Unlike F-Rank dungeons—where most monsters can be dispatched by ordinary humans—E-Rank monsters are far stronger, leaving non-hunters with no hope of defeating them.
Even a single Rotling can overwhelm five people at once. They feel no pain, know no fear, and understand only one thing: to charge forward and devour anything alive.
River had been cutting them down for over an hour now.
They were dead before, but now… now they were nothing more than mangled remains, blown apart into unrecognizable pieces.
River stood amid the scattered corpses, the forest floor littered with torn limbs and black ichor that soaked into the dead soil. The faint stench of rot clung to the air, heavy enough to coat the back of his throat. He let out a slow breath, not from exhaustion but from the simple relief of having a moment to himself.
The fight had not been a quiet one.