Chapter 861: 861
Even though the Monster Horde had come to a stop in Jin's world, the assault on the town of Wecha had yet to conclude . While the shield generator was no longer under Peppers' control, its automated processes were doing an outstanding job against the Demon Rats' final push for the town .
Many of the militia were able to fight and hold the walls despite a few minor breaches . Any rats who broke through were handled by the Jacks . The rats in the sewers system were doing their best to dig a way out, yet whenever they managed to breach the surface, the women and children handled them in the same manner as they had done since the first wave .
Meanwhile, Sandy was rushing wherever she was needed to seal the entrance and put a stop to the flow of rats appearing . (At the same time temporarily strengthening the foundation so that when the System set off a blast, it would not break the entirety of the town . )
The Mousefolks were not to blame for the escaping rats underground . There were just too many of them crawling around, and they could only handle so many at a time . Their sword and gun fighting could already put some of the Royal Zodiac soldiers in Jin's world to shame . Poppy and Pippy were literally jumping from one rat to another, executing them by stabbing their necks or shooting their brains out . For such a small body, they were packing a lot of punch and stamina .
Even Meomi and Nyanmi, who were veteran fighters in Jin's army, had begun to feel the fatigue . Their claws were starting to get blunt from all the slashing and scratching they had done whenever they had to wait for their busy weapons to cool down .
At this point, Meomi's personal agenda to kill all rats was the only thing that kept her going through the fight . There were times Nyanmi fell behind, but Meomi still managed to cover her back when things got too tough .
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Aside from the defences within Wecha itself, the Savants had done their best to gather as many Demon Rats as possible outside the walls . Though the shield generator had been changed to a mechanical device and did not have the same properties as Peppers' explosive knockback barrier, the Savants stood their ground, keeping the frenzied rats in check .
Sadly, even the 'unstoppable' Savants could be overwhelmed by sheer numbers . All of them were killed a few times because of the rampage those Demon Rats caused during their final push . But with each death, the almighty System resurrected them without delay and even restored them back stronger and fiercer to exact revenge for their deaths .
At some point, the rats had fallen in a state of frenzy and were getting even more agitated due to unexpected severe losses rather than the guaranteed win they had been promised . (Moloch had concluded there were no superior leadership around, making them fending for themselves . )
Both Nubwort and Qiu Yue gathered their troops into a sort of tortoise formation to deal with them . Their shields were forming a circle, the Goblins came in between the Orc Defenders and shot at their enemies .
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Some of the Orc platoons even piled up the rat bodies and used them as a makeshift hill to create a height advantage for the goblins to fire from . There were also Orcs complementing their shields by tying rats in front of it to soak up projectile damage . It was an extremely bloody scene in which most if not all of the defenders were soaked in Rats' blood . If not for the distinct features among them, they could already hit each other since everyone was dark red in colour .
With the System temporarily freed from its obligations in the Cultivation World, it was finally able to focus a little more on the Farming World . As its first course of action, it widened the current portals that had been deployed, increasing the number of fodder for Jin's latest dungeon . Moloch had also used a few more luring devices at Wecha as well as the crashed flying fortress .
Speaking of the latter, the castle rescue had proceeded rather smoothly . The penguins, along with Lynn, had managed to rescue about two hundred humans . The only odd thing was that all of them very relatively young… until Lynn discovered a hidden door when one of the corridor's stench was overbearing for her nose .
Kido opened the hidden door with brute force and found that there was a pile of deceased humans waiting to be burned for the Demon Rats steam engine technology to work . "Is that why they decided to gather that many humans from the town for this particular assault?!" Lynn felt disgusted that they had apparently used their human slaves as biofuel .
Some of the humans that had been following them along vomited at the sight and Lynn could not blame them . She would have done the same were it not for the experiences of handling animal and monster meat on a daily basis .
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"Not just the humans, even those rats who were killed had been brought here . " After spending time amongst the rats, Sebastia had learned to discern between their features .
One of the bodies was the very same Rat Captain who had brought Kraft and her to the capital . Only now he was lying right in front of her, all tortured and crippled before being thrown here awaiting his incineration .
"Looks like they managed to trace the rat who brought in the enemy that stole their precious steam tech creator away . " Sebastia thought to herself . "The rat empire did not even spare the body after torturing the captain . I wonder if this is called efficiency . "
"Lynn, what do you want us to do with them?" Kido questioned .
"While they deserve a proper burial, we do not know when this castle will collapse from the previous explosion by Peppers . Let's find more of the survivors before the rats find them and lead these people away from such an undesirable demise . "
However, the longer they stayed in the castle, the stronger the rat resistance got . Eventually, Lynn was forced to make the call to fall back .
"Mistress, a few of us will stay and continue to search for survivors . Please lead those we have rescued out of this hell hole . " Kido told Lynn who quickly agreed . She had no doubts that her peggies were capable of finding the remaining humans with their abilities . Unlike other monsters, she knew her penguins were better suited for moving in smaller groups .
"Understood, go forth and be careful . If the rats' retaliation is this strong, it means that they are either hiding something within the castle or that's where their main barracks are located . Send me a message when you need a portal to be dropped even if it's just one survivor . " Lynn said that she would not mind covering the cost of any extra portals if necessary .
Yet, as time went by, the elite ninja penguins found no other survivors after combing the area twice and decided to call the operation off . "There are no survivors left . It's all yours, Moloch . " Kido reported through the System Channel .
"Alright, but do you guys mind rampaging around a little longer? Let me conclude the situation at the seaport first . " Moloch replied as he rubbed his two cotton hoofs together .