"Squeak!"

Hey, hey, hey!

God help me!

Straightening out the messy short hairs on his head, Ron's fiery little eyes were aimed at the small tin box on the shelf behind the weapon shop owner, his eyes blazing.

Ron the Halfling had seen that Sam Rayhic, the owner of the Five Pots Liquor Hotel, was a halfling.

As the smallest branch of humanoids, the halfling is about four feet tall and weighs eighty pounds, which is about 1.2 meters and weighs about 35 kilograms when converted into meters and kilograms, while the halfling female is shorter. If the normal ratio of adults and juveniles of humanoids is followed, the height of a halfling child is about fifty centimeters.

As for the hand crossbow, as the name suggests, it is a crossbow arrow held in the hand, similar to the pistol of Ron's previous life, you can imagine how small the weapon that a child who is fifty centimeters tall and weighs only a few kilograms can use.

Perhaps, this size is still much larger than Ron's, but the hand crossbow of a halfling child is already within Ron's ability to use it as a normal crossbow.

So, for this crossbow, Ron is determined to get it!

"Squeak!"

The next thing is to wait!

Creaning down on the beam, Ron began to wait for the night to fall.

When he arrived at the weapons shop, it was already dusk, so Ron didn't wait long before he saw the owner of the weapon shop close the door of the shop, remove the small tin box from the shelves behind him, and walk towards the inner room.

And along the beam, Ron followed the inner room, watching as the weapon shop owner locked the small tin box tightly in the heavy wooden box in the inner room, and hung the heavy iron lock.

Obviously, for the owner of the weapon shop, a set of magic crossbow arrows with automatic return ability and worth more than a hundred denier towers is not an ordinary commodity, and must be treated preciously.

But this caused huge trouble for Ron again!

"Whew!"

The inner room of the weapon shop is divided into two floors, the inner and outer floors, which are the warehouse of the weapon store and the residence of the owner of the weapon shop. After waiting for the weapon shop owner to finish his dinner, wash himself and fall asleep, and blow out the candlelight, Ron quietly climbed off the beam and stood in front of the heavy wooden crate.

The material of the heavy wooden box is oak, which is a common material for making shields, hard, heavy, corrosion-resistant and puncture-resistant, and the outside of the wooden box is also wrapped with iron sheets, and the iron general at the seam is even stronger and tougher, leaving Ron with only refusal.

After scrutinizing the crate, Ron finally gave up the idea of opening it by force.

"Squeak!"

Be careful!

Not to mention the moonlight mouse, even if the Loso Elephant Man wants to open this wooden box, it will take a lot of effort, right?

The Loso Elephant Man was the humanoid creature that Ron had recently heard about at the Five Pot Inn, and although he had not seen it, it was said to look like a humanoid walking elephant with two trunks and immense strength, making it the most dangerous of all desert dwellers.

However, not being able to open the treasure chest in the weapon shop does not mean that Ron has given up the small hand crossbow in the chest. There may be weapons for Ron in other weapons shops in Askatra, but the closest thing to Ron is this halfling child's small crossbow.

"Squeak!"

Can't open a treasure chest?

Maybe it's time to try the most common human approach!

Ron's sturdy moonlight rat body was wrapped in the soul of a former human, and with a slight turn of his fiery eyes, a plan immediately emerged.

Following the path to the weapons shop, Ron returned to his nest and called out to the long whiskers with their emaciated bodies and slender, drooping rat whiskers.

After manifesting the Tyrannosaurus Tooth and successfully returning from the kobold camp, Ron did not leave the hero behind, but fulfilled his promise to move Longbeard from the edge of the Moonlight Rat's territory to the side of his nest, and promoted Longbeard to a member of the Moonlight Rat's Guardian.

Of course, the long beard with a thin body is not suitable for fighting, so under Ron's men, it is more likely to use its superior intelligence compared to ordinary moonlight rats, doing the work similar to that of a housekeeper.

Longbeard didn't live up to Ron's promotion, although he only worked for one day, it gave Ron a relaxed feeling, no longer needing to talk to the moonlight rat guards, as long as he talked to Longbeard, he could get better results.

And Longbeard is also quite satisfied with his current life, compared to the days when he couldn't eat enough in the past, after becoming a moonlight rat guard, he can share the amount of food far more than before, which also makes Longbeard very grateful to Ron, and he works extremely hard, such as now.

"Squeak!"

Patriarch!

You call me?

Longbeard's newly built nest was right next to Ron's nest, and with a gentle chirp, Longbeard immediately crawled through the passage of Ron's nest and appeared respectfully in front of Ron.

"Squeak!"

Kindness!

Longbeard, you go and inform the rat swarm, who can write human words!

"Squeak!"

Patriarch!

No need to notify the rat swarm!

I think that among the rats of Ascatla, there is no one more familiar with human writing than I am!

Because, I used to be a human mage's pet!

Listening to Ron's request, Longbeard squatted up and bowed respectfully to Ron, but from the chirp, Ron could hear absolute pride, and it was clear that Longbeard was confident in his ability in this area.

"Squeak?"

Are you sure?

Looking at the long beard in front of him, which was thin and dry, Ron felt quite surprised, and after thinking about it, he could understand.

If an ordinary moonlight rat wants to have such an intelligence as a long beard, in addition to the full moon, it must also have a status similar to the four major group leaders in the rat group, so that it can have enough resources to learn and progress.

However, the long beard that appeared in front of Ron at the beginning lived on the edge of the Moonlight Rat's territory, where the disabled Moonlight Rat's area lived, not only did he not get enough food, but his status was also the bottom of the rat colony.

Just like it is difficult to produce a noble son from a poor family, in such an environment, let alone improve intelligence, it is very good not to starve to death.

Therefore, the reason for the long beard is a valid reason to show that it has an intelligence far beyond that of an ordinary moonlight mouse.

"Squeak!"

Very good!

Very good!

Go and ask the Moonlight Rat Guards to find a piece of paint and paper that they can use for writing, and then write something as I want!

"Squeak!"

Got it!

Patriarch, is there anything else you would like to command?

"Squeak!"

Not for the time being, let's do it first!

"Squeak!"

Good!

Respectfully retreating, Longbeard retreated all the way to the entrance of the passage before turning and crawling towards the area inhabited by the other Moonlight Rats, and then a series of chirps rang out, and when Longbeard returned again, he was followed by several Moonlight Rats Guards, holding a few crumpled but relatively clean pieces of cloth in their claws, and Longbeard's claws holding half of charred and carbonized branches.