Evidence of rebellion
"If you believe them, then let me tell you, after they've dealt with us, they'll immediately abandon their current words and deal with you instead!"
"Don't listen to this guy..."
The Black Rat tried to speak, but its voice was quickly drowned out by the other sounds.
"Quick, kill them! The faster we kill them, the more time we have to leave. If we drag this out any longer, and the Black Rat find us and come to our aid, it won't be so easy for us to escape!"
"That's right, kill them quickly!"
"The Black Rat Clan has no need for us, the Calamity Beast who participated in the rebellion, to serve them!"
"What kind of bullshit service is that? That's slavery! I'm telling you, even if I die..."
Roars echoed through the horde of beasts.
Anger quickly overwhelmed everything else, and the previously hesitant Calamity Beast attacked the Black Rat one by one once more.
The Black Rat in the very center stared intently at the scene before it. Gritting its teeth, it ignored the other attacks and began tearing at the vine net while dragging the Calamity Beast that were clinging to it forward.
One, two, three...
After tearing the fifth rattan net, there were finally no more new rattan nets left.
But by this time, its condition had deteriorated to an extremely low level.
Blood was flowing freely, one of his limbs was missing, and one of his eyes was blind.
But at least the vine netting is no longer blocking its way!
It felt numb as it struggled upwards, yet it desperately propelled itself upwards by harnessing the Origin Power.
It seemed to feel a slight weight on its body during the journey, but didn't pay much attention to it.
Then the weight increased rapidly.
Its upward speed also rapidly decreased.
Then its vision went dark, and a head appeared in the field of vision of its only remaining eye...
In the wilderness.
A gentle breeze was blowing softly.
The Black Rat with its Thin Tail yawned wearily.
Beside it were several other Black Rat, some chatting idly, some walking by seemingly doing nothing, and others resting on the ground like it.
Then a Black Rat came along.
"Thin Tail!"
"Hmm? What? Broken Tooth?" Black Rat with Thin Tail looked over.
"Don't you feel like there are fewer guys coming back today?!" Black Rat Broken Tooth asked, his brow furrowed, his gaze fixed on the distance.
Upon hearing this, Black Rat with Thin Tail paused for a moment, then looked towards the distance.
Hundreds of Calamity Beast lay scattered across the vast plains.
In terms of quantity, it's not small, but compared to this time of year in the past, it does seem somewhat small.
"Yes, there are a few too few!" Black Rat with Thin Tail nodded.
"Is it just a little less?" Black Rat Broken Tooth frowned as he looked at Thin Tail.
"Hmm, normally there should be around two thousand by now, right?!" Black Rat with Thin Tail looked back at the resting place of the Calamity Beast to confirm.
"Right? You also feel that there are far fewer Calamity Beast returning today than usual, don't you?" Black Rat Broken Tooth said in a deep voice.
"Maybe they're in worse condition. A lot of them didn't come out because they didn't mine enough ore today!" Black Rat with Thin Tail said, not really caring.
"Even so, it shouldn't have decreased by this much at once. In the past ten days, when have you ever seen such a large amount decrease at once?!" Black Rat 'Broken Tooth tone became even more forceful.
Upon hearing this, Black Rat Thin Tail finally became slightly more serious.
It turned its gaze again to the returning Calamity Beast, then frowned as it looked at Broken Tooth.
So, what's your opinion?!
"You mean, these guys..."
Black Rat Broken Tooth its mouth, but before it could finish speaking, it was suddenly drawn to a commotion in the distance.
Black Rat with Thin Tail looked in the same direction, somewhat puzzled.
Suddenly, the trees that roughly led to one of the mines began to sway.
The shaking progresses from far to near, and from small to large.
"This is..."
The Black Rat Thin Tail and an open mouth.
But before the Broken Tooth could heal, the pupils of the two Black Rat suddenly contracted.
A Black Rat suddenly darted out of the trees, blood streaming down its body.
"No, that's iron..."
Before he could finish speaking, Black Rat's Thin Tail suddenly froze on the spot.
Several Calamity Beast suddenly emerged from the forest, one of which pounced on the Black Rat and began tearing at it.
The Black Rat's already slow pace slowed down even further.
In the blink of an eye, they were overtaken by the Calamity Beast behind them.
The Black Rat was looking in this direction.
"Quick..."
The roar came from afar.
Because of the distance, it was impossible to hear exactly what was being shouted, but it was still enough for many of the Calamity Beast to notice and look over.
Under the watchful eyes of one Calamity Beast after another, the Black Rat was pounced on and killed by the pursuing Calamity Beast!
At that very instant, the Black Rat with the Thin Tail suddenly stood up.
"Damn these guys..."
"Etc!"
The operation was halted. Black Rat Thin Tail gritted his teeth and glared at Black Rat Broken Tooth: "Damn it, Broken Tooth, didn't you see what those guys were doing?!"
It practically roared out those words.
Several Black Rat nearby also looked over because of these words.
Black Rat Broken Tooth said calmly, "Of course I saw what those guys were doing."
"Then why..."
But I know even better what this means!
Black Rat Broken Tooth chattering.
It stopped, looked at the Thin Tail with wide-open eyes staring at it, and at the other Black Rat also looking at it, and said:
"Haven't you figured it out yet? These guys have rebelled! What the Iron Guard just did is proof!"
"Those Calamity Beast that only returned from over there are also evidence!"
There was no immediate response; the Black Rat with the Thin Tail stood there, stunned.
It paused, turned its head to glance at the resting place where only a few hundred Calamity Beast resided, then slowly withdrew its gaze and asked:
"So, what should we do now?"
The other Black Rat nearby also looked at Broken Tooth.
"Let's go and deal with those returning Calamity Beast first, then immediately go back and inform the chieftain of their Calamity Beast!"
"But there are hundreds over there, and we only have a dozen or so here..." Black Rat with Thin Tail hesitated.
"What's there to be afraid of? Including you, me, and Lame Claw, we have three Fourth Tier ones here. There are only a few hundred of them. Even if we can't beat them, we can leave!" Black Rat Broken Tooth said quickly.
After a moment's hesitation, the Black Rat with the Thin Tail nodded.
Black Rat Broken Tooth turned to look at the other Calamity Beast and shouted:
"Quick, let's go!"
After saying that, it turned and ran quickly towards that place.
The other Black Rat got up and followed closely behind.
Over there, one after another, the Calamity Beast stared blankly at them as they passed by.
Some of the Calamity Beast looked completely bewildered; Calamity Beast seemed to realize something and instinctively stood up and leaned back...
But before they even reached the other side, they saw a Calamity Beast trembling as it ran out, crouched down, and cried out:
"Sir, please! This has nothing to do with us!!"