Chapter 20: Dangerous situation (2)
When all the commotion died down, the dust began to settle gently and slowly—like waters that had been turbulent before but were now returning to a state of absolute tranquility.
The dark cave now bore only faint traces of the battle that had just been fought in it, humming with a calm, lingering tremor.
The beasts let out what sounded like collective sighs as they realized that their enemy was no longer attacking. It meant that they had won.
Some of them then returned to their usual work.
But as that happened, two extremely fast shadows darted across the edges of these strange spiders.
Then, in a flash, a knife plunged deep into the neck of one of the goblins while sharp, rat-like claws tore firmly into the body of a spider.
The attack was so fast that before any of them could react, another blade was already slicing into a second neck. Three beasts died in an instant.
After killing the first one, the rat went into a strange frenzy. It began to lash out furiously at everything nearby, its long nails slashed like daggers through flesh and stabbed several bodies in succession. Although it was also attacked and ended up injured, it managed to take several more in a fit of raw, furious energy.
It was angry—perhaps because its master had been wounded. That rage, once contained, was now burning freely.
Elliot was grateful that it turned out like this. The rat's fury meant the fight would end quickly.
'As fast as I can...' Elliot held his knife firmly. After taking out the first two, he lunged forward ferociously, striking down the rest.