Chapter 2041 - 548: Alakdo's Most Useful Episode (Happy New Year!) (Part 2)

However, the Ratmen's coins also have two sides, Merk fulfilled his lifelong pursuit so easily, Shrek always felt there was a trick.

As expected—

That fat pig treated him as a sacrificial pawn,

although in the past there were occasional frictions with the human kingdom, it's obvious this time they screwed up big.

Coming at least has to be an Earl!

"Get moving! You lazy bunch!"

Vigorously planting the banner symbolizing power into the ground, Shrek roared at his already frantic subordinates.

"Quickly reinforce the entrance! Prepare the rolling stones and poison gas! Also, quickly clean out the biggest cave for me! Now I, the great king, am a warlord, the Earl's palace no longer fits my status! I want to build a bigger palace!"

As he was shouting, a dirt-covered Ratmen underling tumbled in, scrambling and kowtowing as he bowed.

"Great King! Bad news! Great King!"

"Call me a warlord! Idiot!"

Shrek kicked him, sending that rat tumbling several times.

The underling didn't bother crying out in pain, he flipped himself up from the ground, quaking as he crawled, his voice quivering with fearful sobs.

"War... Warlord Sir! Several caves below Burial Peak have been occupied!"

"What?!" Shrek's eyes widened, his teeth clenching in anger, "These useless fools... Who are they? Spinor's Earl?"

"No, it's not! It's not humans! It's Earth Cave Spiders!" That Ratmen underling sobbed, trembling, "Spiders are everywhere! Too many to count! They're like a black tide... just flooded in!"

"Earth Cave Spiders?!"

Shrek was taken aback, his gray fur bristling.

Earth Cave Spiders are not uncommon in the Ten Thousand Ridges Mountain Range, Ratmen sometimes even treat them as snacks, but swarming Earth Cave Spiders acting like an army would make any rat stop laughing.

These guys have dirty stuff behind them!

Shrek instantly figured out the implication and finally understood why Soul Shatterer·Merc would toss this hot potato banner to him!

This cunning coward!

Shrek cursed inwardly, quickly tossing aside the banner he had just viewed as a prized treasure, drawing the rune short sword he seized from the dwarves, and shouted fiercely yet timidly.

"What are you doing here? Go summon my guard! Charge and slaughter them! Gerro the mighty, just a few spiders and you're scared like this, I'm truly ashamed for you!"

"Y-yes!" Sucking back his snot, after being scolded the Ratmen underling swiftly changed direction and ran out of the cave, rushing to the rat hole for backup.

It's worth mentioning that although Ratmen always give humans a messy impression, chaos is actually their trait, but their combat power isn't weak.

Under Shrek's command, the heavily armored Ratmen guard soon assembled, leading an army composed of clan rats and slave rats surging to the frontline.

The slaughter had just begun.

Meanwhile, after issuing orders, Shrek did not rush into battle like a dwarf lord leading the charge; on the contrary, he turned and burrowed into his lair, shouting at the rat concubines enjoying delicious delicacies inside.

"Stop eating! Pack up your belongings!"

The rat mothers stirred.

A few well-fed rat mothers raised their heads displeased, chattering.

"Pack up for what?"

"Could it be those humans attacking?"

"Aren't humans our allies?"

"You know nothing!" Shrek cursed and swore as he frantically stuffed gold coins and gems into his sack.

"A menace a thousand times more troublesome than humans is attacking! If we don't flee, we'll all become spider droppings!"

There are also clever rats among the Ratmen.

Seeing Shrek the king so panicked, the swarm of rat mothers finally realized the severity of the situation and hurriedly began packing up jars and bottles in the palace, preparing to migrate deeper into the mountains.

...

Meanwhile, in the occupied caves outside Burial Peak, a one-sided massacre was unfolding, the Earth Cave Spiders were indulging in a feast like wolves and tigers.

"Hiss-ha—!"

An enormous black spider, as large as a small mountain, grinned as it bit a resisting Ratmen Centurion in half, blood and flesh splattering over it, making it look even more ferocious.

That was Alakdo.

As Lord Demon King's mount and Demon General, although he always appeared as a docile and flattering pet in front of Luo Yan, in front of outsiders he looked more like a Demon King than the Demon King himself.

After all, the Demon King's smile only makes maidens blush, while Alakdo's grin could scare even the Undead into wetting themselves.

Behind him, the vast Earth Cave Spider swarm surged into the caves like a black flood, despair imprinted on every little rat's face.

"Kill them all!" Alakdo let out a hoarse roar, resonating through the caves with deafening insect cries.

Chir-chir-chir—!

The sound dropping SAN value frightened the Ratmen into weak knees, scattering like beasts fleeing in all directions!

"Help!"

"Don't kill me—"

"Ah, my tail!"

Alakdo paid them no mind.

His massive body swept across like a black curtain on stage, deftly extending his forelegs, each time resulting in the demise of several slave rat warriors.

Today's Alakdo was no longer the Alakdo of yore, he was already a Gold Level Alakdo! And the present Weaving Shadow Clan was no longer that struggling little tribe at the bottom of the Maze!