"Ouch!"
"Bump, bump, bump!"
Suddenly, there was a roaring sound ahead. Liu Yu and Daer, who had been traveling for most of the day in the winding grotto mine tunnel, immediately stopped and listened.
"Taoist Priest Xuanyu, either there are people hunting in front of you, or there are two parties fighting!" The experienced Dahl spoke after listening for a while.
He is used to this kind of situation. It would be strange if he didn't encounter anything while walking in the "underground grotto"!
"What should we do now!" Liu Yu couldn't help but frown and said.
"Generally speaking, we can take a detour to avoid it, or we can wait here for a while, and it will calm down soon, or we can go up to the front to see what happened, but this mine road is a necessary shortcut. , if we take a detour, we will have to take an extra half day of detours." Dar explained helplessly.
"Let's go and take a look!" Liu Yu said after thinking for a moment. The detour was too far and waiting was not an option. It was better to step forward and get closer to see what was going on.
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"What the hell are those things?" The two of them stepped forward slowly and hid behind a boulder at a corner. Looking from a distance, they saw a pale-faced Northland woman and a tall silver giant buffalo wolf. , was blocked in a corner by a small group of half-human, half-animal monsters.
"Those are the Cave Rats!" Darr couldn't help but change his face when he saw it, and he quickly replied.
"Grotto Rat Man?" Liu Yu couldn't help but look confused.
"Taoist Master! Have you seen those monsters crouching on the ground and crawling quickly? Doesn't it look like a big rat? Those are half-rat people." Dar pointed at the outer ring and made bursts of harsh "squeaking" sounds. Said a large number of ghosts with thick hard hair, sharp claws on their limbs, and less than half a person's height.
"These grotto half-rats like to dig holes in walls, and they proliferate in the underground "Mysterious Cave Layer" and "Fire Cave Layer". They are extremely numerous and have low intelligence. As long as they are not surrounded by a large group of half-rats, they will not be in any danger. , but those who are wearing Kai armor and holding weapons are very dangerous!" Dar continued.
"How is the combat strength?" Liu Yu looked at those "rat men" who walked upright, had rat heads and human bodies, dragged a slender hairless tail, wore heavy armor, held sharp blades, and had a pair of green eyes on their furry faces, with a solemn expression. asked.
"These grotto rat men are born with great strength and have blood spiritual power. Their adult combat power is equivalent to the middle stage of Qi training, and the elite among them can reach the combat power of the late Qi training stage. Some of the mutants among the rat men have extremely strong senses of various minerals. , can mine minerals, forge weapons and armor, and is proficient in the art. The tools he forges are no worse than the magical tools of cultivators, and they are very difficult to deal with!" Dar introduced carefully.
"Ding Ding" I saw a dozen grotto rat men attacking the surrounded woman and the giant wolf at the same time, throwing out the javelin in their hands. The ferocious silver wolf blocked the woman behind, swiped its front paws, and knocked away seven, Eight javelins, the other javelins shot at the giant wolf, making a crisp sound.
This giant wolf not only has a layer of body-protecting aura condensed on its body, but also wears a thick custom-made spiritual beast armor, which firmly protects the weak points such as the abdomen, joints, neck, etc., and the javelins fired from it can basically penetrate The armor on the giant wolf's body couldn't be broken, and the breaths were bounced away.
"Ouch!" The giant wolf jumped forward in anger, and swung its sharp wolf claws at the cave rat-man standing at the front.
The grotto rat-man at the front was half a head taller than the other rat-men, and his body was stronger. He was holding a red sword, and he refused to retreat or hide when faced with the charge of the giant wolf. A strong spiritual power erupted from his body. , the broadsword in his hand ignited with flames, and he struck the giant wolf with a flaming slash.
With a "bump", both the grotto rat-men and the giant wolf were knocked back. The other grotto-rats in the surrounding area took the opportunity to throw another hail of javelins.
The giant wolf had to retreat again, blocking in front of the pale young woman. At this time, seven or eight half-rat men rushed forward. The giant wolf waved its claws, tearing and biting, and it was about to rush forward in a moment. The half-rat men fought back, leaving behind three or four disemboweled and mutilated rat corpses.
"Taoist Priest, let's take a detour! There is a "Rat Man Warrior"!" Dar said in shock when he saw this scene.
"Why?" Judging from the combat power that this tall rat man unleashed just now, it was equivalent to the combat power of the lizard leader he encountered in the "Black and White Secret Realm". I don't know why Dahl was so panicked.
"The appearance of a "rat warrior general" means that there may be a large "rat tribe" hiding nearby. This "rat tribe" may have dozens or even hundreds of rat warriors. There are also a large number of half-rat people, it is too dangerous to stay here!" Dar said uneasily.
There are some words he hasn't said yet. Some large "rat tribes" even have more than one "rat warrior", and some even have terrifying "rat wizards". Every year, countless adventurous servants die tragically in into the hands of the Grotto Rat Man.
"Are there many rat people or rat tribes like this in this underground grotto?" Liu Yu couldn't help but ask.
"There are too many to count! But most of them are small tribes. They are not even tribes. They can only be called "rat holes" or "rat lairs". A few or a dozen grotto rat men lead a group of half rat men. .”
"If there is a rat-man leader with the equivalent of a foundation-building combat power like the "rat-man war general", it will undoubtedly be a large-scale rat-man tribe!" Dar explained patiently.
"Do these rat men often attack humans like this?" Liu Yu said while looking at the Northland woman and the giant silver wolf who were struggling to resist the siege of the rat men.
"No! These rat men are dirty and cunning. They often attack dangerous servants walking in the underground caves. The men are killed on the spot, and the women..." Dahl couldn't say what he said next.
"How?" Liu Yu couldn't help but frown and asked.
"Tie her back to the lair and rape her until death!" Dar said in a cold voice. There was something even more disgusting that he couldn't say.
If a female cultivator unfortunately falls into the hands of these rat men, she will be like going to hell, being raped day and night, and turning into a fertility machine for the cave rat men.
The Ratmen took the initiative to plunder and imprison female nuns in order to breed offspring. From some of the Ratmen tribes that were breached, they often rescued many miserable women who were as hollow and numb as walking corpses.
"Will the Winter Water Alliance not care about it?" Liu Yu's heart suddenly became angry. When something like this happened, could the "Winter Water Alliance", as the Lord of the North, just sit back and watch?
"The "Winter Water League" will naturally not ignore it. It is said that a long time ago, these rat men were rampant not only in the underground caves, but also on the ground. It was only after hundreds of thousands of years of suppression and eradication by the "Winter Water League" that they were finally eliminated. These rat men rushed to the underground grotto."
"These rat people reproduce too fast, and the underground grottoes have complex terrain. After hiding in this underground grotto, it is difficult to kill them all. Even if the "Winter Water League" launches a large-scale cleanup every thousand years, the underground grottoes are too It's too deep and too complicated, and there will always be some things that slip through the net, and then they will resurface again," Dahl said helplessly.
"Of course, the "Winter Water Alliance" has always encouraged underground adventurous servants to kill these dirty ratmen. The various servant branches will issue clearing missions from time to time. Each pair of half-ratmen's ears can be exchanged for two points of servant contribution. Each grotto ratman His head can be exchanged for thirty points of servant contribution." Dar continued.
Therefore, there are many hunting teams composed of servants in the underground grotto, specifically to take over these clearing tasks and go to clear out ratman caves or ratman tribes.
Not only can hunting ratmen be exchanged for servant contribution points, but if you are lucky, you can also find many precious minerals from ratmen caves. These ratmen are naturally good at mining minerals, which can be a windfall.
Of course, from time to time, news of kicking an iron plate, being killed by ferocious ratmen, and a whole team of people being wiped out came from various servant union branches. The risks of such a hunting team for servants were high, but the rewards were also high.
But even if bad news comes from time to time, there are still a large number of underground adventurous servants who make a living by hunting ratmen. They specialize in "rat lairs" and some small tribes to attack. When they encounter large ratmen tribes, they run away.
