Chapter 252 105. Escape from the Rat Tide
Farias is a rigorous mage. For example, he has made the one hundred and eighteenth turn on the deck and is currently making the one hundred and nineteenth turn.
And in the thirty-fifth lap, the seventy-sixth lap, the hundredth lap and now, Farias thought about asking the captain why it was not ready yet, but this incredible ship contained dozens of large water elements. The merchant ship that inexplicably ran into the Strait of Obiris was really capable of helping them solve the crisis...
His patience ran out on the 120th lap, and he insisted on letting this ship help no matter what. At that moment, the young and outrageous captain appeared in sight.
“Our lord promised to see you.”
...
The dirty mage robe with missing corners, the burn marks on his face, the tiredness on his expression... Annan had never seen such a miserable mage.
Farias is also observing Annan, a stable portal, a mage robe inscribed with at least three spells, and that rare black hair...
They are saved. .
"The great King of the North, Farias Tia, on behalf of the Lord of the Castle, Count Ulmit, salutes you, and may the world praise your dedication." Farias caressed his chest in greeting , directly requested: "Your Excellency, King of the North, we need the help of your subordinates."
"My captain told me roughly the situation... Endless rat-men are coming, right? With all due respect, you should be thinking about how to retreat now."
"Nearby city-states are also resisting the rat-men. Tide, just hold on-"
"The New Initial is coming from the north." Francois interrupted him: "The south has fallen, and the humans in the north are fleeing their homes due to the plague and the rat people. ...Even if they don’t retreat, they will still hold on to the city-state like you. You will not have support.”
“The rat tide is just passing through here. When they realize that they can’t tear down the castle, they will give up.” Rias persisted.
“I don’t think so.”
As the uncrowned rat-hunting champion and the holder of the rat-hunting record in Xingyue Bay, Annan, who has not mentioned that he killed everyone in the rat-man's lair for more than ten days, understands the rat-man's habits: "Have you found the rat-man's body? ?”
Farias wanted to say a lot, but compared to the rat people they killed, they were like sand on the beach...
“They didn’t even let go of the corpses of their companions, why? Will he let your castle go? Maybe he will use you to save some 'food'..."
Annan suddenly felt like a Stun rat, using tricks to make humans give up - but the rat people wanted to seize it. territory, and Annan wanted to save them.
“But these are just your guesses!” Farias appeared sullen, because Annan questioned their bravery and the price they paid: “Our castle almost fell several times, and the foul blood of the rat men came from The wall reaches the Count's bedroom ”
"We saw the ratmen last night," Francois said.
All Farias's anger, courage and confidence froze at this moment: "...what?"
"But for some reason, it disappeared."
"Disaster...maybe you have seen it wrong?"
"There are no other spectators here, and the Rat Man does not need to perform..." Francois suddenly heard something: "Sorry, I forgot to say, Rat Man The McKeon clan is one of the thirteen human clans, so it’s not that you are facing a group of rat people that suddenly appeared, but you are blocking the migration path of the McKean clan.”
"...I have to tell the earl quickly. Your Majesty the King of the North..."
"I will let my men help you share some of the pressure on the sea, but the rat tide army may arrive at any time, your best choice Or retreat."
Annan looked at Farias sympathetically: "Convey this to your lord."
After Farias teleported back to the castle, Annan asked Abby to go. Find the guard captain and summon all water elements.
Annan has not seen the scale of the rat tide with his own eyes, but if it is the scale when Augusta leads the rat horde to attack the city, dozens of elite water elements will not be enough to resist the rat tide. Throw the amulet over? That Mr. Swaro might not be happy... In the northwest sea of Obiris Strait, the New Initial, which had been anchored overnight, slowly approached the coastline and stopped a few hundred meters away from the beach.
The large water elements jumped off the ship one after another, floated on the sea, and continued to approach the coast. They enjoy spellcasting bonuses in the sea and can replenish elements at any time.
Under the joint casting of more than sixty large water elements, waves several meters high emerged and surged onto the beach, sweeping hundreds of squeaking rat-men into the sea, and then repeated this scene. .
“Do you know what is the same between ratmen and dwarves?” Fast held up his fishing rod, “They both sink when they touch water. Hahaha—damn it, how did you catch a ratman!”
At first, the crew gathered on the deck to watch with great interest, but as time passed, even the crew members who hated the Ratmen the most felt sleepy.
"They can't kill them all..."
"It's like we are scooping out the lake with a spoon..."
"Or maybe Mr. Fast wants to catch all the fish in the sea... ”
It didn’t even relieve the pressure on the castle - the ratmen were still like a tide, rushing towards the castle on the cliff in waves.
Perhaps the only effect is to get Farias' thanks when he teleports onto the ship again.
"Count Ulmit decided to evacuate, how should we leave?"
Annan, who opened the portal on time, asked him if there was any way to bring the heavy Wanma into the castle. Farias said they still had a teleportation scroll. .
"Bring it over, I will use it as a medium to open a portal to my territory."
It was agreed to open the portal at dusk an hour later, Annan called Come to Ingrid and tell them about the castle.
“Have you forgotten how you were infected with the plague last time?” Ingrid reminded, “They have been besieged by ratmen for so many days, and they may have brought the plague with them.”
If you don't want the plague to spread in Xingyue Bay, you need to keep them away from the town.
Placing them in Glacier Harbor? It's too late to get over it now.
Annan was still thinking about his idea, and the tree man druid said that he could let them move to the forest, and the forest would purify them of the plague.
After the priests lost their magic, druids became the professionals best at dealing with diseases, but they never came close to towns.
When the plague was no longer a threat, Annan patiently waited for the arrival of dusk.
As dusk approached, the large water elementals returned to the ship, and the New Initiate stayed away from the coast to prevent the Skaven from losing their sights and diverting their efforts.
The emotions of the crew ranged from fear to hatred to numbness - from yesterday to today, the migrating plague still has no end in sight. They seem to be endless, leaving a devastation wherever they pass.
At some point in the dusk, Francois on the observation deck observed that the rat men who were blocked outside the castle suddenly poured into the city wall and occupied the last pure land in this area.
Just a few minutes after the castle fell, the cliff collapsed in a thunderous earthquake. The cliff that originally overlooked the entire hill disappeared, leaving only the surging rat tide.
Then, silence fell.
(End of this chapter)