The sky was just beginning to brighten, and Chen Lun had taken Noah and Antonio away long ago.
Last night, when the rat people attacked from Tamala, he did not personally intervene, because there was no benefit in killing such rats; it was better to let Noah and Antonio add a bit of mystical accumulation.
The rats were numerous, but their individual strength was at most on par with human teenagers. Even with sharp claws, fangs, and weapons in hand, they were no match for a man and an ox.
The fight lasted only tens of minutes before the frantic rat people had been slaughtered by Noah and Antonio.
When leaving, Chen Lun also passed by the Fountain of Youth, but he discovered that the spring had vanished... Perhaps, as Lutina had said, it "grew legs" and ran off.