Chapter: 263

He didn’t have time to comprehend how strange it was that Molodus’s soul was apparently in his coat but also in the rat before him.

Were they two different rats? Did the soul respawn or get copied? Did his coat only have some of the soul essence in it? He may never know.

“Well, I have high HP now, so that poison damage is negligible.”

Jay jumped forward, slashing again. Molodus did the exact same thing last time – dodge and bite.

[-0.8][-5][-0.8]

This time however, Jay took the bite in stride and continued to stab and slash at the rat.

[-8][-8]

Molodus slashed back with his own claws; one paw missed with the other landed.

[Bleeding]

[4 damage per second for 4 seconds]

*Hiss!*

It quickly slashed again, but only scraped harmlessly across Jay’s shield.

“Argh! Dammit!” Jay jumped back, gritting his teeth as he waited for his bleed to stop.

“How the fuck is this level 5 rat doing more damage than me?”

Jay remembered that his necromancer gas stopped the poison aura, so he released some around him.

*HISSS*

The fat rat hissed at Jay, attempting to intimidate him.

“It was easier last time, but I guess that’s because I wasn’t alone…”

While Jay was fighting, his skeleton fighting the soap rat nearby had finished its fight.

Sweeper had killed the smaller rat and was coming to help – but Jay decided to have it wait on the sidelines, only to step in when he needed it.

“I’m level 9. I should be able to do this alone.” he thought as he gritted his teeth in anger.

[Stress Response Activated – +5% melee damage]

“Nice” thought Jay as he stepped forward to slash again – but this time, it was a feint; a fake attack where his weight was shifted differently to prepare for the real attack, which would shortly follow.

Molodus dodged the feint to the same side and as it went to bite, Jay slashed, landing a deep cut across its cheek.

[-8.4]