Chapter 819: The Origin of the Rats, the Abnormal Arthur

Although Arthur thought very well.

But as someone 'experienced', Lan Qingyou was also very clear on why the other party would stop speaking hesitantly.

"It seems you are very clear on what these rats are?"

After glancing at Arthur, Lan Qingyou picked up a piece of beef she had portioned out with her chopsticks.

"How could I not know, who on this continent doesn't know about these rats that everyone shouts to beat up!"

Arthur was clearly somewhat agitated.

He even forgot that he was still holding the rat's head in his hands.

But he couldn't be blamed for being agitated.

Seeing this rat was one aspect.

"Rats that everyone shouts to beat up?"

"This sounds like it might be somewhat interesting."

"Tell us, what's the situation?"

Upon seeing it seemed there was actually gossip to hear, whether it was Lan Qingyou who loved watching a show or the inherently indifferent Elisa, they both raised their heads and looked at Arthur.

"Uh..."

The tip of Arthur's heart trembled slightly.

Two pairs of scarlet eyes staring at him made it impossible for him not to feel intimidated.

Especially under the circumstance of guessing the other party might be a 'Legend'.

Of course.

The other one who hadn't displayed her strength shouldn't be much worse either.

After all, birds of a feather flock together.

Since the black robe was very likely Star-level, then even if the white robe wasn't the same level, she probably wasn't far off.

"This thing, it's a long story..."

"Then make the long story short."

"..."

Arthur opened his mouth.

Subsequently, he still swallowed his complaint back down.

And truly made a long story short by introducing to the two of them exactly what these Britt Rats, known by the entire continent, were.

Originally [Britt Rats] weren't called this name.

Or rather, these guys were originally a group of uncivilized wild men who didn't even have a designation.

It is said that several hundred years ago they were a group of people living on the northern Plateau.

It's just that because they had a habit of eating people, they were ostracized by the Barbarian Tribes of the northern Plateau.

In the end, because they truly couldn't survive anymore, with nowhere left to go, they found the newly established Empire's side at that time.

The founding emperor at that time saw that there were actually northern Barbarians willing to join the Empire, so he gave the other party a habitat in the northeast of the Empire.

Originally, this matter up to here was nothing more than a barbaric race joining the ranks of civilization.

Actually, at that time, these people indeed also began to learn the Empire's civilization.

However...

Barbarism is barbarism.

As the saying goes, 'a leopard can't change its spots'.

This group of guys settled down for a period of time during the reign of the second emperor.

But as the second emperor fell critically ill and control decreased, these guys who had eaten a few full meals began to expand.

They set their sights on the Lushen Tribe, who had always lived in the northeast, relying on the Yanglu River for fishing and hunting.

While killing these people, they simply took this ethnic group's name and used it.

To the outside, they proclaimed themselves to be the Lushen Tribe.

As for those originally killed Lushen Tribe members, they were directly kept in captivity by these people and used as two-legged sheep.

From then on, they began their man-eating activities again.

At that time, there was a Lushen person who escaped from this kind of hell and made everything that happened here known to the public.

However, because the Empire was composed of civilized people, no one believed this 'madman's' words.

Joking.

Eating people!?

Is that something humans can do?

It's said that people find it very hard to understand things they haven't seen before.

But since someone had reported this matter all the way to the central authority, then even if just for show, this third emperor had to send someone to take a look.

Who knew that sending people over would ruin things.

At that time, the 'Lushen Tribe', who already pretty much ruled the entire northeast, fundamentally didn't put the newly enthroned little emperor in their eyes.

Of the entire investigation team of over a hundred people, in the end only one person with a severed arm returned.

The rest of the people were physically stewed in one pot.

Now, the people of the Empire finally believed the words spoken by that first escaped Lushen person.

And coincidentally, at this time there happened to be people from the northern Barbarian Tribes who had come to the Imperial Capital to celebrate the new emperor's ascension and hadn't left yet.

Thus, this person told the entire upper echelon of the Empire about the matter of that race that liked to eat people.

So it turned out this wild man tribe was called 'Britt'.

An evil tribe that most liked to Usurp and disguise themselves as others to trick the attention of kind-hearted people, and then eat them.

So even the uncultured barbarians on the Plateau didn't like this tribe.

That was why they squeezed them out, resulting in the phenomenon of them heading south to attach themselves to the Empire.

Good heavens!

Now the entire Empire knew there was such a disgusting thing inside the Empire.

So whether it was the prime minister or the ministers at that time.

And regardless of whether they had conflicts with each other.

In short, everyone unanimously agreed to expel these disgusting Britt Rats.

Expel!?

These two words instantly made the representative of the northern Barbarians and the only surviving member of the Lushen Tribe disagree.

One didn't want these rats to return to the Plateau, and the other wanted to avenge his tribesmen.

Thus, the original topic of expulsion gradually evolved from teaching a lesson into direct extermination.

The subsequent matters also went exactly as everyone thought.

After negotiations, the northern Barbarians and the southern Empire each dispatched troops to strangle the Britt people.

After a large army pressed on the border, the Britt people resisted for a bit and were directly erased from this world.

Exterminated, totally annihilated.

There was nothing to say.

After all, these guys eating people wasn't due to some food shortage.

But purely for enjoyment...

Just thinking about it made one feel these things were fundamentally unfit to be human.

However, just when the battle situation was looking excellent, for some unknown reason these guys suddenly grew long bone whips from the back of their heads.

Even their body's epidermis also became a lot harder.

But although it was a sudden mutation.

In front of the absolute superior military strength of the Barbarians and the Empire, it still seemed so pale.

Over five hundred thousand Britt Rats were directly finished off just like that.

"It's just that I didn't expect there to actually still be rats existing in this world, and at a distance of only two or three days' journey from the Imperial Capital."

After roughly telling the two the origin of these [Britt Rats] once, Arthur sighed.

Just thinking about the man-eating deeds of these Britt Rats made him feel terrified.

Let alone at such a close distance to the Imperial Capital.

If this group of rats wanted to stir up something here.

It might truly be possible.

Of course.

These were all nothing more than the conjectures of a non-professional like him.

What the actual situation was still needed to wait for professionals to conduct an investigation.

Of course.

The matter of Britt Rats appearing here was indeed real.

This point could not be denied.

"Hmm... as for why they mutated, I do have some thoughts."

After listening to the ins and outs regarding these rats, Lan Qingyou spoke unhurriedly.

"Really! What is it?"

Hearing this Grand Magus had thoughts, Arthur immediately became agitated.

Hmm?

This agitated appearance...

Is a bit abnormal huh...

Both Lan Qingyou and Elisa couldn't help but think in their hearts after seeing the other party's performance.