The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 236: The fall of Repest has begun (4)

"Shit, everybody run", the commander shouted.

We are so fucked. That rumbling sound came from underneath us. The work of the underground monsters at their finest, I should say.

How the fuck no one was able to sense their arrival until they are almost upon us? We got alerted because of the rumbling sound made by the earth, rather than by the worms.

For some reason, no one was able to sense their arrival including me. .net

Why that was, I couldn't think of any reason.

Though I scoured a few books that were not available to others from the Nexus library, I didn't gain every word from the library. There are many sections that are still not available to me.

If only I had access to all the information, the things I do would be quite different from what I have done and doing right now, possibly.

Anyway, it doesn't matter how they were able to sneak upon us. The main issue was about how to escape the calamity we are facing at the moment.

It was not just the underground monsters that we had to face but also other monsters that would spring from those tunnels, while our group was scattered across.

It would be one thing when we are a tight-knit group, able to support each other but since we were forced to disperse in various directions, the ability to support each other has decreased by a lot.

It means we have to fight the monsters handicapped, in a way.

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The worms didn't attack us, just drilled holes leading to the surface and disappeared back into their holes. It means they are the fighting forces, rather they are support forces, making it easier for the monsters to attack places that are usually hard to.

"Everyone get ready and be alert", the commander shouted, warning us about the impending monsters that are going to spring up from those holes in the ground.

Even though that may be the case, he still told us to be on alert if those worms attack us suddenly while we are engaged by the monsters.

The monsters don't care whether other monsters like or die, as long as the humans are dead, but that was not the case for us humans. We can't have friendly fires, hurting our own troops.

I should find a way to improve my STR and END as soon as possible. I believe they should act as some kind of counteract to these distracting thoughts.

It's more like I hope so.

Ah, there are too many things for me to do.

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Roar!

[Shadow Bolt]

Damn that fucker. Where did it come from?

Even though I know that my perception may not be high but I don't think that they are that low to not sense the monster, until it was upon me.

Luckily, all that training paid off. I shot a shadow bolt at the monster reflexively without thinking a second. My body worked on its own, without a proper order from my brain.

This is good. As long as my reflex actions are good, I can survive without getting injured from this nightmare of a monster tide.

I mean, how did they break that easily into the town?

How didn't we get informed that the monster tide was nearing the town and would be before the estimated time?

Now I can't even hear or sense the monsters until they are very near.

Something feels very off about this.

Well, it doesn't matter to me. That was for the higher-ups to figure out.

What's important for me here was to survive this shit without losing any parts of my body. As long as that is achieved, everything else falls on the shoulders of someone else.