Chapter 3: rat extermination

'What are ground rats?' Jin woo thought. Normally when someone thought of a rat one of two things would appear.

An actual rat or a traitor, that was the common sense of a peacful world. But now a rat had another meaning.

A monster, as big as a Great Dane in size, with spikes protruding out from their backs, teeth sharp enough to cut through concrete, claws strong enough to tunnel through earth.

But that wasn't the most dangerous thing about them, it was the fact that these new rats lived in groups.

And that exponentially increased the danger of fighting ground rats.

Jin woo didn't know this, he didn't even know what a ground rat looked like.

But now he had to hunt them.

… this was definitely going to well.

Jin woo didn't even know what to do, he couldn't ignore the hidden scenario, since if he did he would die.

But he also didn't want to exterminate ground rats, since he would probably die from that as well.

But he decided the lesser of the two death options.

'If I'm going to die anyways, it's better to at least have a chance of surviving.' Jin woo thought, he wasn't being very optimistic with his chances.

His hands were bloody and in his left hand was the metal pole he had taken from the subway.

Slowly he crept along, making sure not to make any loud sounds. He didn't see any ground rats but that doesn't mean that they weren't there.

[skill danger sense has activated]

Dash forward

Without missing a beat Jin complied, his body fast enough to miss the danger behind him.

Turning on his heel he saw it. He saw what a ground rat was.

And he could only think one thing.

'Oh fuck.'

The lone ground rat didn't back down. Leaping forward it chased its prey.

Jin woo taken by surprise slammed his pole into the ground rats head, with a loud clang the pole cleanly landed on the ground rats head.

The lone rat went down, but it wasn't dead yet. Quickly before the rat could reorient itself Jin woo struck again, and again.

[skill victorious feast has activated]

[victorious feast has taken LV.1 strength from the defeated opponent]

[CONSTELLATION LONE WARRIOR AGAINST A THOUSAND MEN HAS SPONSORED 100 COINS]

Right after Jin woo killed the first ground rat another two appeared.

Both were more cautious of Jin woo after seeing him kill one of their brethren. So they both circled around him, one in front and one behind him.

Jin woo for the most part was trying to get ahold of what was happening. First he killed a gigantic rat.

And then his skill activated and somehow he gained a stat? It didn't make sense to him for now.

But that wasn't what he should be focusing on right now.

[skill danger sense has activated]

Attack right behind you

Without turning around Jin woo stabbed his pole into the open mouth of the ground rat behind him.

'That should take care of that one for now.' Jin woo thought. His mind completely focused onto the rat behind him.

Before he could think something slashed at him. A small stream of blood trickled down his back.

Turning around Jin woo saw the ground rat he stabbed with his metal pole still kicking. It's razor sharp teeth chewing through the metal pole.

But hearing scuttling beside him he turned and saw the other ground rat rushing its way closer. It's jaws agape showcasing its sharp durable teeth.

Without even thinking Jin woo grabbed a-hold of the one thing closest to him, the rat that he stabbed.

He placed the ground rat infront of himself, and the one charging at Jin woo sunk its fangs into its own kind.

Now the scales were more even, one perfectly healthy ground rat, one heavily bleeding ground rat and a human who was bleeding exhausted and high on adrenalin without a weapon.

Both ground rats were now infront of him, with the one he killed earlier directly behind him.

His pole was also inbetween the rats and him, but it was half the size of it's original length, but in exchange for the extra length there was now a sharp jagged edge.

'God, what I'm about to do is definitely dumb.' Jin woo thought, his inner voice grave. But he didn't really have a choice did he.

Jin woo started rushing, his lungs burned gasping for more fuel like a fire, his nostrils burning from so much air passing through them. His throat was scratchy dry.

He wasn't running away, instead he was rushing towards his trusty pole. The rats seem my their prey start running towards them also started rushing to him.

Right before they could collide Jin woo let out a scream. With how silent it had been along with the echo inducing walls it amplified his scream stunning his foes for a spilt second.

And that split second was all he needed, he grabbed his pole and proceeded to drill it into the uninjured rats neck.

Without the rat even making a sound it slumped onto the ground as a corpse.

[skill victorious feast has activated]

[skill victorious feast has taken LV.1 agility from your defeated opponent]

Disregarding the notifications Jin woo took his pole out of the dead rats neck as fast as he could, and went after the other.

Quickly Jin woo dispatched the rats soul from its body with a stab to the center of its head.

Jin woo was breathing heavily, his legs were wobbling, his arm were heavy.

[CONSTELLATION LONE WARRIOR AGAINST A THOUSAND MEN GIFTS 500 COINS]

[CONSTELLATION SPEAKER OF EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE GIFTS 200 COINS]

[CONSTELLATION SECRETIVE PLOTTER GIFTS 300 COINS]

[hidden scenario rat extermination has been completed 500 coins has been awarded]

[100 coins has been deducted for use of the star stream]

"Damn, I didn't think I would make it out alive this time." Jin woo said.

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AN: happy thanks giving to you.