Chapter 5: Rat King Challenge 1
If no humans were born, perhaps the Moonlight Rat would have become the ruler of the world of Torrell.
———— Darwin Zane, Senior Scholar at Candlecastle, "The Evolution of Biological Morphen".
"Squeak!"
Assemble!
"Squeak!"
Go together, go together!
"Squeak!"
Why hasn't the chief come yet?
It's still a sea of fiery red lights, it's oak barrels illuminated by bright moonlight, and it's still a strong moonlight rat guard, but the original moonlight rat leader has disappeared and replaced it with Ron, whose soul has completely merged with his body.
Perhaps some time ago, the disharmony between Ron's soul and body might have been discovered, but now, with the passage of time, the fusion of spirit and body, Ron is already a real moonlight rat, no different from other moonlight rats.
"Squeak!"
Quiet!
True to his memory, Ron let out a loud chirp, and the entire rat tide fell silent.
Looking at the silent rat tide below, Ron took the quill and papyrus roll from One-Eye and One-Ear, squatted down, and then spread out the papyrus roll and issued orders according to the previous month's plan recorded on it.
"Squeak!"
The Chengdong rat group went to the granary to carry grain!
"Squeak!"
The rats in the west of the city also went to the granary to carry grain!
"Squeak!"
The North of the City Rats are attacking the candy store!
"Squeak squeak!"
The south of the city rats go to the fur store and bring back some more fur, we need to prepare a nest that is warm enough for the mice!
"Squeak!"
As for the group leaders to stay, make a battle plan for next month!
"Squeak!"
Let's do it now!
The shrill chirp resumed, and Ron gave the order to carry out the task, but in front of the oak barrel, the rat tide crawling on the moonlit blue and white stone pavement was as silent as water, without a ripple!
"Squeak!"
Why don't you follow orders? Do you want to resist orders?
This was something that had never happened in the memory of the leader of the Moonlight Rats, and Ron couldn't help but wrinkle his nose and let out a loud chirp again, urging the Moonlight Rats, but the rat tide remained unmoved.
Then, a few more shrill chirps told Ron the answer.
"Squeak!"
They are not deaf, but waiting!
Waiting for the birth of a new Moonlight Rat Leader!
The calm rat tide slowly cracked through the four cracks, and the four moonlight rat group masters, Iron Fang, Scarface, Fat Man, and Long Tail, came to the oak barrel surrounded by their respective guards.
"Boom!"
The heavy body smashed a dull drum on the top of the barrel, and the most muscular Iron Fang was the first to leap onto the barrel, and he glared at Ron fiercely, and raised his head to let out a high-pitched rat whistle!
"Squeak!"
Yellow hair!
I, Iron Fang, in the light of the moon, challenge you to be the leader!
............
Although only possessing sufficient intelligence during the convex and full moons, the moonlight rat has evolved its own unique social structure.
Usually, moonshine rats whose intelligence has been temporarily sealed are no different from ordinary rats, moving alone, foraging, resting, and even biting and fighting with their own kind.
But once the convex moon and the full moon arrive, and the intelligence is unsealed, then the moonlight rats will spend a few hours to half a day sorting out the information stored in their minds for the month, and on the night of the full moon, they will become a race with a clear division of labor and strict discipline.
Naturally, all the big things will play out on the night of the full moon, including the boss challenge that Ron encounters at this moment!
"Squeak!"
Are you really going to challenge me?!
So where are your witnesses?
The sound of the chirp changed to a muffled voice, and Ron searched for the memories of the moonlight rat leader that he had absorbed and classified, and finally found the rules of the boss's challenge in the corner.
When a Moonlight Rat feels strong and smart enough, and thinks that it can lead the group to a more prosperous future, then it can first challenge the leader of its own Moonlight Rat community, and after the group leader confirms its ability, it can be recognized by the three Moonlight Rat leaders of its own species, and then it can challenge the leader of the Moonlight Rat of its own population at the full moon.
"Squeak!"
We can be witnesses!
Three simultaneous but high and low chirps rang out, and the other three leaders of the Moonlight Rats, Scarface, Fatty, and Longtail, crawled out of their guards, jumped onto the barrel, and finally crouched behind Iron Fang.
Looking at the four Moonlight Rat Group Masters in front of him, the pupils of Ron's fiery red eyes began to slowly contract.
This is clearly a conspiracy that has been planned for a long time!
Although the moonglow rat population that Ron now rules lives in Ascalla, the seventh-largest city in the Feron continent, it is not particularly thriving compared to the moonshine rat population in other large cities, and even the largest unit that makes up the moonshine rat population: the colony is only four. The four group leaders, plus the one-eyed and one-ear who were the recorders of the plan, and counting Ron himself, made a total of only seven moonlight rat high-levelers.
And now, Iron Fang himself is the leader of the group, and he doesn't need others to confirm his ability, plus the other three group leaders as witnesses, he immediately has the right to launch a leader challenge on the night of the full moon!
And at this moment, Iron Fang obviously couldn't hold back his ambitions, and immediately challenged Ron after the rat tide gathered!
"Squeak!"
I confirm that you have the right to the boss challenge!
Then everything starts according to the rules!
Even if Ron is the leader of the moonlight rat population, the rules are the rules, and they will not be shaken by the change of identity, which is the invisible law of the moonlight rat race after countless years of survival and evolution in the Faren continent.
Of course, Ron can also choose to refuse the Iron Fang's boss challenge, which is not without precedent among the moonshine rat race. However, if Ron refuses, Ron will immediately lose his position as the leader of the Moonlight Rat population and be expelled from the Moonlight Rat population. Iron Fang is automatically promoted to the leader of this Moonlight Rat population and rules the entire population!
This is clearly not what Ron wants.
Although it has only been more than twenty days since he was reborn in this world, Ron is used to the life of having food and water delivered to him, which allows him not to be busy with survival, and can have more time to think about other things, such as learning languages and thinking about the future path.
So, for a better life in the future, Ron must rise to the challenge and overcome the Iron Fang!
"Squeak!"
Witnesses in place!
The recorder is in place!
Although they did not have their own escort team, and their status was slightly lower than that of the leader and several group leaders, One-Eye and One-Ear were still the upper echelons of the moonlight rat population, and they ran out of the rat pack with their tails flicking, took the papyrus roll and quill from Ron's claws, and then squatted under the oak barrel with the three group leaders who were witnesses, faintly forming a pentagonal shape.
As a result, the huge oak barrel shrouded in the bright moonlight pillar transformed from the throne of the Moonlight Rat Leader and the council chamber of the Moonlight Rat High to the arena where Iron Fang and Ron fought the boss battle at this moment!
And whether it is Iron Fang or Ron, there is only one chance, and falling from the oak barrel is a failure, and the Moonlight Rat, standing alone on the top of the oak barrel and bathed in a bright moonlight pillar, is the new leader!
"Squeak!"
The boss challenge begins!