Chapter 388: Born in the Year of the Rat (1/2)

Like any of the monsters, Shadow didn't also move from his spot as he didn't want the monstrous dragon to take notice of him even when it already passed by.

”Can anyone from your family fight them?” Shadow turned to Aron, who is now hanging on his shoulder after the dragon finally flew far from them.

Aron shook its head saying, ”Aron~!”

'He knows their race is strong, but he's not sure how they'd fare against a dragon?' Michael thought after understanding what Aron said.

At the same time, he could also understand where Aron is coming from as the little guy hasn't met any of his fellow kin yet and only knows that they're a very powerful race based from his hereditary memories when he was born out of that egg.

”Let's go”

Michael and Aron then continued on their journey, and along the way, they harvested herbs, avoided the monsters they can't fight, but fought those he's already capable of defeating or just the stubborn ones, just like the Large Mountain Rat before them, except that its head is a little rounder and not pointy like the house rats in the real world and it has a pair of teeth just like a beaver.

[Lv. 50 Large Mountain Rat]

Once an ordinary rat, and due constant exposure from the Dragon Aura enveloping the land and the harsh living condition of the place, they had managed to evolve and prevented their species from being wiped out.

Skills: Dig, Hyper Fang

'Dig? It's a f*cking rat, not a mole! And Hyper Fang? It makes me remember those Sewer Rats who were my first kills, ' Michael thought to himself, and in his hands are two daggers in a reverse grip while carefully watching the large rat the size of a medium size dog before him.

Screech!!

Then the Large Mountain Rat suddenly uttered a piercing screech before leaping off and disappearing on the ground.

Rumble! Rumble!

Shadow quickly darted his eyes around while Aron's body was already covered in a streak of black lightning, as both of them concentrated on trying to locate where the monster would pop out from, based from the soft rumbling sound the Large Mountain Rat makes when it digs along the ground.

Then Shadow and Aron's eyes became sharp as the latter quickly leapt forward while Shadow threw one of his daggers towards the spot behind where Aron was standing earlier as hole appeared on the ground, followed by a shadow that leaped out from the hole as a dagger quickly struck the figure, sending it tumbling along the ground.

”Awon!”

Meanwhile, Aron, who had sensed the attack coming from behind him earlier, threw a condense ball of black lightning towards the monster, resulting in a small explosion similar to a Pla-pla, a firework originating from Pearl Nation.

Kaboom!

The resulting damage from the explosion left the Large Mountain Rat in a charred state. Unfortunately, it didn't seem that hurt as its eyes are still full of vitality, but the succeeding attacks also took a chunk of the monster's health as it was already missing a fourth of it.

”Rats are really resilient motherf*ckers” Shadow laughed as he rolled to the side when the monster suddenly accelerated and pounced towards him like a cannonball.

”Don't stop attacking!” Shadow ordered Aron, as he and the monster started exchanging blows after blows with Aron assisting him whenever there's a window of opportunity.

”F*ck!”

Suddenly, a silhouette of a rat head suddenly appeared above the Mountain Rat and tried to bite Shadow, and with his skills all in cooldown. He didn't have any choice but to quickly change his pair of daggers into his sword and block the attack.

And the end result was that he got smashed towards the ground as the silhouette's fangs and Shadow's sword produced the sound of screeching metal, as the former tried to snap the sword in half!

The Large Mountain Rat's skill, Hyper Fang, was so powerful that anyone would know just by looking at the veins protruding under his skin that he's using every ounce of strength he has to block the attack.