Work Prophet
Chapter 366 - 124: The Sinister Castle

Chapter 366: Chapter 124: The Sinister Castle

Although Miss Rabbit had fiercely declared that she would donate no more than fifty gold lions to the Life Church, she was actually quite anxious these days.

Initially, like most nobles in the western territories, she thought that the Emperor in the distant Royal Capital didn’t have many options against them.

But as Flower Castle, Red Tower City, and Duolin City successively suffered from rat infestations, the Lady could no longer sleep peacefully. She would often wake up from nightmares, dreaming of rats gnawing at her toes.

As the saying goes, when in trouble, think of Merlin. Ireya first thought of Li Yu and sent out a distress call to him, and Li Yu did not let her down. He spent about a week retrofitting Teacup Castle.

This allowed Miss Rabbit to escape the torment of her nightmares once again.

Moreover, for the next half-month she wasn’t attacked by rats. Just as the Lady’s spirit was beginning to relax and she thought she might escape unscathed, the rat army unexpectedly arrived one deep night.

These little creatures were very stealthy, moving out at night with almost no warning signs, and the guards defending the city didn’t notice them.

However, they still triggered the infrared alarm systems that Li Yu had set up outside the castle, alerting the people inside. After that, the guards and maids quickly sprang into action according to the previous drills.

The black mass of rats quickly crossed the empty ground outside the castle and arrived at the main gate.

But as they tried to enter the castle, they encountered trouble; as soon as the leading group of rats hit the wire in front of the door, they began convulsing wildly, accompanied by a burning smell.

The rats behind didn’t believe their fate and, stepping over the bodies of their comrades, continued to press forward into the gate, only to have more and more rats caught by the wire mesh and begin trembling.

At the same time, barrels were thrown down from above the castle, instantly killing a dozen rats, and when these barrels hit the ground they shattered, spilling their contents everywhere.

The rats that came into contact with this substance saw their fur become darker and glossier.

— Pine oil.

The priests from the Silver Moon Church in Duolin City had once used this substance against the rats, and since it was quite effective, Ireya had also procured several barrels.

She now targeted the densest areas of rats and dropped the barrels there; after which, the archers fired arrows to ignite the pine oil.

The rats smeared in pine oil were instantly devoured by a firestorm, emitting painful screams.

In just a few minutes, at least hundreds of rats perished in the flames, but then more rats surged out from the darkness.

Squeaking, they charged towards the inside of the castle.

Seeing that they couldn’t break through the wire mesh, some rats took another route, turning back and running up the packed city walls, then crawling into the second-floor windows of the castle.

The rats, like dumplings falling from a spoon, jumped down from the windowsill, only to find themselves stuck to the ground, their limbs glued in place.

The more they struggled, the tighter they stuck until they could no longer move their entire bodies.

However, this allowed subsequent rats to step over their bodies and continue rushing forward. In a short while, the ground was covered with a carpet of rats.

Now when the rats jumped down, they were no longer stuck.

Thus, the swarm quickly left the room and reached the outside corridor; but there, they encountered a second electric net.

And before this electric net, Li Yu had laid a piece of iron that was over ten meters long. As soon as the rats stepped on the iron plate, sparks and lightning passionately danced across it.

At the same time, the corridor began to fill with a large amount of choking white smoke, which soon enveloped the entire corridor.

The rats scattered throughout the smoke, but they could never escape the range of the white smoke and eventually collapsed to the ground one by one.

The rats that entered through the main entrance and rushed upstairs through the walls did not fare well, but those that had slipped into the cellar during the chaos were living quite comfortably.

They found a large amount of food in the cellar, apparently all stored by the Arias family. These rats didn’t bother being polite with Miss Rabbit and immediately began feasting hungrily.

Later, some rats even managed to bite open the barrels of wine stored by the Lady, and a group of rats immediately started a party on the spot.

The Arias family’s guards tried several times to drive them out, but they were never successful.

There were simply too many rats, and they were not afraid of people. The Lady even brought four cats from Black Stone City, which were all at a loss now.

These cats had clearly never seen such a scenario before, and once released, they were chased around haphazardly by the rats, proving completely useless.

But the girl wrapped in the dark green cloak could not feel happy either.

It was the first time her army of rats encountered real resistance. Although they had taken over the cellar and warehouse, they could never break through to the second floor of the castle.

She wanted to leave an unforgettable memory for the head of the Arias family, but she couldn’t even see his face.

She was starting to understand why Leo had advised her to stay away from Green Field.

This place was indeed strange. The iron nets looked fragile, but her rats couldn’t break through them at all.

And there was something even more bizarre yet to come.

The girl in the dark green cloak heard a buzzing sound overhead, and when she looked up, she saw an iron bird with three eyes.

The iron bird was looking right at her too.

The next moment, a strong sense of crisis surged in her heart.

The girl didn’t hesitate, she immediately crawled from behind the small knoll where she was hiding, shook off the grass on her body, and planned to retreat into the nearby forest, but just then the castle gates suddenly opened.

A troop of cavalry charged out, heading straight for where she was hiding.

The girl in the dark green cloak was shocked. Until now, she had no idea how the enemy had discovered her, but she knew she had to run or she would certainly die.

So she broke into a run, making strange noises from her mouth as she ran.

Although the swarm of rats was quite a distance from her, they somehow heard her cries, abandoned the food they were consuming, and turned to run towards her.

However, the Arias family’s guards arrived much quicker, their armor glistening under the moonlight with a cold gleam.

The leader was Thomas, the young knight raised his sword and struck at the girl in the dark green cloak.

She used all her strength to lunge forward, narrowly dodging the lethal sword, but she also tumbled down the slope, tearing her clothes and arms in the process.

Meanwhile, the group of white rats that had been surrounding her, now fearlessly leaped towards the knights behind her, trying to buy her some time.