Chapter 18 The Wrath of the Rat!
As soon as the players work hard, the spiders in the maze and the mice in the mine will suffer.
Having found a reliable teammate, Yiye Zhiqiu decisively chose the Crypt Spider with the highest profit as the target to spawn monsters.
Although those crypt spiders are not easy to mess with at first glance, and they are visually estimated to be level 10 or 20, he has discovered that level does not mean everything in this ultra-high degree of freedom world. The so-called attribute panel and health bar are for reference only!
For example, although those crypt spiders are powerful in combat, their intelligence is not very high.
One more thing, they have a strong sense of territory, and even their own children will be eaten if they approach rashly.
Although this means that they are extremely dangerous, it also means that as long as the player does not risk going deep, there is a high probability that he will only face one spider at a time.
As long as you kill a burrow spider, you will not only get ten times the reward of killing the rat man, but you can also catch all the spider eggs near the spider web!
In addition, Yiye Zhiqiu paid special attention to every task in the task bar.
Clearing out spider nests is almost the only mission that can provide unlimited contribution points!
According to the current leveling speed, they will soon reach the ceiling of lv3. Obtaining contribution points is the top priority in the current version!
Except for some ambitious high-level players such as Yiye Zhiqiu, the vast majority of players still chose the relatively "cute" Rat Man.
First of all, skeletons are not part of the Skaven diet.
Faced with this group of skeleton soldiers whose intelligence is not inferior to that of humans, these rat men are not only confused, but also do not know how to speak.
Secondly, these rat men not only have low health bars, but they can also explode equipment.
The only troublesome thing is that the morale goes blank at every turn, and running around affects the players to cut their tails.
It is a pity that the level of players in the current version is too low and they do not have the skills to mow the grass unparalleled.
And the undead have their own frightening aura, and it is really a headache to encounter such an opponent who has no will to resist...
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The underground streets of Thunder City.
Although this place also belongs to the parish of St. Sith Church, it is one of the few places in Thunder City where the holy light cannot shine.
There are thieves selling stolen goods, pirates with bounties on their heads, shady businessmen who make loan sharks and smugglers doing illegal transactions... Some people even exaggeratedly joke that even if the devil of hell comes, he has to leave two waists before leaving.
There are even more exaggerated rumors, that there are evil believers of alien gods hiding in the dark alleys...
In short, this is not a good place.
In the tavern next to the Thieves Guild, the oak tables with a greasy luster were covered with clouds and mist.
Three men, neither dressed nor looking good, were fighting against nobles.
This of course cannot be a real beating of nobles, it is just a card game, and it is said to have a history of a thousand years, and was even popular in the court of the Kingdom of Lane.
Sometimes Jack couldn't help but wonder which king had such strong taste.
Does it feel good to be beaten?
"Speaking of which, why haven't I seen that girl Chris recently?"
He is a member of the Black Snake Gang and has some business dealings with a few guys from the Silver Scimitar.
Especially Chris.
Although that woman is only a black-level thief, she is quite skilled in kidnapping and extortion.
He happened to have a deal he wanted her to do, but the middleman couldn't contact the guy.
It’s not just her.
The entire silver scimitar seemed to have disappeared, disappearing from Thunder City.
Having a keen sense of smell, he couldn't help but wonder if these thieves had offended some powerful person.
Like the Andes family...
The man with the scar on his face grinned.
"Chris? That guy with flatter breasts than me? Someone seemed to have seen her at the Pavilion of Sword and Broken Sword yesterday."
The puffed-up man threw a black king on the table and snatched the card from Jack's hand.
h "The tavern next to the Adventurer's Guild? What was she doing there?"
h "Who knows, fishing for Kaizi?"
The puffing man stopped playing the cards in his hand, thought for a moment and said.
"It seems like she really caught one. I heard that someone saw her walking away with a man who looked like an aristocrat near Beimen Station."
The man with the scar on his face laughed out loud.
"Hahahahaha, which young master has such strong taste?"
"Beimen Station? Thank you for your information." Jack threw four fours on the table and said with interest.
The man puffing away the smoke said he was sorry and took off the cigar in his mouth.
"What? That mission must be done by her?"
"There are not many skilled female thieves... Although others can do it, I am used to using acquaintances."
At this point, Jack paused for a moment.
"Besides, I'm a little curious about what she committed."
The man with the scar on his face suddenly stopped smiling and gave him a meaningful look.
"...Thunder City has not been peaceful recently, so it's better for you to keep a low profile."
Jack didn't care, and grinned indifferently.
His name is Gachi.
Until a few days ago, he was just a slave rat kept by the devil on the first floor of the maze, but now he has become the leader of thousands of slave rats. Perhaps——
It won’t be long before he can have his own clan like the ancestors of those great clans.
In order to achieve this great goal, he must seize the time to accumulate more fat.
At this moment, he was sitting on the throne of bones, with food stolen from human farms placed in front of him.
There are not only pork, beef and mutton meat, but also baked bread that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, as well as juicy fruits and vegetables.
Gaqi's waist and height expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a balloon filled with water.
However, the amazing thing is that despite eating Haisai, he was not bursting with food. Instead, he gained more strength because of his bloat.
This is also one of the characteristics of the rat people.
By eating with their bellies open, they can not only stuff their stomachs with food far exceeding their own weight, but can also turn it into a part of themselves.
In addition to racial talent, there is also their belief.
Endless eating is a sacrifice to please one of the three rat gods - "Gluttonous Rat" Gerald!
At this moment, Gage did not realize that following his nature, he actually performed the divine selection ceremony called "The Ritual of Gluttony" in an irregular manner. Although his posture was clumsy and ridiculous, he did succeed in pleasing Gerlo, so much so that the latter gave him a better appetite and strength far beyond that of an ordinary slave rat!
Watching the leader feasting, the slave rats on the side had their eyes gleaming red with greed, and they wanted to rush in and eat the meat, but they did not dare to step forward to make trouble.
Hums ago, a blind little mouse stretched out its paws towards the food, but its leader grabbed it and bit off its head, then ate it loudly.
Just when Jachi was enjoying his meal, a ragged rat-man suddenly ran in from the entrance of the cave and screamed.
"Your Majesty! Lord Gachi! Something serious has happened!"
Gaqi, who kept chewing in his mouth, let out a long belch and replied in a lazy voice.
"What's the matter? If you're an adventurer, don't bother me..."
The strong smell drifted from the piles of bones to the entrance of the cave, and the greedy rats all dropped their saliva on the ground.
The ragged rat man pressed his head to the ground and continued to scream in a frightened voice.
"No! It's not an adventurer! It's the Demon King!"
The Demon King? !
The moment he heard this word, Gachi was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and the chicken drumsticks in his hands fell to the ground.
He screamed and tried to get up, but because he ate too much, he almost caused an earthquake.
The slave rats waiting on the left and right began to chirp and run away. Seeing this, Jaqi quickly reached out and caught them all.
"Don't run! Come back to me! Where can you run! Are you going back to the maze to feed the spiders? Or do you expect human farms to take you in? Only I can give you a place!"
He roared, shocking the spineless young men, and then glared at the mouse standing at the entrance of the hole, squeezing out the vicious words through his teeth.
"You are lying! The Demon King is dead! We saw it with our own eyes! Otherwise...how dare those spiders occupy our nest!"
Just as he finished speaking, several rat men carrying short guns and sticks had already stepped forward viciously, preparing to capture the little mouse.
The skinny rat man was shivering, his head stuck to the ground, and there was even blood on his black forehead hair.
"What I said is true! Your Majesty! The previous demon king is indeed dead, and all of us saw it! But last night, a demon king came back with a group of adventurers! And... he was a necromancer!"
Gachi was stunned.
The Demon King came back with the adventurers to kill?
Are you kidding me? !
As for the Necromancer——
What can a few skeletons do?
Before he had eaten like this, one rat could kill ten!
"You're kidding me! Chop him up!"
Gachi roared angrily, and the slave rats that could no longer hold back swarmed up, chopped the screaming little mouse into meat paste, and then started to chew it.
Looking at the slave rats biting their own kind, Gachi, who was sitting on the pile of bones, fell into deep thought.
The new devil...
It’s true that it’s not going well.
In fact, he had already prepared in his heart that sooner or later Hell would send a new leader to clean up the mess, but he didn't expect that the leader who came by air would actually land on his own territory.
He has already escaped from the maze, is he still going to escape further into the mountains?
There is not enough food at all, and he does not want to and cannot leave the human city-state!
But——
These things cannot be known to his younger brothers.
Looking at the rat men who still had unfinished thoughts, Gage opened his loud voice and shouted sharply.
"You! When you are full, go to the mine and find those human things!"
"This mine is our territory!"
"If they dare Come in and let them know how powerful we are! ! ”
The rat men waved their stained swords, guns and sticks, and let out vitriolic war cries under the encouragement of their leader.
Looking at the chaotic servants, Gachi's originally uneasy mood finally calmed down a little.
Perhaps——
Things are not that bad.
This demon king may be much weaker than he imagined, otherwise he would not be lingering at the entrance of the maze.
Ten thousand steps back, he is still ten thousand to a few.
The advantage is all in his hands!
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(Thanks to "Seaside Stone Statue of Waiting for Time Ship" and other alliance leaders for the rewards!!!)
(End of this chapter)