Li Ce, Steady as Mount Tai

Frequent harassment attacks by the Ratmen would increase the number of troop mobilizations, greatly raising the risk of exposing the location of their nest.

With the Wyvern Riders conducting an all-around aerial search, they soon managed to pinpoint the location of the Ratmen nest.

Judging from the situation, this should be the Ratmen's last nest.

After receiving the latest reports and realizing that their lair had most likely been exposed, Claw unexpectedly did not fly into a rage. Instead, he sank into an unprecedented silence.

In the past, he had imagined that the fighting and slaughter between them and the Lizardmen would continue without end.

He had also imagined that he might display his full might, wipe out the Lizardmen in this generation, and become a legend etched into Ratmen history.

But he had never imagined that a day like this would come.

Claw could hardly be blamed. After all, over the years, the power left here by the Dragon God Xilan had steadily declined. Under its influence, the Lizardmen had been on a downward slope all this time.

That had caused the Ratmen to gradually gain the upper hand in their clashes over the years.

Driven by this broader trend, every Ratman believed that driving the Lizardmen to extinction was merely a matter of time.

Yet they had never expected reality to exceed their wildest imagination.

Lying limp in his lair, Claw had completely lost his usual arrogance and savagery. His entire body seemed drained of all strength, lying there like a heap of mud, with threads of despair flickering in his eyes.

This final gamble had not yet truly begun, but he already knew the outcome in his heart.

Should he simply abandon his last nest and continue fleeing south?

Claw had not failed to consider this possibility.