Communication with these mutant rat people was much smoother than Si had imagined. In many ways, these nezumi have shown a much more flexibility than the mage could imagine. In many cases, they will even accept the cheese's proposal without hesitation. This also gave the mage a faint illusion that he was communicating with a normal human. Yes, they are human beings, but they have subconsciously excluded them from human beings, so here's the problem. Who were these nezumites? Or rather, who were they when they were human?

Meetings can't go on forever. After Cheese showed enough sincerity, the atmosphere on both sides of the meeting was not as tense as before, and even during the intermission, the nezumi allowed Gloria and the mage to chat for a while, although this was under the supervision of four giant nezumi.

"Who are they? Are these people I see now the leaders of all the nezumi now?" If these mutant nezumi were the administrators of all nezumi, then the problem of the spread of the plague that he was worried about could be solved to a large extent. As long as these mutants are allowed to control the range of ordinary proto-rat people, perhaps the solution to this plague will be much easier than imagined.

But Gloria's answer did not meet the mage's expectations, because of her own relationship, although the count's daughter is also a prisoner here, but to be honest, if she hadn't put herself and these mutant rat people on the opposite side from the beginning, it is very likely that she would be the one who presided over the meeting at this time. Even so, these few days of getting along with each other are enough for Gloria to have a more comprehensive understanding of the current situation of these mutant rat people.

After all, in this era, the great nobles, especially the local lords like Count Saron who have merit and treat their people well, are extremely appealing on many issues, although those rat people have become inhuman creatures, but they were also human beings after all, because they have retained their previous memories, Gloria, the last descendant of the Salonian family, has a very high status in their eyes. This also makes them hardly able to hide any information when confronted by Gloria.

"In fact, they call themselves the Sober, and as you can see, while the Sober have the ability to guide the nearby native nezumi, they can't forcibly restrain them as you would like. And according to them, due to the shortage of food, the proto-rat people in Vale City have also begun to spontaneously spread around, and I am afraid that this is happening throughout the county. ”

"Is that so...... not a disappointment, if things really turn out the way Cheese expects, then it is really impossible. From the time he was arrested in the Eastern District, the mage had already noticed that in the face of those irrational primitive nezumi, even these mutant nezumi could not command like superiors and subordinates.

"So, have you ever asked who these sober people are, and what do they have in common?"

Hearing the mage's question, Gloria didn't answer directly, she pointed to the four giant nezumi guarding them.

"These four are the ones I've spoken to before, and among them are two carpenters, a mercenary, and a teacher. As you can see, I had the same idea as you did, and when I first came here, I tried to talk to as many people as I could to find out where they came from, but it turned out that it was as if anyone, regardless of gender or age, could become a sober person. It's like a kind of picking, and their appearance is almost completely random. ”

"Well, that's also a possibility. By the way, Gloria, are all of these sober beings residents of Vale?" This question is also very important for the mage, and only by figuring out the ratio of transformation between mutant nezumi and ordinary nezumi can he further explore why mutant nezumi appeared.

"No, these sober people come from almost all parts of the county, and they all want to come to Vale City for help after regaining their sanity. But they didn't know that the whole of Vale had become like this. Gloria said with her head bowed, as if frustrated that she hadn't helped the sober ones. As the daughter of a lord, it was her responsibility to help the people in her realm from an early age.

Hearing this, Cheese was silent for a moment, and he thought of something, if these sober people did not choose to come to Valley City after waking up, but chose to take the proto-rat people around them to continue to prey on various places...... The idea gave the mage a cold war. The brainless nezumi can only be regarded as a formidable opponent, terrifying but not invincible. But with the involvement of these sensible commanders, the pressure they put on the defending forces on the border may be a little out of control. It's quite possible, not everyone will be able to control themselves like the sober ones in Vale after discovering that they and the people around them have turned into terrifying alien monsters. Fear and feelings of abandonment can lead them to develop a deformed hatred for normal humans, which is not uncommon in various similar incidents that Cheese has read about before. And even the rat people in Vale City may not be able to sustain themselves for long without a wise leader.

"By the way, who is the leading sober one?" Cheese had always been curious about the black-haired rat-man, because in the first half of the meeting, when both parties were nervous, it was almost entirely up to the black-haired rat-man to convince the other nezumi to keep the meeting going, and without the black-haired rat-man, the mage was sure that this exchange would not have been as successful as it was now.

"Are you talking about Mr. Howl, a former official of the town hall and one of the nobles loyal to the House of Salon, before me...... I mean, I saw him many times before the plague broke out, and he was one of my father's most trusted subordinates. So I'm really happy to see him again. Gloria said.

This makes sense, a person who has held a key government position is naturally prestigious in the local area. And most crucially, it seems that this Mr. Hal has a deep affection for the Saron family. This was evident in his treatment of Gloria. With such a person to lead, it's not surprising that these sober people of Valley City can get to this point.

"Ahem......"

With a light cough interrupting the conversation between the two, the break ended. Like Cheese, the sober ones exchanged views on the issues they had just discussed during their breaks, and judging by their expressions, at least for now, the mutants were satisfied with the mage's assurances. Gloria said sorry and was taken back to the awake by the other giant nezumi, while Cheese was led back to his previous position by the four giant nezumi.

After a conversation with Gloria, the mage now knows more about these awake beings, which allows him to find their needs more accurately in the following exchanges. Clenched his right hand slightly, what the mage had to do now was to convince these rat people to help him more, the possibility of the existence of uncontrolled awake people made him more and more worried about the speed of the spread of the plague, and he had to research an antidote faster, at least, so that ordinary people would no longer be infected.