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Running, running faster, Petistan only nodded in her mind, because she knew that if she stopped, the group of Jerry rats following her would immediately swallow her completely and become one. Pile of bones that will never be discovered.

At this moment, she didn't even dare to look back at the situation behind her, she could only judge the distance between the two from the loud noise when the rats moved behind her.

She wants to sprinkle some repellent powder on her body. This is a special product of the Ruth Principality. The Ruth people who have suffered from the disaster of the rat tide created a kind of powder specifically used to deal with Jerry Rats with years of experience. As long as you sprinkle some on yourself or your residence, you can drive away the Jerry Rats.

Petistan bought a large amount of rodent repellent powder for this hunt, in case of emergency. Originally, she thought that the ones she prepared were enough, but found that when facing the rat tide, the amount of rodent repellent powder used was required. Far more than the amount used under normal circumstances, this made his previous preparations simply not enough to support her escape from the forest.

More importantly, her previous judgment was completely wrong. The current rat tide is not an expansion of the rat colony at all, but a real rat tide. It is just that this rat tide happened during the breeding period of the rat colony, not Winter and spring.

Precisely because of this, although she made the right decision in time and escaped the territory of the rat colony, she did not escape from the rat tide in the entire forest. The increasing rat colony quickly expanded in all directions. She felt that no matter which direction she ran from, she would be able to encounter a large number of rats moving towards her like a tide.

The only thing she can do is to sprinkle enough rat repellent powder on her body, and then run forward at the fastest speed. As for identifying the direction, she has no attention at all, not to mention that she was already in the forest before. Lost inside.

I don’t know how long it took. Petistan felt that her legs were about to break, and her chest was as hot as charcoal fire. The flames would tear her chest at any time and pop out of her body. Knowing that his body had reached its limit, he had to slow down the pace under his feet, and the heavy gasp even overwhelmed the sound of the rat group moving behind him.

Sweating profusely, she picked up the last packet of rat repellent powder from her body, hesitated, and finally sprinkled it on her body, and while sprinkling the rat repellent powder, she couldn’t help but look behind her, and what she saw The sight that arrived made her unable to help but drag her legs that were about to be broken, and continue to walk forward.

I saw that about a dozen meters behind Petistan, hundreds of huge Jerry Rats followed closely behind them. At this moment, these Jerry Rats changed from the gentleness of the past, and all of their eyes showed the most. The cruel and fierce light stared at the big prey in front of him, and waited for the effect of the powder that made them feel uncomfortable to weaken, then rushed forward and swallowed the big prey alive.

Petistan, who was being chased by the rats, knew that the powder on her body could only last for a while, and her physical strength could only last for a while. After that, she didn't even have the power to take up arms to resist, but the instinct to survive was still driven. She dragged her heavy steps forward.

As the rat repellent powder on her body was soaked in sweat, its effectiveness was rapidly diminishing. The rats gradually shortened the distance between them, ten meters, nine meters, eight meters..., and now, she can even hear Jie The sound of the rat grinning teeth, as if preparing the tableware before the big meal.

Petistan has fallen into despair. She drew a dagger from her arms. This dagger was used to cut prey, so it was sharpened. She never thought that one day she would use it to cut herself. Throat, but compared to being swallowed alive by countless rats, the method of cutting the throat with a dagger is obviously more comfortable.

"Light? There is light!" Just when Petistan picked up the dagger to cut her throat at any time, she suddenly saw a trace of fire in the forest in front of her, and after confirming that it was not her own illusion, she first What I thought of for a while was that the other people who had been recruited by the duke who had entered the forest together had already reached the edge of the forest.

It’s just that she doesn’t have any thoughts of happiness at the moment, because she knows very well that even if they meet with those hired, they don’t want to escape under the attack of the rat tide, if the hired are all experienced hunters and The warriors are nothing but the problem is that those people are just ordinary townspeople, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled townspeople, and there are only a handful of people who are truly capable of fighting.

She wanted to shout loudly so that the people on the other side of the fire could prepare in advance, but she opened her mouth, her throat, which was already dry, couldn't make a sound.

Realizing that she could not give any warning, Petistan showed a determined look on her face. She stopped and drew the hunting knife from her body, turned around, and faced the rats. Is preparing to use his last strength to fight with the rats.

Although she never thought of herself as a noble person, she was unwilling to be despicable enough to lead the danger to her companions, especially when she could no longer escape the attack of the rats, she just wanted to create The big movement reminds the people in the fire to be vigilant.

However, what Petenstein never thought was that when she faced the rats with a knife and was about to fight to the death, the rats who had chased her all night and didn't want to eat her all the time seemed to have encountered them. Like an invisible wall, she stopped at a place less than two meters away from her. She could even smell the peculiar mouse gland smell of Jerry Rat. In some people's eyes, it was used to make a special kind of expensive perfume. spices.

The group of rats at the forefront stopped suddenly, but it could not stop the group of rats from advancing behind, but the group of rats that came up from behind also stopped in front of this invisible wall, and kept accumulating on this invisible wall. , The higher the pile, the taller, and soon surpassed Petistan's height.

Soon the accumulation of rats stopped, and then these Jerry rats, who had awakened from the rat tide madness, returned to their initial timid state, as if they had encountered some terrifying natural enemy, and quickly moved away. Fleeing from the depths of the forest of firelight, the rats that piled up like a mountain before Petistan's eyes disappeared into the darkness of the forest like a low tide.

From the sudden stop of the rat group to the final retreat, the whole process only took a few minutes, but to Petistan, it seemed to have completed an experience from death to life. Until the rat group disappeared completely, she did not see her. She recovered from the scene, and even the hunting knife fell from her hand to the ground, she did not react.

After a while, the cold of the night forest penetrated her body through her drenched clothes, causing her to shiver, and she recovered from the shock, and felt the fatigue and fatigue passing from all over her body again. Soreness, the will to always support her to escape also collapsed at this moment, the body that had reached the limit could no longer be supported, and the whole person fell straight on the thick rotting leaves on the ground.

At this time, her mind began to blur, and her consciousness gradually faded. Just when her consciousness was about to be completely lost, a very abrupt question emerged in her mind. When did Jerry Rat start to be afraid of the fire? Then she passed out completely in a coma.

In the coma, Petistan only felt like she was suspended in a pitch-black space, without up and down, or left and right, unable to feel time or herself, but she still had a clear mind and was able to Thinking of some things, but she couldn't control what she thought.

She didn't know how long she stayed in this state, until she felt a warmth passed on to her body, and she regained a sense of body, then she got out of that state again and opened her eyes.

The first thing that caught her eyes was a fire, a fire that made her feel warm and at ease. At this moment, her mind was blank, as if she didn’t want to do anything, she didn’t want to think about anything, but stared blankly at the fire. Flame, after a long time, began to gradually recall what had happened, and then moved his head slightly and looked around.

I saw that this was not the hunting team's camp that she thought before, but just a temporary forest camp. There were two figures beside the bonfire. Because of the influence of the fire, she couldn't see the two people clearly. Appearance, only from the clothing that can be seen clearly, the two people should not be civilians, nor are they from the Ruth Principality, they are probably from the Otter Federation.

The reason she made this judgment is because the hunting suit on the other party is a high-end fabric, she has only seen it on some nobles, and the other party's hunting suit style is not the style of the Principality, even more. Like the hunting style of the Otter Federation.

"I have crossed the Betain Mountains and came to the Otter Federation?" An idea came to Penistan's mind, but she quickly rejected the idea, not to mention whether she could only spend less than one night. She crossed the Petain Mountains in her time, even if she could, she ran down this way, never ran out of the forest, never saw the endless snow-capped mountains, and it was absolutely impossible for those Jerry Rats to pass through Petain Mountains.

"Spy!" Immediately afterwards, a bold idea emerged in Penistan's mind.

At present, the church-controlled Holy Master Kingdom and the affiliated church countries are uniting other church countries to fight against the Otter Federation formed by evil and unbelievers. I heard that the war on the front line seems not to be a good one, so it will arbitrarily select various from the church countries. Adults who can supplement combat power.

The Duchy of Ruth can be said to be close to the Haute Confederation, and there is only a Petain Mountains in between. There are many countries like the Duchy of Ruth, but whether it is the Purification Fire Church or other churches, They have never worried that the troops of the Haute Federation will cross the Petain Mountains and come here, so they will boldly transfer the adults of these countries to the front line and do not set up any defense forces in these countries.

Because both these church countries and the Otter Federation are very clear that it is absolutely impossible for any army to pass through the Petain Mountains. Even if they can pass, the army that eventually comes to the other side of the mountain will suffer heavy losses. It is impossible. Then form any combat power.

Although the Petain Mountain Range is not the longest mountain range in the Haute Federation, it is the widest mountain range in the Haute Federation. The narrowest part of the entire mountain range is also composed of more than forty towering snowy mountains and huge undulating mountains. The most experienced climbers are not absolutely sure that they can pass the Petain Mountains safely, which also makes the Petain Mountains an insurmountable natural danger.

However, even so, both parties sometimes risk sending some powerful spies to the other side through the Petain Mountains, and those who can safely reach the other side are definitely the most personally capable people, and such people are also It can also cause huge damage to the country on the opposite side of the mountain range.

In the past, the Otter Federation has sent some elite spies to the Holy Master Nation of Purification Fire, and through their extraordinary abilities, they have emerged in all walks of life in the Holy Master Nation, and some are even the industry leaders. Another person became a high-ranking priest of the fire of purification, only one step away from the high priest who could run for the pope, and from the situation at the time, that person was indeed a candidate for the pope in the church. Cultivated.

If it weren’t for some accidents that caused some of them to reveal their identity, and eventually involved everyone, there might be an unbelievers pope in the Church of Purification Fire. In that case, the Fire of Purification would become the entire church. The laughing stock of the world.

Therefore, after that incident, the Holy Lord of Purification Fire and its religious duchy paid special attention to spies and the like. Not only did they set up a special department for spies within the church, but also increased the appraisal of the beliefs of church clergy. After the sequence, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to popularize the method of detecting spies throughout the countries and regions controlled by the Purification Fire Church. As long as they are school-age children, they must participate in such courses and training, and such courses still exist today.

Petistan has naturally taken this kind of course, and because of the free lunch, she has been taking it for several years, and now this is a special time. uukanshu.com So she is very sensitive to things like spies, the first thought in her mind when she sees people wearing exotic clothes is spies.

Although Petistan is not like her compatriots, who, under the instigation of the church, has always reported hostility or even hatred towards the unbelievers of the Otter Federation, she also has no good impressions of this country, and does not like the spies sent by this country. .

So after understanding the current situation, she involuntarily wanted to reach out to her waist, take out the second dagger she had hidden, and find a chance to take down the two spies.

It’s just that she soon discovered that there was a problem with her body. Although her mind wanted to take things, her hands were completely reluctant to move. The pain spread, and she was about to shout, but in the end she managed to endure the pain.

At this time, a very magnetic-sounding female voice said in a somewhat jerky Ruth dialect: "You better not move around now. Although we have treated your injury, your body’s excess exercise has already caused it. It will take some time to recover from some very serious injuries. During this time, you'd better lie down and don’t move.” After that, she paused again and said, “By the way, we are not spies, you Do not worry."