A different world game? A different world game!

"Is this the last barrier for these rats?"

Blake gazed at the rats' last line of defense from afar, muttering to himself.

The scene before us can truly be described as "exaggerated".

A city wall, about twenty or thirty meters high, stands in the distance, blending perfectly with the surrounding mountains, rocks, and forests.

If it weren't for the rats' terrible building skills, which made the city wall look like a pile of garbage, it might actually be considered a spectacle.

This is the rats' last line of defense, located 30 kilometers away from the rat capital.

It cleverly utilizes the unique environment surrounding the rat city, blending seamlessly with nature to form a unique architectural defense line.

“So, the rat's nest is in this place,” a coalition commander standing nearby said softly.

"This shouldn't be considered a secret, right?"

Blake found the commander's remark rather odd.

After all, the location of the rat nest had already been deduced long ago.

Moreover, the towering cloud tower where the evil rats are located is very conspicuous and can be clearly seen even from a distance.

Looking into the distance, the towering Rat's Nest comes into view, its height even surpassing the Night's Watch's Tower of Trials, though it lacks the same grandeur and awe-inspiring presence.

The Tower of Trials stands like a giant, black wall against the sky.

The black spire of the evil rats, on the other hand, resembles a sharp needle piercing the sky.

"I just feel a bit sentimental. When I was a child, I came to this place with my father's rat extermination team."

the commander said.

"Oh?"

Blake looked curiously at the commander beside him, and the others also cast curious glances, all wanting to hear what interesting stories the commander had to tell.

"Don't look at me like that. It's just a routine rat extermination operation. We do it every year, don't we?"

The commander smiled.

This is true.

For the people of Leviathan, rat extermination has long been an essential and routine annual event, nothing out of the ordinary.

Unlike goblins, rats have an incredible reproductive capacity and are far more intelligent than goblins.

Although rats are just as timid and cowardly as goblins, they always manage to cause a lot of trouble in secret. In a sense, they are the "superior beings" to goblins.

The rat infestation is not a new problem.

Since the emergence of the rat species, whenever they first appeared in the world, they inevitably caused large-scale rat infestations.

However, in the past, they had neither divine protection nor the assistance of evil gods. Even though they caused serious damage, it was nothing compared to what they have now.

“My father told me that this place was the source of the initial rat infestation and the first city destroyed by the rats.”

The commander spoke slowly.

Upon hearing this, one of the snake-men next to him clapped his hands and said, "Ah, now that you mention it, I remember now."

It's understandable that many people don't remember this incident.

The exact time of the ratmen's birth is almost impossible to verify, since not every race can have a clear historical lineage spanning hundreds or thousands of years like the elves.

In addition, the world has always been rife with conflict, and the civilizations of many countries and races have long since experienced a break in continuity after generations.

For the many races of the continent of Lebia, the ratmen have become an integral part of their lives and worldview.

Eating, sleeping, and exterminating rats constitute almost every aspect of daily life. Despite years of vigorous efforts by various forces on the mainland to combat and eradicate rat infestations, rats remain a significant hidden threat, demonstrating that their potential for warfare should not be underestimated.

"I see."

"Now that you mention it, that black tower wouldn't be..."

“That’s right, it’s the Monument of Vigilance,” one of the commanders affirmed.

Upon hearing this, all the Lebian commanders present fell silent.

"what is that?"

Leilia asked curiously.

She has never been interested in the history of the Leviathan continent, let alone those ancient historical legends.

Blake, who was familiar with this information, explained, "Legend has it that when the ratmen first caused the rat plague, no one survived in the city they invaded. It was a famous city, said to be the capital of a country, and it became a sacrifice to the rats overnight."

"We cannot know exactly how much damage the ratmen caused at the time. All we know is that after the war ended and the rat nests were cleared, the various factions involved in the war deliberately preserved the destroyed city."

"They erected a warning stone in the middle of the city's ruins, so that everyone could see it clearly from a distance, as a reminder to always remember this terrible disaster brought by rats."

As Blake spoke, he recalled the relevant information in his mind.

It is said that after that, rat plagues of all sizes continued to occur from time to time, and it was because of this that a fixed tradition of rat extermination gradually formed on the Leviathan continent.

It must be said that even after all that has happened, as long as there are evil gods and wicked rats causing trouble behind the scenes, the rats can easily stir up disaster again.

All the previous cleaning efforts now seem to have been in vain and meaningless.

This reminded Blake of his conversation with Kana before he accepted the mission.

Why do beings like the Ratmen exist that can never be completely eradicated?

Black was deeply puzzled by this. The continent of Lebia was relatively powerful militarily; after all, in the past, it was one of the few places that had not been completely ruled by the elves at their peak.

Despite the various reasons and problems involved, this is undeniable and is sufficient proof of the resilience of the various races and forces on the continent of Leviathan.

Of course, it's hard to say whether this situation is because the mainland has to fight against large and small rat plagues every few decades or centuries.

Kana's response at the time was: "If you look at the whole world, you will find that for a world with instincts and will, there needs to be a place to accommodate the 'filth' between races."

"There aren't many options. It's like the abyss, a place where all the filth of the entire astral plane gathers. There has to be a place to store all this 'garbage.'"

The rat people are a race born under such rules of instinctive world operation, which is why people often say that these rats are inherently evil.

The reason why this rat plague is so rampant, and even gave rise to such powerful beings as vicious rats, is essentially because the world has no time to take care of its own balanced development.

The arrival of the evil god accelerated the world's decline, and various negative emotions spread as a result.

In this unbalanced and overwhelmed situation, all these negative factors, following their original trajectory, accumulated on the rat species.

With a little scheming, a few evil gods, like pulling up seedlings to help them grow, forcibly created an evil god originating from this world.

The birth of most evil gods basically follows this process. Although the specific process may vary, the essence is the same.

It's hard to say whether the elves didn't completely conquer the continent of Lebia back then because they didn't want to confront the thorny problem of rats.

After all, it's easy to nominally occupy the Leviathan continent, but to deal with the various problems on the continent, we still need to rely on the Leviathans themselves.

Once the elves have fully conquered the continent, they will have to face two major problems simultaneously: resistance from various races on the Lebia continent and a rat infestation.

It's also possible that the elves realized the true nature of the ratmen, which is why they slightly relaxed their control over the continent of Lebia.

After all, one of the important reasons why the elves became powerful was that the savior dragons chose to support them.

These astral dragons, forced to remain in the world, must know more about its secrets. (End of Chapter)