Regarding Howl’s death, the remaining two members of the Iron Rock Shield Team reacted noticeably less intensely than when A Gu was bisected.

As for the reasons, on one hand, it was indeed as Xia Nan had guessed, that when the team initially recruited the Half Beastman Warrior, they only intended to use him as expendable material.

Even though years of fighting side by side made the other members recognize the Half Beastman as part of the team, viewing him as a companion.

But when he truly died in battle, it merely fulfilled their expectations when they first recruited him.

Perhaps there was sadness and lament, but it wasn’t overly emotional.

On the other hand, it’s also because Habi and Seli are barely able to cope.

When their own lives are under severe threat, they naturally don’t have the time to care about the life and death of others.

To be honest, under normal circumstances, the roles of these two are actually quite a well-matched combination.

One is a defensive frontline warrior with a heavy shield, and the other is a long-range shooter primarily using a bow and arrow.

On a conventional battlefield, such a configuration, along with the special abilities of Professional Combat Skills, is already enough to support a small-scale battle.

But the current situation is different.

Their enemies are the Ebbtide Gang gangsters and Sha Hua Fishmen numbering in the tens, including many low-level professionals and Elite Fishmen.

At the start of the battle, Habi could still use his taunting battle skills to create output space for the rear Seli.

But as fishmen after fishmen roared and surged forward, with little gangsters waving their weapons and surrounding them,

the shortcomings of such a team configuration became apparent.

They lacked a close combat attacker responsible for filling the gap between the frontline tank and the long-range output.

Previously, the Half Beastman Howl was responsible for this role in the team, which is why the two were calling him back into the team;

occasionally under special circumstances, the Wanderer Dwarf A Gu could also perform this role to some extent.

But now these two have turned into warm corpses.

Leaving the two remaining members of the team in a precarious situation.

It must be clarified that Habi and Seli have high Professional Levels.

They are the two with the highest levels on the field besides "Carrion Vulture" Gerry.

One is Level 4, and the other is Level 3.

Among them, Habi’s level is even higher than Xia Nan’s.

But obviously neither of them had Xia Nan’s encounters and accumulations, having improved their professional levels through some low-quality battle skills, without any outstanding aspects in actual combat strength.

Making it particularly strenuous to face the enemies’ siege, especially those Elite Fishmen with at least Challenge Level "1".

"Dieeeeeee!"

Dwarf Habi shouted loudly, the bulging veins on his neck almost breaking through the skin.

His short sturdy body was like a tree stump rooted on the spot, with his left hand holding up the heavy tower shield against him, the dense patter sounds reminiscent of rain could be heard vibrating through the shield from the other side.

His right hand tightly gripped his Edged Hammer, swinging it to the side of his body, forcing away the vicious enemies who had passed his taunting skill check and were attempting to flank and attack from the side.

But even so, the range one person can protect is ultimately limited; within a few minutes, many large and small wounds had been added to the dwarf’s body.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the Ranger Seli, who should have been using this opportunity to help lighten Habi’s burden, was already finding it difficult to maintain her original position.

With the profession [Ranger], her defense ability was weak, with a low margin for error, knowing well that once caught in the enemy’s encirclement, it was a dead end.

Facing the enemies surging like a tide, she could only use battle skills to summon a breeze underfoot, moving gracefully to withdraw and evade.

While pulling her bow to attack, she darted around the field, wandering back and forth.

The originally stable positional space of the two Iron Rock Shield Team members was progressively divided.

"Carrion Vulture" Gerry didn’t stop moving.

After killing the Half Beastman Howl, he immediately rushed towards the position of Ranger Seli.

It seemed as though he had chosen the long-range shooter as his next target.

But even faster than him was the high-pitched wolf howl that once again pierced the night.

To be honest, Xia Nan didn’t have a very good impression of the Iron Rock Shield Team; it was only due to being temporary teammates that he acted together with them.

But no matter what, at least for now, they were still teammates on the same side.

He couldn’t possibly just watch them face danger when he had the strength to help.

Because he had to behead the Fishman Priest, there was a timing overlap with Gerry’s attack on the Half Beastman Howl, and he couldn’t intervene in time.

Seeing that the opponent intended to continue attacking the Ranger in the team, there was no way he would let this Pirate Leader get his way.

However, unexpectedly, it seemed Gerry anticipated Xia Nan’s movements.

Midway through, he abruptly shook his entire body.

Then a layer of pus-green slime oozed out from his skin’s pores, enveloping his entire body completely.

Taking two steps forward, the slime seemed like some kind of hollow shell that he easily broke free from, leaving behind a body double made of pure venom at the spot.

Curiously, despite looking like just a hollow shell, Gerry’s venomous doppelganger possessed independent movement ability.

After a brief pause, it rushed directly towards Dwarf Habi’s direction.

"Watch out on the side!"

Faced with the hasty choice between two options, Xia Nan didn’t even think, instinctively completing the decision.