The young Lord was indeed an ambitious figure with a top-tier army. He decisively left a portion of the stone men behind to cover the rear while he quickly retreated.
The huge stone men ran like their lives depended on it. They even specially passed through the swamps and rivers to wash away the smell before returning to their own castle.
The young man, who was trembling with fear, gradually calmed down.
“It’s a rat tide, many times stronger than the previous Beast Tide!”
In the process of escaping, he received a series of reports of soldiers dying.
So what if the stone man was extremely strong and had amazing defense?
It could only be drowned by the rat tide.
He could completely imagine a large group of rats climbing onto the stone man’s body and drowning the stone man in a dense swarm. They used their sharp teeth and claws to recklessly, unconsciously and crazily gnaw at the stone golem’s fragments bit by bit..
In the end, the entire stone golem was turned into crushed sand.
Although the stone golems that blocked the rear to attract attention had killed quite a number of rat golems, it was estimated that there were around five to six hundred of them. Most of them were stuffed to death by the stone fragments.
Unfortunately, this experience could only be shared with him, and could not be shared with the stone golem captain so that it could level up.
“No matter what, running away is the best choice. Otherwise, even if the stone man could withstand the bite, I wouldn’t be able to withstand it!”
The young man who had some lingering fear opened the world channel and shared his experience.
[ The forest region is really chaotic and terrifying. A large group of rat-men actually appeared! ]
[ I heard that some of the territories in the forest region encountered a problem with the intensity of the first wave of Beast Tide. Joey alone withstood a large number of attacks, and now there are rat-men attacking. Could it be that they are also in the northwest part of the forest? ]
[ That’s true. My territory is in the northwest of the Dark Forest! The mouse people are also from the northwest! ]
[ Then you guys have to take care of yourselves. As far as I know, there is a large-scale force in that direction! ]
[ What large-scale force? Until now, I have yet to see any local intelligent creatures. ]
[ The mouse empire with 100,000 elite soldiers and a million slaves, the Rat Empire! It is formed by three mouse clans in the Plains! ]
[ Boss, how do you all know so much information? Why do I feel like I don’t fit in with this world? I’m such a trash! ]
[ I’m in the south of the Rat Empire. My territory is closer to a human kingdom. I’m still trying my best not to be killed by them as wild monsters. How can I be considered a boss! ]
“Let me make a wild guess. Maybe these rat people are here to target Joey as well!”
“The lords in the vicinity suggest that we run away quickly to prevent the destruction of the city!”
“Run away? What does running away mean?”
“It means that we can put away the heart of the castle, give up the resources consumed by the construction, and move our troops to another place! However, we have to start from the beginning.”
[ Start from the beginning? Now that everyone has a high-level castle, how can you give up on starting from the beginning and develop a low-level castle? It’s too torturous! ]
[ So what? If you die, you will really have nothing. If you move away, you can at least bring along the resources of the warehouse and the ready-made combat troops to preserve your strength! ]
“If he loses the land, he loses the people and the land. If he loses the land, he can still regain it!”
The stone man lord was also doubting whether he needed to leave this place.
“Leave? The Beast Tide is not over yet. How can seven days be enough to build a high-level castle with qualified defense?!”
“The rat army is not likely to come looking for trouble. It must be for the benefit of the resources in the forest.”
He thought about the possibility of forming an alliance with the ratfolk and immediately gave up.
“The rats are fickle, greedy, and cunning. These are the information that the big boss personally told me. In their eyes, I’m just a piece of food and fresh meat. I don’t have the capital to form an alliance with them!”
“If we want to form an alliance, we naturally have to prioritize the lords from other worlds!”
“Form an alliance in the forest region, help each other develop, and work together to fight against the local forces such as the rats and treants. The most important thing is to protect ourselves in front of Joey!”
“Joey is definitely not a kind person. I suddenly had a bold thought. Could the demons be subordinate to Joey?”
“The Lord who revealed the traces of the demons disappeared after the Beast Tide. The region is also nearby!”
“We have to prepare for the worst!”
“This dark forest is like a dark forest!”
The young Lord’s mind spun rapidly. He did as he said and immediately began to act. He tried to contact the lords in the Dark Forest region to form an alliance to protect himself.
Of course, only those with the same strength could be called an alliance. The weak lords in the middle would either kneel down and become dogs or be divided up!
“Let’s see if we can form the 18th Allied army to fight against the rat people and Joey!”
The usually quiet forest was now filled with the clamor of many rats.
The level 8 rat general was the third most powerful in this expedition army. He commanded 1,000 rat soldiers and 3,000 slave rats who were in charge of covering and logistics.
The reason why there were so many rat people was thanks to the lobbying and speeches of the leaders and schemers. Many people in the empire’s capital city rushed to take out their investments. Some were warriors, some were slaves, and some were weapons and equipment, they demanded to receive the profits from the conquest of the forest.
Those high officials and nobles probably would not have thought that the leader had long decided to betray the Empire and establish his own faction. There would be no return on all investments, and there would be no compensation for all debts.
The goal of the leader was to establish a new ratfolk country by relying on the forest region. When that time came, his status would also rise.
This was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Rat Empire had fallen into the quagmire of war with the dwarves, and with the support of the Rat Parliament, the leader could completely dominate a region and establish himself as the king.
“Unfortunately, I don’t have such a good opportunity. I can only be a subordinate!”
This Rat Vanguard general did not have any scruples at all. He directly expressed his thoughts in front of the many officers of various ranks in the tent. In everyone’s eyes, this was a very normal thing.
An ancient rat once said that a warlord who did not want to be an emperor was not a good rat-man.
The general’s lunch was a plate of roasted whole sheep. He happily picked it up and chewed it whole. He chewed the bones to pieces and ate it, making a Kala Kala Sound. There was no image at all.
The number of wild beasts was too small. It was simply not enough for this rat-man vanguard unit to eat. Only high-level leaders could eat wild beasts. The low-level rat-man soldiers would at most get some leftovers. The main thing was to directly eat the slave rats in charge of logistics, the slave rats either starved to death or could only eat bark and soil.
The rat-men army was full of fighting spirit, sweeping through everything in their path.
They slowly approached Joey’s territory.