The creature stood on its hind legs, its massive, humanoid form towering over Ludwig and his undead army. Unlike its smaller kin, the Gray Rat Lord was a grotesque blend of rodent and warrior. Its arms bulged with muscle, each hand gripping a cleaver as long as a human was tall. The weapons shimmered ominously, their edges glinting in the dim light of the dungeon. The Rat Lord’s ears were long and pointed, one of them marred by a deep bite mark. A jagged scar ran across its face, leaving one eye a milky, sightless orb. Despite its monstrous appearance, the Rat Lord wore armor—a crude imitation of the Bastos Knight armor Ludwig had seen upstairs. The sight sent a chill down Ludwig’s spine.
The Rat Lord roared, a guttural sound that echoed through the dungeon. It slammed its cleavers together, the metallic clang reverberating through the air as a clear display of intimidation.
[Inspect]
Gray-Rat Lord
Level 85
Danger Level: 💀 💀
HP: 85,000
Damage 1600-1800
Tier: Uncommon {Boss Class} 💀
Status effect: [Plague] [Cholera] [Rabies]
Skills:
[Call of Kin] Calls upon all allied forces nearby to assist it in its fight. Usable once after the Rat Lord’s Health is reduced to 30%
[Festering Wounds] Each time the Pestilent Gray-Rat Lord attacks, has a 10% chance to land one of the following random Status Effects on the target. – [Plague]- [Cholera] – [Rabies]- [Bleed]- [Dismemberment]
[The Mortal Nullification Tempest] Spins around himself rapidly like a top, with the cleavers pointing outward, increasing the attack rate of the Gray Rat Lord by 200% and all subsequent damage applied will cause [Eviscerate] and [Bleed]. Enters an exhausted state for 5 seconds afterward.
[Rampage] For each 1% of missing health, the Gray Rat Lord gains 1% increased attack speed, increased damage and decreased defense.
[Close Killing Combat] Within 3 meters of the Gray Rat Lord, all melee damage is halved, and beyond 3 meters of the Gray Rat Lord, all Magical damage is halved.
Lore:
Once a mere sewer rat, the Gray-Rat Lord has risen beyond its station, shaped by bloodshed and survival. The mutations in the Bastos March granted it unnatural intelligence, allowing it to observe, mimic, and master the combat arts of both beasts and men. Unlike its mindless kin, the Rat Lord does not simply rely on brute force—it calculates, it adapts, it thrives.
Moving with unnatural precision, it wields its weapons with the grace of a seasoned warrior, blending rodent agility with a learned martial prowess. It has studied the way of the blade from the shadows, refining its strikes into something terrifyingly deliberate. The humans who once sought to exterminate its kind now fear its name.
“Wow wow, this guy is pretty strong,” Ludwig said as he backed away from the incoming creature.
The Rat Lord rushed forward with both cleavers raised up high then slammed them both on the ground where Ludwig was a second ago. Ludwig immediately retaliated by swinging at the Rat Lord’s face, to which the Rat Lord simply let go of his weapons dodging the horizontal swing, and in the same fluid motion landed on his hands in a back flip, then twisted his entire body. His feet opened up like chopper blades, sending one strike of its feet after another onto ludwig’s chest while it supported itself on its two arms.
-1200!
-622!
Ludwig was sent flying after the two hits struck him once in the chest and the second in the head.
The moment Ludwig landed on his back, the rat jumped from his standing arm position, grabbed both weapons and charged Ludwig with both cleavers carving through the ground making sparks fly everywhere.
Ludwig noticed the incoming creature and pushed himself up, the rat hurled one of the cleavers at Ludwig to which he dodged desperately, while the creature followed after jumping mid air with his weapon raised over his shoulder aiming to slice Ludwig in half.
[Steadfast Leap!] Ludwig took the challenge head on as he jumped forward, right above the rat’s incoming body. with this Ludwig realized he’ll miss the rat and end up landing far away, and as if on instinct, Ludwig activated [Summersault Slam] which immediately canceled his jump and forced him to go into Summersault Slam, his whole body spun in place, giving incredible rotation force to his sword which landed squarely on the rat’s back.
The Rat Lord was forcefully shoved into the ground from the power of the impact cratering the ground and shuddering the cave.
[Counter Blow!]
[9,100!]
[You have discovered [Counter Blow]- When disrupting a physical attack with another physical attack, you’re able to deal double the damage to your opponent, Counter Blow will always result in a critical hit!]
[You have unlocked, [Surging Slam]- Your Tyrant Blade Technique proficiency has increased!]
Ludwig waved the notifications away as the rat stood up, it roared at Ludwig and swung at him, the blow was dangerously close to Ludwig as he barely had the time to block it with his chain wrapped arm.
[-122!]
The blow was enough to push Ludwig back away. Where he immediately popped a small potion vial and drank it.
“Get him boys!” Ludwig ordered and immediately the dozen and a half rats charged the Rat Lord.
But what Ludwig expected didn’t occur, The Rat Lord jumped at the first Rat, and struck its weapon right inside its head, though it didn’t kill the zombie rat, it destabilized him enough to completely miss its mark, it then jumped on the back of the second one slamming both feet right on its spine, breaking it in the process, two rats jumped at the Rat Lord to which he cleaved one of them, grabbed the second and threw it at another incoming rat.
Ludwig could only watch in shock as the Rat Lord was masterfully taking down his enemies like a veteran of war.
“What in the master splinter is this shit?!” Ludwig could only watch in horror as his small army was being rendered utterly useless.