Chapter 186 The Rat Man

Joan returned to the attic and continued to study spells.

When the power of the "Secondary Restoration Technique" was exhausted and the feeling of exhaustion hit her again, Qiao An put away her books and prepared to make enchanted weapons for Sister Miao.

He specially saved this matter until now, because weapon enchanting is not difficult and very interesting, which is very suitable as a pastime after learning.

If you complete the weapon enchanting ahead of time, there will be nothing to do before dinner.

In order to make full use of the limited time, Joan spent a lot of time in organizing the daily schedule, trying to squeeze out the maximum value of every minute.

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On Saturday morning, at 7:30, Joan took a public carriage to Yangbo Firm.

Mr Harville was having breakfast. Even though Joan had already had breakfast, he ordered the servant to make Joan an omelet with ham and brought him a cup of hot milk along the way.

"Sit down, Joan, it won't do you any harm to eat more."

Joan couldn't refuse, so she sat down at the dining table and had another breakfast with Mr. Havel.

When it was almost eight o'clock, Joan heard a melodious whistle coming from outside the door, which seemed to be a "Serenade".

Looking back, two figures in cloaks walked into the door of the firm, one of them was Catwoman Ranger Xiao Miao, whistling leisurely.

Behind Xiao Miao was a person who was slightly shorter than her, with a two-foot-long stick-shaped object slung across her back. It was tightly wrapped in oilcloth, and the brim of the hat was pressed down so that the face could not be seen clearly, but it was extremely bright. His eyes caught Joan's attention.

Qiao An was attracted by the weird man behind Xiao Miao, and his eyes fell on the cloth bag behind him.

The raised marks on the surface of the oilcloth looked familiar. If he guessed correctly, the thing tightly wrapped in the cloth bag was probably a magic crystal shotgun—it looked about the same model as Roger's gun.

"Hi~ Javier, Joan, good morning." Xiao Miao smiled and waved her hand, "Is there any breakfast for me?"

"No." Javier pretended to be indifferent, "I'm not an orphanage here, so don't expect to come here to eat and drink."

Having said that, he snapped his fingers, called the servants, and ordered the kitchen to add two more breakfasts.

"Azhi, long time no see, what have you been up to lately?" Javier handed the short shooter a bottle of milk.

"It's not the same as usual, spending time in taverns all day! My lord Pelor, I really hope that this boring day will end soon."

The short man's voice was a little thin, sounding like a boy who hadn't yet reached puberty.

However, when he lifted the hood of the cloak to reveal his face, Joann's eyes widened in surprise.

The face under the cloak is very distinctive: small and sharp eyes, pink nose, bulging cheeks, big teeth that cannot be covered by both lips are very conspicuous, the whiskers on both sides of the mouth tremble slightly, and those pair of The big erected ears are clearly a big white rat!

"Hi~ boy, good morning, is this the first time you see a rat man?" The man with a rat head gave Joan a friendly smile.

"Uh, yes... hello." Joan returned the salute awkwardly.

"My name is Ah Zhi, and I'm Xiao Miao's colleague and buddy. Your name is Joan, right? I heard Xiao Miao talk about you, a genius mage from Leiden Academy."

"You're too proud, Mr. Azhi, I'm just a poor student from the countryside." Joan said shyly.

"There is nothing to be ashamed of, Joan, I am a rat man born in the sewer, but thanks to the blessing of my lord Pelor, I was able to get rid of the dark and dirty sewer, and live in the sun like a decent person, even though life is against me It is too difficult for people born in the underground world like this. Those self-proclaimed nobles and ladies even refuse to admit that I am also a member of civilized society. Fortunately, life can still go on, and it will get better and better. Isn't it?"

"Indeed, Mr. Azhi."

Infected by his optimistic attitude, Joan felt that this Mr. Rat Man was actually quite cute, completely different from the evil and cruel Rat Man described in the book.

Seeing what Qiao An was thinking, Xiao Miao stuffed a piece of ham and fried egg into his mouth, and said to him vaguely while chewing: "Azhi is not an ordinary rat man... By the way, how much do you know about the rat man family? "

"Not too many, I only saw related descriptions in one book." Joan recalled the contents of the book, "The book said that the rat people were actually humans infected with 'lycanthropy', but these poor Victims don't transform into werewolves by moonlight, as usual lycanthropy sufferers do, but into a half-human, half-rat form."

Joan couldn't help taking a peek at Ah Zhi, seeing that the smile on his face didn't change, and then said: "It is said that the Ratman is hard to restrain the violent impulse after the onset of the disease, and will frantically attack the surrounding creatures. If someone is bitten or scratched by the Ratman If you are unlucky, you will also be infected with lycanthropy and become a new rat man." After thinking for a while, Joan continued: "The book also said that some rat men can draw supernatural power from the virus in their body to further strengthen their blood. With my animal transformation ability, I usually maintain a normal human image, but at night or in a dark place, I can not only transform into a rat-man form, but also become a complete giant rat."

"As expected of a very knowledgeable mage, he has a thorough understanding of our rat people."

Ah Zhi smiled and applauded Joan.

"That's right, lycanthropy can distort a person's mind and cause a big change in temperament. No matter how kind a person is, most of them will inevitably become a cunning and vicious villain. However, I still have to say that the records in the books are not comprehensive enough. , such as our 'White Rat Man' is an exception."

"White rat man?" Joan searched his memory, as if he had seen this word in some book, but his impression was already blurred.

"The White Ratmen are a subspecies of the Ratmen. The relationship between the White Ratmen and the Ratmen is a bit like the 'Elves' in the jungle and the 'Dark Elves' in the Underdark—the two are related, but their moral orientations are diametrically opposed. The White Ratmen People are not necessarily good people, but they will not do evil like the Ratmen, and they are more willing to engage in legitimate occupations and actively integrate into human society."

Xiao Miao explained for Ah Zhi.

"Actually, the ancestors of the white rat people were also evil rat people. In order to get rid of the criminal impulse caused by 'lycanthropy', they converted to the 'sun god' Pelor. Their devout beliefs moved the 'sun old man' and specially bestowed a gift from God Convert your own tribe of Ratmen, and make them and their descendants white-haired and become 'White Ratmen'."

"White rat people will not be affected by the phases of the moon and go crazy, nor will they be infected with lycanthropy, but the cursed blood of lycanthropy in their bodies has not been completely eliminated, and they will be born with the appearance of a rat with a human body like Ah Zhi, and can become Huge white rats can't turn into real humans."

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