Chapter 5 – Ratman Base.

After getting a new skeletons ratmans and learning their ability to wear equipment, ClownFrog continue hunting the ratmans left and right while leveling up in the process.

[Level up! You became level 9.]

[You have slain: Ratman – level 9.]

[Level up! You became level 10.]

"Huh. That didn't took that long. It seems things are going bit better today."

"Also, most of my skills leveling way faster now."

"This is probably because I can have more undead fighting and being made nonstop."

"Anyway, time to make new skeletons."

"[Create: Lesser Skeleton]."

[Current number of undead: 13 skeleton servants and 4 ratmans skeletons.]

(I've been putting all of the stat points I could get my hands on into [Necro Mastery], so the monster I can use as many undead as possible.)

"My current [Necro Mastery] is 75 plus 3 from the cloak and another 20 from [Basic Necromancy] level 4. Making it total of 98."

"Right now, I'm using 60 points on the skeleton servants and 6 for each ratman, so 84 points are currently being used."

"By the looks of things, I have to put even more points if I want to increase my army size."

(Hunting today is going more smoothly than I thought. I manage to level up twice already, but I'm probably still lagging behind the other players.)

ClownFrog beginned walking through the forest while trying to find another group of ratmans.

"…."

(Found them.) – though ClownFrog while hiding behind the bushes.

A group of 4 ratmans was walking through the forest.

(Just go that way little bit closer and you are goner.)

"….?"

While observing the ratmans from a safe spot, another group of ratmans came over from an opposite direction.

Before ClownFrog could give out a command, he saw two ratmans shouting at each other before one of them nodded their head and turned back with rest of his group and the other group it just encountered.

"…."

"Did they just communicated?"

(I was bit shocked on the first day when NPCs were talking with me or between themselves, however I kind of got used to it, even though it still kind of feels weird and unreal to me.)

(But a monsters?)

(…..Fuck it. They got me curios. I think they have maybe something like an base? If they have an village or something like that, then wouldn't that be an perfect hunting grounds? I mean, these guys acted a bit like people, so maybe they really have something like some simple village?)

ClownFrog beginned stalking the group of ratmans while trying not get spotted and before long, ClownFrog found himself in the completely brand new area where he was never before, but after a while, ClownFrog realized where the ratmans were heading, before then arriving at the bottom of the cliff.

"!"

ClownFrog quickly hit upon noticing the ratmans entering the cave.

(This is the cave?) – though ClownFrog while looking behind the tree.

(The group I was fallowing just entered it and there is pair of ratmans standing guard near it.)

(Bingo! I was right! There was really something like an base!)

(…. But an cave?)

(…Wait, is like the dungeon? Like the ones from the games and novels? The entrance is an cave… So maybe this is really an dungeon?)

"Now this is interesting find?"

(But what now?)

(No matter if its an dungeon or village, I won't definitely find just one or two rats….)

(I managed to somewhat level up my skills after understanding how they works, but right now I have only 3 skills, not counting the class skill and the [Undead Page].)

(I can learn the [Necro Shot] right now… But that won't be alone.)

(I would need to level up my skills bit more and…. Ah fuck it. Let's just do it. Let's level up bit more.)

(There is no point in me rushing in and dying like an complete idiot for no fuking reason.)

[You have learned skill: [Necro Shot] level 1.]

[ClownFrog]

[Level: 13]

[Basic Necromancy]-[LVL6] [Undead Page]-[LVL6] [Create: Lesser Skeleton Servant] – [Level 6] [Skeleton Servant – Basic Upgrade]-[LVL6] [Skeleton Servant – Bone Weapon]-[LVL6] [Create: Lesser Skeleton]-[LVL4] [Bone Darts]-[LVL7] [Necro Shot]-[LVL4].]

"…."

"Yea… This won't do."

"I will really just die like this."

(I need to level up at least 2-4 times as well as level up my skills, and then I can try and take on this dungeon.)

(And fortunately enough, I have time. There is still not a lot of players in here and I don't think anybody though of idea to just stalk monsters and have them lead you to their home.)

(So, let's get ready.)

[Sometime later.]

[Current time: In game night time.]

The night came, but the two cave was still guarded by the duo of the ratmans who were keeping watch.

However, while two ratmans were standing guard, one of the ratmans noticed something glowing in the distance, before moments later an glowing green sphere of energy hit the ratman right in the face, creating an small explosion.

"?!"

The other ratman instantly noticed the attack and was alarmed, causing him to reach for his horn in order to use it and raise the alarm, but before he could reach it, multiple arrows flew straight towards the ratman, hitting him right before he could blow the horn.

The ratman that got hit with the magic attack before got back up on tis feets, but as soon as it did that, the ratman saw skeleton servants surrounding both of the ratmans from all directions and before they could do anything, the skeleton monsters rushed in and murdered the two ratmans before they could recover and not letting them raise the alarm.

"…." – ClownFrog got out of bushes and looked around.

After looking around and not spotting anything, ClownFrog walked toward the cave entrance and after getting near it, a system winddown popped up.

"?"

[You have found an dungeon: Ratman Hidden Base].]

"!"

(Dungeon! So, I was right!)

(And if this place is really an dungeon, then that means that there is some interesting loot inside!)

"…. Well then, time to raise a hell."

Skeletons servants as well as skeleton ratmans begin rushing straight into the cave.

[You have entered dungeon: Ratman Hidden Base].]

Some of the ratmans that were in the cave had started noticing a sound of many footsteps coming from the direction where the cave entrance located, before moment later they saw a torches lights from distance, approaching the ratmans while also making the skeleton monsters holding them visible, alarming the ratmans.

The ratmans quickly gathered up upon hearing disruption in the night and before long, the all-out brawl between ratmans and undead beginned.

On both sides, many undead as well as ratmans were getting killed. However, whenever skeleton servant was destroyed, a new one was born.

[Mana Mushroom Potion]

[Restore 40 mana upon consumption.]

(Good. For now, things are somehow balance. As long as I continue making new undead, we will end up getting upper hand over them.) – though ClownFrog while drinking a potion.

Because of the continue supply of the fresh corpses, the new undeads were created over and over again, this resulted in slowly having ratmans being pushed more and more.

After realizing the grim situation, some of the ratmans run away, abandoning their breathers and that resulted in the finally break of the ratmans line, leading to the total genocide of the ratmans.

Many ratmans tried fighting back, but their attempts were in futile.

[Level Up. You became level 14.]

"Fuck…. We manage to kill all, but there was too much."

(I was expecting them to be a lot, but not this many!)

(Because of their numbers, many of my skeletons servants and skeleton were killed over and over again. Because of all that, I ended up using way too freaking mana potions that I imagined.)

(If I didn't bringed those potions with me, I would be probably a toast.)

(On top of that, I was lucky. I though those narrow corridors would screw me over, but they ended up saving me.)

(If I were to take all of these ratmans head on, I would probably get killed.)

"And I thought that because I had higher level it would be easier."

"I'm dumb like hell, aren't I?"

(Anyway, some of the ratmans run off into the deeper parts.)

"…"

"Well, I was planning on heading there anyway."

"Let's go."

The group of undeads lead by ClownFrog beginned marching through the cave tunnel while killing any ratmans they encounters along the way.

(Even though they are lower level than me, the amount of the EXP I'm getting is a lot. Maybe I will be able to level up more.)

"…."

"?"

While continue walking through the tunnels, ClownFrog noticed a light coming from the path ahead.

(Light source?)

"…"

(Something is off. There wasn't even a single light or a torch around in this place. I had to make skeleton ratmans carry torches.)

(There is definitely something going on there.)

ClownFrog slowly approached the source of the light while being surrounded by undead creatures.

Moment later, ClownFrog arrived to the source of the light, he found him self inside of the wide room.

"?!"

The entire room itself, was filled with many corpse of the ratmans as well as many bones. The room it self was lighten up by many different torches with blue flames, hanging on the room walls.

While the room it self looked grim and unknow, the main thing that catched ClownFrog attention was the thing on the other side of the room.

On the opposite site there was a throne made out of the bones and on it, a ratman wearing ropes was sitting while holding another ratman in his hand.

The held ratman tried to break free, but moments later ratman neck was snapped and tossed aside.

After the ratman corpse fallen on the ground, the ratman sitting on the throne took his staff and tabbed the ground with it. When that happened, the magic circle appeared beneath the ratman corpse and moments, the ratman was turned into skeleton undead version of it.

[Ratman Necromancer Aop – Level 14]