95 Training Dungeon 3 (2/2)

”Aren't you a tank? Who if not you would know anything about building a barricade?”

”Just because I am a tank doesn't mean that I know how to build a barricade, that is a completely different thing. Besides how hard can it be? Let's just stack them so that they block enough of the hallway, that one of us can defend.”

Since nobody had a better idea, they stacked the crates, leaving only a small space in the middle, where the rats were supposed to be funneled in.

”Ivan you'll block first. If everything goes well we can try to have Susan try it too. I'll try to pull one group, but be ready for more of them to come. Susan and Lars, be ready to stabilize these crates if they threaten to fall over.”, Tina distributed the jobs and then waited for everyone to get ready.

”Everyone ready?”

After waiting for the affirmation from everyone, she moved forward until she had a clear line of sight to one of the rat groups. She then nooked an arrow and waited for the other groups to have some distance to the targeted group.

The first group always stayed too close to at least two others, so she discarded it and instead focused on another group. Only after waiting for more than a quarter hour a group had split up enough for her to try to pull it. Pulling back the bowstring, she waited for them to reach the optional position, before releasing the arrow.

The arrow shot towards one of the rats, hitting it squarely on the head, displaying her formidable skill in archery. Having been hit by an arrow out of nowhere, the rat was enraged and with a squeak, it turned towards the source of this offending arrow. Seeing a human that had intruded into their territory, it once again squeaked to gain the attention of the other rats in the group before rushing towards the intruder.

Seeing, that her arrow had the planned effect, Tina hurriedly rushed through the opening between the crates. As soon as she was through, Ivan went forward to block it.

It didn't take the group of rats long to reach them and enraged by the attack on one of theirs, they threw themselves on Ivan, who was in the frontline.

With the practice they had before, they soon made short work out of them.

After that Tina went out to pull the next group, which they then slaughtered. This continued on until the number of rat groups passing through the hall had visibly been reduced.

”Let's take a break.”, Ivan said. Even though he had exchanged his position with Susan for a few pulls, he still had to do the most blocking.

The others too were exhausted from fighting so much, so they readily agreed. So they sat down and pulled out some provisions. Ivan still sat in the gap between the crates with one eye focused on the hall, in case that some groups of rats came over.

Luckily nothing happened and after resting for a time they decided to continue their slaughter. Although they had already killed the required amount for the quest, it was still necessary to kill more, so that they could take on the Rat Lord.

This time something went wrong when Tina tried to pull the next group. Instead of pulling only one group, she got the attention of an additional two groups, which had suddenly run out of an entrance.

”Damn. Be careful!”, she couldn't help but curse. Even though they were able to easily kill one group, they hadn't yet gone against multiple.

Ivan blocked the rat's trying to get through the gap in the barricade as before, but because there were many more rats this time, the pressure on the barricade was much higher than before, and when some of the rats jumped on the back of their companions to reach the top of the barricade, they crashed against the topmost crates, making them slide slowly towards the defenders.