The two of them repeatedly worked through exactly how they would escape.
Although the Bloodhoof Warriors had reached the city walls, they had not managed to seal off every direction around Black Horn City without a single gap.
With Meng Chao and Ice Storm's strength, they could have swaggered straight through the gaps the Bloodhoof Warriors had not had time to defend and broken out of the encirclement.
However, in order to uncover the truth behind the Great Horned Rebellion, Meng Chao still insisted on escaping among the ordinary ratfolk.
Ice Storm did not care about the lives of ordinary ratfolk.
But she clearly cared quite a bit about Meng Chao's attitude.
Moreover, having followed her mother, a Witch, since childhood and spent years evading pursuit by Night Watchmen and bounty hunters, she was no stranger to concealing her traces, disguising herself, and becoming a completely different person.
It just so happened that they had attacked dozens of Temple Thieves and Bloodhoof Warriors in succession.
Besides ancient weapons, armor, and secret medicines, their spoils included a great deal of food, highly practical little tools, and all manner of strange raw materials.
Quite a few Temple Thieves had already been carrying tools and materials for disguises.
Using these things, Ice Storm quickly dyed her signature crystalline, translucent skin the grayish-white commonly seen among ratfolk.
She also stuck on a short, tiny tail behind her, one that she could control with her coccyx and gluteal muscles, making it swish back and forth.
Around her overly distinctive features, she pasted several tufts of hair, concealing a face familiar to many spectators.
Meng Chao changed the color of his hair and eyes.
He then fitted two excessively thick fangs into his mouth, making his lips jut high and throwing off the balance of his