Reincarnated As The Hero Ring

The squeaking sound that the giant rat was getting louder every second. We didn't know why that giant rat does that but luckily Tane has brought his bow with him. He didn't hesitate to draw his bow, he then fires it straight to the giant rat head. 

The arrow pierces the giant rat head and because of that, the giant rat was lying down the ground as it was already dead by that arrow. Vicar asks why Tane shoots the arrow without waiting what was the giant rat does with the squeaking. 

"It's common sense to shoot it."

"Why? It does nothing on us..." 

"For now but that squeaking sound that the giant rat made was dangerous." 

"Dangerous? I thought the giant rat just making a sound." Vicar didn't know why Tane said it was dangerous. As it was just a squeaking sound. 

"The squeaking sound was actually a signal to call the rest of the giant rat here to our current location."

"What! That's mean the giant rat is calling more of them here."

"Yes and because of that we must leave this area now, more of them will come soon. If I could fire my arrow quickly before the giant rat could make that noise..." Tane feeling a little bit guilty. 

"No need to blame yourself, you have done enough by killing it..." Vicar pat Tane shoulder. 

"Thanks, Vicar, Okay we should leave this area now." 

We immediately leave the area as we were afraid that the rest of the giant rat will gather there. Vicar leading the way as he the only one who knew this place. This place was like a maze, there were a lot of paths in here. We believe in Vicar that he knows the exit of this place that would get us in the town. 

As Vicar takes the left path, he suddenly stops as he noticed there something in front of us. Tane observes it in a distance and notices that there were two giant rats. This time, he quickly draws his bow and shoots at both of the giant rat heads. 

Tane does it so quickly as it looks like he shot two arrows in just one draw. I then realized that Tane must be pretty good at archery as normal people would not be able to do it. His aim was also top-notch as he hit the giant head perfectly. 

"You so good at archery Tane," Vicar said as he was also amazed by Tane's skill. 

"My father thought me the archery since I was a little kid, it was a strict training. But somehow I managed to endure it and master the archery skill." Tane said as he shoots another giant rat that just appears. 

"I think I should be grateful to have you here, It would be hard to kill the giant rat with just a stick." Another giant rat appears but the moment it appears, it was killed by Tane arrow. 

"Glad that I could be helpful to you but do you notice there a lot of giant rat coming out from that corner." I also notice that too as another one appears. 

"It seems like it but don't worry we were nearing the exit."

Vicar said that the exit of this place was just in front of us, after we take the right turn we would see it. Before we walk any further, Tane told us to stop immediately. We were confused about why we had to stop but Tane said to be quiet for a moment as he tried to listen. 

I could see that Tane face that he was surprised by something. He then said something that shocks us, "We can't go there as it was the giant rat nest."

When we hear it, we couldn't believe it. But Tane did have a good hearing ability, I guess he hears the giant rat noise in that corner. We were really unlucky as the location of the giant rat nest was the place we needed to go to exit this place. 

"Is that true Tane? Are there many of them... if the number is small I think we could handle it." Vicar said it confidently. 

"With that footsteps, I think we could not handle them." 

"Tell me how many do you estimate their number was."

"I don't sure but I think the number of giants rats there were around eighty or more." 

"What Eighty! There too many giant rats." We both we quite shock when Tane estimate their number in that place.

"Vicar? Is there any other way out, I don't think we could as there were too many of them." Tane was right as our only way left was to have another way out of this place. We wouldn't survive if we fight eighty of them at once. 

I had checked the giant rat's stats, it was not great a stats but their agility was quite high and they have a skill called Plague Bite. A skill that causes the user to have all of their attributes deducted by five, what worse than it also inflicts a poison towards the user that gets a bite. 

If we face eighty of them and each of them managed to land a hit on us, we would surely die. I really hope that Vicar knows another way out or another exit exists, if not we will be in big trouble as we had to fight eighty giant rats to get through the exit. 

"I'm sorry but this was the only way out of this place," Vicar said that as it seems that there really no other way unless to fight. 

"It would be foolish to fight if we already know that we would not be able to do it," Tane said.

"Do you have an idea ring?" Vicar ask me but sadly I don't even have any idea right now. I could only think if there were any other ways to get to the town. 

When I think about a way to get into the town, I realize that there was indeed away. I quickly tell Vicar about it and he kinda agreed to it as it was better than fighting eighty giant rats. He then told Tane about it, after hearing that Tane laugh as he didn't realize that there was another way. 

"Nice idea ring! We should head back and enter the town using the main gate." Tane praises me. 

We then carefully head back to the place where we enter this place, that was using that manhole. Along the way, we encountered some giants rat but Tane dealt with it as usual. After we about to approach the place, once again Tane orders Vicar to stop. 

"Why? Is there any monster?" Vicar asks as he prepares his stick. 

"There was indeed a monster in front of us, it was the giant rat." 

"The giant rat? I thought we already clear this area."

"We did clear this area already but we seem to forget about something that causes the giant rat blocking our path right now," Tane said that as I began to think about what we had forgotten. 

I then realize that it was the first giant rat we encountered in this place. Tane told us that the squeaking sound that the giant rat made was a sound to call the rest of the giant rat here. It was because of that sound, the rest of the giant rat appeared. 

"Is that because of the squeaking sound?" Vicar said to us, he also seems to realize that it may be the cause why the giant rat appears in the area. 

"It would be only because of that reason only," Tane said as he said that their numbers were also many in here. 

"Many than the giant's rat near the exit?" Vicar asks Tane as he was afraid that their numbers were much greater. 

I should already know that the giant rat was here already blocking our way back, I just hope that there were not many of them here than before or it would be just a waste of our time and energy to go back and forth in this place. 

"Not that many as I estimate that there were thirty of them here at least." I do wonder how Tane could know their numbers, I guess this was one of his skills too. 

Hearing that I was kinda relieved that there were not many giant rats here, but it wouldn't mean that we were still able to defeat thirty of them with just only two people. I should not count Vicar in as he doesn't have a weapon that could kill the giant rats. I doubt that the stick could hugely deal a damage to the giant rats. 

"Thirty huh... I think it's better than eighty. How do you think Tane, can we do it?"

"Fifty-Fifty chance but I do think we could do it. I think I could kill twenty of them, could you kill the rest of them?" Tane asks Vicar that question.