The boss glances in our direction and its eyes widen in surprise before they glare pure venom at me. Since it's already seen us we creep out of the tunnel and stand in the open, Wug takes the front with me slightly behind him, the wyrmling stays at the back and prowls back and fourth waiting for an opportunity to strike. As we make our presence known the boss quickly waddles to the lip of the arena's side and motions for the remaining rats to approach us.
"Who are you creatures that dare to intrude in my territory and attack my Familia. What gives you the courage to challenge me in my own home when there are hundreds of us waiting to turn you into just more meat for us to feed to our young." The boss screams in an aged voice with an old world accent, my mouth twitching a smile as I vaguely recall a certain plumber that the accent reminds me of. As I'm about to reply the wyrmling steps in front of me and smiles viscously at the overweight boss monster.
"What young? You stole my mates beast so I stole your young, they didn't even fight back. All that is left are these dredges and yourself and soon even that will leave this world." She hisses with venom as the WereRats in the arena become furious and the Boss's eyes glow purple. The Boss waddles back to his makeshift throne and raise his cane in their before slamming the base on the ground once, twice, thrice.
"My Familia kill them. Show no mercy and let them witness our power! Bring their corpses to me so i may feast upon their failure and then we shall go to the above lands to become the true rulers!" Don Juan screams as he plops onto the throne, his arm raises as a glow comes from the head of the cane and the reaming rats shine brightly.
The first rat finally comes within range and Wug swings his club one handed at the rat but is shocked as the rat catches the club and pushes it to the side before charging inside Wug's guard and using its claws to rake blood furrows onto his side. As Wug flinches i move forward quickly and stab the machete knife in front of me, the metal blade piercing the rat straight through the groin as it begins screeching in pain. Everybody winces in understanding as the rat continues to squeak pitifully its eyes begging me to just end it as the wyrmling darts in and drives the dagger into the rats eye, showing it the smallest of mercies. As more rats file in Wug begins swing his club with both hands as I do my best to dart in and wound anything that makes it past his defense, while the wyrmling picks off targets of opportunity. After dispatching the fifth rat we finally start to struggle as it makes past Wug's swings and dodges my stab towards its stomach. This rat is much thinner than the previous ones and its has noticeable wiry muscle corded throughout its body, in one hand it wields a bronze dagger with a curved edge while in the other it has a rusted farming scythe. As i attempt to block its charge i lunge towards its shoulder and watch as my blade slides right through the rat, its body dispersing into fog as i feel a deep burn in my side. As i turn i see the rat smiling cruelly at me as it flips the dagger in its hand and begins darting towards me repeatedly, playing with me as it inflicts several small nicks on me over the course of several seconds. As its eyes finally burn brightly and it rushes forward for the killing blow a stone dagger sails through the air and embeds itself deep in the rats back, causing it to stumble and become stunned as it looks around in confusion. As it dawns on it that its been attacked the wyrmling is already in their air, jumping towards the handle of the dagger and yanking it downwards piercing several organs as the rat finally collapses with bloody foam spurting out of its mouth as the body convulses several times before laying still.
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"Thanks your a lifesaver!" i gasp at the wyrmling before fishing out a piece of fruit from my pack and devouring it, barely chewing it as i feel some of the small cuts on my body closing.
"No thanks needed Master. Now let's end this overfed beasts life and save my last mate." she hisses before darting ahead of me and slashing the ankles of the last rat that was dodging all of Wug's blows. As the rat falls to its knees, Wug swings his club doublehanded and we wince as the rats head splashes against the wall, it's body still twitching as it falls to the ground.
Once the last Rat falls to the ground the Boss begins screaming in rage as its body begins steaming. As the steam rises the mass of fat surrounded it's body begins to tighten, pieces of blubber shrinking down into hard bulky muscle as the eyes of the Don begin glowing bright red and he stomps on the ground once before charging. The Don moves quickly aiming straight for Wug, slamming into the towering ogre and shoving him backwards several meters before Wug can dig in his feet and stop the movement. We dart behind Wug's legs and begin to poke small attacks past them and into the body of the Boss but most of the attacks bounce off its extremly durable fur. Finally i manage to get the machete knife into a small area of the stomach making a wound a couple inches deep and forcing the Boss backwards as it whips its tail towards me, a sharp needle embedded in the tip of the tail glinting as it pierces the rock a few centimeters in front of my legs.
"Shit watch the tail guys it has a blade on it! Wug try and hold it so we can get some hits in! Wyrmling try to find a weak point or any gaps in its defense we can use! I'm gonna try to inflict as much damage as I can!" I yell as everyone takes control of their jobs. The boss glares at me realizing that I'm in charge but as it starts to approach me Wug's ham fist comes out of nowhere with a devastating uppercut that leaves the Boss dazed. After that hit he leans back and throws a haymaker into the Boss's gut causing it to gasp for air as well as expel bloody chunks of flesh and mucous. As Wug finally gets control of the fight the wyrmling darts behind the Boss and slashes at the tail with the curved blade of the fallen rat fighter. As the blade touches the tail it slide past the skin and sends it flying as the Boss screeches in fury before Wug throws another punch that pushes the Boss backwards.
I watch as Wug begins to gasp for breath and put his arms up in a defensive position the Boss also notices his exhaustion and smiles before pouncing on the exhausted ogre and tearing through parts of his thick skin. As Wug screams I become enraged and instantly activate my desperate charge skill, my legs propel me forward as my machete knife is kept in my side i finally run straight into the Boss's side and my machete knife finally pierces its side up to the hilt before the blade shatters from the handle. The Boss screams in pain as it swipes its paw at me throwing me across the room where i slam into the wall and groan as i feel something snap inside of me. As I look up I can see Wug's hand finally snatching his club and him using the handle to bash against the Boss's skull causing it to roll off of him and vomit. As the boss looks back towards Wug it shudders and finally drops to the ground as the curved dagger protrudes from its eye, the wyrmling smiling in exhaustion as she collapses away from the body. I glance towards Wug and see that he's snoring quietly, his arm no longer bleeding but still in bad shape. As i struggle to stand up a blinding pain shoots through my chest and i fall back to the ground before everything becomes dark yet again.