180 Vol. 3 pt. 50 Patch 9.0: The Catacombss Secre (2/2)

It's Cassiel's first time really seeing him like this – or at least, paying attention to him while he's like this. She notices that not only are his calves and forearms transformed into a more bestial appearance, but his ears and tail are both longer and bushier as well.

She's torn between wanting to hug and cuddle with his tail, and being excited from how animalistic he seems.

This is when she realizes that Nell has to be rubbing off on her.

”Let's go,” Fenrir says, looking back at her.

If his appearance so far wasn't enough to excite her, seeing how much larger and sharper his teeth are now is definitely enough.

Cassiel nods, and so Fenrir opens the door.

Two corpses half-flesh and half-bone push and squeeze against each other to fit through the doorway which gives Cassiel enough time to stab her sword through their heads.

Golden light escapes through the wounds that she made, and each of the zombies drops dead for the final time.

Her sword is glowing even brighter now that it is exposed directly to the undead.

”Definitely looks like some sort of bonus there,” Fenrir says. When he looks over at Cassiel, he sees her smiling and ready to get plenty of practice with her new sword.

Another zombie comes inside the room which is instantly killed by a stab to the head by Cassiel.

”Wow, somebody who actually goes for their heads. You should act in a zombie movie,” Fenrir teases.

”There wouldn't be a movie if I was in it because I'd actually use common sense, and then it'd be over before it could start,” Cassiel says, smirking back at him.

”Well, just let me know when I can join in on the fun,” he says as the fifth zombie gets its brains stabbed.

”Promise not to bite them?” Cassiel asks as a zombie approaches.

”Alright, I promise not to bite them.”

With a smile, Cassiel thrusts her blade into the chest of the latest zombie, positions it so that it's between her and Fenrir, and then kicks it backward towards him!

”Have fun,” Cassiel says as the zombie almost falls into Fenrir.

Fenrir, using the deadly claws protruding from his fingers, stabs them right through the zombie's head. ”This is too easy. I'm starting to think we could have handled them out in the hall. But, then we wouldn't have come in here and had some fun.”

Cassiel blushes as she stabs the next zombie. ”D-don't bring that up right now,” she says.

While the flow of undead is manageable at first, the sound of their fighting only attracts even more undead from the tunnel outside their room.

Their problems only increase from there.

There was little to deal with other than zombies and skeletons at first, but as the fight continues, more powerful variants of undead begin showing up. Ghouls wielding large clubs made of either wood or bone, hybrid zombies with tentacles for arms capable of lashing into the room from the tunnel, and small, maggot-like insects that can easily get into the room while the two are distracted fighting are but some of the new threats the couple is facing.

”F-Fen,” Cassiel says, chopping away at the undead pouring into the room. She's starting to understand that going for the head isn't exactly an easy thing to do when faced with dozens of monsters wanting to kill her.

Her holy blade helps by dealing more damage than a regular blade would, but Fenrir doesn't have the same luxury. His most effective weapons right now are his claws that are slashing away at his enemies. ”This might have been a bad idea after all,” Fenrir grunts before one of those maggots latches onto his leg like a leech.

They start feeling as if all hope is lost, but then Rock's barking reaches them.

”Fenny! Cass Cass!” Oleander shouts from the tunnel.

”Finally,” Cassiel says.

”Bro! We're coming!” Rao shouts.

Cassiel rolls her eyes.

”In here!” Fenrir shouts. ”You know! The room with all the zombies going into it!”

”Fen! Your dog is totally overpowered down here! Everything just keeps on trying to bite her and breaks their teeth on her!” Oleander shouts.

Fenrir is proud that Rock is doing a good job fighting against the undead when he hears that. However, more than being proud, he's pissed off that a bunch of zombies has been trying to bite her.

”F-Fen?” Cassiel asks, looking over at her boyfriend and seeing just how pissed off he looks.