old younger brother Alex. The two slept in the beds of the siblings respectively.

"Thank you! Friends from Dor Village, Krum Village will always remember your kindness!"

The voice of the bearded old man Gerwit reverberated over the village.

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The staff were arranged to be on duty at night, while the others took the time to rest.

Late at night, Krum Village welcomed another group of guests - survivors of the devastated Kalo Village upstream!

About 100 people fled here in a panic, most of whom were elderly and children, and only about 20 were middle-aged... The two intermediate adventurers who protected them here, one was a female intermediate archer and the other was a male intermediate priest, both of whom were still covered in blood.

A total of six adventurers of light soon gathered together to discuss countermeasures. They were the surviving intermediate archers and intermediate priests in Carlo village, the junior warriors and junior archers stationed in Krum village itself, as well as the intermediate warriors Gavin and intermediate archers Eddie who came from Door village.

"Why are there so few survivors?" Eddie asked first, "This is not the case with the guild news."

"Don't mention it!" The female archer in Kalo Village wiped the blood on her cheeks and said tremblingly, "There are too many monsters in the water. Steve has sacrificed his life to cut off his back, but he still cannot stop the monsters from going down the river... The men in Kalo Village are bloody. More than half of their self-defense regiments have taken the initiative to stay to cover the escape of the elderly, young, women and children... Now they are probably dead."

"And along the way, we encountered small monsters chasing us several times. We had a short battle and delayed some time, so we arrived now... and there were casualties on the way. Now the only living people in Kalo Village are you who see..."

Eddie and Gavin looked at each other.

They knew that "Steve" was the only intermediate warrior among the three adventurers stationed in Zhakalo Village!

"The easiest person to sacrifice is always the warrior!... May his soul be guided by the goddess." Gavin snorted heavily. At the same time, the junior warrior in Krum Village also looked bad.

The surviving female archer and male priest looked at each other without saying a word, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

"Okay, the point is now to discuss how to defend." Eddie took the lead in breaking the silence, "We came from the downstream to intercept the monsters here and completely defeat the group of monsters in the water! You two have fought with them, let's talk about the characteristics of these monsters in the water first?"

"Well, I'll come first," the intermediate male priest took over. "The monsters look very strange. I haven't seen them in the records of the Holy See of Light. They are very rare species... but since they follow the tide of the Kasili Sea, I suspect they may be the legendary 'sea tribe'."

"They look like this..."

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"May I ask... are you an adventurer?"

In the simple houses in Westkrum Village, the little boy Alex looked at Daren's sword and shield enviously. Especially the huge tower shield leaning against the wall, it was taller than the little boy's size and looked very heavy.

"No." Daren smiled and shook his head, touching the little boy's head, "I'm just an ordinary member of the Door Village Self-Defense Corps."

"Oh my God," Alex exclaimed, carefully stroking Deren's sword, "You use excellent equipment, I thought you must be an adventurer... I just became a reserve member of our village self-defense regiment this year, but I don't even have weapons! It seems that everyone in your Door Village Self-defense regiment has weapons, and simple leather armor..."

The little boy's voice was filled with envy.

Krum Village is small in scale, and it is destined to be inferior to the level of Door Village in all aspects.

Only places with a large population can have division of labor. The more people, the more detailed the division of labor. The division of labor leads to proficiency in craftsmanship, and proficiency in craftsmanship brings improvements in efficiency and quality! For example, the blacksmith shop, tailor shop, winery, laundry room, grocery store in Dor Village... each has its own specialty. The weapons created by Lao Hans have not improved the combat effectiveness of the Self-Defense Corps.

And there are no more shops in Krum Village, so the self-defense regiment's equipment can only be done.

Not to mention, when the division of labor is unclear, if you want to eat meat without a butcher shop, you can only hunt by yourself, and if your clothes are torn, you can only sew by yourself... The more energy everyone spends on survival, the less time they spend on training, and there is no guarantee of combat effectiveness!

That's why Alex was so amazed - whether it was his equipment or the discipline of the Self-Defense Corps, Krum Village was obviously not as good as Dor Village.

"Believe me, everything will be fine." Daren looked at the little boy with his clothes ragged, suddenly felt a little distressed, and reached out to lift him up: "Go to bed and sleep."

"No, Dad said he wanted to let you sleep in the bed and let you rest well. The battle was very hard." Alex struggled.

"Then let's go together, the bed is very wide!" Daren said, pressing the little boy on the bed, and then lying down with his clothes.

"Okay, thank you...Brother, I believe everything will be fine." Alex stopped struggling, but looked at the roof and said in a longing: "I will work hard to exercise and strive to become an adventurer warrior in the future, so that I can better protect my village! I want to make Krum Village stronger!"

Daren was stunned for a moment.

"You want to be an adventurer, aren't you going to take risks, but you plan to stay in the village of Krum?"

"Yes!" Alex nodded repeatedly, "What do the monsters outside have to do with me? I just want to protect my uncles and aunts, father and sister. I want to stay in my own village."

The little boy's words made Daren think.

Suddenly, the door was knocked. After a few knocks, a simple-dressed girl pushed the door and walked in. It turned out to be the little boy's sister Mitchell.

"Give you this." She handed over a piece of paper.

Daren quickly got up and took it, looked down and found that it was a sketch and some words! It was probably introducing what the monster they were about to face looked like.

"Your Leader Antonio sent it to each family." Mitchell whispered, "I said that everyone must take a closer look and be mentally prepared."

The paper is painted with a monster that Daren had never seen before, and there is a small human pattern next to it to compare and illustrate the size of the monster.

I saw it a little taller than humans, and it was like a huge shrimp, with a head and a tail, but the torso was full of human arms and legs, and the top of the arms turned into slender shrimp claws.

The text next to it is: "'Chacha Shrimp Man' - let's call them the name for now. The specific information is unknown. It is suspected to be the heartless monster in the Kacili Sea. It is known that Chacha Shrimp Man is good at bounce and close-fitting fights... Be extra careful about their sharp pliers, so that they can easily pinch the wooden sticks!"

"There is still on the back." Mitchell reminded softly at this time.

Daren was stunned and quickly flipped the paper in his hand.
Chapter completed!