Invigorated, Riku swung his spear towards its legs in hopes of throwing it off which the rat dodged by jumping towards Riku who fell on his back due to the action of the rat.
Riku with his palms on the ground pushed the earth as he used both of his legs to kick it in its chest. The momentum of the jump followed by the kick on its chest made the rat fly over Riku's head as Riku immediately stood up and ran towards the rat and aimed the spear towards the back of its head.
The rat dodged to the side on all four before as it dodged to the side it spun in its place, the tail coming in full speed hit Riku on his stomach.
The stinging pain made Riku winced as he looked at his stomach that was now exposed after the tail ruined his shirt was bleeding slightly and the skin was reddish due to the impact.
Riku's broken ribs were more or less healed to an extent that it didn't affect his actions but there was still some lingering pain which became more evident after the tail struck him.
It was becoming apparent that the longer the fight goes on, the harder it will be for Riku to win. There was simply a huge gap between the Rat Commander and Riku with his status that he couldn't contend with the Rat Commander if it wasn't for his weapon.
Sooner or later though even his weapon wouldn't give him an advantage anymore as the Rat Commander would become smart enough to know the strengths and weaknesses of the weapon and its user.
Feeling the pressure, Riku tightened his grip on the spear as he waited for an opportunity,an opening that could cause an actual damage to the Rat Commander because all the kick and the scraped wound only made the Rat Commander angry.
The Rat Commander realized that despite the human in front of it being a danger, it wasn't strong enough that it needed its troops to assist him, it was better if they were used to dealing with the weaker ones.
The Rat Commander ran towards Riku thinking to itself that if it eliminated the human in front of it the others would not be a problem. It raised its hands and with its long nails struck Riku on the legs which easily pierced through the clothing he wore as three scratch marks appeared on Riku's legs.
Riku, who was surprised at the Rat Commander moving on all fours couldn't dodge the attack immediately, he was lucky enough to move backwards a little though otherwise his legs may have been cut off.
He gritted his teeth as he cursed his stupidity, he was thrown off guard by the Rat moving on all fours for some reason when it wasn't exactly unusual. The Rat Commander of course didn't give him any time for Riku to recover as it immediately jumped with its mouth open towards Riku.
Riku instinctively grabbed his spear and swung it towards the Rat Commander who couldn't dodge midair which caused a huge cut through its body, though it wasn't deep the cut caused the Rat Commander to take a step back when it landed and take a pause.
At the same time Riku couldn't help but fall on his knees as he felt the pain from the scratches on his legs. It seemed like a draw but the Rat Commander was at an advantage though miniscule.
Riku couldn't drag the fight any longer as pain he felt in his lower body increased due to the new wounds added to the previous hole in his thighs.
If the spear didn't have its ability to heal its user there was no doubt that Riku would've been immobilized.
Riku couldn't help but worry a little as he watched the Rat Commander's movement with determination in his eyes.
"Even if the gods are on your side, the one standing in the end would be me. If I go down you're going with me!"
He thought to himself as he braced himself.
Meanwhile, Eliza couldn't help but get angry when she felt powerless. The wounds on her body were increasing and fatigue was slowly taking over her body, not only was it getting harder for her to kill the rats but she was also increasing the pressure on Rikka who needed to deal with the rats that'll go to her because Eliza couldn't kill them.
Her leather vest was taking a beating it hasn't taken before as the rats in front of her kept on increasing as time went by.
Kohaku and Rikka were working full time and going all out to finish what Eliza couldn't and while it is quite true that Eliza is causing damage to some rats, it was simply just not enough especially when she's compared to Rikka and Kohaku who was capable of killing one rat after another.
Of course it wasn't exactly Eliza's fault, rather Eliza was actually extremely strong but her weapon wasn't exactly made to kill in one swing. She couldn't help but feel frustrated when she sees the rats she attacked standing back up again.
Seeing an opportunity to finish off one rat, she immediately swung the baseball bat which killed the bat that dropped a box. A quick grab and the box dematerialized as a sword made out of bones materialized in her hands.
[Rat Cadaver Sword, a sword made out of the bones of a rat. Made possible by the technology of another world, commonly used if there were no other sword.]
Eliza didn't have the time to read as she held the sword with two hands as she sliced a rat that jumped at her.
While she didn't have the skills to wield a sword, with the rats simply charging at her and weren't dodging, all she had to be mindful about was not hitting Rikka and Kohaku. Other than that all she needed to do was slice every incoming rat.
The already near thirty corpses on the ground increased faster with Eliza being able to kill most of the rats in front of her with no problems, still the existing fatigue and wounds took a toll on Eliza and the number of rats was still not decreasing.
A tail struck her in the stomach and she could only endure the stinging pain as she wished that Riku would be able to kill the boss already.
As much as Riku wanted to take a break, he didn't take long before he started running towards the Rat Commander who was still suffering from the cut it had in its stomach. Hearing him approaching though made it angrier as it hissed at him.
Riku felt the pain in his legs as he attempted to cut the rat's face, the bleeding rat tried to dodge but the spear was able to cut one of its eyes. The rat ran a few distance away from Riku as it made a hissing noise.
Its anger must've reached the peak as it no longer bothered to call its troops or run away from Riku. It ran towards Riku and jumped as it planned to pounce on him.
Seeing the opportunity Riku aimed the spear and when the rat was eight feet away he threw the spear with all his might.
The spear flew through the air and pierced to the Rat Commander's skull as it fell on the ground with the spear through its mouth. It tried to move a little bit closer towards Riku who pulled the spear and stabbed the Rat Commander again and again and again until he finally felt satisfied.
An announcement rang through his head as he flopped to the ground near the corpse of the Rat Commander.
[Congratulations! You are now level 8 and you have gained an additional 3 status points and 2 skill points.]
[Name: Takahashi Riku
Age: 18
Strength: 16 (+5)
Intelligence: 21 (+4)
Vitality: 20 (+1)
Agility: 19
Dexterity: 11 (+1)
Status points to allocate: 0
Skills: 3
Physical Skill:
Melee Weapon Techniques Level 2
Passive skills:
Psychological Distress Immunity Level 2
Unique Skill:
Appraisal
Skill points to allocate: 8
Equipment:
Ring of Hope, Mask of Pareidolia, Ambrogio's Spear
Set Item: Bones (1)
Bone gauntlet
Titles: "The First Survivor", "Undying","The Judge"]
He allocated 3 points to agility as he looked at the corpse of the rat that dematerialized and in its place were two boxes.
He didn't have the time to inspect them though as he looked at the rats to see if they were running away.
It took a few seconds though before the rats glanced at Riku's direction. Riku panicked when he saw this however that turned into relief when the rats started running through all direction. While they were escaping Eliza, Rikka and Kohaku continued to kill the ones they could.
Riku didn't rest as well as he tried to go for the rats, sadly though his legs gave up on him as he felt the stinging pain to an incredible degree.