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Chapter 92: Into the Catacombs (2)

The moment Shinto shouted his command over towards the group, the footsteps grew louder as rats continued to enter the open space.

"Eeekk...! What the heck?! A swarm?!" Frey shouted in shock as she took a step back from the sight. Quickly, her hands clenched into fists as she entered into a combat stance. "What are they...?!"

"Obviously, monsters!" Ethaniel cried out as he held onto his sword tightly. Taking a step forward, his blade lit up with a bright aura as he sent white arcs over towards the mischief of rats, successfully knocking them back.

From behind Ethaniel, Raina swiftly chanted a spell, quickly, a burning blaze of fire shot out from her staff, speedily devouring the enemies in sight.

"Uh... uh... what do I do?!" From the skills that were cast, Frey glanced around the surroundings as she looked to find a target that she could attack. The rats were fast and were moving all over the place, thus, she was confused as to which one to prioritize.

"Huh? What do you mean, 'what do I do'?!" Hearing the cry from Frey, Ethaniel questioned as multiple rats suddenly pounced at him. "Just attack them! Can't you see all those rats in front of you?!" He shouted out as his blade swiftly slashed through the rats jumping at him.

"There's so many and so small! I can't attack any of them!" Frey said as she dodged the rats pouncing at her. Unlike Ethaniel and Raina, Frey only had single target skills, and its medium of activation was through her fists. With how fast and small the rats were, by the time her fists landed on the ground, she would miss.

"What do you mean you can't attack them?! Aggro and get them angry!" Ethaniel shouted out as his sword enveloped in a white aura once again.

"...huh?"

"Like this!"  he said, as his sword struck the ground, suddenly shaking it. Soon after, he turned to Shinto. "Zayden!"

"On it," Shinto nodded his head as he leapt forward, quickly casting [ Shadow Fields ] and enveloping the rats in darkness. Moments later, from his shoulders, Kon jumped off as he activated a skill.

[ Shadow Play ]

Alongside Kon and his doppelganger, the two hurriedly casted [ Orbal Shadow ] simultaneously as they sent them over towards the cloud of shadows. Then, they quickly followed up with another skill, [ Quick Flames ].

With the barrage of attacks that the group showered down onto the enemies, the rats that were hit turned into grey ash, whilst the rest looked at the group with engagement.

"Urk... these guys, they aren't backing down?" Kon said helplessly.

"There's still so many of them..." Raina said.

"Bah... we only cleared a quarter of them," Ethaniel frowned at the sight. "And these guys are tough too..."

"..." Shinto silently scrutinized the surrounding area around them. The mischief of rats stayed at their spots as they looked at him and the party menacingly. However, they were no longer moving around. "They aren't moving...?"

"Mm... you're right! They aren't moving!" Frey tilted her head. "Why's that?"

"How am I supposed to know? Besides we're surrounded. What's not moving gonna help us?" Ethaniel clicked his tongue. 

"...it looks like after our barrage of attacks, they seem to fear us?" Raina asked as she observed the surrounding areas.

"They don't seem like they fear us though..." Frey raised her brow. "Where are you getting this at?"

"Their ears are twitching back and forth," she said. "That's a sign of fear for rats."

"Is it?" Frey asked. "...if so, why aren't they running away or err... doing anything?"

"It could be something forcing them to stay here?" Shinto thought to himself. "Or... they were running away?"

"Hah, running away? Doesn't sit right with me. They clearly were targeting us," Ethaniel shrugged.

"Well, why don't we just test it out by moving towards them?" Kon said as he took a step forward. The moment he did so, the rats quickly took a step in front. "...cough, um... nevermind. That didn't work..." Seeing the sight, Kon took a step back. However, after he did so, the rats took a step back as well.

"...?" Noticing the strange behaviour, Shinto raised his brow. Soon after, he moved in front. When he did so, the rats did the same thing as before.

"The heck? What's up with these guys?" Ethaniel questioned.

"Strange... they only move when we move...?" Raina said.

"Ahh! I don't understand!" Frey screamed in confusion.

"...the distance between us and them... if we were to estimate it, with the same equal amount of steps taken for both sides, we'll reach them in ten steps," Shinto analyzed. "So... they're not moving because we aren't?"

"Sounds stupid that they're doing that," Ethaniel scoffed. "Are they controlled or something?"

"It seems so..." Raina said. "But then the question would be... who?"

"Well, that doesn't matter right now," Ethaniel said as he glanced at Shinto. "So what do we do right now?"

"...well, they aren't doing anything if we aren't..." Shinto thought to himself. "If so, we can attack them once again when our skills are off cooldown."

"Ohh! Smart!" Frey nodded her head in excitement.

"Even then... with all our skills used earlier, only a quarter was killed," Raina said in a worrying tone. "Do we have to repeat this three times?"

"No," Shinto shook his head. "Once we recovered..." he said as he turned towards his notification window.

[ You have defeated Dweller Rat... ]

[ You have levelled up to level 17! ]

[ You have levelled up to level 18! ]

[ You have obtained 20 stats point. ]

[ Kon has levelled up to level 7! ]

[ Kon has ... ]

[ Kon has levelled up to level 9! ]

[ Your Shadow Stats has been increased by 2. ]

[ Your Divinity Stats has been increased by 1. ]

Reading through the notifications, Shinto could see that the rats gave a decent amount of experience, especially with the fact that there was a lot of them.

"...we'll swiftly end them all in one go," he said.

...

After awhile of loitering around, Ethaniel quickly held onto the hilt of his blade tightly as he lit his sword in a bright aura. Soon after, he rushed forward. The moment he did so, the rats soon began to make their way to him.

"Tsk..." Annoyed by the sight, Ethaniel turned around as he stopped at his footsteps. With the rats still chasing after him, he quickly held up his blade high into the sky as he landed it down to the ground, greatly shaking it.

The moment he did so, the rats that were making their way over towards Ethaniel stumbled down to the ground. Seeing the scene, Frey quickly moved as she swiftly kicked the rats that weren't hit over towards the fallen group. One by one, all the rats clustered together.

Soon after, Shinto shouted out. "Raina, Kon, now!"  With his hand protruding forward, he cast a veil of shadow onto the rats that fell.

Following after, a storm of blazes and shadow mixed together as they exploded into the area where the shadows enveloped.

In the end, all the enemies turned to grey ash.