The Demon King is unfathomable

Chapter 148 Clan Rat!
The loud sound of bells echoed in the castle of the Hell Dwarves. Dwarves in heavy armor rushed to the tunnel where the rat infestation broke out. Their bald heads with inscriptions on them looked like boiled eggs just out of the pot.

They did not stay on the city wall, but opened the city gate and walked out of the granite wall that cut off the entire tunnel.

Perhaps in order to show off his skills to his neighbors, Goron Cyborg put on the 500-pound heavy armor, held the gold-rimmed obsidian hammer in his hand, and rode on the ground porcupine to go to the battlefield himself.

It was a porcupine with quills only on its face, larger than a burrow spider and like a crawling shire horse.

Luo Yan had only seen this kind of creature in textbooks before. He heard that dwarves used them instead of pack horses, as mounts, and occasionally raised them for meat.

In addition to the ground porcupine ridden by Gronn Steelbone, Luo Yan also saw many similar warriors riding ground porcupines in the Hell Dwarf army.

Like the Gorons, they wore the most expensive armor and carried the heaviest weapons, just like the knights in the human knight orders.

"Assemble!"

Gronn Cyborg raised the hammer in his hand and let out a powerful roar.

Nearly two thousand Hell Dwarf warriors gathered at the entrance of the tunnel, and it looked like a steel-plated wall!
An expression of surprise appeared on Luo Yan's face.

The steel output is not low!
However, considering that these Hell Dwarves spend their days either drinking and mating or working as blacksmiths, it is not surprising that they can put together such a heavily armored corps.

Not only the heavy armored corps had been assembled, but also the artillery units pushing stone-shooting cannons.

Looking at Luo Yan's surprised expression, a hint of pride appeared on Goron's rosy face, and then he ordered the drummer to beat the war drum.

"go ahead!!!"

"drink--!"

Amid the thunderous drumbeats, the dwarf warriors lined up in formation gave resounding shouts and marched forward in neat steps.

In the mine ahead, hurried footsteps were getting closer and closer, and soon hundreds of hell dwarves carrying kerosene lamps ran out.

They are the miners of the Castle of Doom and also the supervisors in the mines. The Hell Dwarves rarely mine themselves, but mainly monitor the work of the alien slaves in the mines.

When they saw the army assembled under the city wall, those dark faces showed expressions of relief.

Not far behind them, a dozen rat-man assassins wielding straight-bladed swords were chasing them, screaming and shouting.

Those red eyes and manic look were like someone suffering from the plague.

However, with a few gunshots from the city wall, the rat assassins chasing the miners fell in a pool of blood one after another.

Luo Yan glanced back and saw more than a dozen gun barrels more than two meters long standing on the city wall, with stern-looking dwarf gunners standing behind them.

Like a sniper!
The escaped miners quickly entered the castle, and at the same time a huge army of slave rats appeared in front of the tunnel.

When the rats who swarmed over saw the assembled army of Hell Dwarves, they were all dumbfounded, and without exception, expressions of fear appeared on their faces.

They are the lowest kind of slave rats. Even if all the equipment in their hands were added together and melted into a ball, it might not be as heavy as the equipment on any one of the dwarves in front of them.

Faced with that invincible force, the group of naked slave rats stopped in panic, making noises and screaming, as if they were cursing or begging for mercy.

but--

The little mice didn't retreat after all.

After all, they are different from those scattered soldiers in the North Peak Mine. Behind them stands a powerful rat nation.

Scott clan.

A clan rat in armor rushed to the front of the army, drew out a saber that was above his head, and waved it while shouting.

"No retreat! Charge forward! Bite their balls with your teeth! Stab your daggers into the gaps in their helmets!"

“Charge forward——!”

Amid the curses and shouts, the slave rats holding a variety of weapons finally overcame their fear and launched a desperate charge carrying the flag of the Scott clan.

The black tide of rats was like a black river pouring into the tunnel, and just one look at it was enough to make one's SAN value drop wildly.

Oak's eyes widened.

Not only Oak, but the other goblins as well, all had moved expressions on their faces and their shoulders trembled unconsciously.

"Artillery unit! Fire!" Gronn Cyborg raised the war hammer in his hand and let out a roar that pierced the clouds and split the rocks.

At his command, twelve stone-shooting cannons simultaneously spewed out thick, pungent smoke, and the flying stone bullets drew arc-shaped trajectories in the air!
The exploding rubble hit the formation of the rat army, instantly breaking into countless tiny fragments, splashing around indiscriminately!

Hit by the flying stone bullets, the unprotected slave rats were either killed or injured, and fell down in an instant like wheat being harvested!
The sound of cannons shook the slave rats' formation.

Faced with the whistling stone bullets, the slave rats charging forward were obviously frightened. Their legs felt as if they were filled with lead, and they did not obey them no matter how the clan rats behind them screamed.

This is not over yet!
In the advancing Hell Dwarf Array, the dwarf soldiers standing in the second row took out wooden barrels as thick as their wrists from behind them.

Behind the wooden barrel was a hose made of animal intestines, which was connected to the "wine barrels" carried on the backs of the third row of dwarf soldiers.

It was obvious that the barrel did not contain wine.

Following an order from the front-line commander, the wooden barrel in the dwarf soldier's arms suddenly sprayed out long and thick liquid columns forward!
Before the running slave rats could realize what was happening, the oil falling from the sky turned into burning fire dragons!
"what--!"

Miserable wails echoed throughout the battlefield. The slave rats drenched in kerosene turned into running fireballs, running around in the tunnel, completely lost their way.

The clan rats standing in the army formation also showed terrified expressions, fearing that they would be caught up by the fireballs and flames running around, and they took the lead in fleeing to the rear.

The Skaven's formation was in complete chaos. Some of them rushed to the other end of the tunnel, while others crashed into the dwarf's phalanx.

The dwarves standing in the first row raised their shields and slammed them heavily on the ground, forming an indestructible shield wall.

They are not afraid of fire.

They can even reach their hands into a stove with a temperature of thousands of degrees to take out the scorching charcoal, not to mention this little temperature, which is like scratching an itch to them.

However, the rats couldn't bear it anymore.

Faced with the tunnel temperature that suddenly rose by more than ten degrees, even if they were not burned to death directly, they would scream in pain from the burns or suffocate in the fire.

"Hahaha! So happy!"

Gronn Cyborg laughed, took out a wine flask from his waist and took a big gulp, feeding at least half of it to the bushy beard.

Now Luo Yan finally understood why they didn't take a shower and didn't get sick. It turned out that they were using alcohol to disinfect all day long...

"It looks like it's over." Luo Yan, who was standing nearby, said.

"The end? This is just the beginning, my friend, the best is yet to come!"

Goron laughed and handed the wine jug to him. Seeing that Luo Yan did not reach out to take it, he hung it back on his waist in disappointment.

Luo Yan raised his eyebrows slightly.

In his opinion, this was a completely one-sided massacre, and the ratmen on the opposite side had no strength to fight back.

"You mean the rats have other cards?"

Goron grinned.

"They are not ordinary ratmen, but a branch of the Thirteen Fangs Council in the Wanren Mountains - the Scott Clan. These cunning and cruel guys are the most difficult to deal with. Not only do they steal technology from us, they also listen to the whispers of chaos... although they call them trickster rats."

Sylvet, the Trickery Rat, is one of the Three Rat Gods.

The mainstream view in the academic community of Hell is that it is a god belonging to this world. On the one hand, it is in opposition to the Saint Sith who are sending foreigners everywhere. On the other hand, the top leaders of the Magic City hope to win over the rat people to deal with the political purpose of the humans on the surface.

However, some scholars believe that it is a disguise of the strange fog "Novel". It and the rats who believe in it are all dirty things. After all, their divinity is really similar. Besides, discrimination against rats is the "mainstream public opinion" of hell society.

Disaster Castle is the border of hell, so naturally mainstream public opinion prevails.

However, Luo Yan had seen Novel before, and those ratmen were obviously not mad talkers, they were just purely crazy.

Just as the two were talking, there was a deafening roar suddenly from the distance, and a whistling sound flew over their heads.

Luo Yan had already grasped the magic wand and silently recited the spell of passive defense of flying props, but Goron was too thick-skinned to dodge at all. Instead, an excited expression appeared on his face.

"Ratmen gun-carrying team! Hahaha! It really is something from the Scott clan!"

At the end of the tunnel in the distance, strong ratmen were carrying gun barrels more than one meter long, firing and reloading in an orderly manner under the command of a rat sergeant wielding a saber.

It was not a musket driven by gunpowder, but more like a stone bullet stimulated by magic energy, so there were obvious green rays dragging behind the bullet.

Luo Yan glanced at Goron beside him, wondering what this guy was so excited about.

Ou Ke, who was standing next to Luo Yan, was trembling and spoke in a stuttering voice.

"Master Demon, swords have no eyes. Let's go to the back station. Oak is worried about your safety!"

This guy is obviously afraid of death, but he uses loyalty as a cover.

Luo Yan rolled his eyes in his heart, but did not complain about him. He just said it lightly.

"Follow me closely."

"Yes!" Ou Ke nodded timidly and quickly hid behind Luo Yan's heels.

Looking at this shameful goblin thing, Goron laughed heartily and said soothingly.

"Hahahaha! No need to panic! We've been fighting these rats for hundreds of years, and they've never won!"

These hell dwarves really have something to be proud of. Their skin is as thick as a city wall, and they are covered with steel plates thicker than a palm!

The rat infantry in the distance fired randomly, and the output was like scraping. None of the Hell Dwarves in the front row fell. On the contrary, in the rat's own position, many rat non-commissioned officers who were commanding the battle were shot and killed by the dwarf snipers on the city wall.

Just as the formation of the ratmen gunners was about to collapse, a deafening roar suddenly came from the end of the tunnel, and then a huge black shadow appeared on the battlefield.

It was a five-meter-tall behemoth, its head like a half-gnawed duck neck, its asymmetrical eyes emitting a murky murderous light, and its open mouth like a rotten dead tree.

What was even more terrifying was its huge body, which was like a giant elephant. It looked like the flesh and fat of dozens of monsters wrapped in animal skins of different materials. Under the rough hair, one could see the shocking sutures and black lines as thick as an index finger, just like scars left by surgery!

This is……

Stitched beast?
The moment Luo Yan saw it, he was stunned.

It wasn't just Luo Yan who was stunned. Goron, who was laughing a second ago, was also stunned on the spot. He couldn't figure out what that thing was, and muttered through his mouth covered by his beard.

"What it is……"

Before he finished his words, the gigantic stitched monster rushed to the Hell Dwarfs' position on all fours, and swung its arms wildly, instantly sending more than a dozen Hell Dwarf warriors flying and throwing them heavily to the ground.

Those dwarf warriors were indeed tough enough that they flew more than ten meters away and fell to the ground without dying. They could even pick up their axes and stand up while cursing.

Seeing a gap in the position, Goron no longer cared about pretending to be cool, and quickly ordered the stone-throwing cannon to aim at the giant beast.

With another round of booming artillery fire, several stone bullets flew past the shoulders of the stitched monster and hit the heads of the ratmen carrying guns. Several stone bullets hit the target directly, hitting the head and shoulders of the stitched monster respectively.

"Roar--!"

The stitched monster let out a roar of pain, its huge body staggered backwards, and then it lost its balance and fell to the ground.

boom--!
The boiling dust rose up instantly, causing the entire tunnel to shake unbearably, as if hundreds of kilograms of explosives had detonated.

"Chop it up for me!"

Gronn roared at the top of his lungs, and the nearest dwarf squad immediately launched a charge, drowning the giant who fell to the ground like a rolling steel torrent.

Hundreds of axes clanged and chopped wildly, like blades flying in a meat grinder, and in a moment the stitched monster was chopped into a bloody mess.

The angry roar gradually turned into a weak wail. The stitched monster struggled for a long time, but ultimately failed to stand up successfully. Its throat was chopped off by a hell dwarf holding a two-handed axe and climbing onto its chest.

The blood-soaked hell dwarf roared with excitement and raised his battle axe above his head to show off.

However, before he could feel proud for two seconds, the stitched monster under his feet suddenly trembled, and then like a hippopotamus lying dead on the river bank, it instantly exploded into pieces of flesh and blood all over the sky!
The hell dwarf standing on his chest was blown away in an instant, and the surrounding dwarf warriors rolled out like potatoes turned out of the ground.

Seeing the miserable state of the Hell Dwarf, the ratmen in the distance immediately let out a laugh, totally ignoring the fact that they were being beaten even worse.

Seeing that an entire team of 100 men was almost wiped out, Goron Steelbone, who was riding on the back of the porcupine, instantly turned red-eyed, and his gaze seemed to be spewing fire.

"Oh shit!"

He raised the war hammer in his hand and was about to lead his Hell Dwarf Knights to charge, but was stopped by Luo Yan.

"Wait a minute, there's something moving ahead."

Goron was slightly stunned and was about to ask what the noise was, but the earth-shaking footsteps answered his question.

I saw that on the opposite side of the tunnel, more than a dozen stitched beasts were lined up in a row, like a torrent of flesh and blood, pressing towards the dwarf's position with great momentum!
Seeing this scene, Goron's face changed instantly, as gloomy as coal.

Seeing this scene, Luo Yan no longer held back. He took out the magic wand from his sleeve and pointed it at the moving stitched monster.

"The dead are resurrected!"

The emerald green light streaked across the battlefield and hit the synthetic stitched monster right in front of it squarely.

At first, the ratmen around the stitched beast were frightened and thought it was some incredible magic. It was not until they found out that nothing happened that they calmed down and laughed wildly.

However, they did not remain complacent for long.

The stitched monster's shoulder blade suddenly twisted, and a twisted arm and hand stretched out from the stitched pile of fat.

The arm was like a chick breaking out of its shell, tearing at the flesh and skin that bound it, trying hard to get out of the body of the stitched giant beast.

The stitched giant beast roared in pain, suddenly knelt on one knee, and reached behind its back to try to press the suddenly resurrected corpse back into its body.

But its struggle was in vain—

Because it wasn't just one corpse that was resurrected, but almost all of its body!
In just a few breaths, the stitched giant beast began to expand like a blown-up balloon, and finally exploded with a loud bang, turning into corpses all over the sky!
The shock wave of the explosion not only knocked down a group of ratmen soldiers, but also shook the bodies of several other stitched beasts.

Luo Yan did not stop there, but continued to recite the spell without stopping, and threw several green rays onto the battlefield.

The stitched-together monsters that were resurrected from the dead fell to the ground one after another, and then their bodies began to swell in the same way, and then exploded like a balloon!
Seeing that the torrent of blood and flesh exploded into a giant scene before it even reached the other side, the rats who were still shouting and laughing a second ago suddenly panicked, dropped their weapons and morale, and fled backwards in collapse.

The bloody and cruel scene was so intense that even many Hell Dwarves could not help but feel their stomachs churning and vomited on the armor of the soldiers in the front row.

Seeing that the opponent had no strength to fight anymore, Goron finally gave the order to charge, and this time Luo Yan did not stop him.

"charge!"

Hundreds of dwarf knights riding on ground porcupines rushed out from their positions, caught up with the fleeing ratmen like running tanks, and hacked them indiscriminately like they were chopping watermelons and vegetables.

At the same time, the dwarf heavy infantry formed into square formations also advanced forward, cooperating with the cavalry to capture the rats who had lost their weapons.

In just a few minutes, more than two thousand dwarf warriors captured more than five thousand rat slaves, and each of them had a rich harvest.

Experienced Hell Dwarf miners poured out of the castle again and strung the ratmen together with iron chains as thick as their little fingers.

These chained rats will be sent back to the mines of the Castle of Disaster, used as new fuel, and will work in the coal mines that never see the light of day until they die.

Looking at the victorious battlefield, Goron Steelbone, who was returning triumphantly from the front, showed a look of joy on his face, turned over and hugged Luo Yan's shoulders.

"Hahahaha, Demon King of the Great Cemetery! Thank you for your help! I, Goron Cyborg, will remember this favor!"

Although the dwarf does not like undead magic, he is not a dwarf in the traditional sense after all, and Luo Yan just helped him a lot.

If those stitched monsters that can not only fight but also self-destruct were allowed to rush to his position, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"You're welcome," Luo Yan said with a smile, "I didn't bring you any gifts from the Magic City, so just consider this as my greeting gift."

"Then this gift is too valuable!" Goron laughed, then suddenly changed his expression to a serious one and continued, "On the other hand, according to our tradition, no one who fights returns empty-handed. You have a share of these spoils! How about a thousand slave rats? We can tie them up and send them to your door!"

Under normal circumstances, Luo Yan might have agreed, but now the cemetery is facing the threat of Chaos invasion, and he has no time to take care of these slaves for the time being.

"…We just got rid of the rat infestation there. I don't want to see these ugly little rats for the time being. But their weapons are quite interesting. I want to take them back and study them."

"You mean those iron pipes that launch stones? No problem! No matter how many there are on the battlefield, they are yours!" Goron waved his hand and said generously.

The inscriptions on the Disaster Castle are much more advanced than those things, and there are more powerful firearms. He really doesn't think highly of those ticklish things.

In fact, Luo Yan also felt that the iron pipes for launching stones were a little weak, and the velocity was too low, so they were only slightly stronger than the slings of the slave rats.

However, as long as you open your mind, there are always more solutions than problems.

Although this thing cannot replace the musket, it should be very useful if converted into a grenade launcher.

Looking at the generous Lord of Disaster Castle, Luo Yan said with a smile.

"Then I won't be polite to you."

As he finished speaking, he looked at Oak who was clinging to his heels and gave instructions.

"Take 500 goblins with you and recover the iron pipes and ammunition used by the ratmen to launch stones."

Upon hearing this, Oak nodded quickly in response.

"As you command, Master Demon."

After saying that, Oak immediately ran back to the castle, arrested the goblins who were hiding on the city wall watching the show, and urged them to go to the battlefield to collect the spoils.

The goblins were still very interested in cleaning up the battlefield, and at Oak's urging, they all rushed forward. Soon, each of them was carrying more than a dozen iron barrel guns, and their bodies were stuffed full.

The joy of victory filled the entire Disaster Castle. The already hospitable Hell Dwarves became even more enthusiastic after Luo Yan offered his help.

Goron pulled Luo Yan back to the banquet hall. The interrupted banquet continued, and there was one more reason to celebrate.

Looking at the hell dwarves with blood on their beards, who continued to drink and have fun as if nothing had happened, Luo Yan was unconsciously influenced by them and felt that the wine in the glass did not seem so difficult to swallow.

Compared to the scheming demons in the Magic City, it's not so bad to be friends with these guys.

Although they are cruel, vulgar and barbaric, they are not so cunning and are very kind to their friends.

After many rounds of drinking, Goron stood at the banquet table with a burp, holding up his glass and spoke loudly.

"From now on... the Great Necropolis is the ally of Calamity Castle! The enemies of the Great Necropolis are the enemies of Calamity Castle!"

"Ahhh!" A group of hell dwarves also shouted excitedly and whistled at their leader.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting heated, Luo Yan felt embarrassed to continue sitting there reservedly, so he stood up from his chair and raised his glass.

"May our friendship last forever! Cheers!"

Looking at the Demon King who drank the wine happily, Goron laughed heartily and drank the wine in the glass as well.

"To friendship! Cheers!!!"

(End of this chapter)