Soul Monarch: The Eclipse Feast Online

First, the Rat Communal

When you are holding a gun, never fear a weapon or yourself. Well, that's what I was told and I'm practicing it now.

The rapier swing went quickly and steadily, there was no need to hesitate on anything. Especially with a very thin rapier, each swing feels very light even though .... Ugh, because it does not have a Sword Mastery type Skill, Despena in the form of increased SP consumption that occurred was greater than I thought.

When I used the whip, it wasn't this heavy, was it because using the rapier demanded that I be more active in moving?

"Yes, or maybe it's because the quality of this weapon is better?" mumbling leaks. These are both common Rank weapons but, yes, one is made properly and one makes a difference so maybe it has an effect too.

Expelling that thought, I condensed consciousness as three other black rats attacked me with their tails while the other two focused on throwing poisonous spit. For the rest, it seems to be facing Megaera — who is hiding again.

All right let's stop attacking and focus on evasion, get back to the long-range attack style. The more fierce and responsive they were against me at close range, I would be more troubled as it would often be unable to react in time even if I knew it was pointing at me.

I can only focus on one action at a time, okay? I'm not a superhuman like my sister.

"Yes, Strength Damage. Mana Bullet," I said as I released the mana bullet, shooting one of the rats that spat out the poison.

Meanwhile, at the same time remove the needles of mana fog. I have been preparing this separately for a long time. And it rained down on the other rats that approached me, even if it didn't hit the black rats, it was enough to reduce the number of white mice.

"Increase Speed."

I'm getting out of that place. If I stay there then I'll just be an easy target.

Seeing that my MP value fell not too far even with this, I felt relieved. Yes, it still feels wasteful because it can't sustainably damage due to slow recovery, maybe I should take the MP recovery enhancement Skill for later.

Shortening the distance to the face, I clung to one of the black mice and started poking at the eyes and cutting off his nose. The senses belonging to the rats were not completely closed but I started to stick fangs and suck out the blood.

"CHUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

Yes, scream. Even if your partner shoots poison spit at me it will only hit you. Unfortunately your fate because of the large body that I can use as a shield, yes, really a meat shield.

I finished it quickly. As bloodsucking increases the amount of recovery per second in recovering Satiation values becomes faster. Unfortunately, for the blood-it-potion effect I haven't been able to feel.

"Maybe demanding the Skill be at the intermediate level." Well, that's why I continue to only consume blood mere—

Shut!

And a javelin was thrown at me. I flinched, unable to avoid it and made the javelin successfully penetrate my left abdomen beautifully.

"Ugh ...."

Yeah, not too pretty.

Pulling a javelin from my stomach, it made me suffer from a bleeding condition accompanied by poisoning even though my HP was still safe at 34 percent. But my mind has run around considering the possibility for the sake of the worst possible.

Are there other players? In any case, the mice were unlikely to use weapons like this but—

"Chuu! Chuuuu, Chuuuu!"

I retracted that thought when I saw the figure behind the voice. A rat can be seen standing on its two hind legs, if that's all then even a black rat can be but the body shape of the rat is clearly another and he's not alone.

The rat has short hands and legs, its body is slightly smaller than that of a black mouse with dark green fur and a shorter tail. What's interesting is that they, the mice, wearing taper helmets on their heads, carried several spears and bone spears, similar to what hit me.

"Well, the enemy self that this self is referring to has arrived, Disciple."

Megaera said that while still hiding somewhere. Oi! So the rat you are referring to is not the rats of the Infectionous Rat but that rat?!

“Maybe this will be heavier than I previously thought ...”

In the meantime, yes, no need to hesitate. "Appraise."

[Infectionous Ratfolk

Health Points: 3,621/3,632]

... Alright. It's still in the Infectionous family so, well, what Megaera said isn't entirely wrong. Really, what a feeling of defeat is this ....

However, what caught my attention was not their name or HP value, but rather their reaction. Usually the animals or monsters I judged would instantly attack me without a second thought when judged, but this Ratfolk just looked at me warily.

Yes, they were already vigilant. But now he is more alert. Is this the difference between those who have reason and those who do not? Although Ratfolk seems to be a sub species of Beastfolk — who is considered more stupid than normal People. But that doesn't mean they rely on instinct alone.

I don't know the reaction of the intelligent race when judged, even when facing Leml I didn't realize it. But maybe it increases alertness because, yes, it feels very uncomfortable.

However, it didn't last long before some of those Ratfolks started attacking me. Hah .. I'm the main target because Megaera keeps hiding. Yeah, keep going, keep going, just keep hiding there.

"Chu! Chu, chu!"

The ratfolk said something in voice and probably also rat language, something that seemed to be a command for the rats. It made the mice much more organized than before.

Hey, are you playing familiar? So are those rats the equivalent of pets? Not a brother to them?

"I think I need to adjust in the face of it," I murmured as I continued to think of other stupid things.

Well, even if their numbers were large, they would not be a problem as long as they did not cooperate systematically, and that factor had been damaged by the presence of the Ratfolk. Although the amount of their HP was not much different from that of a black rat, but it would definitely be harder to kill it than a black rat.

Okay, just split my focus into pieces. Maybe five? When I first controlled the ball decomposition that amount was enough, so around that it seemed appropriate huh.

I put on a small smile as I took a stance like before. Who would have thought that the lesson was still remembered and always useful in almost all situations. Yes, although literally impossible in the real world.

"Huh ...."

I catch my breath and wait for an opportunity.

What I take from that word is very simple. Initiation, the first step is very important, although it is full of risk and makes you afraid but actually it is not to be feared. Everyone has a first step, right?

So yes, let's take advantage of my advantages, advantages in terms of initiation as best as possible.

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First spell introduction of Mana Spells, Mana Bullet (result of Basic Appraisal).

[Mana Bullet

Activation: Voice Key

Cost: 15 Mana Points

Cast: 0.5 seconds

Cooldown: 7 seconds

It is a mantra created from the compaction of mana in its smallest form and launched as a projectile. Increasing the power of damage (magic power *175%) and increasing penetration with a maximum span of 50 meters before vanishing, the power of spells in the last 10 meters will be reduced by half]