The game has become a real alternate world-Chapter 916 - 598: Different

The group started searching through the buildings that seemed likely to hide something.

They came to a tower house, half-burned, and the old man suddenly stopped, as if he had seen something.

Tavor's brass pipe lightly tapped a hollow stone slab. Amid the puzzled glances of everyone, he smiled, revealing that old rotten tooth.

"Heh heh, it takes someone like me to step in. You youngsters still lack experience."

"Twenty-two steps southeast, three moss-covered stones," the old man muttered, walking to a specific spot, prying a seemingly unremarkable mud stone slab with a broken sword.

The slab loosened.

"Quickly lift it; do you expect this old man to push it open alone?"

Upon hearing this, everyone came to their senses, hurriedly fumbling to push the heavy stone slab aside, which landed with a loud thud.

Underneath, a board-covered entrance was revealed. Was this a cellar for hiding things?

Eagerly, the old man lifted the cellar cover. Dust and a moldy smell drifted out, though mixed with a hint of cured meat fragrance.

They were so hungry that even the faint scent was keenly discerned by them.

Toby did not act first.

Zahanu was the first to dive into the cellar, more eager than the others.

"Let him go first; he's surely better than you in a fight, young man." The old man blocked Toby with his pipe.

Sounds came from the cellar, not of fighting, but as if something was being moved or searched for.

Soon, Zahanu emerged, dusty yet smiling on his previously grim face.

He came out hugging a blackened ham and several bottles, even finding a few swords wrapped in oilcloth, looking satisfied.

"Ham, rum! Isn't this a curved saber? There's definitely supplies from the ship here." Toby cheered excitedly.

Swade couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Everyone hurried to a structurally intact building to start replenishing food.

For a time, conversation decreased, leaving only the sounds of eating and drinking.

"Ah~ Comfortable." Lisa Lisa flopped down ungracefully.

Suddenly, rustling sounds emerged.

Three ratman scouts sprang from the reed clump by the wall's hole.

This sudden attack took everyone by surprise as the ratmen scouts went straight for Lisa Lisa beside them.

Swade's curved saber was just unsheathed when Zahanu threw a dagger, piercing the last ratman's tail precisely.

Toby, startled by the sudden attack, paused for a moment, then reacted by picking up a nearby rock and throwing it at the ratmen.

Luck or skill—it hit the fastest ratman squarely on the head.

This strike caused the ratman's weapon to veer, chopping the floor instead, sparing Lisa Lisa.

"Nicely done." Swade strode over, swung his curved saber, and cleaved the fallen ratman's head.

The ratman's head was completely severed, a stinking blood splattered everywhere.

Lisa Lisa, once reacting, kicked the second ratman away.

"Daring to ambush me at this time, you reckless bastard!"

Agilely, Lisa Lisa crossed a few steps and raised her leg high, striking down hard.

Her heel instantly smashed the ratman's brains out.

"Ugh!"

Living freely on the ship, without suffering abuse, she's hardly a helpless noblewoman.

Zahanu quickly dealt with the ratman he targeted.

The old man, having packed, urged the group: "We need to leave quickly, the enemy's here, meaning there must be camps or strongholds around. Maps don't mark such places; we may have trespassed their territory."

Swade nodded: "I've checked here previously. Since landing, we've been in their territory. But they're either fighting at the frontline or hiding in the rear nest. Covering such a vast area, they can't fully occupy it."

Leaving now was indeed urgent.

They wasted no time, packed quickly, and ran.

Shortly after they left, another patrol discovered the area, spotting their fallen comrades.

"Humans! There's enemies here, Night Watchers! Those immortal ones snuck over!"

The rat screamed madly.

For these patrolling rats, the biggest threat was Night Watchers—all assumed the ones who killed their comrades were Night Watchers.

This news spread quickly, summoning numerous rats.

…

In a battlefield somewhere in the area.

A land bird extended a claw, firmly gripping a rat's head, crushing it along with a shabby helmet into the ground. The claw, covered with metal casing, turned the rat's head to pulp.

A slender greatsword swung continuously, slicing incoming rats with armor and all into fragments. Blood spread everywhere.

"Chaotic Snake Thunder Continuation!" Vier shouted, raising her metal magic staff high.

A bolt of lightning struck the ground, dispersing into countless tendrils, chaotically moving everywhere.

"Ahhh!"

The rats screamed, electrocuted, then fell paralyzed.

"Woohoo, always a thrill watching this move!" Tyr joyfully called, clad in heavy armor, wielding a giant heavy hammer, jumping from the land bird, swirling his hammer.

Under the hammer, explosions sounded like bursting watermelons, meat and blood splattering everywhere.

"Damn it, stay away from us!" Yorndaren shouted angrily, face smeared with nauseating rat remains.

Cleaning lightly with a spell, Yorndaren resumed his arrow shooting, occasionally using a lengthy magic-powered firearm, firing frantically.

Ratman priests and commanders, unexpectedly hit in the head, exploded suddenly.

"Quick and decisive, our target lies in this area; it requires meticulous work to clear all the rats."

"I love this talk." Bi'an, the half-demon, grinned, disappearing into shadows. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Little did they know, elsewhere, ordinary people with slight combat abilities were fiercely pursued by rat swarms.

Enduring a siege they shouldn't, an early taste of potential Night Watcher life.