The rat king floundered in the air while screaming in pain.
[Arcane Lance]
Ten lances made up of dark blue mana shimred around Zyrus. Unlike before, he launched them vertically at the burrow rat king. As for the burrow rats who were charging at him, he didn’t care about them at all. His scales weren’t sothing they could bypass with sheer numbers.
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With Zyrus’s lightning-fast ambush, the poor leader didn’t have the chance to execute any of its traits before its vitality hit zero. A crown holder fell in the battle just like that.
Exp 35,000
[Congratulations! You have obtained a “Bronze Crown”]
The rat king's corpse limped atop the spear’s edge. The burrow rats that were aiming at Zyrus were left scared and flabbergasted. It was to be expected since they had gained sentience not too long ago.
Their king had died at the hands of an intruder, leaving them behind with a new leader. Although they didn’t have to obey Zyrus despite him holding the rat king's crown, they couldn’t attack him either.
Most importantly, they couldn’t escape from him in this close proximity.
*Sweep*
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Zyrus rcilessly swept his spear at his new ‘subordinates’ and sent another barrage of arcane lance at the two surviving kings. Learning from their ally’s mistake, the two kings retreated amongst the group of their clan mbers.
Zyrus gave them a cold glance without interrupting their movent. He had neither the intention nor the strength to kill them at this point.
He just had to hold them off until his troops arrived. Thus, he killed a dozen more burrow rats before halting his assault.
‘This should be enough…’
Zyrus had successfully exerted his dominance over the surviving hundred burrow rats. His authority with the bronze crown, coupled with the suppression from his Sylvarix bloodline was enough to subdue these timid rats.
‘And this is done as well,’
Zyrus grinned with satisfaction as he looked at the floating screen in front of him.
[You have t the necessary requirent to activate the special ability]
[You can obtain one of the Burrow Rat’s special traits]
[Obtained traits: 0/10]
Note: This ability can be used once every 20 levels.
Note: The traits will be granted at random and they will be modified to suit your race.
Note: The obtained traits can be developed further with the race evolution.
His main goal for this fight was achieved at this mont. Unfortunately, he couldn’t afford to proceed with the blood fusion just yet.
Zyrus ordered the burrow rats to stand off against their forr allies. As he was a monster himself, he didn’t need any equipnt to convey his commands. The connection ford by the bronze crown was enough for him to give so basic orders to them. They would’ve resisted if this were a different scenario, but the rat clans weren’t as united as one might think.
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Without the burrow rat king the status of its clan was no different than cannon fodder. It was indeed better to follow the new leader and have so hope for survival.
Both Zyrus and the rat kings were waiting for the reinforcent. Of course, the rat kings would’ve never thought that the troops they sent after Jacob were gone for good.
It was a clever ploy. Zyrus had ordered the goblin riders to be far away from the camp before the fight began. Normally, the rats would have noticed their presence once they drew closer, but since Zyrus had occupied their attention with his poison breath, they didn’t have a chance to do so.
Not to ntion, Jacob had invested his hard-earned SP into agility as per Zyrus’s suggestion. In just 10 minutes, he was hundreds of ters away from the main battlefield.
The scattered goblin riders had noticed his fleeting figure long ago. Once everyone was gathered, they ambushed the 100 unsuspecting rats with rapid attacks.
The rats had no idea what happened when they were enshrouded in a barrage of arrows. While keeping their distance, the goblin riders killed half of them before they had a chance to engage in close combat.
Zyrus smirked as he saw the rat kings’ distraught faces. As crown holders there was no way they didn’t know that their subordinates were being slaughtered. But even if they knew, there was nothing they could do to prevent it.
The last 50 rats were proving to be a difficult challenge for goblin riders. If it were any other monsters, they would have made a porcupine out of them with their arrows. But the rats were too fast even for their archery skills.
Thankfully, the wolves played a crucial role in that fight. Though not yet recognized by the sanctuary, these wolves were slowly reaching the level of standard monsters.
After feasting upon the players' and orcs’ corpses, their innate strength shot up to new heights. They fought ferociously without caring for the wounds inflicted upon them.
The stench of blood and the wolves howling were heard all the way to where Zyrus was. The outco of the battle was decided.
The goblin riders had torn apart the rats without a single casualty. Although many of them were injured, it wasn’t to a degree that would hinder their mobility.
By the ti when Zyrus’s stats were about to be halved, the goblin riders had already encircled the entire battlefield.
“Good job,” Zyrus nodded at Jacob and shalessly hid behind his troop. The rat kings were even more fidgety at the mont. Only now did the severity of their situation dawn upon them.
They had no chance to escape without the burrow rats.
From their original 500 mbers only 200 or so remained by now. Both sides were evenly matched in troop numbers and the amount of injuries they had sustained.
Still, Zyrus was confident in his victory. From the start he wanted things to be this way. He wanted to kill a third of them for two reasons: First, for exp. After killing hordes of rats and the burrow rat king, he had acquired 72,500 exp. Coupled with the leftover exp from Tauranox, he was very close to reaching lv 13.
The second reason was the timid nature of the rats. After subduing the burrow rats, their original numbers went down from 500 to 200.
“Now then, will you surrender or not?” Zyrus beckoned to the rat kings as he played with his spear. They had no way to know that Zyrus had his stats halved and Jacob was out of mana. Not to ntion, the wolves were in no shape to chase them down on a long run.
*Sqeek*
Without even looking at the scavenger rat king, the sawtooth rat king surrendered imdiately. It had lost most of its clan mbers as they were the primary attack force.
With rely 50 mbers, the king no longer had a crown on its head.
“Good choice,” Zyrus accepted their surrender and looked at the last king with a steely gaze. The scavenger rat king hesitated for a while, but eventually, it submitted to Zyrus as well.
“You sure are evil,”
“Well, it’s their fault for being weak.”
Zyrus talked with Jacob and ordered the injured wolves to feast on the remaining corpses. He knew that it was only a matter of ti before they underwent a qualitative transformation.
The rats didn’t care about the corpses of their fallen clansn. Such was the law of Jungle.
As per Zyrus’s orders only the corpses of burrow rats were left on the battlefield. He sent Jacob and the rats to make camp a few kiloters away while he remained alone on the bloody battlefield.
Jacob gave him a curious glance before leaving, but he didn’t ask any questions. Having an ogre’s heart beating in his chest Jacob had an idea as to what Zyrus wanted to do. His curiosity stemd from wanting to learn more about this world, but he was aware that now wasn’t the ti for that. This was sothing Zyrus appreciated.
Since it was the first ti he was using this skill, Zyrus himself didn’t know what were the exact requirents. It would be a chore to drag all these corpses, and this place was definitely not suitable for rest and recuperation.
Thus, he was left with no other choice than to remain behind and recover his mana. Like every powerful ability, blood fusion also required an abundance of mana to unleash its might. Blue tendrils of mana flowed through his body and ford a faint circuit. At the sa ti, he also closed his eyes to attain his best state of mind.
The next step was going to be a crucial mont after his regression.
Two hours passed by before Zyrus recovered in all aspects. The stat debuff had long since run out as well, and now, he was all set to accomplish his goal for this fight.
[Absorb]
Zyrus placed his hand on the pile of corpses and activated his talent. Unlike the ti when he used blood fusion to recover his vitality, the effects this ti were much more harrowing.
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