Erin Beater of Rats

When the rats came, everyone reacted differently.
Some tried to ignore them, others tried to fight them, most just did what they could to not look down.

The knights were as ineffective as the bakers and fishmongers. A blade was nothing when the enemy crawled on the ground, in the dark, in packs of thousands. There was a rumor that the Kingdom was developing a device that cleared fields of rats at once, spewing dragon fire, but if it ever came into being, it never made it beyond the cities.

The rats ate hay, they emptied pantries, they caused infections amongst the animals. It was a bleak time and many gave up hope.

But then, a rumor stirred.
There was a woman, she carried a spiked club. She used it to batter waves of the rats, one after another. Her companion was a Panther, who fed on the rodents with unyielding hunger. No one knew what the lady looked like, nor even what they expected her to. If they knew the punk-looking woman on the corner in the dark was the one who they spoke of, they probably wouldn’t scurry around so much.

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