Chapter 409 - We are surrounded

After a quick and rather uncomfortable breakfast, the group made their way towards the Slums. With their quest already taken, their gear upgraded and consumables restored they felt more than ready to tackle the challenges that were waiting for them.

The quest requested the culling of a particular annoying bottom-dweller creature, a small but extremely vicious bipedal reptilian monster. The little annoyances were quick to spread, its population, if left unchecked, could rapidly explode, going from a dozen to several hundred, even to the thousands in a matter of weeks.

Also, as their numbers increased, so did their boldness. From their initial frightened, calculating, hiding nature, they grew into vicious, rabid beasts as their population entered the triple digits.