Magic Rat Breeding
In the Honeycomb Plot of Iowa Valley, one wall of the three-story Magic Rat farm stood right up against the plot's enclosing wall. Inside the long, narrow breeding facility, Magic Rat pens lined both sides of the central aisle. The interiors of the pens were inscribed with life-element magic patterns. The first floor housed level-two Magic Rats, while the second floor held the slightly smaller level-one Magic Rats.
Surrounded by knights and Ratmen as he walked through the farm, Landen was in an excellent mood. Magic Pattern Rats counted as the first Magic Beast breeding operation in the territory to reach real scale, and the large number of Mana-Wielders in the territory finally had a reliable source of Magic Beast meat.
What concerned him most was whether this bunch of big and little rodents in the territory would escape the farm's stone walls and start multiplying across Iowa Town.
Beside Landen followed the Ratman Pink Claw. She respectfully introduced the habits of the Magic Pattern Rats to Landen. "My Lord, the big rats in the pens are all very healthy right now. It's estimated that each can produce at least one litter of pups every day."
Landen nodded and asked, "Oh? They can breed that well? Are the little rodents especially good at digging holes?"
The moment she heard this, Pink Claw shook her head like a rattle. "You can rest assured on that point. In our clan, if Magic Rats don't have Ratmen serving them, they simply can't survive. Even the newborn pups can't live."
"Awooo—awooo—" With a burst of cries, an intermediate Magic Rat gave birth, and a patch of pale-white little rats appeared beneath it.
An intermediate Magic Rat with a Life Magic Pattern could give birth to several dozen pups in one litter.