Chapter 9: Two-Legged Rat Dungeon
Elliot moved swiftly. As soon as he saw that the first beast had already lunged at him, he knew that the others were waiting for him to drop his guard before doing the same. So, he attacked with the intention of killing from the very start.
Closing the distance in two quick steps, he drove a crushing blow to the beast's stomach, forcing the air from its lungs. Before it could react, he followed up with a brutal punch to its face, shattering its teeth in a single attack.
With these two hits, Elliot realized something—these things had low Resistance. Taking advantage of this, he delivered four more rapid blows in succession before it could react. In just a few seconds, the beast fell backward, dead.
But this was only the beginning.
Elliot stepped back just in time to dodge one of these fast beasts' attacks. Another beast lunged at him, its claws poised to strike—but he raised his left hand to stop the incoming attack.
'They're fast.'
Even though he noted their speed, he realized that they were quite stupid. The one that had attacked him head-on had left itself in an impossible position to defend and was forced to take a blow to the chest.
That blow was enough to sink its chest, but it wasn't dead.
Not wasting a second, Elliot tackled the beast to the ground, pinning it beneath him. He finished it off by suffocating it with several blows to the throat.
Then—PAIN.
A sharp blow struck his back as if something one of those creatures was trying to dig its filthy claws into his flesh.