C27
About a day later, Jiang Mo took a detour around the city and brought everyone to the heart of the city. The sewers became denser and started to reek.
However, Jiang Mo was a skeleton. Thus, he was unable to detect any difference in this place.
This was the benefit of skeletons. They would not die from the poison, nor would they be afraid of being smothered to death. There was no air, no water, and no food. This was not a problem at all.
But without these senses, it was difficult for Jiang Mo to sense the approaching danger.
The crashing sound of the water could not be heard at all. Some squeaking sounds could be heard, causing everyone to lose track of it.
Now that he was inside, he had less and less chance to look at the map. At the beginning, there were quite a number of places that were connected to the ground by the sewer. There were some dim lights, but now, there were less.
Relying on his memories, Jiang Mo slowly made his way to the core.
Just as everyone was resting, a series of rapid slapping sounds came from the surface of the water.
"Someone's here?" Zhao Yun was the first to react. Of course, the others had also felt it.
"Don't be in such a hurry. Let's confirm it a bit more!"
Jiang Mo quickly told everyone to calm down and listen carefully.
Soon, the sound of water lapping could be heard again. This time, not only were they sure, they were sure that the sound was around them!
"Not human, voice urgent, quick!" Zhao Yun said to Jiang Mo.
Jiang Mo nodded. "Zhao Yun, light the ignition!"
The torch had been prepared at the beginning, but this thing could not be used easily. Jiang Mo was afraid that others would discover it, so he was prepared to light the torch before he made a move to confirm the exit without fear of being discovered.
But now that danger was approaching, there was no way to deal with it.
Zhao Yun lit the torches, igniting the torches of the soldiers behind him. Over ten torches illuminated the surroundings.
Everyone immediately broke out into cold sweat!
"What is this!" Jiang Mo estimated that if he had hair on his head, this bone eye of his would have probably been erected by now!
Mouse! A meter tall mouse, baring its teeth, could swallow a pig head in one gulp!
Zombie Rat, a magical beast of the first rank.
Because of its huge body, the rats often couldn't find food, and occasionally they would also eat the corpses of dead beasts and humans. But the rats didn't eat mainly human corpses, and because the corpses were so close to each other, they couldn't be found, but because of the war, many of the corpses were often in the wild, so the hungry rats ate the corpses and were named as the rats.
Being able to use low-level magic, mouth has poison, can cause wounds to fester and cannot be healed, and one's attack power is not high!
"Damn it, what a big rat!" Old Li also felt his scalp tingle. Some simple knowledge had been instilled into the minds of the generals. However, they were all characters. It was a basic knowledge from the time they were alive. Who had ever seen such a big rat before!
Even Zhao Yun couldn't help but feel his scalp go numb. This had nothing to do with courage, but it was far beyond what everyone knew!
They were looking at the rats like this, but they didn't think about how much of a psychological trauma they were facing right now.
Skeleton! A pile of skeletons were staring at him. The corpse devouring rat's heart was thumping hard. It was so scared that it didn't even dare to move!
"Zhizhi …!" The rat let out a sharp whistle, one was to warn Jiang Mo to not approach it, and the other was to call for his companions to save him!
Soon, his companions who had heard the sound rushed over. However, when they saw that it was a skeleton, they all became alert.
A stalemate …!
The situation turned awkward for a moment. It seemed as if nothing had happened, but neither side wanted to leave, or dared to.
"Go!" Kill them all! " Jiang Mo gritted his teeth. With these fellows here, he had no way to continue forward. The plan had already been implemented and the wealth was right in front of him, because a group of rats had escaped! Isn't it too embarrassing to be a skeleton?
All of the army commanders took out their short blades. In such a small space, they were unable to use their long weapons and could only use their short blades to attack.
Jiang Mo indeed had a bone sword, and Old Li also had a one-handed axe.
The few of them walked forward slowly, their faces full of killing intent!
The rats were scared, but since the enemy wanted to kill him, he had to go all out!
They had all misunderstood each other, but there was nothing they could do about it. After all, they could not communicate with each other!
Seeing a group of skeletons coming, the rats immediately bared their fangs at the surface of the water. Seeing that this warning was of no use, they also rushed forward!
Compared to their fat bodies, these little fellows were quite agile. They could actually fly to the top of everyone's heads. But, what kind of skeletons were they? One by one, they reacted quickly, and after a few slashes, there was no longer any chance for them to get up!
As they continued to kill, the other rats started to scream in fear.
The sound spread through the nearby sewers. Soon, a large number of rats came rushing over. There were hundreds of them!
There were sounds coming from all directions in the winding sewer. Jiang Mo looked around gloomily. "No, we have to summon soldiers. Quickly, find a place to open the Summoning Gate!"
The rats came from all directions, so they couldn't guard the area separately. There wasn't enough manpower.
At this time, the cavalry was useless, the crossbow soldiers could begin, but once the Zombie Rat approached, it would become useless. There were only close combat soldiers, and it just so happened that Old Li's soldiers also had bone shields, which were very useful in dealing with low level magical beasts!
Without a word, Jiang Mo summoned two hundred soldiers to guard the six surrounding tunnels.
There were two main lines, each with two crossroads. They had to be blocked at a slightly further location.
Jiang Mo had the monk take one, while he himself would take one. The other four would be guarded by Old Li, Houyi, Zhao Yun and Guan Yu.
Jiang Mo did not know the situation of the others but he had already made a big fuss over it!
The corpse devouring rats that took action immediately recovered their demonic beast nature. They were not afraid, and began to frantically attack!
For a moment, Jiang Mo was caught off guard. This old book's speed was fast, and its attacks were fierce. After attacking, it was too late to attack the second one, and another one had already flown over.
If it was outside, then the sewers would have been much narrower due to the battle.
Even if a group of rats bit into Jiang Mo's body, there would be no pain at all, much less the effects of the venom. Besides, with so many soldiers around Jiang Mo, they wouldn't be able to watch Jiang Mo get attacked!