and he kept a horde of fles eating rats
inside the group exchanged glances
before setting off towards the other end
following Nicholas s instructions they
discovered that this section of the city
wall contained dozens of armories and
they needed to reach the seventh one the
group proceeded cautiously in the
darkness as the castle was plagued by
significant flooding their footsteps
echoed with splashes quickly attracting
the attention of lurking monsters in the
shadows something is approaching with a
sudden sound akin to a creature's
footfall upon the Water surface a
towering rodent nearly the height of a
man burst forth from the Shadows a man
quick to react unheeded the wand from
his waist fire bang before he could even
cast his spell the enormous rat
propelled him through the air the
captain displaying remarkable reflexes
kicked against the wall spun around and
swung his weapon in a sweeping Arc
toward the Beast with a sickening
squelch the captain's sword sliced into
the creature's neck but failed to
penetrate completely lodging instead
against its Bones the rat emitted a
chilling shriek struggling before
succumbing to its fate the captain with
great effort withdrew his sword blood
splattering onto his armor a pungent
stench wafting through the air what a
colossal rat I have never encountered
one so large in my life it's even bigger
than a bear Could This truly be a rat he
pondered aloud if these are the rats
that have thrived here for a millennium
how have they managed to survive all
these years I've heard that rats May
resort to cannibalism to Stave off
hunger could that be their means of
survival he shook his head let us not
dwell on such meaningless thoughts the
space is confined and casting spells
here is perilous we must avoid Friendly
Fire switch to daggers wielding long
swords is Impractical and could lead to
collisions with the walls as elite
players they swiftly recalibrated their
strategy discarding longrange attacks
and Magic di in such cramped quarters
the risk of collateral damage from
spells was evident moreover their Mage
was a fire Wizard and given the heavy
methane presence using fire magic could
easily trigger a chain reaction of
explosions they had experienced team
wipes before thus avoiding such
calamities was Paramount they also
refrained from using firearms for the
same reasoning the noise could attract a
horde of monsters as they pressed onward
they encountered countless more rats and
after a grueling battle they
successfully located the map to the
Royal City that Nicholas had mentioned
fortuitously the map remained D or wide
at as the captain collected it and
prepared to retrace their steps a
flicker of light sudden ly appeared
ahead someone was there instantly
everyone placed their hands on their
weapons concealing themselves in the
shadows as footsteps approached another
group of players alert and Vigilant
appeared before them the scent of blood
lingered in the air there were corpses
nearby and the blood stains were fresh
indicating a recent Skirmish who could
it be players or Monsters upon realizing
the newcomers were players those hiding
in the shadows emerg it turned out to be
the leader of the feather Wings Guild
causing a momentary startle The Guild
leaders scann the group you startled us
the leader of the Wolfpack Guild what a
surprised to see you here you entered
from which side the western side of the
castle we came in from the southern side
I thought we were the only ones to
discover this T seems we share the same
fortune we are about to head back what
about you since you've already explored
this area we shall not intrude further
and will also return the way we came
farewell goodbye but both parties turned
to leave but the leader of the Wolfpack
Guild glanced back ensuring they had not