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Wood Rat Queen
Level: 9
Skills: Commander, Bite, Wood Attribute Resistance
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"It's over!"
Aurora's expression was very dignified. The first was the Rat King, which usually had a very low chance of an encounter, and now she had even attracted its queen.
If it was still in the game world, she might take two photos and post them on the forum to show off, to prove her "Lucky Bastard" bloodline.
But this was not the game world! If you died here, you would be truly dead.
A magic circle lit up in Aurora's left hand as she suddenly opened her palm to the rear, using the only little magic power left to release a fire elemental magic cannon.
A fiery fireball spurted out and blasted the woodrats from behind, clearing their retreat path. Aurora immediately swung her sword across the ground in front of her without the slightest hesitation, and a wall of fire rose from the crack for a while.
After isolating the swarm of woodrats that were about to move in front of her, she quickly ran towards the carriage.
"Aurora!"
Claudia waved her hand and shouted. She looked at Aurora, who was stumbling toward her side, and her heart was almost in her throat. Behind her were all the woodrats running around the firewall.
A little carelessness could make her a meal for these beasts. By that time, only one end would be there for her—the rats' dinner.
On the front, Gard also summoned the mercenary subordinates to clean up the woodrats as much as possible, so as to avoid the dilemma of being blocked and falling into a pincher attack when Aurora was about to return.
Aurora was running with all her strength at the moment and accidentally tripped over the tail of the dead woodrat next to her, staggered a few times, and almost fell down.
A burst of severe pain suddenly erupted from her chest. A lot of cold sweat burst from her forehead, and her original speed was also weakened by the pain.
The wound on the chest was completely reopened during this stagger, causing a large amount of blood to flow out. The thick smell of blood drifted backward and stimulated the group of woodrats that pursued her closely. Their eyes became scarlet under the stimulation of the blood, and disgusting mucus flowed from their long, open mouths involuntarily.
Kill!
Devour!
Consume!
There were only these thoughts in their minds.
Seeing that she was getting closer and closer to the carriage, Aurora endured the severe pain and insisted on running. Even if it was so painful that she almost fainted, she gritted her teeth and tried to hold on.
She knew that if she fainted or slowed down at this time, then the group of woodrats following him would instantly engulf him, and she had no magic power left to support her in releasing the defensive wall of fire.
"Get on the carriage! Give up the goods behind!"
When she was about to arrive, Aurora yelled with all her strength, and the mercenaries looked at Gard hesitantly.
"Do as she says!"
Gard glanced at the window on the carriage and ordered Claudia to get on the carriage in front first before swinging his sword and cutting off the rope of the carriage behind.
"Ah! You can't do this! Don't leave my goods!"
The businessman stood up and shouted out the window. Gard's shocking order made him forget his fear for a while. He screamed like a madman as if he had lost everything!
"Lord Rodrigo, please be sober!"
Gard slapped him on the face, stretched out his hand to grab the collar of the businessman, and shouted furiously, "This is a critical time! Do you want your life or money, you bastard?! If we don't release the goods, none of us can escape!"
The sober businessman covered his face and sat in the carriage in a daze.
Seeing that Aurora was about to arrive, Gard quickly ordered the other mercenaries to get on the carriage and prepare to leave. When he grabbed Aurora's hand, he pulled her into the carriage, and at the same time hit the horse's hip with a whip.
The horse neighed and galloped forward, its legs open, but the wood rats rushed up one after the other. Everyone looked at the densely jumping wood rats in horror and felt cold in their hearts.
"Light Barrier!"
A translucent wall appeared between the woodrats just as they were about to hit the carriage, and hundreds of woodrats slammed into the wall hard.
"GGWP!"
Aurora breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously shouted the word that no one understood but her. Fortunately, no one paid attention to her, so she quickly shut her mouth, afraid of another slip of the tongue.
She looked at Claudia, who stretched out her hand to release the barrier, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes. The necklace on her neck at this moment exuded a faint white light. She instantly recognized what this necklace was.
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Tier-1 Magic Item: Guardian Heart
It can quickly release a light barrier to resist attacks, which lasts for two seconds and has a cooldown of one month.
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The appearance of this item suddenly aroused Aurora's interest. This girl named Claudia must have an unusual background. She didn't believe that Chiming Bell, a mercenary group only at this level, could equip a trainee priest with a magic item.
It wasn't her deliberately looking down on them, but based on her observation, they had been fighting with ordinary weapons from the beginning until now. This showed that they really don't have that capital.
The wall shattered in less than two seconds. Fortunately, these two seconds bought them a little time, and the carriage pulled a short distance away from the woodrats under the full gallop of several horses.
The fallen woodrats screamed and began chasing after the carriage again. Suddenly, a black-robed man came out from the shadow of the dead woodrat king at the rear. Anger flashed in his eyes as he watched the carriage go away. The queen came to his side with her head down and rubbed his palm lightly with the tip of her nose, whimpering sadly.
He reached out and touched the head of the Rat Queen, and they disappeared together into black smoke.