King of the Giant Rat Tribe

Chapter 12: King of the Giant Rat Tribe

Deepest part of the sewers, this was where the sewers were dug when the city was first established. With the city's expansion over the years and the city administrators' neglect of the sewers, this place, located at the deepest part of the sewers, had long been forgotten by humans.

And precisely because of this, it had become a paradise for the Giant Rat Tribe. The stone slabs that originally built the sewers had become dilapidated under the corrosion of time and sewage. Dense holes covered the entire ground, and countless giant rats crawled in and out of them. Deeper down in this sewer area, it had long been transformed into a huge underground kingdom by countless giant rats.

Even as more and more giant rats were born, the giant rats' underground kingdom was expanding all the time. Every adult giant rat would choose to dig its own burrow, causing this underground kingdom not only to expand but also for its exits to be spread everywhere.

In the darkness, the giant rats, who had evolved dark vision from living in the sewer environment for a long time, all looked up in a certain direction. The next moment, the numerous giant rats covering the ground seemed to have received an order, parting ways from the center to create a path leading directly to the lower underground kingdom.

Amidst rustling sounds, a group of giant rats crawled into the cave entrance before them with bundles on their heads. The size of this cave entrance clearly did not match the bodies of these giant rats. The cave entrance, nearly five meters wide, led to a bottomless passage.

In the blink of an eye, those giant rats with bundles on their heads disappeared from their original spot. The giant rats that had previously parted the road returned to their original positions. In the dim environment, only the rustling sounds of giant rats crawling could be heard again.

"So many giant rats, what are the administrators of this human city doing? Aren't they afraid of being swallowed by a tide of giant rats in the middle of the night, completely devouring the entire city?"

In a cave on the wall of this sewer, Lu Minghao quietly observed the dense giant rats below. The entire space was completely packed, reminding Lu Minghao of a scene he had seen before: countless white maggots densely gathered on a rotten corpse, their bodies constantly wriggling.

To Lu Minghao, the giant rats covering the ground below at this moment were exactly the same, except they were black instead of white.

And these were just the giant rats on the surface. Lu Minghao had just seen the captured human being transported underground. As everyone knows, rats are born diggers, let alone giant rats, which are monsters.

Now, with so many appearing before Lu Minghao, one could only imagine how many were in these rat holes. Therefore, Lu Minghao wondered what the city administrators were doing. Once so many giant rats flooded the city, everything in the city would be devoured in less than half an hour.

"Forget it, what do human affairs have to do with me? Not to mention that I'm not even human anymore, and whether the humans in this world are the same species as the humans in the world I came from is another matter. After all, when I was human, I couldn't use magic or anything like that."

After speaking, Lu Minghao quietly poked his head out of the cave, looking at the dense giant rats below. The scene, terrifying to those with trypophobia, was, in Lu Minghao's eyes, pieces of meat that would help him grow rapidly. Not to mention the giant rats underground, just these ones in front of him, if he could eat them all, Lu Minghao was confident he could grow to become a mid-tier monster.

As for a high-tier monster, that was unlikely. Although there were many giant rats, they were only lesser demons. As Lu Minghao grew, the nutrients he needed also increased. Even with the perfect absorption ability of Gluttony, mere lesser demons could not provide him with much nourishment.

For Lu Minghao, who was currently only a lower-tier monster, when he was first born, devouring one giant rat could strengthen him by at least a third. Now, the nourishment from one giant rat was like a drop in the bucket, let alone for Lu Minghao after he advanced again in the future.

"Well, the digestion is almost done. It's time to start hunting."

The next second, Lu Minghao silently merged into the shadows and began to move towards his granary. The giant rats below had no idea that a monster with an insatiable appetite and digestive ability had set its sights on them.

Meanwhile, Diri, who thought he was dead, finally woke up. He opened his eyes and dazedly looked around. The pitch-black space was illuminated by magic stones. Beside him, giant rats, each comparable in size to an adult human, stared at him. Although they had rat faces, Diri saw human-like greed and mockery in their expressions.

It was as if they were looking at enemies who were once high and mighty, but were now like meat on a chopping board, ready to be torn apart and swallowed with just a gentle bite.

"Where is this..."

Looking at the dense giant rats around him and the pain emanating from his body, Diri finally realized he was still alive and had been captured by the giant rats that had surrounded him and brought back to their lair for some reason.

Moreover, from the expressions and gazes of those giant rats, Diri was certain that these giant rats possessed intelligence no less than that of ordinary humans. Driven by the instinct for survival, Diri decided to try talking to these giant rats and look for an opportunity to escape.

"Human, give up your futile struggle!"

The moment Diri spoke, a voice came from behind him, followed by approaching footsteps. Diri also clearly saw the giant rats that had been staring at him greedily lowering their heads and prostrating themselves in submission.

"Human, we meet for the first time. My name is Dikas, King of the Giant Rat Tribe. I was once like you, someone who escaped from that hell."

"What!"

Upon hearing that the King of the Giant Rat Tribe was someone who had escaped from the same place as him, Diri immediately looked up and stared intently at the rat-man who was half-crouched before him, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"You don't believe me?"

Dikas looked at Diri, who was staring at him, and chuckled. He stood up, his nearly 3.5-meter body like an iron tower casting a large shadow. A scaled tail was wrapped around his waist. Especially his golden vertical pupils, which gave one the feeling of being stared at by a snake.

"What about now?"

Saying this, Dikas raised his hands. One of his arms was covered in fine black scales, and his palm had three claws like scimitars. The other was like a human arm, but it was covered in black and purple barbs, with drops of purple liquid condensing at the tips. When these drops fell to the ground, they instantly corroded small holes.

Dikas's thick, muscular legs were covered in black fur, giving a feeling of immense strength. Coupled with the black armor on Dikas's body and the long saber on his back, Diri was absolutely certain that this rat-man, once on the battlefield, would be like a meat grinder.

It was precisely Dikas's appearance that eased Diri's fear slightly. Because to become like Dikas, one could only do so in that hell. They were both beings who had successfully escaped from that hell.