Alien world

Chapter 1683, Section 316: Taming the Rat King
It watched as the tiny human creature bustled about at its feet, bringing food to its mouth, while it simply ate. Besides, the human creature's food was much tastier...

Having been fed delicious food by humans for so many days, the Rat King has found it difficult to bare its teeth at humans anymore.

At this point, Little Smo begins the second phase.

He went into the tent and took the initiative to tell the Rat King what had happened that day.

“At that time, a terrifying whirlpool appeared on the sea surface, and green poisonous flames burned on the surface of the whirlpool. We saw the entire peninsula sink into the sea. A few days ago, the sea creatures found you on the seabed. If it had been just half a day later, you would have disappeared into the vast deep sea without us even noticing.”

Do you remember what happened?

With Little Smo's help in recalling the memories, the memories the Rat King didn't want to remember after waking up flooded back into his mind.

The death of his brother, the silence of the island, the destruction of the clan...

"Demons...and you human wretches!" The Rat King's pupils instantly turned blood red, and a ferocious smile appeared on its lips. Only the shadow of being thrown into the sea a few days ago acted as reason, pulling it back from its rage. Its tangled, hairless, ugly face looked somewhat comical.

“Us? That’s impossible. The far north is the territory of demons. How can we sink a peninsula under their noses?” Little Smo simply shook his head calmly, even though the Rat King could crush him into mincemeat with the slightest movement.

"You have been tricked by the devil."

"Devilish thing..."

The Rat King wasn't very bright, but it's precisely these less-than-bright people who are terrifying when they think. They make flawed predictions and believe them wholeheartedly.

For example, right now, when the Rat King discovers that humans are incapable of doing something but demons are, he equates the ability of demons with the things they do.

"How did they do it? That's an entire peninsula."

The Rat King was unaware that his brother and those three creatures were usually in charge of such matters... Thinking of his brother who had died before his eyes, the Rat King's eyes turned bloodshot again.

"It seems you don't know either... Get some rest, only by staying alive can you have a chance for revenge."

That evening, Little Smo asked the soldier responsible for taking care of the Rat King if anything had happened.

"It's nothing, but Big Guy ate about a tenth less today than yesterday..."

"It seems the memory of the clan's destruction has had a significant impact on it," Little Smo asked his assistant. "Have you brought the items over yet?"

"Yes, all fifteen are here."

"it is good."

He didn't rush to implement the plan. He waited patiently for another day to confirm that the Rat King's appetite had not recovered. Then he had his assistant take the magic stone inside.

He planned to show the Rat King the magical images.

Do not underestimate magical images. As someone who has experienced them firsthand, Little Small knows how terrifying the effects of magical images can be on beings who have never seen them before—they carry not only stories, but also emotions, souls, and ideologies, especially ideologies, which are even more powerful than magic.

After all, magic can alter a person's consciousness, even their soul, but it can also change things and revert them back. And those who have been deceived will only hate the one who deceived them once they awaken.

The magical image won't do anything; the thoughts that arise during your viewing are entirely your own. It does nothing but silently guide you.

It guides you to think the way it wants you to think.

Annan, who invented the magical image, was a genius. Lords couldn't do it, books couldn't do it, and even bards could only create simple, albeit traceable, effects. Only the magical image, like a gentle spring breeze sweeping across a world shrouded in icy cold, leaves no trace. But the next day, the world's verdant greenery proves it was there. The first book is *The Fall of the Mage Tower*. The story is simple, and for the simple-minded Rat King, there's not a trace of passion in Jack and Rose's relationship; he only thinks the rat horde is utterly useless—how could they not even notice the human creature hiding behind the door?

When it saw the second movie, "Beta's Redemption," it was completely oblivious and didn't notice anything. It just thought it was really tedious and not as good as the two human things that couldn't be killed no matter what it tried.

However, the Rat King did feel exhilarated when he finally escaped by digging a tunnel and ran through the rain.

The third book, "Annan Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," reveals what sorcerers' magic is like; it doesn't seem as good as... fel magic.

That Annan Porter guy looks so familiar. Didn't he die in the rats?
In the fourth book, "When Freedom Knocks on the Door," the Rat King observes it very carefully, not because he understands anything, but because he has never seen any orcs before.

The fifth, sixth... also included works by the Burt Brothers. These were specially chosen by Little Small as adaptations of famous novels, and are equally classics.

Not only did they watch it, but after watching it, Little Smo also asked the Rat King to write a review—this was something that the students of Liberty City University were very familiar with.

The Rat King, like the students, hated "reading notes," but the humans wouldn't tolerate it; they wouldn't let him read unless he wrote a reading note.

Gradually, the Rat King actually learned to think.

Although the so-called thinking is more like a desperate Cathy randomly filling in numbers on a math test, the main point is that as long as one is filled in, it is a success. For example, in "Let the Magic Fly", what does it mean that "Wilheim is Middle-earth, and Middle-earth is Wilheim"? The Rat King answers: Because Wilheim is Middle-earth, therefore Middle-earth is Wilheim.

For example, what emotions did you experience in "The Fall of the Mage Tower"? The Rat King expressed his resentment, saying that if it were him, he would have eight ways to eat Jack and Rose, eight ways!

But it was still just a spark.

Whenever the Rat King finished speaking, Little Small would patiently guide it to imagine the correct answer.

Why did the orcs in "The Pursuit of Liberty" want to go to Liberty City?

“Free City is better,” the Rat King replied.

Simple logic problems like this are no challenge for the Rat King.

Why is Liberty City better?

“Because…because…” The Rat King rolled his eyes, scratched his belly, and muttered like muffled thunder, “Because Free City has good things.”

"Yes."

The Rat King scratched his head with delight. The human thing actually said he was right!
“Because Free City is better. The orc father and son’s longing for Free City is essentially a longing for a better life.” Little Smo continued, “What is a better life?”

With the foundation laid earlier, the Rat King was able to answer smoothly: "Delicious food, fun things."

"That's a good answer. A good life is when desires are fulfilled, which is why the orc father and son yearn for Free City."

The Rat King felt light and comfortable all over. If it knew more, it would understand that this was called a sense of belonging.

"Then why do you think the demons, the McKenne ratmen, and the Stunn ratmen came to the North?"

"For a better life!"

(End of this chapter)