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Chapter 174: Arrow Mouse

The six groups of monsters blocking the road are very troublesome, either scattered everywhere in the territory, or have a large range of perception, or have companion creatures, just like the rhinoceros accompanied by Lin Xi, which can help Lin Xi warn. This leads to the inability to pass quietly from a certain part of the territory, and appearing at any location in the territory, it is very likely that various monsters will be discovered by various monsters.

So, Panis made a plan, a plan that seemed very risky but practical. He left in the early morning and spent a whole day observing the activity patterns of these monsters, verifying them with their habits in memory, and finally found a relatively safe path, but the requirements for grasping the timing were very high. Once the opportunity was missed, the plan would fail.

That night, everyone sat together and studied Panis's plan repeatedly for the night, trying to consider all possible problems in each step of action. Finally, they decided to try it the next day. As for other strategies for countermeasures in case the plan failed, Panis did not say it, nor did they ask. Everyone believed in their hearts that backup plans must exist, but Panis believed that there was no need to propose it now. Since this is the case, every teammate was willing to give him full trust.

However, the entire plan did not calculate the ** teacher Antuyin. Antuyin is over a thousand years old. Although he is an elf and has a long life span, his body gradually ages after living for more than a thousand years, and both speed and endurance begin to gradually weaken. However, the entire plan has high requirements for physical fitness, and it takes several hours to run at almost uninterrupted high speed. It is really a bit difficult for an elderly man over a thousand to do such a thing. Therefore, everyone agreed that Antuyin was temporarily staying in the camp. After everyone arrived at the destination, he would catch up with him in other ways.

Therefore, the old mage has been staying in the camp. Although he is alone, there is no need to worry about safety. A powerful demigod is guarded by the defensive barrier outside the camp. If there is still danger in this way, it is probably useless to stay with many people.

Antuyin, who stayed in the camp, did not rest with confidence. In fact, the connection between the two mirrors has not been completely cut off. Although the image was not visible, the sound could still be heard vaguely from the mirror. The sudden sound of the huge tree breaking scared Antuyin, thinking that the plan had encountered problems, and the team had to fight head-on with the enemy. So he couldn't help but activate the connection between the mirrors and let the image appear in the mirror: "What is the battle situation? Do you need support?"

"No, just the battle between Konada and Yi Tree." Flar was a little dissatisfied with the dwarf's behavior of bullying a tree for no reason, and said in a teasing tone: "In fact, he kicked down a hang beard tree, and there was no real battle."

"Okay, I understand." Antuyin's image nodded, and immediately figured out why her Majesty's Queen teased Konada. However, the serious and cautious old master did not comment on this, but just instructed: "Be careful. If you encounter trouble and need support, ask Vivian to notify me, and I will rush over as quickly as possible."

"You don't need you for the time being." Because he was on the phone, the team's speed inevitably slowed down. Panis, who had been at the forefront, was responsible for guarding against unknown dangers, found that the speed was wrong and returned to the team. He waved to Antuyin in anger and said, "You just wait quietly in the camp. Now is the section where you need to hurry up. Don't affect our speed, otherwise it will be your responsibility if the plan fails at that time."

"You..." Antuine found that he would be angry every time he talked to Panis recently, but the old mage was too lazy to argue with him. He snorted coldly with a stern face and cut off the communication without saying a word. Catherine glared at Panis with a little dissatisfaction and complained in a low voice: "You are treating Master Antuine like this again, and I am angry with him on purpose every time. Don't do this next time."

"Hahaha, I understand." Panis's answer was obviously not sincere, and he said with a dry smile: "At the current speed, we can leave their territory before the brown pythons complete their hunting and catch up."

"Will the brown python catch up?" Lina said in surprise: "Is it not enough for the entire tribe to eat? Why do they still chase us?"

"If someone breaks into No. 6 Fox Street, would you blast him out? Even if he doesn't enter the Western Paradise, he will be driven away, just wandering around the grass." Panis answered with a rhetoric question: "The same is true for the brown pythons. Their nest parts are like Western Paradise, predatory farms, and other parts of the territory are like courtyards of Western Paradise, and we are the intruders who are not invited. It's just that they are not as good as ours, just drive away the intruders. For them, if the intruders do not escape the territory in time, it will be their afternoon tea."

"Don't use such a terrible description." Lina grinned at Panis, her expression not only lacked any threat, but also looked cute: "I'm interested in afternoon tea, but I'm not interested in becoming afternoon tea at all."

"What a coincidence, I don't have it either." Panis shrugged and said, "Don't worry, at the current speed, they will not be able to catch up with us. I guess they have entered the territory of Arrow Rats before they have chased them halfway."

"Arrow rat?" Lina asked curiously: "Is it the kind of mouse that can shoot arrows? I looked at the pictures on the picture book and looked quite cute, with snow-white all over, and only two red eyes."

"Well, if you are a little smaller, you're quite cute, maybe one or two hundred times smaller." Panis curled his lips, obviously not having any good impression of this kind of monster: "And if you remove all the thorns in your body, you'll be really cute."

Arrow rats are a specialty of death forests. They usually live on small forest plains in the forest. Their appearance is very similar to that of mice. Of course, they are slightly larger than ordinary mice, which is more than a hundred times. In fact, each arrow rat weighs five or six kilograms, almost the same size as an adult hare. Behind these big rats are countless snow-white spikes that can regenerate within three days like hedgehogs. Each spike is about fifteen centimeters. It is usually curled on the surface of the body, making them look furry. When attacking, the spikes are straight and the texture will become very hard. When hunting, they will shoot the spikes at the prey.

The spikes are like rain of arrows all over the sky. The speed of the spikes is very fast. A scholar once calculated that the spikes shot by the arrow rat is equivalent to three times the initial speed of the powerful crossbow, almost exceeding the dynamic visual limit of most professionals. Not only is the speed fast, but the penetration is also very strong. The natural wind attribute element gives their spikes an amazing ability to break defense. After testing by the same scholar, within 60 meters, they can easily shoot through a piece of armor like a layer of paper. The penetration power has exceeded the killing bee I saw before. The only thing that is fortunate is that there is no toxin on the spikes and will not cause death because of a small wound.

Since they are mice, they are naturally in groups. There will be about 800 to 1,000 arrow rats living in a small territory of more than 20 square kilometers. The number is not as large as that of ordinary rat groups, but this is only because of the amount of food and the threat of surrounding monsters. Without these restrictions, each arrow rat group will probably be ten or a hundred times as high as it is now. However, although they are in groups, these arrow rats actually have their own nests, loosely distributed throughout the territory. Almost as long as they step into their territory, they will be discovered by an arrow rat. Moreover, arrow rats have unknown information transmission methods. If one finds an enemy or prey, within a few seconds, the entire race will receive news. At that time, the rain of arrows is sprinkled on the enemy. The attacked side may not even be able to escape. They can only defend passively, and there is a great possibility that they cannot defend at all.

"Aren't snakes the natural enemy of rats?" Lina asked in confusion: "Even if we escape to the territory of arrow rats, let's not talk about how to deal with arrow rats, will those brown pythons chase after you?"

"They dare not chase after them." Panis shook his head, "Once they cross the border, the arrow rats will teach them unforgettable lessons with their lives."

"How to teach a lesson? The brown python's scales are so hard, I'm afraid the arrow rat's thorns can't be shot through." Catherine ran closely with the two of them, and couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "I can't think of how the arrow rats deal with the brown python."

"Indeed, they cannot shoot through the scales of the brown python, but there is one part on the body of the brown python that has no scales." Panis explained: "When the brown python fights with the arrow rat, many arrow rats will rush towards the brown python very bravely. As long as the brown python opens its mouth, the arrow rats will jump into the python's mouth and be swallowed. Of course, the brown python will squeeze the prey swallowed with its muscles to death, but think about the feeling of swallowing a hedgehog in one bite. At about the price of seven or eight arrow rats, you can prick the esophageal muscles of a brown python like a insect net. Although it will not be fatal, the injured brown python will arrive for a period of time very painful. Therefore, the brown python will not dare to enter the territory of the arrow rats no matter what. What we need to worry about is not the brown python. What we really need to worry about are the arrow rats with long range and strong aggressiveness."

"What if it was really discovered by an arrow rat?" Catherine asked, "How should we deal with it?"

"Arrow rats usually move from afternoon to night. When it's almost dawn, they will hide back into their nests to rest until about ten o'clock. But this is not absolute. It's possible for us to encounter wandering arrow rats." Panis said: "Once we enter the territory of arrow rats, everyone should keep the speed at the slowest to avoid making too loud noises and excitement of arrow rats. If it's really alarmed, they will come out to check the situation and kill them at the fastest speed. Slow down a little, and the ones waiting for us will be groups of mice."

"Ten o'clock?" Lina exclaimed: "It's not coming soon."
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