HBWnovel Chapter 12 Dungeon: Sentient Sludge Sewers (4)
Chapter 12 Dungeon: Sentient Sludge Sewers (4)
I took a sip of the water beneath me, and that sound seemingly echoed down the entire system of pipes.
FWOOSH
A large wave of water pushed the piling rats off my body, and when I emerged from underneath, I adjusted the two rings on my index fingers.
I let out a long breath of air that was misty and really wet.
"That's a nice passive skill," I muttered before eyeing the continuously growing amount of rats that had basically stockpiled to the ceiling.
A new section on my status had been opened up, and my one new skill was,
[Passive Skills: [Water Body]
I guess I was kind of scared, but a dragon was much scarier compared to these things... and that sea monster inside that wave... was so much scarier than anything else.
My smile warped into an ear-to-ear grin again as I slammed my palms onto the ground and erupted tons of large water spikes that killed most of the rats in an instant.
Their desperate cries were like music to my ears, and as I continued my slaughtering, I caught a glimpse of the leader.
It wasn't the boss of the dungeon... obviously, but it was still an evolved form of this damn rat, meaning this dungeon had to be at least C or D-rank.
I was leaning more towards the higher D-rank side because I think I would be dead already inside of a C-rank dungeon.
Kekekekeke.
The rat standing on two legs cackled like a goblin before swinging its staff, directing even more rats towards me.
These rats filled in the empty spots, and I was forced to make a desperate move; otherwise, I was going to be quickly overwhelmed.
As soon as the rats began to try and close in on me from both sides again, I blasted them with [Tidal Strike], pushing them back.
They opened up a hole for me to dive through, but a few more rats had come out from the corners next to what I assumed to be a Rat Ruler.
It is a specially evolved rat that thrives in sewers due to the abundance of rats for it to control, and with its skills, it can even forcefully buff the rats.
Plus, it has slight control over magic which isn't something you'd expect from it.
FWOOSH
A blast of concentrated blue light passed by me, and it was obviously shot by the ruler who had tried to bait me into diving out of the way.
It took a while, but I was finally able to do most of these things while the rest ran away from fear...
『Status』
[Name: Cyrus]
[Race: Human]
[Class: Water Magician]
[Level: 6/25] (37/100) XP Needed
[HP: 35/35 MP: 10/10 SP: 15/15] - Normal Human
[Strength: 5] - Normal Human
[Defense: 3] - Normal Human
[Magic: 13] - Normal Human
[Speed: 3] - Normal Human
[Aether: 5] - Non Human
[Skills: [Tidal Strike] [Water Manipulation] [Water Ring]
[Passive Skills: [Water Body]
...
"Damn..."
The rats gave so little XP that I had only gained a few levels, and while I was slightly grateful, I wanted to be a bit more greedy, especially when I had gone through hell to survive.
There wasn't even a hidden quest to be completed for killing that creepy-ass rat.
After complaining and complaining, I had no more energy left and just fell onto my back, letting the dirty air fill my lungs.
The scent of fresh blood mingled with the sensation of the stifling air, making it even worse than before, but I was so tired that I couldn't move.
My body had practically been in overdrive for the past week or so... so I took my well-deserved nap.