Chapter 160: Undying Flametail (2/2)

With an army of eagles in front of them and an army of snakes behind them, what could these rats even do?

The answer was nothing. The surrounded rats had basically given into fear while their comrades on the other side of the pond couldn’t rush to their aid even though they desperately wanted to do so. The ratman leader even went so far as to get a couple of the sturdier rats to test out the venom. However, the moment they came into contact with the venom, these lab rats immediately collapsed onto floor, eyes closed and body writhing.

The strength of the medusa’s venom was so extreme, it rendered an area impassable permanently. Even if you were to scrub it for a long time, it still won’t disappear.

Once it reached a certain volume, it didn’t even have to enter the victim’s body in order to poison him; merely touching it was enough for the venom to seep into the victim’s body through the skin(hide).

While this might sound terrifying, this extraordinary effect only showed itself once there was enough venom secreted, before that, it wasn’t that much of a threat. If one wanted a lethal venom, the medusas had a host of such venoms however only a few of them could penetrate the skin like that. Without a doubt, such a tranquilizing venom was exactly what we needed in a battle like this.

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In a vast battle like this, even four-star experts weren’t able to decide the outcome of a battle. The ratman leader normally had over 10 other four-star lieutenants under his command. Unfortunately, the majority of them had been separated from the front pack. Within that 3000 strong half of an army, there were probably more four-stars than the medusas had but just in terms of army strength alone, the medusas definitely had the upper hand.

Excellent…looks like the plan worked perfectly. Looking at that flawless execution, even my anxious heart began to relax.

“Not a bad strategy, looks like the rats were successfully separated and we’ve gained an absolute advantage over them.” Violet Snow, like me, wasn’t at the level of a four-star yet so she stayed behind with me to survey the battlefield from the distance. From those words alone, I could tell she highly approved of my strategy.

“I didn’t expect it to work that well either. How should I say it, these ratmen were as brainless as expected?” I smugly stated as I swept my eyes over the perfection that was my trap…however, given that these were just rats…I couldn’t help but think that them falling for the trap was only natural.

However, now that the battle had progressed to this stage, it was time for my strategy to take the backseat while my army did its work.

The following battle was truly a hot-blooded one. Whether it was the medusas or the harpies, none of them disappointed me. With nothing to worry about from the back, Manasha led her medusas in a bold charge into the ratman army.

Swerving left and right, the medusas nimbly dodged the attacks of the ratmen before circling around to their exposed flank and raking them with their razor sharp claws. The snakes on their head functioned independently from the medusas and were essentially independent turrets that fired with deadly accuracy at long or short ranges.

However, it was the tails of the medusas that truly struck fear into the rodents. Despite their harmless appearance, these tails were the ultimate melee weapon they had. Often, rodents who managed to flank the medusas were swiftly and fatally swatted away with a mere flick of their tails.

Wherever the medusas charged, the battlefield was turned into a ratless scene of carnage!

As for the harpies, while they no longer had their javelins in hand, that didn’t mean that they were helpless either. Before meeting me, they basically employed a dive and raking tactic. Against the disorganized ratmen, it was like shooting fish in a barrel for them especially for Numila who gained an epic weapon, Flametail. With just a single flame spell, she was able to instantly slaughter a three-star rodent.

Explosion after explosion rattled the bony walls of the hallway. Soon, the maze was filled with the stench of burning fur and roasted meat.

Seeing that, two of the four-star rodents within the trapped army tried to sneak up on Numila. I had to say, they were pretty smart about it too. Making use of their numerous kinsrodents to camouflage themselves, they stealthily approached the harpy witch and pounced on her the moment she was in range.

Unfortunately, Numila wasn’t one to fall for such petty tricks. Before the two rodents even leaped into the air, she made the preparations for her own counter-attack, her plan, to meet their attacks head on with her own. Like a guardian moon orbiting around her, Flametail suddenly expanded and burned brighter till it resembled a miniature sun. Without even waiting for the two rodents to reach her, Flametail swiftly rammed into them. Bumped away by the orbiting sun, the two rodents fell flat on their rear ends.

All in all, leaping, attacking and falling merely took place within the short span of two seconds.

Normally, their fur was already susceptible enough to flame attacks. Even a normal flame was able to set them ablaze let alone the not-at-all ordinary flames of Flametail which only required a mere lick to set them ablaze.

Initially, it was only their arms which caught fire. However, the moment they landed on the floor, the flames had basically spread all over their bodies. Eyes wide open in terror, they frantically rolled around in a bid to put out the flames. Unfortunately, their efforts were doomed to failure and all that awaited them was a painful, scorching end.

Not only were these poor souls doomed to die, their tumbling around ended up dooming their comrades as well thanks to the sheer density of the ratman army. Every tumble of their blazing body spread the incandescent plague to another unfortunate rat.

Furthermore, because these flames were just as inextinguishable, the unscathed couldn’t blindly run away either or they might end up bumping into another comrade who was already on fire…thus, a couple of tiny flames ended up burning a countless number of rats.