"Throw the Fish Poison Potion overboard."
The Fish Poison Potion, which suffocates gilled creatures, hit the water, immediately clearing a large area around the Golden Deer.
"Captain, this doesn't seem like crabs, but rather a bunch of Crab Slaves."
Saranthe overturned a giant crab the size of a carriage and pointed at the bloody flesh growths on its belly, deeply furrowing his brow.
Crab Slave is essentially a barnacle-like parasite.
Once crabs are parasitized by Crab Slaves, they are forced to use their flesh and blood to nurture them.
Crab Slaves can control the host's thoughts, behaviors, and desires, making the host gradually lose interest in everything else.
They can even change the host's secondary sexual characteristics, causing male crabs to retain two little bits while their appearance and abdominal patterns resemble those of female crabs.
They also possess the maternal instincts of female crabs, treating the Crab Slaves as their own children to nurture and protect.
