Chapter 58 Treasure Hunting Rat

After an ordinary night, Luke and Penny's relationship improved rapidly. At least the big cat is now willing to be petted.

The next day, at the appointed time, Luke and Penny arrived at the sewer entrance where they first met Gray Hair.

Grayhair had been waiting near the entrance. When he saw Luke coming, he turned around and squeaked a few times into the sewer. A light gray mouse that was about the same size as him but looked very agile crawled out from the ground.

"Are you the friendly giant that Gray Hair mentioned, one that can understand mouse language?" The light gray mouse indeed had only one ear. It approached Luke, raised its head, and squeaked loudly.

Although this was a formal meeting, Luke couldn't help but ask, "You are the One-Eared King. Do you know a big cat named Black Cat Sheriff?"

"Ah?" Although Yi Er had prepared himself mentally in advance, he was still startled when he saw that Luke could actually understand and speak rat language.

However, he didn't quite understand what Luke said.

Black Cat Sheriff, in the context of Mouse, translates to something like a black guardian monster, which One Ear has never heard of.

Taking a look at the large monster (big cat) standing nearby with a fierce look in his eyes, he guessed that the black guardian monster might also be a pet of the giant.

He replied: "I have never seen any Black Cat Sheriff, but the Rat Tribe is well-informed. If you want to find a specific monster, we can help you find it."

I really thought too much.
Luke shook his head. "Forget it. Let's talk about those out-of-town rats."

"My rats have only occupied the relatively poor areas in the central city. The wealthy areas outside are occupied by foreign rats," Yi Er shook his tail, still a little frightened. "The leader of those foreign rats has also undergone two metamorphosis, and the direction of his metamorphosis is combat. Even if he is in a bad state, I can't beat him."

In the rat tribe, level 0 transcendence is called awakening, and each subsequent level promotion is called metamorphosis. Two metamorphosises will result in a level 2 transcendent rat.

Luke asked curiously, "So what is the direction of your transformation?"

One of its front paws scratched its whiskers and squeaked sheepishly, "When I was a young mouse, I particularly liked to explore, and the direction of my transformation after awakening was also exploration. I named this direction [Treasure Hunting Mouse]."

"The ability that the [Treasure Hunting Rat] metamorphosis brought me is the improvement of my sense of smell and intuition, as well as the perception of various energy-containing items. Relying on this ability, I have found a lot of high-energy foods in my life as a rat, so I was able to complete the second metamorphosis so smoothly. However, it is also because of this that my frontal combat ability is far inferior to that barbarian rat."

At this point, Yi Er's eyes flashed with a little inspiration: "Gray Hair said that you can control the skyfire, even if there are a large number of rats, whether they are extraordinary rats or ordinary rats, you can destroy them instantly. Is this true?"

In the final analysis, all it needed to rely on Luke was its fighting ability. The ability described by Grayhair to drop flames larger than tens of millions of rats from the sky and wipe out the rats in an instant was simply terrifying.

Of course, if it is used to deal with those foreign rats, it is the best ability.

Luke noticed that the most prosperous central urban area for humans was a barren place with scarce food and many predators in the eyes of mice.

The downtown area with garbage everywhere is the rich land of fish and rice, so now the rats are all in the poor downtown area.

This is quite convenient for the rat extermination work. After all, using a powerful flamethrower in a busy downtown area and playing with fire in a slum area will have a huge difference in impact. Luke nodded and admitted it.

"That's great!" Yi'er's only remaining ear stood up excitedly and circled a few times. "I can lure out the main force of those wild rats. Then you can use the skyfire to burn them all to ashes."

"In return, you can pick out any treasure you like from my treasury. Although I don't have much combat ability, when it comes to treasure troves, ten barbarian rats can't compare to me." Yizier promised excitedly.

"However, great giant, I am afraid I must tell you in advance that most of the treasures I collected were eaten by me. Only some hard and inedible things were left in the treasure house by me."

Oh?
Luke became interested. It was a treasure-hunting mouse's hoard. Who knew what was inside? It was a wonderful surprise.

Yizi'er is a genius of the rat clan, a king who has led the rats under his command to live in peace with humans for many years. Although his fighting ability is indeed a little weak, he is indeed better than rats in other aspects.

After reaching an agreement with Luke, he decisively took the advance payment.

After returning to the sewer entrance and making a few squeaking sounds, a large group of rats began to crawl out. Compared with ordinary rats, these new rats were generally more robust and looked like a one-eared guard.

The rats carried and bit a few things with difficulty, and arranged them neatly in front of Luke like maids displaying collections in a palace.

Luke took a quick look and saw that there were not many items, only four.

It makes sense. After all, rats have a short lifespan. In a few years in an urban environment, even if they have the ability to "hunt for treasure", they will not have many opportunities to find treasures.

What's more, if everything edible is eaten by it, only the inedible things are left.

The four objects were two irregular pieces of metal that looked like they came from a scrap yard, something that looked like a finger bone, and a shiny piece of something that looked like a piece of glass.

As the four objects appeared and approached, the [Spirit Fang] that Luke carried with him began to become restless. This was a sign that he had discovered a compatible supernatural substance that could be absorbed.

Luke calmed down and felt it carefully. Among the two irregular metal blocks, the silver-gray one was favored by the [Spirit Fang]. The other thing that looked like a piece of glass could also be absorbed by the [Spirit Fang].

As for the remaining piece of pure black metal and the piece of finger bone, they might also be treasures. Although [Spirit Fang] was not interested in them, Luke still collected them.

Maybe it will be useful in the future.

Luke nodded in satisfaction and said to the Rat King, "As long as you can find the location of the foreign rat, I can help you kill it. Of course, the location should not be too narrow, it is best to be on the ground. As you can see from my size, I can't enter your rat hole. The number of enemy rats does not matter, the more the better."

"Also, the king of foreign rats must be killed by my pet himself." Luke turned his head and signaled to Penny, then said to One Ear, "Is that okay with you?"

This was something he had agreed upon with Penny a long time ago. Only by personally ending the Rat King's life could she complete the ceremony of advancement to the second level.

(End of this chapter)