MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 94 - 92: General Hammer’s Plan

Chapter 94: Chapter 92: General Hammer’s Plan

"Your Majesty, we’re in trouble!"

In the vast Imperial Palace filled with rat nests, a rat-man dressed in court attire frantically rushed into the Song and Dance Hall reserved for the entertainment of the Rat King.

"What’s so panic-inducing? Could it be a rebellion?" The obese Rat King, nestled among a group of female rats, was greatly annoyed by the intrusion of his minister.

"Your wisdom shines, Majesty! Generals Hammer and Spear have rebelled—they’re now heading straight for the Noon Gate."

"What?! Say that again?" The Rat King’s eyes widened as he struggled to climb out from his cozy spot, disbelief written all over his face.

"Just as expected, my king—you already knew about Generals Hammer and Spear’s rebellion. Since you must have prepared a strategy, I needn’t worry," the rat-minister audaciously treated the Rat King’s offhand remark as prescience.

"Strategy my ass! Where’s General Tiefu? Where are my trusted aides? Get them to protect me, quick!"

General Tiefu, a die-hard loyalist to the Rat King, was already stationed at the city gates of the palace, yelling to Lu Hong and others, "Hammer, Spear! How dare you commit such treachery?!"

"General Tiefu! Today we must kill the Rat King. Be sensible and step aside—we can guarantee to preserve your tribes and not suppress them after the Rat King’s death." General Hammer offered a very tempting deal.

"Hmph! You traitorous scoundrels will never succeed!" General Tiefu brandished a giant axe, "Anyone who wants to enter the Imperial City today must get past me first!"

"What do we do?" General Spear anxiously looked towards Lu Hong.

"What else can we do? Is that General Tiefu really that powerful?" Lu Hong asked curiously.

"Not really," General Hammer whispered in Lu Hong’s ear. "He’s just a bit more capable than us."

"Then just storm the Imperial City! What are you waiting for?" Lu Hong couldn’t fathom what the rat generals were worried about and charged towards the city gates.

"Humans, let me use you as a sacrifice to my flag!" General Tiefu stepped forward, seemingly triggering an Array, and instantly a massive axe hundreds of meters long descended from the sky.

General Tiefu swung his axe, and the hundred-meter-long axe came slashing towards Lu Hong.

"Shit!" Lu Hong, wielding the Blood Holy Sword, hastily defended himself. The immense force from the giant axe forced him to retreat repeatedly.

Seeing Lu Hong being pushed back, Generals Hammer and Spear promptly complimented, "Hero bro, you’re incredible! Even the Formation of the three thousand units at the palace gates couldn’t take you down!"

"Why didn’t you mention the Formation at the gate earlier?" Lu Hong glared at the two disapprovingly.

General Spear said innocently, "You didn’t ask. If you had, I definitely would have told you."

"Yeah, yeah, remember when I said we should maybe make a plan first? I was actually thinking about how to break through the Formation at the gate."

Hearing General Hammer’s complaints, Lu Hong’s face grew darker and darker: "Forget it, let’s withdraw!" As he was about to leave.

"Hey, hey, don’t go, hero bro! There’s actually a way to break through the Formation, let me handle it," General Hammer tenaciously pulled Lu Hong back and volunteered to break the Array.

"Oh really? You want a taste of my axe too?" Master of the city’s Array, General Tiefu now felt invincible, not taking General Hammer seriously at all.

"General Tiefu! You’ll meet a bad end following the Rat King!" General Hammer spoke up, "Even if you don’t consider yourself, think about your family."

"Family?" General Tiefu scoffed, "I’ve been a bachelor for most of my life, what family?"

"Uh...," General Hammer was stunned, this wasn’t like what was written in the books.

"Then... then I’ll marry my daughter to you! Then you’ll have a family!" Since Tiefu apparently had no family, General Hammer decided to fabricate one.

"Really?" General Tiefu’s eyes lit up. "You’re not lying?"

"Nonsense, I have over two hundred daughters, pick anyone you like. You can even draw lots to decide who to take right now at my place—I, General Hammer, will not stop you!"

"Fine! For that very statement!" General Tiefu, overjoyed, immediately ordered his men, "Lads, open the city gates and welcome my future father-in-law!"

Seeing their own general swayed so easily by the rebels, General Tiefu’s men pleaded:

"General, you can’t betray the Rat King’s domain for a woman!"

"Yes, General, if you really want to marry, I’ll arrange for you to marry my family’s daughter!"

"Please don’t open the gates, General, or the Imperial City will fall!"

"Why do you all talk too much? I don’t care for your daughters—get out of my way!" General Tiefu kicked away the surrounding rat-men and turned to open the city gates.

"That’s sorted!" Seeing the slowly opening city gates, General Hammer turned and declared, "Hero bro, let’s go in."

Lu Hong couldn’t believe his eyes as he watched Yu Tiefu welcome the hammer into the city. Surrendering for such ridiculous reasons? He had just heard that the hammer had over two hundred daughters, and if a few more were sent to the Rat King, maybe the Rat King himself would be willing to abdicate.

"Father-in-law, please accept my bow."

"Come, come, come, we’re all family now, no need for such formalities," General Hammer helped General Yu up and said, "After today, when we overthrow the Rat King’s rule, you will be our Rat Nest’s great hero!"

"Father-in-law, what are you saying? Little Xu is just following fate," Yu rubbed his hands together, his expression incredibly sleazy.

Hammer instantly understood Yu’s thoughts and said, "You don’t need to bother with overthrowing the Rat King; how about you come and sit at my house first?"

"This... this wouldn’t be appropriate, would it?" Yu put on an embarrassed look.

"What are you talking about, General Yu? I believe my daughters are all looking forward to meeting a great hero like you." With a few words, Hammer fooled Yu into leaving, just as an ocean-like swarm of rats was converging on the Imperial Palace from all directions.

"Hammer, Spear! How dare you rebel?" Just after Yu had left, the Rat King’s trusted aides finally reached the battlefield.

Unlike Yu, the Rat King’s troops gave no time for talks and charged straight into Hammer’s formation.

"Brothers, follow me and wipe out the royal guards!" General Spear had been waiting for a long time, leading his elite soldiers to clash fiercely with the Rat King’s trusted aides, the battle cries shaking the heavens.

The Rat King’s trusted aides, though not numerous—only about a hundred thousand—possessed combat abilities several times that of Hammer and Spear’s forces. Their superior armors could block most of the rat people’s attacks, and combined with their uniform long swords and wide attack range, plus the circular formation they used, they looked like relentless saws harvesting the lives of the rat people.

"Wow, the Rat King’s guards are really impressive," General Hammer ran to Lu Hong’s side, couldn’t help but exclaim.

"How are you planning to deal with them?"

Hearing Lu Hong’s question, General Hammer shook his head: "I don’t know, we have more people, but our weapons and equipment are far inferior to theirs; we can only win by sheer numbers."

"Why don’t we just go straight for the Rat King instead of dragging this out?" Lu Hong asked, puzzled.

"Of course, we can," General Hammer nodded.

This time, Lu Hong didn’t act rashly and cautiously asked, "Is there some complicated formation around the Rat King?"

"That’s not the case, but the Rat King himself is too powerful. Even if I lead a team of elites to him, I doubt we could defeat him," General Hammer shrugged, indicating his helplessness.

"I wonder, did you carefully consider before starting this rebellion?" Lu Hong couldn’t help but roll his eyes at Hammer.

"Not really, I only thought of it when Hero Brother’s sword was at my neck."

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"After all, it was a matter of life and death back then. If I surrendered to the hero, it meant betraying the Rat King and facing a manhunt. If I didn’t surrender to the hero, I was done for anyway. Either way, death was certain, so I might as well rebel and stand a chance of survival."

"You think fast," Lu Hong said drily, not amused. "Tell me where the Rat King is. I’ll go see him."

"Hero Brother, no offense, but the Rat King has at least a level six ability, almost comparable to a mid-tier Second Transition profession. You haven’t reached the Second Transition yet. Let’s dispense with that idea. If we can wear down his guards, taking down the Rat King shouldn’t be hard," Hammer had already decided on a war of attrition for the final battle.

"Cut the crap, just tell me where the Rat King is," Lu Hong followed the direction Hammer pointed to, which was a lavishly decorated high-rise.

"That’s the Song and Dance Hall, the Rat King is usually inside."

"Alright, I’ll be right back," Lu Hong headed straight for the Song and Dance Hall.

Seeing Lu Hong charge towards the Song and Dance Hall, the head of the trusted aides quickly ordered, "Second and third teams, stop that human!"

Watching two teams come at him, Lu Hong didn’t dodge. He grabbed the Holy Sword, leaped into the air, and like a meteor, he directly disrupted the trusted aides’ formation.

"Kill!" The rat trusted aides clumsily got up from the ground. They were all level five Demon Beasts. Although Lu Hong’s Jump Slash was powerful, the shockwave wasn’t lethal enough to kill them, and they madly rushed at Lu Hong.

"Get lost!" Lu Hong, holding the Holy Sword, knocked all the encircling trusted aides flying, stomped on the ground, and headed straight for the Song and Dance Hall.

"Don’t even think about harming our King!" The leader of the trusted aides leaped up, his long sword descending with murderous intent.

"War Challenge!" Just as he landed, Lu Hong faced the incoming long sword and counterattacked with a skill.

Boosted by his Divine Blood, the skill’s power greatly increased. The captain of the trusted aides, whose power was close to that of a level six Demon Beast, was forced to retreat continuously.

"Who are you to dare support these generals in their rebellion?" After their first confrontation, the captain of the trusted aides knew that Lu Hong was not an easy opponent.

"Either step aside voluntarily or I’ll make you. Pick one."

"Then let me see your might!" The captain of the trusted aides bellowed, his long sword sweeping broadly in an old-warrior style, pressing hard towards Lu Hong.