Chapter 179: Eliminating Rats
Shu Li, who has been purifying the branches of the mother tree for many years, is very familiar with the power of darkness.
The Rat King is irrational, full of hostility, and completely unwilling to communicate. He is obviously deeply eroded by the power of darkness. If he is not stopped, the consequences will be disastrous.
Now rats are only rampant in the houses of wealthy businessmen. If they spread, the entire Kesheng Town will suffer.
"The dark forces must be controlled!"
Shu Li raised his magic wand and quickly chanted a wind spell.
Soon, a small tornado appeared in the sky, circling the rich businessman's entire house, and instantly formed a closed air cover.
The air cover not only blocks the spread of dark power, but also prevents mice from escaping.
The other friends were all surprised when they came into contact with the power of darkness for the first time.
Discio frowned and asked, "Should we kill these rats?"
There are tens of thousands of rats, which is not a small number. Most of them are concentrated in the backyard, and a few are scattered in the corners. If we have to find and eliminate them one by one, we will have to work until midnight, right?
Angel asked, "Does it need to be purified?"
Light magic is the nemesis of the power of darkness and can purify 90% of creatures contaminated by darkness.
"Purify them first. If purification is not possible—" Shu Li stared at the ferociously roaring giant rat king and its generals, and said with a firm gaze, "We can only destroy them."
This was the only solution. He could not let the rats with dark power run around and enter ordinary people's homes, causing terrible consequences.
Fortunately, they passed by Kesheng Town and accepted a task from a wealthy businessman, and accidentally discovered a hidden danger.
Otherwise, with the development trend of the rats' power, sooner or later their desires and ambitions will expand and they will extend their claws to humans.
No wonder the mother tree was worried. When he was still a cub, she eagerly lured him to the yard, pricked her finger by touching the trunk, and made a contract.
The dark forces have never disappeared, nor have they retreated to Wanaku. Instead, they have transformed into various forms and hidden in every corner of the continent.
The Temple of Hodhe is just a small force among them.
"Angel, Amanda, and I will use the purification technique first, and everyone else should stay alert." As the captain, Shu Li gave the order quickly.
"good!"
Angel and Amanda stood on either side of him, raised their magic wands, pointed them at the statues in the cabin, and chanted purification spells.
"Great God of Light, Ryant Freyce, I am Sperian (Angel, Amanda), your faithful believer. I ask you to command the elements of light to gather around me. I will bring the power of light to purify the darkness—"
They cast purification spells in unison, and three white balls of light condensed on the outside of the air wall. They waved their magic wands in unison, and the three balls of light pierced through the black air and smashed into the statue in the hut.
The light ball burst into a dazzling light, the black air disappeared in an instant, and the power of darkness was immediately controlled.
Amanda exclaimed in surprise: "It worked!"
Shu Li frowned. "Don't stop, keep purifying."
With so much black air surging out, the dark power hidden inside the statue cannot be underestimated.
The Rat King was violent and madly hit and bit the air wall. However, the air wall did not move at all, which was not at all like the power released by the magic apprentice.
It roared loudly, and countless rats gathered at the air wall, climbing on each other and stacking up, suddenly reaching a height of more than ten meters.
Dixie was dumbfounded and asked hurriedly, "Ace, how high is the air wall you set up?"
Ace calmly replied, "Don't worry, rats can't crawl in."
The air wall will rise infinitely with the range of the attack, and no matter how hard the mouse climbs, it cannot reach the top.
"Oh, that's good!" Budno patted his chest. It was just a little disgusting to be surrounded by so many rats.
The little goblin likes beautiful, cute and smart animals, such as Farm, and does not like gray-looking, violent and evil animals, such as the mouse in front of him.
Kumandi said solemnly, "Don't let your guard down. Be ready to fight at any time."
Desio and Budno immediately gripped their magic wands and stared at the climbing rat.
Ace's green eyes turned slightly, and he looked indifferently at the helpless and furious Rat King and his subordinates outside the air wall.
The rats in the backyard were making a lot of noise and commotion. The Ram family, who were hiding in the house, heard the noise and huddled together in horror, praying to the God of Light.
The neighbors near the street leaned against the windows curiously, watching the magicians display their powers with fear and excitement.
Shu Li released five purification balls in succession, each one more powerful than the last. The last ball of light directly elevated him to the level of a high-level magician.
They were purifying together and covering each other, so Ace shouldn't have noticed, right?
Angel and Amanda had similar thoughts as him. After releasing two or three purification balls, they quietly increased their magic power.
Half of the dark power inside the statue was absorbed by the rats. There wasn't much of it in the first place, and now it was purified by the bombardment and soon emptied.
The black air disappeared, Shu Li put down the magic wand, grinned and said, "It's done."
Angel and Amanda looked at each other, raised their eyebrows, and everything was said without words.
The Rat King angrily surrounded Team Light, running around and trampling many ordinary mice to death.
Seeing this, Shu Li frowned and asked, "Rat King, will you accept the purification, or fight us to the end?"
The Rat King gnashed his teeth and said, "I will tear all of you into pieces!"
Let it be purified, unless it dies. Without the power of darkness, it will immediately return to its original form and become the lowest class bullied by other mice.
Having finally gained the power, how could it give it up so easily?
Shu Li no longer harbored compassion.
If you give him an opportunity and he is unwilling to accept it, then don't blame him for ruthlessly eradicating the dark forces.
"Do it—"
At his command, his teammates who had been waiting for a long time raised their magic wands and chanted various magic spells in the beautiful Elvish language.
“Crackle—”
Wherever the wind blade passed, rat corpses were scattered all over the ground. Light balls exploded, illuminating the night. Fire dragons swept through, burning the rat corpses. The flood rushed, washing the ashes into the soil, turning them into spring mud.
Adhering to the principles of safety, greenness and environmental protection, seven magic apprentices launched a large-scale eradication campaign against rats.
The Rat King was covered in wounds. Seeing his people dying in large numbers, he became furious and attacked even more frantically.
However, to its despair, the wall of air was extremely hard, and no matter how many tricks it used, it was of no avail.
I just hate that Ram's family stole the Dark Moon Stone, otherwise why would its evolution speed stagnate?
Thinking of this, its hatred surged, and it raised its head and roared several times, then ordered its general to lead a group of mice to go into the house and kill Ram's family.
Since it will be killed sooner or later, let's drag a few more people down with it. Ram, the culprit, must die!
"Stop them!" Kumandi, keeping an eye on the situation, noticed four or five large rats leading a group of smaller rats toward the house. He immediately guessed their purpose, "They want to harm Ram's family!"
When Ace shouted "Stop them", he chanted wind magic, and countless wind blades appeared out of thin air, cutting the rats into pieces in an instant.
The mice following behind were terrified and ran back.
Feng Ren didn't give them any chance to escape, and counterattacked aggressively, catching them all in one fell swoop.
Tens of thousands of mice were locked in the backyard and subjected to magic. Large numbers of them turned into ashes and returned to the earth.
The Rat King and many of his generals ultimately evolved into low-level monsters. After holding on for more than twenty minutes, they collapsed to the ground with their eyes open.
The air wall disappeared, and the magic apprentices dispersed to pick up the lone mice that escaped.
After some effort, I finally cleared out all the rats in the front and back yards, as well as in the house.
Finally, Shu Li stood at the door of the hut, looking at the mother mouse and her baby mice shivering in the corner.
Disceo took a closer look and asked, "How do we deal with them?"
Shu Li said to the female rat in Orcish: "If you are willing to move to the forest and never set foot on human territory again, I can let you go."
Leading the way was a large female mouse. She stepped forward and pleaded, "Squeak, squeak, squeak." "Sir, we are willing to leave here and go to the forest."
Shu Li looked down at it and said, "Don't you hate it?"
After all, they killed so many mice, didn't it want revenge?
Another female rat interrupted, "Sir, not only do we not hate you, we're actually grateful to you! Damn Diton, the first to evolve into a demon beast, killed the former Rat King and took his place. Ram sold that magical crystal ore, and Diton harbored a grudge against him, forcing the female rats to give birth to pups endlessly. When the pups grow up, they attack Ram's family like crazy. Hearing the screams of Ram's family every day brings him immense joy."
The big female rat lowered her head and choked up, saying, "We have been staying in the hut the whole time and have never frightened Ram's family. Please understand, sir."
The mother rat agreed: "Yes, yes, we are just forced to give birth to pups."
“Squeak…”
The hut was filled with the begging cries of mice, and Shu Li turned around to discuss with his companions.
"What do you think?"
Angel said, "I don't think they are lying."
Kumandi said cautiously, "Rats have a strong reproductive capacity."
Even though there are not many left now, the number may double next year. If they come back, they will become a rat plague again.
Amanda is a dragon and has no mercy on mice. "Why not just kill them all?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the mother mouse and her babies huddled together in horror, begging with squeaking sounds.
Shu Li looked at her only human classmate. "Ace, what do you think?"
Ace mused, "If they really want to leave, I can send them to the forest."
"Huh? You?" The other teammates were surprised.
It’s late at night, the town gates are closed, and the forest is far away. How can we send it there?
"I know wind-based flight techniques," Ace added. "I'll have enough to eat and drink tonight so I'll have enough energy to cast magic."
The implication was that the reason he fainted on the roadside in the morning was that he had been hungry for too long.
"Ahem." Shu Li suppressed a laugh and asked, "How about letting Kumandi go with you?"
Kumandi is steady and the two of them move more quickly together.
"No, I can handle it on my own." Ace declined and pointed to the courtyard. "After you finish dealing with things here, it's best to report the statue to the Magic Association. They will send someone to investigate."
Shu Li looked around, looked at the backyard that had been ruined by magic, and blinked.
Given Mr. Ram's miserly nature, he will definitely take advantage of the situation and deduct the remuneration.
No, no, they have worked so hard for so long, and they must earn a hundred gold coins no matter what.
"Hurry, hurry, let's clean up this place and try to restore it to its original state." Shu Li nervously instructed his friends, "Kumandi, go back to the Magic Association and ask Henry to come over."
"Yes." Kumandi nodded, raised his magic wand, chanted a flying spell, and his body suddenly took off into the air and flew out of the yard.
Ace found a large cloth bag in the corner of the yard, and with a warm smile, he invited the mother mouse and her babies into the bag.
The mother mice hesitated for a moment and then climbed into the bag with their pups.
In a short while, dozens of mice filled the bag.
Ace raised his magic wand and cast the wind-type flying spell, rolled up the large cloth bag containing the mouse, and flew directly out of the backyard like Kumandi.
Shu Li watched him leave, rolled up his sleeves, and joined in the work of restoring the backyard.
The neighbors hiding in front of the windows were shocked to see the huge scene of a magician fighting against thousands of rats.
It turns out that magicians are so powerful!
They controlled the elements of wind, fire, light, and water to perfection. So many rats were no match for them, and even those giant rats as big as bulls were reduced to ashes.
Ram's family is really good, raising so many mice. Fortunately, they didn't run out of the yard in the past two years, otherwise, as a neighbor, I would be the first to suffer.
They couldn't help but secretly curse Ram for being stingy.
If we had spent a lot of money to hire a magician for help earlier, the mouse would not have been so arrogant for two years.
What happened tonight was enough for them to talk about for a long time.
If you encounter difficulties in the future, you should contact the Magic Association first. Asking a magician to handle the matter may be a bit expensive, but it is safe, effective, and will prevent future problems.
Shu Li had no idea that their fight was seen by the nearby residents. He was trying to use wood magic to make the plants affected by the flames grow.
Budno controlled the water dragon and flushed everywhere, while Desio manipulated the flames to deal with the dead rats in the corner.
Angel comes into the house and announces the good news to Ram's family.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
Ace carried the big cloth bag out of the yard, increased his flying speed, and suddenly rushed into the sky, like a small whirlwind. In an instant, he left the scope of Kesheng Town and flew towards the Sesis Mountains in the west.
In just a few minutes, he reached the woods at the foot of the mountain.
He landed gently on the grass with the big cloth bag. Instead of unsealing the bag immediately, he used his magic wand to draw a circle around the bag, forming an air wall.
Ace moved his fingers slightly, and the seal of the bag was automatically untied. The big female rat breathed in the fresh air and quickly ran out.
"Squeak!" It slammed into the air wall.
Another mouse crawled out of the bag and found itself trapped in a small space, and it was extremely anxious.
"Sir... why don't you let us out?" The big female rat tilted her head and asked the blond-haired, green-eyed magic apprentice pitifully.
Ace glared at the giant female rat with a blank expression, and said in Orcish, "Because you have a small piece of Dark Moon Stone hidden in your belly."
The big female rat rolled her eyes and lay on the ground to defend herself: "My lord, did you misunderstand? How could there be any Dark Moon Stone in my stomach?"
Ace seemed to be deaf to its words and looked up at the night sky. The bright moonlight cast a layer of cold silver on his golden hair.
"In a few years, you will lead tens of thousands of evolved monster rats to attack human cities and avenge today's vengeance."
The big female rat's eyes suddenly turned red and she showed her sharp teeth.
As a low-level magical beast, it has average intelligence and will reveal its true nature once provoked.
All the mice in the bag came out, all with ferocious looks on their faces, a stark contrast to their previous pitiful appearance.
"Human, you'd better kill us now, otherwise, I will definitely take revenge!"
Diton was its outstanding child. He possessed magical powers at birth, absorbed the energy of the Dark Moon Stone, grew rapidly, and defeated the former Rat King with his powerful fighting ability.
Originally, it could be upgraded to a high-level magical beast, but it was destroyed by the greedy Ram.
Diton wanted to kill Ram's family, but was stopped by it. It has lived for a long time and knows Kesheng Town very well. If a rat hurts someone, the Magic Association will send someone to investigate.
Ram is stingy and is unwilling to spend money to hire a magician. If they make more noise, Ram will not be able to bear it and will definitely move away.
Unfortunately, they miscalculated.
Given Ram's greedy character, he was willing to spend money to hire a magician.
Poor Diton was brutally killed by the magician, and almost all of his people were wiped out.
In order to survive and to take revenge, it and its surviving compatriots suppressed their hatred and tried to survive temporarily.
I never expected that even though I had fooled other magicians, I couldn't fool this blond human.
Ace listened attentively. He heard a monster approaching from a distance. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he spoke in a gentle tone, "I have always respected the law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak."
He raised his hand, and a gust of wind appeared under his feet. He was suspended in mid-air. He glanced at a nearby tree and said calmly, "When your natural enemies approach, the air wall will automatically disappear. Whether you can survive depends on your luck."
With his golden hair flying in the air, the Elf King, disguised as a human magic apprentice, rode on the wind and quickly disappeared into the night sky.
The mice that were left behind squeaked anxiously, and the big mother rat roared in despair.
After an unknown amount of time, the giant monster walking with cat-like steps smelled the fragrance of food and slowly approached. Suddenly, it discovered dozens of mice, and the intermediate-level monster drooled.
When the air wall disappeared, the mouse let out a shrill scream.
Ilio hid his presence and squatted on a high branch, watching the hunting activities below with great interest.
Although Wang's action was interesting, it also puzzled him.
However, do these mice know who their opponents are?
He actually tried to deceive the Elf King, who was favored by the God of Light.
Too naive.
By the way, when Wang Chao took a look at the tree just now, did he find him?
Ilio shrugged.
It doesn’t matter if he is discovered. Anyway, his current job is to be a follower in the dark.
After waiting patiently for a while, when the mid-level monster finished eating the mouse and was about to leave, Ilio jumped down from the branch silently, landed in front of the monster, pointed at its belly, and forced the tiny dark moon stone out.
The monster opened its mouth and spat out the Dark Moon Stone.
Ilio quickly caught the Dark Moon Stone, smiled at the stunned mid-level monster, and disappeared in a flash.
After a while, the roar of monsters was heard in the woods.
Shu Li spent more than half an hour and finally restored Ram's backyard to its original state. He even found a way to repair the collapsed wall of the cabin.
When the Ram family learned that all the rats had been cleared out, they widened their eyes in disbelief. It took them a while to digest the good news. Then the family plucked up their courage and stepped out of the house.
The stench of decay in the yard was gone, replaced by the burnt smell of something burning.
Shu Li told them that they had helped deal with the dead rats buried in the ground in the yard. Now they had returned to dust and become fertilizer for the flowers and plants.
Ram looked around at the lush flowers, plants and trees in the yard and cried with joy.
He was usually stingy, but he was willing to take out seven gold coins as a tip for the Light Team, and checked the satisfaction column on the task card and signed his name in a gorgeous font.
As for the reward, it will be handed over to the Magic Association when the task is released, and Shu Li needs to exchange the task card for money.
Kumandi reported to Henry that there was a statue of the God of Darkness in Ram's backyard. Henry acted decisively and brought several intermediate magicians to Ram's backyard.
The appearance of followers of the Temple of Hodhe in the town where he was stationed was an extremely serious matter and a thorough investigation was necessary to prevent the cult from carrying out illegal activities in secret.
When Ram learned that the statue in the hut in the backyard was the god of darkness, he was almost scared to death and tried his best to tell Henry that he had no idea.
"Sir, this piece of land was sold to me by Kerr. I demolished the old house and dug out this statue from underground. I thought the statue was used by the Kerr family to protect the house, so I placed it in the hut in the backyard. You must believe me! My family is innocent and we have no idea what the Hodhe Temple is! If you want to move this statue, please move it away as soon as possible. I will not ask you or the Magic Association for money! Really! Although I, Ram, like to take advantage of others, I will never take advantage of something like this!"
He defended himself heart-wrenchingly and was almost crying.
God knows, if their family is labeled as followers of a cult, their lives will be over. They will not be able to live in Kesheng Town, and no one will be willing to do business with them.
Henry said in a good mood: "Mr. Ram, don't worry. The Magic Association will inform the whole town after the investigation is complete."
Ram breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed on the sofa exhausted.
The magicians took the statue away, and Shu Li and his friends returned to the Magic Association.
As expected, we were busy until the early morning tonight and everyone was exhausted with back pain.
After happily exchanging the mission card for a large bag of gold coins, the goblins and the little dragon happily went to Shu Li's room.
"When will Ace come back?" asked Desio.
They also want to share the reward!
Shu Li said, "The forest is far from here, so it probably won't be that fast. So, let's take a shower and clean ourselves up first, and then we'll divide the money when he comes back."
"Okay!" The little friends jumped up and hurried back to their rooms.
I climbed the mountain all day yesterday, sweating profusely, and spent the night in the wilderness with nowhere to shower. This morning, I helped the rickshaw driver dig out the wheels, getting covered in mud. Tonight, I fought a fierce battle with rats, and after a long day of work, I was completely stinky.
The clean-loving little fairies couldn't stand it any more and needed to take a shower urgently.
As a thick-skinned dragon, Amanda didn't care, but since the little elves had gone to take a shower, he went back to his room to take a shower too.
Shu Li put the bag containing the reward on the bed, found new clothes from her backpack, and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
The Magic Association's infrastructure was quite good. The restroom was clean and beautifully decorated, with patterned tiles on the floor. Although there was no running water, there was a large bucket of clean water.
Shu Li knows water magic, so he has no use for this bucket of water.
Let's leave it to Ace!
He took off his clothes, chanted a simple spell, and a large ball of water and a small ball of fire appeared above his head.
Using the water ball and the fire ball to make warm water, Shu Li took a refreshing hot bath.
While Ace was away, he revealed the wings behind him. The wings were wet and flapped gently, scattering a string of water droplets.
He hummed a little tune as he finished his shower, dried his hair, and changed into clean clothes. As for the dirty clothes he took off, he washed them while he was at it, since he had magic, so it was very convenient.
After washing the clothes, dry them, hang them in the closet and wear them when you wake up tomorrow.
With disheveled hair and wearing loose clothes, he sat cross-legged on the soft carpet and poured out the gold coins from the cloth bag.
“Clatter—”
There were piles of gold coins, shining brightly in the light of the magic stone lamp.
The back of his right hand suddenly felt hot, and the seal of the God of Fire appeared. Shu Li's heart moved, and a red light shot out, fell on the carpet, and turned into a round little monster.
"Ouch, I'm dying of suffocation!"
Farm stretched out his short, fat limbs, rolled over on the carpet, looked at a pile of gold coins, and swept them with his tail.
"You work all night, and this is all you get?"
Shu Li heard the disdain in its voice and poked its soft belly with her finger. "Do you think it's easy to make money from humans?"
"How should I know? I've never made any money!" Farm stuck out his forked tongue. "Is there anything delicious?"
Shu Li said, "Kumandi said you devoured a demon beast last night."
A Fire Dragon Lizard can last for three days after eating one meal.
"Is it okay for me to be greedy?" Farm blinked his watery eyes and looked at Shu Li.
Shu Li sighed, took out a small Kuku fruit from the storage ring, and stuffed it into his arms. "Eat it quickly."
Farm happily hugged the fruit and started to eat it with his mouth wide open.
“Knock knock—”
There was a knock on the door.
Shu Li thought it was his friends who had just finished taking a shower, so he got up and opened the door.
"You guys come - uh, Ace, you're back!" he said in surprise.
Ace lowered his hood, revealing his golden hair, and gave Shu Li a gentle smile.
"Yes, I sent the mouse to the forest and came back immediately."
"Thank you for your hard work!" Shu Li stepped aside to let Ace in. "I've already showered, you should go too! When the others come, we'll split the reward."
"Okay." Ace looked at his roommate who was bathed in fair and tender skin. He took off his shoes at the entrance, stepped on the carpet in his socks, and walked inside.
Shu Li closed the door and suddenly remembered Farm squatting on the carpet eating fruit. He jumped up and rushed into the house.
"Um...Ace..."
He shut his mouth.
Ace and the innocent Farm were staring at each other, and Farm still had half a fruit in his arms.
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