Though all five of them clearly had the ability to slay dragons, they were now fleeing in disarray before an ordinary giant Rat.
Ghost was baffled.
"Why are we running?"
"To fit the story," Lin Feng said bluntly.
"Fit the story?"
"Yes. Put simply, we're actors. We're putting on a show for the Three Pillar Gods."
"Oh, I get it."
Ghost understood.
The girl was confused.
"I still don't get it."
"It means we're the protagonists of this story. The more brilliantly we perform, the more viewers will come. And the more viewers there are, the greater the chance that some vast existence will appear," Lin Feng explained directly.
Only then did the girl suddenly understand.
She got it. This was borrowing strength.
But after hearing that, Ghost shook his head again.
"I understand, but I don't think it's reliable. Isn't this like putting on a performance for outsiders during a war?" Ghost felt rather uncomfortable.
According to a search of his database, those who did such things had all ultimately suffered painful lessons and defeat.
"Heh, heh. We may be performing, but we aren't going to rely entirely on that Evil God's power. We only need it to appear and draw in the Incense Monsters. Killing the Incense Monsters will still be up to us," Lin Feng explained.
Thus, the five no longer had any doubts.
They fled in a sorry state.
The giant Rat led a huge swarm of smaller rats in pursuit of the five.
Before long, they reached a fork in the road.
"Let's split up!" Lin Feng continued.
Ghost led the girl straight down one of the wider paths.
The others chose a narrower route.
The rats split up in pursuit as well.
The rats chasing Ghost and the girl were also the most numerous.