Chapter 245: The Strange Giant Rat
Running along the way, from afar, I could see a vague outline in the darkness.

The presence of fire was good news, and it made the captain of the Vatican Knights perk up a little.

There are still people alive, which is inspiring.

The Vatican knights quickened their speed and rushed towards the village in the distance.

But such signs are not normal. In this area close to the forest, traces of ratmen are everywhere. How could a village survive?

As soon as he approached, the captain of the Vatican Knights sensed something was wrong.

This village had obviously made preparations for the attacking rats, with several circles of wooden walls and many towering watchtowers.

The effect is good.

You can see some abandoned rat-men corpses in front of the wall, but that alone is not enough to resist the rat-men surging in the dim darkness.

The wall was stained with blood, and the gate was broken in the middle, leaving a huge gap and falling to the ground. The numerous watchtowers were all knocked down, and dense footprints appeared on the knocked-down wooden gate, leaving fresh marks.

It seemed that we were late, but there were still flames rising deep in the village, and there was no hesitation.

The captain of the church knights led the church knights behind him and broke into the village in front of them where the situation was unclear.

The whole village was too quiet. The captain of the church knights ran forward eagerly, but such silence made the other church knights behind him hesitate.

Passing through the low houses, the burning flames came into view, as well as the horrific scene.

On the crude altar, figures of all sizes were hung high up, staring with red eyes. The guy who did this seemed to have some obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the faces of these hung corpses were twisted in one direction.

This is a sacrifice.

Those hung figures were the original owners of this village. Regardless of age, gender, old or weak, they were all hung high.

There was nothing wrong with this, the ratmen had always done this, and the sacrificial ceremony had not even ended yet.

The eyes between the eyebrows of the Ghost-Eyed Humans have not been taken out yet. These are precious merits and will never be abandoned. However, before grasping their own merits, the ratmen who broke through this village chose to first dedicate their victory to the great gods.

The rats had not left yet and were still lurking in the square. The bonfire in the center of the village was also lit by the rats. This team of Vatican knights had obviously made a common sense mistake. They rushed over in a hurry after seeing the fire, but the fire did not mean anything.

The ratmen are also an intelligent race and have their own civilization. Even though their civilization is distorted, manipulating fire is one of their most basic abilities.

The group of ratmen were celebrating their victory, and various tools found in the village were placed on the blazing bonfire.

Imitating the actions of the farmers, I added clean water into the soup pot, and added all kinds of strange things, dried meat, leftover food, pig swill, all kinds of fresh grass leaves, tangled worms, and mushrooms dug out from the wall.

After conquering one village after another, the rats obtained a large number of strange tools, but this time they finally stopped putting these stew pots on their heads and using them as helmets.

Or maybe it was because I was dazzled by the sudden abundance of food in recent times, so I started learning how to cook and trying to add more complex flavors to my food.

Although they obviously still had some knowledge of the cooking techniques of the Ghost Eye people, at least the mushrooms at the base of the wall should not be added to the big pot for stewing.

The blood-stained spear was used as a spoon to stir the soup pot frantically. The ratmen gathered around the soup pot were a little impatient. Regardless of the boiling heat of the soup pot, they stretched out a claw and reached into the pot. They screamed in pain from the burn, but were unwilling to let go. They scooped up a piece of dried meat from the stirring stew, which caused great dissatisfaction to the ratman chef who was stirring the stew.

With a sharp cry of anger, he pulled the spear out of the soup pot and used it as a stick to hit the greedy guy. The boiling soup was brought out and splashed everywhere. The gathered rats screamed in pain and dodged in a hurry.

The greedy guy fled in a panic, but was unwilling to put down the dried meat in his hand and stuffed it into his mouth. The angry rat chef wanted to chase him, but when he turned his head, he saw more guys who were ready to make a move. He turned around, roared sharply, and the greedy guys scattered.

This was a banquet, a lively banquet, a banquet of ratmen, but it made the captain of the Vatican Knights almost bite his teeth to pieces. His eyes were red and he roared loudly, and launched a charge almost regardless of the consequences.

The rat people who were silent at the banquet were obviously not prepared for the sudden attack. The Vatican Knight rushed into the rat people alone. The rat chef couldn't dodge in time and was pierced and lifted high.

He did not die immediately, but struggled on the spear in panic.

The captain of the Vatican Knights must have misunderstood something. He felt that the group of rats in front of him were desecrating corpses, which was a bit unfair to the rats. They were indeed not averse to eating corpses, but they mostly ate the corpses of their own compatriots. Rats were indeed on the rats' menu, but other intelligent races besides rats were not really on the menu.

Offerings are not confused with food in most cases.

They are very principled.

However, it is normal for the captain of the Vatican Knights to have such a misunderstanding. The thought of the Rat People's Banquet is not a good thing. It is a blasphemous carnival that challenges any concept. This is a stereotype.

Although the rat people who hang the dead sacrifice high up with the face facing in one direction precisely deserve this stereotype.

The rats fled in panic, fleeing from the dangerous guy who suddenly broke in and lifted the rat chef high up.

But there was an accident. The greedy guy who scooped the dried meat from the big pot now staggered to the ground with a dazed expression. It was obvious that the mushrooms should not be added to the soup.

Not long after, he was the next guy to be pierced by a spear.

The angry captain of the Vatican Knights threw the two guys who were not dead yet into the boiling soup pot. Screams echoed, but soon there was no sound.

This was not the end. Soon, the fleeing rats came back again.

A flag appeared on the field, and a ratman carrying the flag nimbly climbed to the bottom of a low house.

It's a flag.

He had just conquered this village, but it was visited by the knights of the Holy See, which was seen as a provocation. The flag on the roof roared loudly and sharply.

Countless ratmen emerged from the darkness one after another, and pairs of red eyes appeared in the darkness in front of the captain of the Vatican Knights.

Amid the rustling sounds, my gaze came over.

The rest of the Vatican Knights rushed behind him, and the captain of the Vatican Knights regained some of his sanity from his anger. There was no one who could be saved here, and it was meaningless to waste time fighting with these ratmen.

I began to think about quitting.

It was not easy to leave after disturbing this grand banquet. Qi began to wave the spear in angrily.

As a calling.

Rats are constantly emerging from the darkness. Silence is just a manifestation. This area has completely become a paradise for rats to wreak abuse.

The captain of the Vatican Knights drew his sword. What was about to happen was a surprise attack. The gathered rats had blocked all the exits of this deserted village. He had to rush out.

This team of Vatican knights should be the last human force active in this area.

In the chaotic shouting and killing, the two sides collided with each other. In the crazy fight, the ratmen in this village finally did not leave this team of Vatican knights, or only left one.

This giant rat is a good card that Qi has just obtained recently.

With everything supplied to the maximum extent, giant rats are naturally also being continuously transported to the main continent for various supplies, and are even put on the merit exchange table by Rat Zhan. Of course, it is absolutely impossible for an ordinary ratman team to form a regular ratman knight like Rat Zhan or those big guys, but it is still possible to grit their teeth and forcibly exchange for a giant rat.

Giant rats are a very dangerous distorted creature. Well, not really. The giant rats distorted from ordinary ratmen are not very powerful. Apart from their strong recovery ability, they may not be able to defeat even those real ferocious beasts in one-on-one or multi-on-multiple combats.

But the giant rat also has its advantages. It has strong recovery ability and is not afraid of simple piercing and tearing damage. It is extremely strong against archers. Even if it is hit by a powerful crossbow, and the arrow penetrates the flesh and hits the wriggling internal organs, it will not be fatal. As long as it does not hit the heart directly, it will not die immediately. Its sharp claws and wide incisors can penetrate steel and quickly smash doors that are not strong enough.

Although these characteristics are not so outstanding on the battlefield, after all, in that brutal confrontation, even these giant rats with tenacious vitality are just more tenacious consumables.

Scattered ratmen teams cannot provide for ratmen knights, but a single giant rat is perfect as a mobile siege weapon.

On this small-scale battlefield, attacking the Youyan human villages one by one is indeed extremely adaptable and useful.

Suddenly, a giant rat rushed out and knocked a Vatican knight off his horse. The huge rat easily tore the throat of the tall warhorse. The captain of the Vatican knights wanted to rescue him, but the rat warriors who rushed out from behind instantly overwhelmed the unlucky guy. After making a decisive choice, the Vatican knights broke through the blockade of the rats and disappeared on the golden field.

Faced with this situation, Qi was unable to stop them and could only watch the group of Vatican knights go away. However, they did not gain nothing. His sights fell on the Vatican knight who was surrounded and tied up by the rats and was struggling on the ground.

Soon, a figure wearing exquisite armor appeared in the central square of the village. It was obvious that Qi wanted to make progress so much that he did not even take off the equipment of the Vatican Knight, but added it to the sacrifice.

But being just a Papal Knight was clearly not enough to support his advancement.

This area has been completely occupied. Before long, he should be able to advance deeper into the heartland of the Youyan people. He needs more merits. He really wants to make progress.

But before that, let's have a sip of soup.

He scooped a bowl of soup from the boiling pot and took just one sip. In an instant, the complex taste at the entrance made Qi's eyes light up. It tasted pretty good, quite meaty, coming from the passionate dedication of the rat chef and the greedy rat man, but it was a little weird and a little dizzying.

Soon after, a large number of ratmen warriors of all sizes were lying on the central square of the village. This was due to the dedicated dedication of the ratman chef, and the mushroom was very powerful.

If the captain of the Vatican Knights had arrived later, perhaps the conflict would not have occurred, as long as they had not been curious enough to try the boiling pot of thick soup.

On the golden plain, the Vatican knights became even more dejected because of the departure of their companions.

But how should I put it, good luck always comes suddenly, while bad luck always continues.

This team of Vatican knights roamed in this area for too long, so long that they attracted the attention of some more dangerous guys.

Amidst the dull sounds, huge figures appeared in outline in the darkness.

Along with the shrill sound of the bell, a huge ratman appeared in front of the Vatican Knights, a huge ratman with strange characteristics.

The huge body was almost as tall as a warhorse, with bulging muscles, gray-black hair, and red eyes. I didn't know why, but it just seemed a little weird and out of place.

Especially when this huge ratman is compared with a dangerous and crazy ratman priest who is leaning on a wooden staff, with a small bell on his waist, hunched over, and a strange smile on his face.

The huge ratman standing next to the ratman priest does not look like a ratman, although he is clearly a ratman. He looks indescribably weird, perhaps because of his inexplicable simplicity.

What does this feeling feel like? Like a dog among wolves!

Yes, that's the feeling.

Recently, a new kind of strange creature has appeared in the Ratman Empire, a kind of exceptionally tall ratman, a strange ratman produced by the breeding houses in many ratman cities on the grassland.

They are very popular. Although these guys have never actually participated in the war, their huge size, strong muscles, enormous strength, and great power seem to be unquestionable. As soon as they appear, they are designated as candidates for powerful ratmen warriors. Many forces in the Ratman Empire are attracted by these huge ratmen.

Among them even included temple guards and rat warriors, but unfortunately, these new guys, these giant ratmen, who had just appeared, were first captured by the ratman priests.

Exist as a guard.

It’s just that these guys seem to have some problems, problems that are hard to explain, so having them as guards may not be a very good choice.

(End of this chapter)