Chapter 234: War Begins

Kali: "The soul-destroying effect of the 【Dog Demon Feast】 was definitely triggered that day; I do not believe that Amel could have survived."

Rod nodded: "Then it was a fake."

He said as much.

Yet he still reminded everyone to be careful.

Ratmen are a highly xenophobic race; in most cases, they only act alongside their own kind within their clan.

And at this moment, they had invited a human mage into their lair to assist; such a thing was already rare enough.

They landed in this space, which perhaps served as a transit station.

Immediately, under the guidance of the Banshee Kris, they found the cave leading to the main base.

"It seems we must temporarily split up."

Kali surveyed the surroundings. "The number of ratmen will not be small; I intend to set up a ritual here to seal off the other caves to prevent escape."

Kris's eyes lit up, sensing that her post outside would not involve fighting.

So she immediately raised her hand: "Me! I will help Kali!"

"You?"

The elf scrutinized her.

She was about to refuse, but then recalled that the Banshee would be her student.

"Fine, you watch carefully; I will teach you the most basic ritual arrays as well."

"Ah?"

Kris was stunned; why did she have to study?

Rod did not mind; after all, the Banshee's combat power was poor, and he had never intended for her to be on the front lines.

"Contact via the 【Chain of Far Speech】 if anything happens; I have set your messages to special notification."

However, the elf merely nodded coldly, not getting the slightly modern little love talk at all.

Rod shook his head in frustration.

Nolin's 【Chain of Far Speech】 was already connected to every girl in the forest, except for the Scorpion Woman Hera and that half-werewolf druid.

Even the witch Dimia, who often moved around the city hall, had taken time to pull a line for her.

After establishing the chat group, Nolin was not very happy.

Because she discovered the proportion of girls inside was excessively high.

Moreover, several girls liked to send Rod various love words!

Rod naturally did not care about her complaints.

"Master has always set Kali's messages to special notification?"

After walking into the cave passage, Tally asked with a hint of jealousy.

"Of course not; I just set it up. Your messages are the ones I set to special notification."

Rod shrugged.

"Is that so~ I forgive you~"

Actually, succubi were surprisingly easy to coax; she threw herself into his arms, smiling sweetly.

He secretly opened the 【Chain of Far Speech】.

Only then did he set Tally's messages to special notification.

But this did not matter much.

The succubus was with him almost every moment; during these days, the 【Chain of Far Speech】 was used only a handful of times.

Vivian, Miss Xiao Ke, and the ghoul Pan Ni used it a bit more frequently.

Just then, a message arrived.

【Vivian: Rod, miss you】

This was the phrase the Treewisp sent most often, basically once every hour.

【Miss Xiao Ke: Beat all those damn ratmen who bullied Little Little Bangde to death!】

As for Miss Xiao Ke.

She was relatively shy; most topics revolved around Little Little Bangde, but she still tried every possible means to talk more with Rod.

【Pan Ni: Master wuwuwu... why didn't you call me for the action wuwuwu】

As for Pan Ni, perhaps it was a trait of the ghoul race.

Her emotions were relatively negative, mostly complaining and crying.

She replied one by one.

At this moment, the cat spirit Little Orange transformed from a small orange snake into a hawk, standing on Rod's shoulder.

Although she did not quite understand what they were saying, she was not a fool.

She immediately said dissatisfiedly: "Are you lying to Little Kali?"

"No choice, Miss Orange. Kali and I are just friends; you understand her proud temper. Our relationship has always been in a limbo state; I had to say some little love words."

Speaking, Rod kissed Tally's forehead in his arms.

Little Orange: "..."

Can you not hold one girl while chatting about another?

"I must remind you, Mr. Rod, a traditional elf like Little Kali is monogamous."

"I have a monogamous one among my partners."

Half of the Treewisps are non-marriage advocates, but for the sake of reproduction, they sometimes still practice monogamy.

Little Orange was shocked: "You keep not only a succubus??"

Rod had always been straightforward in this regard.

Anyway, Little Orange is Lady Kali's friend; she will find out sooner or later.

The hawk flapped its wings, flew off his shoulder, and hovered before him, sizing him up and down.

"You really haven't been drained dry by women?"

Tally laughed, "What you should be considering is whether he will drown us."

"So strong! No wonder..."

Little Orange was utterly shocked.

"No wonder what?"

"Cat spirits leave a special scent on their chosen mate during their heat, mainly to drive away other cat spirits. On your body, though very faint, that scent is indeed present. At first, I thought I smelled wrong."

A witch cat?

Rod shrugged.

"I have given my true heart to every girl; it is never just for fun."

"Heh heh."

The cave soon reached its end.

The scene suddenly opened up again.

Revealing a space far larger than before.

Here, Earth-Wood Fa structures were piled up like building blocks, densely packed and chaotic, highlighting filth, disorder, and squalor.

Rat people bustled about in the streets and inside the buildings, rat heads swarming.

At the far end of that space, a fairly large room could be seen inside.

It shimmered with green light.

"Look, that is the man who calls himself the Plague Fa master Amel."

Tally pointed into the distance.

Rod looked over and saw a human in black robes walking side by side with several rat people, chatting as they entered the deepest room emitting green light.

"Young Lady Orange, please handle this hall... By the way, Amy will go with you, but she has just recovered from severe injuries and needs to activate the 【Fight to Survive】 effect. Please, Young Lady Orange, take care of her a bit."

"No problem!"

She spread her wings, flew out of the cave, and rose into mid-air.

Immediately, many rat people noticed her; some stared blankly, while others nervously grabbed weapons and cursed.

In mid-air, spiritual light flickered.

The hawk's body suddenly enlarged, its weight increasing drastically.

Under the pull of gravity, she plummeted like a massive boulder, crashing down with a boom.

Boom—

A crooked, short tower was trampled.

In the dust, a huge tiger-man three meters tall roared at the sky.

"ROAR!!!"

Facing the oncoming rat people, Little Orange's tiger claws slashed fiercely, instantly smashing them into mush.

Instantly, a fierce battle erupted.

"A slaughter of the weak."

Rod patted the head of the eager Amy, "No 【Berserk】. Go."

"Amy understands!"

Her battle spirit surged; she leaped high and joined the fray.

Immediately, even louder sounds of slaughter erupted.

Rod watched for a short while, then did not linger.

"Tally, go there."

"Okay~"

Tally grabbed his head and gave him a thorough face-wash with little milk, then they both dove into the shadows, swiftly heading toward the room emitting green light in the distance.

(End of this chapter)