Chapter 56: Ratking Dungeon
After killing the fifth rat, his flame started to get slightly warmer, causing a little more damage by burning the monsters, and of course, being a more lethal weapon for Zach. He could fight more than one rat and survive, but he chose not to. He wanted to test the flame carefully and use each fight as practice to refine control over it, rather than overwhelm himself. Using his hearing and the enhanced sensitivity he had developed over the month, Zach could differentiate groups of rats from isolated ones, making movement and hunting through the sewers much easier.
Feeling that he had already hunted enough and had tested his skill thoroughly, Zach returned to the starting point and followed the tunnel that everyone else had entered using the light footprints to trace them.
After almost an hour of walking, Zach spotted the group resting in a corner while a teenage girl healed the chubby man Zach had argued with before they entered the portal.
