Chapter 25: The Swarm of Rats
Looking at the slowly sinking figure, Elvina and Lin Fan were the first to react and quickly rushed out, but they were still a step too late and pounced.
Seeing this, everyone also sighed and was confused, and finally captured him alive, why did he run away in the blink of an eye?
"Abyssal diving? How did you forget this stubble! ”
Lin Fan patted his head, very remorseful, he didn't think about skills at all, after all, in reality, it was the first time he had encountered a hero who used skills.
"Abyssal diving? Is that the ability that guy used to escape? Diesel asked, confused.
"Well, I've heard some legends about it, and it is said that it has the ability to freely walk underground, which is called abyss diving, but I didn't expect it to be true, but I didn't think it through!" Lin Fan blamed himself very much.
"It's not your fault, your plan is already perfect, it's just a pity, let's let it escape, let's make another plan." Elvina reassured.
"No, if we let it escape like this today, then we will have to live in fear from now on!" Lin Fan shook his head and said.
"Its strength is stronger than mine at most, what is there to be afraid of, it's a big deal that we capture it alive again!" Diesel was dismissive.
"Indeed, its true strength should be equivalent to the strength of a third-order peak fighter, if it confronts us head-on, we won't be afraid of it, but what if it chooses to sneak attack? The ability to dive into the abyss can not only be used to escape, but also to infiltrate! Lin Fan's gaze swept towards everyone.
If Tamu really chooses to sneak attack and break them one by one, then the entire mercenary group will have no one to do with it except for Alvina and Diesel.
Thinking of this, everyone felt a little chill in their hearts, and they couldn't afford this kind of consequence.
"But it's gone!" Diesel looked solemn.
"So we need to take the initiative and find its lair!" Lin Fan said firmly.
"That makes sense, but how do we find it?" Elvina asked.
"Sewers!" Lin Fan smiled slightly.
"And one last question, even if we find its lair, what if it uses that abyss to escape again?" Alvina continued.
"I guess it shouldn't be able to use the ability of Abyss Diving easily, otherwise it would have been used to escape as soon as we found it, so why bother to use it when it is cornered?"
Lin Fan looked at Elvina, waiting for her decision.
"That'...... Without further ado, let's go! ”
Elvina was also decisive, made a decision in an instant, and then turned to the crowd and commanded:
"Uncle Diesel and I went to look for it, and you both stayed."
"You can't go, I'll go!" Lin Fan spoke up to stop it: "You need to stay in the mercenary group, if Tamu kills a horse pistol, only you can stop it!" ”
"But you're no match for Tam!" Alvina wondered.
"Don't worry, I have my own way!" Lin Fan smiled.
"Otherwise, let Uncle Diesel go with you, and take care of each other."
Elvina really didn't worry about him going alone, but the mercenary group really needed her to be in charge so that there would be no accidents.
"Well, then trouble Uncle Diesel!"
Lin Fan didn't refuse, because he was really a little reluctant by himself, and he really needed some assistance.
The division of labor has been decided, Diesel and Lin Fan came to the sewer entrance behind the kitchen, simply covered their mouths and noses with gauze, and got in.
A foul smell came through the gauze, and even though they were prepared, the suffocating smell still made the two of them retch.
After a little habitation, the two gradually eased up and began to look for clues that might be left around, and after a while, the two found a row of wide footprints.
The footprints are deep, similar to duck's paws, except that they have four toes that appear to be connected by flippers between them.
"It should have been left by Tamu, and we should be able to find its nest if we follow the footprints."
Lin Fan and Diesel glanced at each other and began to follow the footprints to search.
After walking for some time, the two of them slowed down because new footprints appeared on the ground.
"What kind of footprints are these?"
Compared with Tam's footprints, the new footprints were more than one circle smaller, and Lin Fan was a little puzzled.
"It looks like a rat's footprint." Diesel replied.
"How big are the footprints of a mouse?" Lin Fan pointed to one of the footprints the size of a fist and said in surprise.
"Ahem, it's the first time I've seen such a big one." Diesel was also a little incredulous.
"Let's speed up, we need to find Tamu as soon as possible."
"Well, let's go!"
The two followed the footprints and quickened the pace of searching.
"Something seems wrong, there are more and more rat footprints, and they are in the same direction as Tam's footprints."
I don't know how long I walked, looking at more and more footprints, Lin Fan had an ominous premonition.
"In a place like the sewer, some rats are normal, so there should be no problem, right?" Diesel was also a little drumming in his heart.
"No, did you hear anything?" Lin Fan asked.
"Voice?" Diesel was slightly puzzled.
"Squeak ~ Squeak ~ "
"It's like the sound of a mouse." Diesel and Lin Fan glanced at each other and said in unison.
"Uncle, you said we wouldn't encounter a swarm of rats, right?" Lin Fan clenched the blade of Dolan in his hand and secretly guarded himself.
"Probably not, right?" Diesel also drew the long knife at his waist and held it in his hand.
"Squeak squeak~"
The sound grew louder and noisier, and it got closer and closer to the two of them, and finally a gray-white torrent rushed towards the two of them from a distance.
"Swarm!" Diesel cried out.
"You call these rats?" Lin Fan swallowed his saliva unconsciously after seeing the dense creatures clearly.
The torrent was composed of gray and white mice, said to be mice, but it was not quite the same as the rats in Lin Fan's impression.
Each mouse here was about the size of two basketballs, and was covered in bare white skin, with only a few black bristles standing upside down on their backs.
It has two sharp fangs on the top and bottom, sharp nails on the toes of its limbs, and a tail with willow-like feathers at the end, and it runs extremely fast, like a small beast.
"Run!" Diesel shouted, pulled Lin Fan to turn around and run.
If it was a single rat, they would naturally not take it seriously, and they could kill it with their fighting spirit or magic.
But now looking at it, the rat swarm is overwhelming, there are too many of them, they can kill one or two, but they can't kill thousands of them, so they can't resist in the face of the rat swarm, they can only escape.
The two of them used their strength to feed, and quickly ran in the opposite direction of the rats, and after running for a while, they stopped in despair.
I saw that in the other direction, there was also an overwhelming gray-white torrent rushing.
"My crow's mouth!" Lin Fan smiled bitterly.
"I can't run, I'm ready to fight to the death!" Diesel said in despair.