"What's your boss's name?" Kana asked.
"Boss, boss is just called boss," the sharp-eared Ratman replied painfully.
Hearing this, Kana felt a bit helpless, "How tall is he?"
"This tall!" The rat exaggeratedly indicated.
Kana applied pressure with his foot.
"Squeak squeak squeak!"
"This tall! This tall!"
After shouting, the rat pointed to the height of Kana's shoulder.
"Is there a mark on its tail?"
"Mark?"
Sigh, overestimated your culture.
"A pattern, is there a pattern?"
The rat quickly nodded, "There's this one."
He extended his thin fingers and made an X shape.
Looking at this pattern, Kana couldn't help but ponder.
He switched the question, "How many of you are there? How many rats?"
The rat gestured with his fingers several times, then shook his head in fear and panic, "Can't count, can't count!"
This was something Kana could understand, so he kindly didn't press further.
He asked about what they were currently doing and after several more questions, he released his foot.
The rat immediately hugged its tail and began blowing and rubbing it frantically.
"Alright, you can go now."
Upon hearing this, the sharp-eared Ratman immediately got on all fours and ran out, not intending to stop at all.
Not even surprised that Kana really let him go.
The few hunters and soldiers glanced at Kana.
He actually let the enemy go...
They thought Kana was foolish and naive.
Who knew Kana, expressionless, waved his hand forward.
"Let's go, we'll follow him."
Hearing this, the few soldiers and hunters were slightly taken aback, realizing that's how it was.
His Highness Prince really is clever.
They hurried forward, trailing behind the rat from a distance.
"Follow the path he takes, don't wander around, and don't scatter," Kana ordered.
Blake couldn't help but speak, "Your Highness, gathering together in the forest, it's easy to be ambushed.
It's better to spread out a bit, those rats know this place better than us."
"Follow my command, alright, let's go quickly, don't lose him."
Seeing Kana insist, Blake could only sigh helplessly and stay alert for any unforeseen events.
The group had just followed for a few hundred meters when George instinctively wanted to scatter a bit to scout the surrounding environment.
After just two steps, Kana, who was behind him, quickly grabbed him and pulled him back.
With George looking bewildered and panicked, Kana scolded, "Fool, did you not hear my orders? Can't even play Eagle Catching Chick? Not listening to the captain's command and you'll..."
Kana suddenly shut his mouth.
He unconsciously put himself into another state.
Not bothering to say more to those in front of him, he picked up a stone from the side and threw it in the direction George was headed, just a couple of steps away.
The stone triggered a simple trap.
It just snagged a leg, but inside were wooden spikes, the sharp tips smeared with filth.
Even if it didn't disable a leg on the spot, afterwards that leg wouldn't be functional.
Seeing this scene, George's eyes widened, and the others gasped.
Blake immediately understood the reason behind Kana's earlier command when he saw this.
He quickly turned to Kana and deeply bowed, "Sorry, Your Highness, I doubted your order just now."
George also quickly kneeled, "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving my life, I..."
Kana interrupted them directly, "Leave everything else for later, we're losing him."
Only then did everyone come back to their senses, quickly lining up and catching up to the rat in the distance.
Kana stayed a bit behind, walking beside Blake, "What just happened is not your fault. You acted as a knight should.
Next time when I'm in command, I hope you'll have more faith in me. I'm not as bad as you think, am I?"
With that, Kana smiled, patted his shoulder, and quickened his pace.
Blake was slightly stunned on the spot, lagging behind a bit, and ended up at the rear.
Coming to his senses, he showed a slightly guilty smile and quickly followed after Kana's silhouette.
Alyris glanced at Blake, silently following beside Kana.
The Ratman camp.
The rats continued their work, digging soil and building the camp, preparing to turn it into a Rat Nest.
Several rats were even preparing food.
Their Rat Nest was almost complete, and they had a female rat captive, although its fur and ears were different.
But it didn't matter, they didn't care about these things, being able to breed offspring and strengthen their clan was the top priority.
There was also a human.
Tonight would be the grand feast of the rats.
A feast and nest-building, a double delight.
The festive atmosphere in the rat camp had been lasting for quite some time.
At this moment.
A rat quickly scurried in from outside.
The tail of this rat had friction marks, clearly the one Kara interrogated.
"Boss, there are humans, and iron humans, very formidable!"
The rat's voice immediately alerted the entire camp.
The tall Ratman referred to as boss restrained the rat in front of it.
"Speak slowly, make it clear!" its voice sharp, with a touch of barely suppressed panic.
"Whoosh!"
Yet before the rat could continue, an arrow flew from afar, striking the rat directly and piercing it on the spot.
The tall rat that was just about to speak to him was engulfed in a puff of black smoke and vanished from where it stood.
"Dead rat! Dead rat!"
"Run, run!"
"...the big army is here!"
These rats shouted more and more absurd things, throwing the entire camp into panic.
The camp fell into chaos.
Kana led the group to charge straight in.
"Attack! Watch the shadows, kill all these rats!
Be ruthless about it, these rats all deserve to die, they're nothing but cowardly trash!"
Several soldiers clutched their weapons and charged out with angry and strange roars, which Kana had just taught them.
It worked, the sudden attack left the rats completely panicked.
The soldiers were secretly delighted, His Highness Prince really is formidable.
Stabbing with their spears.
There were so many scurrying rats, easily stabbing twice, and a rat was pierced straight through.
For the moment, there was no resistance, turning into a one-sided slaughter.
"Rats! Pick up your weapons, kill them, we have more rats!"
A sharp voice came from an unknown place, steadying some of the panicked rats.
"Yes, yes, we have more rats."
"Grab knives, grab knives!"
That's how Ratmen were, easily influenced by the emotions and words of their companions.