Chapter 246: Chapter 196: Secretly Making Preparations_1


    Early the next morning, Duanmu Huai continued his journey with hispanions, but this time, he didn’t follow his original n and head for the next city. When the girls questioned him about the reason……..


    “We have been noticed by the god of the Ratmen.”


    Yes, it was only after pondering this matter in the morning that Duanmu Huai realized that under normal circumstances, perhaps the Giant Horned Rat would ignore a regr warrior. But now Duanmu Huai was an Obliteration Demon God, a Demon God-level entity who controlled the domain of judgment and fear.


    If you consider his status, although he is not yet on par with deities like the Lake Goddess and Sigma, he is not far behind many ordinary gods.


    Under these circumstances, Duanmu Huai showing up unannounced in the Giant Horned Rat’s territory during a gue was asking for trouble. Only now does he recall overlooking this fact, which led to the current situation. Fortunately, it seemed that the Giant Horned Rat did not consider him a threat……


    “So we have to change course.”


    Under these circumstances, going to a city is the least wise choice as cities are gathering ces for Ratmen and rats. If Duanmu Huai and hispanions proceed to a city, it would be tantamount to tantly parading right under the Giant Horned Rat’s nose. Therefore, he must change direction and advance from other areas.


    Duanmu Huai, of course, has already thought this through.


    There is a ce that the Giant Horned Rat can’t possibly scrutinize.


    That is the World Fragment.


    That’s right, Duanmu Huai’s n is to use the same method as when he epted the Lake Goddess’s mission to steal Nagash’s crown: open the gate to Subspace, utilize the ovep of the World Fragment and the main ne to reach their destination, and then open the gate to emerge out.


    With such conditions, the Giant Horned Rat can never perceive their actions.


    The only thing left to do now is to find an entrance.


    Fortunately, through the warship located in outer space, Duanmu Huai has identified a nearby entrance.


    However, that entrance isn’t very essible.


    “Does Bambi have to go in there?”


    Looking at the entrance before them, Bambi obviously showed a resistant expression. Well, it’s understandable. This ce isn’t an ordinary passage; it’s filled with filth and ck stagnant water and even reeked of unpleasant smell. For the Vampire Princess, she obviously dislikes such a dirty environment.


    “Yes, right in here, but before that……”


    Duanmu Huai looked around again, then focused his sights back on the girls.


    “First, you must take off your clothes.”


    “………..Eh?!”


    It has to be said that when they heard Duanmu Huai’s demand, the girls were all stunned.


    “Why……why should we?!!”


    “Because we have been noticed by the Giant Horned Rat, so there are chances that it might have sneaked a rat onto our bodies. In order to avoid this…….”


    “There are rats on our bodies?!!!”


    The girls almost screamed in fright at this moment except for Miss Ogis. Even Miss Audrey, who was always calm, looked pale. For young girls, the thought of having a rat hiding in their bodies is indeed horrifying.


    “That’s not impossible.”


    “In that case…..”>


    “Alright.”


    Duanmu Huai sighed in resignation, then stretched out his hand. Soon, under the effect of the Gravity Gloves, a dressing room-like structure formed quickly in the spot.


    “You should go in and check.”


    This time the girls did not refuse and hurriedly rushed into the dressing room.


    After a while………


    “Eeek—————–!!!”


    Apanying a scream, the next moment Duanmu Huai saw the girls running out from the dressing room towards him. They had all taken off their outerwear, and were only wearing light undershirts. Under the sunlight, their fair skin and smooth curves could be seen. However, for the moment, the girls seemedpletely oblivious to this and were crowding towards Duanmu Huai —— After a moment, apletely naked Miss Ogis came out, holding a tiny, struggling, vicious-looking rat in her hand.


    By the way, even without clothes, there was nothing appealing to see on Miss Ogis —— after all, she is a puppet, and that’s expected.


    “Where did you find it?”


    Duanmu Huai, while eying the snarling rat, asked.


    “Inside Miss Audrey’s skirt.”


    “Oh……”


    Duanmu Huai immediately understood. Though Miss Audrey was currently wearing in clothes, perhaps due to her upbringing as an aristocraticdy, she preferred to wearyered frilly skirts. The rat seemed to have been hidden within the frills of her skirt, and because of its small size and lightweight, it was not discovered.


    One can imagine what Audrey felt when she lifted her skirt and found a rat on it.


    “You weren’t bitten, were you?”@@novelbin@@


    Duanmu Huai looked at Audrey, who was now hiding behind him, her face pale. At his query, Audrey merely shook her head.


    “No, no, the rat tried to climb up, but thanks to Miss Ogis …..”


    Audrey reached out her hand, uneasily wrapping her slender arm at the reminder of the situation. The memory alone sent shivers down her spine. Audrey didn’t even notice the rat hiding in the hem of her ck skirt until Miss Ogis requested them to get undressed. That’s when Audrey noticed something wrong. The rat then squeaked and suddenly scurried up, rapidly crawling toward Audrey’s face.


    The entire incident left Audrey frightened —— or rather, any youngdy would be terrified to see a rat climbing about her person.


    Indeed, at this moment, she looked quite the pitiful damsel in distress.


    Duanmu Huai red at the rat, which was squeaking and squirming. Yet, the moment it registered Duanmu’s gaze, the thumb-sized creature tensed abruptly and let out a shrill shriek —— then it turned into a silent piece of meat, utterly motionless.


    “Are there any more rats on anyone? None hiding in your hair, I hope.”


    “Please stop frightening us, Sir Knight!”


    Even Lorena was close to tears. She shakily extended her hand, wanting to check her hair but hesitating. Audrey and Bambi felt the same way.


    If they found a rat in their hair, they’d be ready to die.


    In the end, Duanmu Huai checked each of them thoroughly, confirming that none of the girls had rats hiding anywhere. Although the touching was somewhat embarrassing, given the potential threat of rats hiding somewhere… it was tolerable.


    “Okay, that should do it.”


    Duanmu Huai withdrew his hand, pretending not to notice the girls’ disgruntled expressions —— After all, it was he who was at a disadvantage. Even if he had actually taken advantage of the situation to cop a feel, he wouldn’t know since the Power Armor covered him entirely. His hands were also enveloped in the armor, rendering them numb to touch. As such, the girls’ disapproving looks made him the one who wanted to cry.


    “You go ahead.”


    Duanmu Huai stretched his hand, invoking “Soul Resonance”. Soon, an illuminating brilliance emerged inside the path before them. Bambi, Audrey, and Lorena hurriedly proceeded inside. Following them was Ogis, andstly, Duanmu Huai himself after ncing around. He then tossed a disc onto the ground and entered the portal before him.


    Just as Duanmu Huai turned and entered the portal, another rat suddenly emerged from behind a broken stone below, following him silently before suddenly darting forward.


    “Boom—————!!!”


    The next instant, a fierce explosion left the entire tunnel copsing. The rat had barely begun to react before the explosive st swept it away, throwing it onto the ground where falling stones turned it into a pile of minced meat.


    An angry whistle echoed but was quickly drowned out by the thunderous impact.


    The scene before them shed past.


    Upon lifting his head, Duanmu Huai couldn’t help but marvel at the sight before him.


    “It’s really beautiful …..”


    Lorena stupefiedly gazed ahead,menting aloud.


    It’s no wonder she would say such a thing, for a rare spectacley before them.


    Currently, they were standing inside a massive underground cavern, its magnitude so vast its boundaries seemingly vanished. If one were not to look up and see the stone walls and dome, anyone might mistake this for a huge basin or a valley of sorts.


    But in reality, it was an underworld.


    In the past, Duanmu Huai had read Jules Verne’s science fiction novel “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, where the protagonist through a volcano vent ventured to the heart of the Earth. In the depths of the Earth, they discovered a vast area filled with countless unimaginable, extinct nts and animals, evenkes harboring enormous dinosaurs and fish… The area where they were now gave a simr vibe.


    Within therge underground hollow, there was an abundance of prehistoric nts, giving it the semnce of Jurassic Park. Honestly, if a few dinosaurs emerged, it wouldn’t be surprising at all. Besides that, the most eye-capturing sight was the gigantic tree in the center of the hollow —— this tree was exceptionally tall, seemingly hundreds of meters high. Golden light falling from its dense leaves illuminated the entire cave.


    Well, such arge tree would surely look good burning.


    “Where is this ce?”


    “I have no idea.”


    Duanmu Huai withdrew his gaze.


    “All in all, let’s move on and figure it out.”


    “Squeak, squeak!!!”


    Nheless, as they were nning to proceed, a series of faint sounds arose. Immediately, several small silhouettes burst out from the bushes, blocking Duanmu Huai and the others’ path.


    “Who are you, and why are you invading our kingdom?”


    Blocking Duanmu Huai and the others were a group of rats dressed in soldier’s armor, brandishing longswords and shields.


    Or should I say… Ratmen.