Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10 Nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita Chapter 70

I moved the lantern to look at the rest of the area and saw that there was a horde of demon rats .

And all of them were very large .

Serulis unsheathed her sword and said,

“These are some big rats . And there are so many of them . ”

“Yes, I can see how this would have been too much for two people . ”

I said and Ario nodded .

“Yes, we ran out in a panic . ”

“Just the thought of being eaten alive by those rats gave me a chill . ”

It was just as Josh said . It would be one of the worst ways to die .

“Ario . Use fireballs . I will charge into them at the same time . ”

“Understood . ”

“Josh, you support us with arrows . ”

“Of course . ”

“Serulis, you get any that I miss . ”

“Leave it to me . ”

And then I unsheathed the Devil King Sword .

“Groof?”

Grulf looked at me with eyes that seemed to ask the question, ‘why don’t you give me any orders?’

“Grulf, your work begins when the rats start trying to escape . I want you to work with Serulis to get any that leak through the cracks . ”

“Grr!”

Grulf puffed out his chest . His tail was wagging excitedly .

“Ario . Let’s start . ”

“Understood!”

Ario’s fireballs began flying .

They landed and exploded inside of the demon rat horde .

“SQUEEKI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KIIIIIIIII!!!!”

The shrieking of the rats echoed around us .

Over a dozen of them had died from the blast .

And so I charged into the confused swarm .

I swung the Devil King Sword with all of my strength and cut into five of them .

“SQUEEKI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KI-KIIIIIII!!!!”

The rats cried noisily as they grouped together and jumped at me .

But I cut them all down .

I had thought that most of them would try to run away, but they were mostly jumping towards me .

Perhaps their appetites for food were stronger than their instinct for self-preservation .

The demon rats were even eating the dead rats that I had killed .

To them, it didn’t matter if it was a monster of the same species . It was just meat once they were dead .

I could sense an intense hunger throughout the whole horde .

It all felt very horrifying .

What if they had managed to get out of the sewers?

They would have begun to attack and eat people immediately .

They may have been rats, but they were as big as medium-sized dogs .

An adult may be able to kill one of them .

But they would be hard pressed against two or three . A child would not be able to fight even one .

“We’ll kill them all!”

“Yes!”

Ario shouted in reply .

Josh unleashed his arrows, killing the rats one by one .

“Ario . Try not to waste your magic . ”

“I know!”

The power of a Sorcerer was not unlimited . It was important to use it wisely .

I too was swinging my sword as to not let a single rat escape .

However, there were just so many of them .

Not only that, but they were attacking from all sides .

It would be impossible to defeat them without using magic .

“Leave this side to me . ”

“Groof!”

Serulis and Grulf were fighting the rats that got passed us .

“Thank you . ”

I continued to swing my sword .

By the time there were over a hundred corpses surrounding us, the battle ended .

“It looks like it’s over for now?”

“No . I think there are more of them deeper in . ”

“Is that right . ”

Serulis said with a serious expression .

“Grulf . Stay on your guard . ”

“Groof!”

“And you can mark your territory . ”

“Groof-groof!”

We had Grulf watch for more rats as we collected the magic stones from the rats .

They were small and of terrible quality .

Still, they were at least bigger than the ones from normal demon rats .

“Serulis . Look at my hands as I work . ”

“Yes . ”

Serulis looked at my hands intently as I removed the stones .

After that, I had her try it .

As an Adventurer, taking out the magic stones was a necessary skill .

The demon rats reeked and were filthy . Normally, you wouldn’t even want to touch them .

But Serulis never showed any hesitation or disgust as she removed the stones .

At the same time, Grulf was carefully sniffing out the area .

And he would occasionally squat and mark his territory in different places .

And he was a wolf . A spirit beast wolf . Most rats should be too afraid to come close to that scent .

After taking out all of the magic stones, we gathered the corpses into a pile .

And then I explained to Serulis,

“They might turn into undead or start to rot if we leave them here . And so they must be dealt with . ”

“I see . ”

Serulis was a very capable fighter but had very little experience as an Adventurer, and so she listened attentively .

“It would be easy to burn them if we were outside, but this is the sewers . I suppose we will just have to put them in my magic bag . ”

“But what should you do when you don’t have a magic bag?”

“Find a way to burn them down here…or take them outside a little by little and burn them . ”

I said and Ario nodded .

“Yes . When Locke fought the goblins with us, we had to drag a few dozen goblins outside to burn them . ”

“That’s right . It was really hard work . ”

“It was, but we had no choice but to do it . ”

“I see . ”

Serulis said as she listened .

Grulf was nodding his head next to us .

And then I asked Ario,

“What do you two usually do?”

“Well, we usually only have to kill a few of them . So we drag them outside and burn them . ”

“I see . Yes . ”

After that, Josh seemed very interested in my magic bag .

“By the way, Mister Locke . That is a very impressive bag . ”

“And his mansion was huge . I believe Locke to be a very rich man!”

“Well, maybe . ”

And then I said to them,

“There are likely still more of them . ”

“I agree with Locke . ”

“Yes . I think the likelihood of that is quite high . It is no use unless we crush them all at the source . ”

Everyone looked very serious .

And with that, we descended even further into the sewers .

Chapter end