Chapter 47: The Great Crisis of the Rat Swarm 1
Naturally, the Shadow's offer didn't materialize, and Ron smiled and declined.
It's not that Ron is timid, it's that he feels a little overwhelmed.
Regardless of Ron having the constant blessing of the full moon of [Moonlight Heart], or saying that Ron has a superb intelligence equivalent to that of a human, Ron alone has one of the best physical qualities among male moonlight rats, and he can compete with the Shadows.
Moreover, Shadow had already defeated a number of suitors before, and his physical strength was too much to continue the fierce fight.
Finally, and most importantly, the message revealed in the previous Moonlight Rat Guard's tweet was that if Ron defeated the Shadow, he would have the right to mate with the Shadow and reproduce.
From the eyes of the Moonlight Mouse, Shadow is definitely a beautiful Rat Lady, and it is an absolute beauty to be able to reproduce with it.
However, Ron has the soul of a human, and in Ron's eyes, the shadow with its large, ruby-like eyes is cute, but it is only cute.
No one will fall in love with a little animal because it's cute, or even want to ...... it (You know?)
"Gollum!"
With a well-timed bowel sound, Ron said goodbye to the dark shadow with a regretful face, and continued to walk in the direction of the grain storage warehouse, and when passing by Longbeard's nest, Ron also looked into the nest, but did not find Longbeard's figure.
"Squeak!"
Where did it go?
Normally, Longbeard would either lie down outside Ron's nest waiting for a summons, or patrol back and forth between the warehouse and Ron's nest, but today, until Ron came to the grain warehouse of the Moonlight Rats, there was still no trace of Longbeard.
"Squeak!"
Chieftain...... Good!
Seeing Ron's arrival, the Moonlight Rat guards stationed outside the grain warehouse immediately let out a loud chirp to show their reverence for the leader, and Ron also let out a soft chirp in reply, and then burrowed into the grain warehouse.
............
Although most of them were removed by the cave insect swarm, the remaining rice piled up into the wall was still enough for more than 100 moonlight rats to eat for dozens of days, saving a little, and even enough to meet the needs of February.
Therefore, Ron did not have the will to thrift, and put aside the temporary disappearance of the long beard, Ron picked up the grain by the entrance of the warehouse and stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it with a puff.
Transformed into a miniature bio-peeling machine, the front teeth in Ron's mouth squirmed rapidly, and the rice husks fluttered from the corners of his mouth, while the white and translucent rice continued to be crushed into fine powder and rolled through Ron's throat, becoming a source of vitality for Ron's body.
"Click~"
After eating eighty percent of what he had eaten last night, Ron slapped his belly contentedly, got out of the warehouse, and prepared to return to his nest, and after a little rest, go to the nest of the four moonlight rat group owners.
Before Ron left the Moonlight Rat territory and went into the swarm tunnel to investigate, the four Moonlight Rat owners had already left the swarm and headed to the surface world with their guards, hoping to find enough food to help the Moonlight Rat survive the winter. However, they didn't return until Ron had finished his hands and had a good rest.
This gave Ron a bad premonition.
"Squeak!"
Hopefully they're already on their way back!
It's best to be able to find the food that the rat colony needs!
With that in mind, Ron swung his rice-filled belly in the direction of the nest.
Then, before burrowing into the burrowed nest, a surging emaciated figure rushed into Ron's eyes, panting.
"Squeak~Squeak~Squeak~"
Whew, whew!
Boss, something is wrong!
The Iron Fang group leader has been caught, and the humans have to clean up the sewers and get rid of all the moonlight rats and rats!
"Squeak!"
What the?
You take a break and talk slowly!
............
The wizened moonshine rat that runs out of breath is the one with long whiskers.
Picking up the clay pot that had been filled with water from the other moonlight rats in the morning, and giving some water to Longbeard, Ron motioned for Longbeard to rest first.
Then, after resting his long beard, he began to tell the story.
It turned out that the reason why Longbeard didn't help Ron prepare food in the morning was because he was concerned about the movements of the other four group leaders and secretly went to the surface world to find out the news.
Then, Beard got extremely bad news.
"Squeak!"
I heard that the child of the human leader on the ground was bitten off half of his finger by a rat in his sleep, so the human leader was furious and launched a war against the rats in the territory!
Moreover, I heard that the human leader had caught a large rat in his dwelling with a pair of black and hard front teeth!
Grasping the meaning of the whisker's chirping, Ron cupped his chin on his front paws and thought.
The leader of the human race is supposed to be some big man in the thriving city of Ascatra above the sewers, but it's almost impossible for such a big man to have a rat in his dwelling.
Moreover, children need to be taken care of at this time, and it is impossible for such a big man with enough power to mobilize the whole city not to arrange people around his own heirs.
The most important thing is that the moonlight rat that is heading to the ground at this moment is the most intelligent part of the rat colony, and it is impossible to gnaw at such a dangerous creature as humans!
As a result, Ron seemed to sniff the uneasiness.
"Squeak!"
Longbeard, what do you hear besides hearing these news?
"Squeak!"
Think about it!
Squinting slightly, the long beard stroked his beard, thinking slowly, and then he seemed to think of something, raised his head and chirped again.
"Squeak!"
By the way, I also heard where the rat with its dark teeth was being held!
The big man in the human race doesn't plan to kill this rat for the time being, but is ready to wipe out this rat piece by piece after eliminating the rat colony in the sewers!
As if imagining that terrible scene, the long beard trembled all over, and even the drooping beard instantly stood up.
"Squeak!"
Very good!
Immediately send the Moonlight Rat guards to the nest of the four group leaders to check on them and see if they have returned.
We need to make sure it's iron-toothed!
"Squeak!"
Got it!
After resting, the longbeard crawled out of Ron's nest to carry out the leader's orders, and after a while, several moonlight rat guards dispersed from the patrol team and ran quickly to the four corners of the moonlight rat pack, heading to the nest of the moonlight rat leader. Ron, on the other hand, waited quietly in his nest.
Apparently, Longbeard also knew that the situation was urgent, so the Moonlight Rat Guards ran as fast as they could, and it took less than half an hour for Longbeard to return to the leader's nest to report to Ron.
"Squeak!
Chieftain!
The four group leaders haven't returned yet! Not even the moonlight rat guards around them have returned!