Chapter 571: Counterattack! Thorns Swamp! (1/2)

“No wonder there’s no vulture or hyena in the Thorns Swamp.”

Mody could not help but feel emotional.

“What do you mean?” Stingham walked up to him, “Aren’t they rats? What does it have to do with vultures and hyenas?”

“They are all scavengers.”

Chris looked at Stingham and explained, “In a place like this, if there’s no large population of scavengers, it’s very easy for diseases and plagues even monsters and beasts cannot withstand to spread. Metal Devouring Rats eat rotten meat, bones and some minerals. There are so many of them here that there isn’t enough food for vultures and hyenas to live.”

“These rats like to gnaw on bones? Why didn’t they come before to eat? There are so many bones here.” Stingham was skeptical.

“Maybe because the skeletons are humanoid. They would feel sick.” Ayrin guessed.

“You think they’re you? Feeling sick from gnawing on humanoid skeletons?” The others almost tripped again.

“Perhaps those rats don’t like to gnaw on aged bones?” Stingham turned to look at Meraly and grumbled, “What a fluke.”

“Stingham, how did Meraly offend you? Can’t you be more polite to her?” Charlotte defended Meraly.

“It’s fine. This was really a fluke.” Meraly did not seem angry. Instead, she looked happy and determined, “It won’t happen again.” She clenched her fist, “But I won’t be mocked by you in future anymore. I won’t be so useless.”

“Is she also twisted from getting mocked?” Moss instantly felt sympathy for Meraly.

“Evil Dragon’s artifact, this Skeleton Army, they are actually defeated by rats.” Stingham looked at the obviously collapsing Skeleton Army and exclaimed, “Meraly, won’t others call you the Rat Queen now?”

“Rat Queen is better than Idiotic Green Dragon Prince, right?” Although Rinloran knew Stingham did not mock her on purpose, he still snorted.

Whoosh!

At that moment, a terrifying aura suddenly swept out from the Thorns Swamp.

Mody’s expression became stern and he warned, “Be careful.”

“What’s wrong?”

Stingham shuddered in fear.

“These skeleton warriors......”

Almost instantly, all skeleton warriors collapsed and became scattered bones once more.

The scene of a ferocious Skeleton Army collapsing so suddenly was so astonishing it felt surreal.

“Someone retrieved the ‘Evil Spirit Resurrection Gate’.”

Mody relaxed and heaved out a sigh. He slowly spoke, “Whoever was behind it is unable to endure any longer. However, he did not dare to make a move in the end.”

“He was unable to endure? Acting Corps Leader Mody, the terrifying aura just now is the aura leaked out when he was unable to endure?” Ayrin looked at the swamp in shock, “If that’s the case, we guessed correctly that there is an Evil Dragon Bishop hiding there?”

Mody nodded, “He probably never thought the Skeleton Army would be stopped and lost his calm for a moment. However, he should be alone and could not take all of us on. Hence, he did not dare to make a move in the end.”

“Since he did not think he is strong enough and chooses to hide, why don’t we enter the Thorns Swamp and take him on?” Ayrin pondered.

“What did you say?” Stingham immediately shouted in disbelief.

The attack by the Skeleton Army has just subsided. Those scattered bones are still bouncing on the ground, yet you say you want to enter the Thorns Swamp?

“According to the news Belo brought, if we calculate the time that has passed, even if we rush towards the Doa Royal Palace, we shouldn’t be able to make it before the war between the Kingdom of Eiche’s army and the Evil Dragon army begins, right?” Ayrin looked at everyone with a regretful expression.

However, his passionate fighting spirit immediately replaced it, “Since we can’t participate in that war, we must fight on here...... Although we have temporarily defended Fearotz, the threat of the demihuman-plus-monster army has yet to be eliminated. If we completely rout them inside the swamp, even if we leave the Fearotz Stronghold, the Thorns Swamp would be useless to the Evil Dragon followers, right?”

“A counterattack?”