A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 41: Chapter 29 Battling Ratman_1

“Boom!”

Duanmu Huai descended from the sky, landing heavily on the ground, crushing several unlucky ratmen under his feet. But he didn’t pay attention to these small details. In the next moment, ratmen from all sides swarmed towards him. At the same time, countless puppets also descended from the sky, pouncing towards the ratman army.

Duanmu Huai didn’t expect these puppets to be able to wipe out the entire ratman army. Even though puppets could be summoned infinitely, their attack power was too low. This time, he was working with the dwarfs, so he couldn’t take out the Ghost Mansion. After all, the undead were a nuisance in the eyes of most creatures. They were just passing by here, one problem is better than two. Moreover, they were only ratmen, not the first time he had fought!

“Thud!”

Duanmu Huai, with his war hammer held high, struck forcefully. Lightning flashed, frying a large pile of rats. He then strode forward amidst the chaos caused by the puppet army’s attack on the ratmen. Seizing the moment, he aimed straight for the heart of the ratman camp.

This time, there were no Corrupted Believers, Duanmu Huai didn’t have to worry about being infected with any virus!

“Kill!”

Just as the ratmen were panicking due to Duanmu Huai’s assault, Brock led the dwarfs charging over. It was as if a hammer had crashed into the chaotic ratman camp. By the time the ratmen realized the dwarfs’ attack and turned around in panic to defend, the dwarfs had charged forward, roaring and raising their axes, ready to slash these burrow-digging rodents into minced meat.

Dwarfs and ratmen were mortal enemies. On one hand, ratmen belonged to the Chaos Camp, naturally incompatible with the order-loving dwarfs. On the other hand, both races liked to dig underground. Here in this similar territory, it was incompatible for them to sleep comfortably. It was impossible not to fight now that they had met!

Soon, the dwarf army charged into the ratman camp and began to fight. Dwarf warriors wearing heavy armor, wielding battle axes and shields, charged to the front. Behind them were Thunder gunners and artillerymen with guns and cannons. The dwarfs were one of the most technologically advanced races on this planet, who could even make mechanical equipment like helicopters. Guns were no problem for them.

However, their opponents were not primitives; the ratman technology was equally shocking.

“Ratatat!”

The ratmen held steam Gatling guns and shot a relentless stream of bullets towards the advancing dwarfs, attempting to halt their attack. Meanwhile, the cloaked Death Running Rats, armed with double-edged weapons, weaved through the shadows of the ruins like ghosts, trying to bypass the front row of the dwarf army and reach the dwarf gunners and artillerymen who were raining down firepower in the back.

For a time, both sides were embroiled in a chaotic melee.

Up front, Duanmu Huai came face to face with his own adversary.

“Roar!”

A tall mouse troll opened its arms and pounced straight at Duanmu Huai. Its body looked like a well-built triangular muscle ratman, only bigger in size and not much smaller than Duanmu Huai in his power armor. In its hands, a flail crashed against Duanmu Huai’s.

Of course, a mere mouse troll would not pose a challenge to Duanmu Huai —— as long as there was only one.

If there were a bunch of them, it would be quite troublesome.

Just like now.

“Ha!”

Duanmu Huai resisted the mouse troll’s attack, then swung his hammer over its head, knocking it to the ground. At the same time, another mouse troll pounced. Facing its attack, Duanmu Huai didn’t hesitate to take a step back while crushing the head of the previous mouse troll with his foot.

“Hiss!”

Just then, a ratman carrying a flamethrowerer quietly crept up from behind, aimed at Duanmu Huai’s back, and pressed the trigger.

“Whoosh!”

Enveloped in the green flame that erupted from the flamethrower, Duanmu Huai and the mouse troll were engulfed. The crazed ratman lifted the flamethrower high, recklessly spraying fire in front of him — until a steel giant hand reached out and grabbed his head.

“Squeak!”

Before the ratman could struggle, Duanmu Huai tightened his grip, instantly crushing the ratman’s head into pieces. He shook his left hand, throwing the charred mouse troll, whose neck he had grasped tightly, to the side.

“Rumble, rumble, rumble!”

But the attack of the ratmen didn’t stop. While Duanmu Huai was tossing away the mouse troll’s corpse, a huge mechanical creation rushed over from the front. It looked like a giant wrecking ball made of scrap metal, the speeding rotating chainsaw in its middle gap spinning fiercely, trying to rip everything into pieces.

This is the war machine of the Ratmen — the Destruction Skin-peeler!

“Hmph!”

Upon seeing this machine, Duanmu Huai snorts coldly and steps forward. His Battle Armor flares up with a bright red flame again, and then he tightens his grip on the War Hammer, slamming it forcefully onto the side of the Destruction Skin-peeler!

“Thud!!”

The Thunder Warhammer smashes directly onto the armor panel of the spinning top, instantly sending the war machine that the Ratmen take pride in flying away. The large spinning top battle vehicle whirls in the air, then drops directly into the Ratman Army, exploding on impact and instantly turning into a burning mound of scrap metal.

Under Duanmu Huai’s charge, control of the battlefield can well be said to have been taken completely by the dwarves. Despite the Ratmen adopting a strategy of overwhelming numbers, taking advantage of their propensity for breeding prolifically, in front of the dwarves who are steadfast and composed, the Ratmen are like waves crashing upon a dam, unable to make a splash.

However, not everything is smooth sailing.

“Whizz!!”

Just as Duanmu Huai is wielding his War Hammer again, turning a bunch of rats into a gooey mess, suddenly, a flash of cold light streaks by in the dark, and in the next moment Duanmu Huai feels several sharp blades being flung towards him. He hurriedly raises his War Hammer to block his chest, but the opponent’s speed far exceeds his expectations. He hears several light sounds of clinking, then sees a dark shadow suddenly flash by, landing on the ruins not far away.

It is a Ratman entirely cloaked in a hooded cape, holding a glowing green blade in each hand, with another dagger wrapped around his tail……

You bastard, do you think you’re Zoro? Playing with a three-sword style?

Just as Duanmu Huai is muttering curses inwardly, he sees the Ratman assassin vanish once again, rapidly disappearing from his sight. The speed was so astonishing that Duanmu Huai couldn’t react in time, only feeling his armor vibrating. He could see the durability of his Power Armor being decreased on his system display but he couldn’t see his opponent at all.

Damn, how annoying, I especially hate these agile ones……

With an agility of merely 4, Duanmu Huai detests these type of enemies – swift and fast. However, luckily he came prepared.

Ogis!

Just as the Ratman Assassin vanished again and was about to launch another attack on him, Duanmu Huai silently calls upon Ogis, who had been hidden by his side all this time.

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s command, the puppet girl hiding in the shadows holds up her right hand towards him.

“Whizz!—————”

As this happens, the Ratman assassin suddenly appears from thin air, rolling and trying to retreat, as if evading some kind of invisible threat. However, just as it rolls into existence, Duanmu Huai had already turned around, raising his War Hammer and smashing it forcefully down onto the Ratman assassin!

This is the moment he’s been waiting for!!

“Thud!!!”

The Ratman assassin, for once, is unable to evade Duanmu Huai’s attack in time and gets directly smashed by his hammer. But clearly, this assassin is not easy to deal with. The moment Duanmu Huai’s hammer hits, the Ratman raises all three curved knives in front of it and skillfully uses the force of Duanmu Huai’s blow to retreat and fly backwards.

Although it hasn’t spoken, looking at the crafty shifty-eyed expression, Duanmu Huai can already guess its catchphrase.

Ha ha ha, you’ve fallen into my trap! This is my escape route!

However, it’s such a pity that this is the end of the line for this guy.

The Ratman assassin that had shot out did not escape unscathed. On the contrary, its body suddenly disintegrated in mid-air, splitting open, as if sliced by invisible blades. It turned into several chunks of shattered flesh and limbs, which then fell onto the ground.

“Idiot.”

Looking at the broken remains of the Ratman on the ground, Duanmu Huai snorts coldly. He knew that the opponent was quick and he might not be able to take him down directly. Therefore, he had Ogis set up a trap in the vicinity made of puppet wires beforehand. The enemy just had to run into it, then death was the only way out!

Now it seems that this plan was quite successful.