105 Mutant Serpen (1/2)

It was leap of faith truly.

I did not know if I would ever reach the other end of the river bank.

What I had not expected was for the mutant rats to jump after me.

Dozens, then hundreds, then thousands of them jumped after me.

I am not sure if they intended to do it, or if they knew how dangerous the river could be, or if the rat tide just pushed them forward without any chance of stopping but I was sure they were going to regret it.

But I was also hoping that they would stop coming after me.

The mutant fishes might be able to handle a few hundred of them or so, but if millions of them came after me, then I was sure that the river would not be able to stop them.

Thankfully, after thousands of them jumped in, they finally heard a loud screeching sound, which I could only guess came from their leader, and they stopped jumping in the water after that.

'Well, at least someone's sensible.' I thought, still feeling a bit of dread at their stupid actions of blindly following after me.

I pushed the useless thoughts out of my mind and focused solely on swimming.

'Just need to get to the other end of the river. I just need to get there somehow…'

And then the mutant fishes attacked.

It was as if I had been dumped into a river filled with pirahna who are were after my blood.

Except these fishes were larger and bit even harder.

My defensive suit protected me from their bites but only to an extent. Their powerful jaws still left deep marks wherever they bit me and I started having a bit of trouble swimming due to the pain.

And then the mutant fishes started attacking the mutant rats.

It was a bloodbath.

No matter if rats were the size of cats or not, they were all torn into pieces and devoured in a matter of moments.

I could even see a few of the rats who were closest to the bank start to paddle back to the dry land but I doubt they would reach to the safe place.

The blood in the river sent the mutant fishes in a frenzy and from there on, their attacks became deadlier.

I was not sure what kinds of fishes these were but they bit really hard. I would swap them for the 'Creepy Buggers' in a moment if I could, despite their ugly appearances.

Not that I could do such a thing.

As more and more mutant fishes bit in my body, I could only grit my teeth in pain and swim.

Since most of these mutant fishes were attracted to blood, they went after the mutant rats instead of me. And that was the only consolation I was going to get.

I could not use my sword in such a place.

It was far too heavy and far too large for me to use it in killing mutant fishes.

Especially if killing one of them would only invite even more.

And the shield was not going to protect me from anything either.

I could use my claws and teeth to bite them to pieces but I could either attack them or focus on swimming.