Sentient monster
The ground below Zick's feet started shaking slowly. At first, it was only a slight tremor but it rapidly developed into shaking intensely like going through an earthquake.
'This...' Zick squinted his eyes feeling an uncountable number of presences heading towards him ferociously.
He had not expected a situation like this, feeling dumbfounded internally. How can he not be? Monsters with intelligence were extremely rare, running into them repeatedly was not a natural thing.
'It's either that a monster with intelligence is controlling them or this snow spider reacts like this when they come across a strong foe.' Zick considered rapidly.
Either way, he had to fight against the monsters coming toward him. He headed back to the place with four passages again rapidly, fighting in a narrow place was very disadvantageous to him.