As she descended the latter, she was grateful that Otto and Oliver fixed her mask because her bandages wouldn't have been enough. The smell was much worse than how it was in the kingdom. Even people who got used to the smell in the kingdom were wincing at it. "Jezz.." Alex said, " I know we are in a sewer, but this is ridiculous" "Right?" Jamie agreed while nodding. Sebastion waved a hand in front of his face, wincing "Right, ok, let's just hurry and get this done..." Milo nodded in agreement pinching his nose. The group began to move with Amari and Aaron at the back of the group. Amari tightened her mask a bit before speaking " So, what are we looking for?" She asked Aaron. The place's walls were rotten wood planks, which confused her, and water dripping from the ceiling. "Also, I've never been in a sewer before but I'm pretty sure It's not supposed to be made out of wood," she said pointing at the walls with a raised eyebrow. Aaron laughed before answering her question, with a grin on his face he said, "We are looking for your favorite thing, The source of the smell" Amari paused "Wait for real?" "Yep" "Not that I'm complaining, I would like to get rid of that god-awful smell, but-" "Why wasn't another group sent?" "There was one" Aaron replied "But they didn't return. It turns out that it was the same group that gave you that injury". Amari wasn't sure how to feel about that, so she just hummed.
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Looking around the sewer, the group could tell that there could be a lot of reasons for the cause of the smell. Alex and Jamie think it's the rotten wood, and Milo and Sebastion believe it could be the greenish water. Amari doesn't know what it is, and Aaron seems to not know as well. As they were nearing the end of the tunnel, footsteps echoed through, and the smell got worse with every step. The tunnel was coming to an end, and everyone were thinking of their own conclusion when they heard something move, something that wasn't them. Everyone froze, tense Amari's eyes scanned the darkness and that's what allowed her to see it just in time. The creature had deep red eyes, its mouth twisted in a hideous scowl, lowly growling at them before it pounced, right at Milo's turned back.
"Milo! Move!" that was all the warning she gave them as she rushed in his direction, grabbing him by the wrist she pulled him towards her. Aaron rushed past them and with spear in hand, he swung his spear cutting the monster in half. "Are you ok?" Amari asked the shocked Milo " Yeah" Milo grasped out "Thanks" he said to both Amari and Aaron, who shrugged "Don't sweat it" Aaron replied "Anytime" Amari said. Sebastion bent down observing the monster as Alex and Jamie kept watch, on alert. Aaron and Amari walked over to Sebastion "It's a rat, not a normal one for sure, if its size and eyes are anything to go by, it's a monster." Sebastion concluded. Amari hummed with her arms crossed. The rat was the size of a stray dog. "I wonder what level it is," Amari thought. "After all, monsters have a ranking system as well, from Level one to Level five. I need to know how dangerous the rest of the mission with be". "It's most likely level one" Aaron stated looking at it. Amari dramatically turned to him" Wha-how- how can you even tell?!" Aaron shrugged before turning to her with a mischievous smirk "Eh, it's a three-star thing, you wouldn't get it." Amari looked offendedly at him as Sebastion lightly chuckled, and Alex and Jamie oohed at her. Behind her Milo faked coughed to not only hide his laughter but to also get back on track "So, what do we do now?" Everyone turned to him " I mean, do we continue on or go back and report" The area was filled with contemplating silence. Aaron broke the silence with a hum and walked over to the path to continue as he spoke, the tone of seriousness catching everyone's attention " I say we continue, however I won't blame anyone if they want to leave." Everyone watched as he stood at the beginning of the path to continue, spear in hand "We don't know how many of these are down here" he continued motioning his head towards the rat. "Sure, they are level ones but going in with that mindset is a death wish. We don't know if there are higher rank ones down here and again, we don't know how many of them are down here. Look the point is we don't have a lot of details, so if anyone wants to leave go ahead. It's your choice." Sebastion sighed "Well I have to make sure you don't do anything stupid boss." Aaron breaking out of his seriousness by the comment, gasped dramatically as Sebastion walked over to stand beside him. Amari calmly walked over to them " You only want to go to get rid of the smell" Aaron noted "Yep" "Great now I have to watch both of you" Sebastion said with a sigh. Alex and Jamie looked at each other before nodding in allusion "We're coming to" they both stood beside them. Milo seemed to be weighing his options as Amari reminded him " It's your choice" Milo thought for a moment before shrugging " Might as well do it now. It would become a pain later" Milo joined them. "Alright! From now on we will have to be on high alert. Are all of you sure about your decision? You can still leave now." Seeing no one move Aaron grinned " Let's go then".