The front lines were littered with fallen beasts, their bodies spread across the field in twisted heaps, but that victory felt short-lived.
The beasts that had been pushing forward in a relatively manageable group now seed to multiply, surging towards them in a thick, lumbering mass. Dave looked up from his current opponent, only to see the sheer number of beasts that had arrived behind the first wave.
Before, they had been dealing with a few at a ti, but now they were surrounded by six, so people even eight at once. The beasts had learned quickly, their instincts kicking in as they adjusted to the humans’ tactics.
It didn’t take long for them to close the gap, and Dave realized with a sinking feeling that they were no longer dealing with isolated attacks. They were now in the heart of the swarm, the tide of creatures pushing in from every direction.
The group had been spread out across the field, each person fighting their own set of beasts, separated by distance. In theory, this strategy worked, it kept the group mobile, preventing them from being cornered in one place.
But now, with so many beasts closing in from all sides, Dave could see the flaw in their formation. No one was close enough to help one another, and it was only a matter of ti before one of them would be overwheld.
Chris, who had been fighting beside him, shouted across the field, his voice strained, "Stay close! We need to group up!" But it was already too late. The beasts were too nurous, and the space between the group was too vast.
Dave barely dodged a massive claw attack from one of the creatures, its rancid breath washing over him as it growled in frustration. He sidestepped, spinning on his heel and thrusting his sword into the beast’s side, piercing through its thick hide. But before he could pull the blade free, another beast lunged toward him, and he barely had ti to block its attack with the flat of his sword.
It was then that Dave realized sothing, sothing crucial. They couldn’t keep fighting like this. There were too many of them. Each mont spent engaging in one-on-one combat drained his energy, and although his sword was light, his stamina wasn’t infinite.
Sweat poured down his face as he wiped it away, gripping the hilt of the sword tighter. He could see the others struggling too, each of them becoming increasingly surrounded by the beasts. If he had been his usual self with his stats and abilities, he would have had a chance, but being an ordinary human, he was starting to get tired.
"Gunther!" Dave shouted, hoping his voice would carry over the din of the battle. "We need a new plan!"
Gunther, who had been hacking at a beast in front of him, paused for a mont and looked around, his eyes scanning the growing crowd of beasts. His expression hardened as he took in the sight, and Dave could see the realization dawning on him as well. They were running out of ti, and if they didn’t act quickly, they might not make it out of this alive.
The slow, steady advance of the beasts had turned into a frenzied push, their claws and teeth gnashing in the air, eager for blood. Dave’s grip on his sword tightened even further, but he could feel the weight of the situation pressing down on him. This wasn’t just a fight for survival, it was a battle against overwhelming numbers, and as the beasts closed in, the odds seed less and less in their favor.
As the chaos of the battle continued to unfold, the air was thick with the clash of steel and the shrill growls of the beasts. Dave’s sword moved in precise sweeps, cutting through the creatures that were closing in around him.
Each strike was a careful attempt to incapacitate the beasts, aiming for their throats, legs, or eyes, anywhere that might slow their relentless advance. It was a grim dance of survival, each movent fueled by and the ever-present threat of being overwheld.
He wasn’t alone in this fight. All around him, the others fought valiantly, each one slaying beasts in their own way. Gunther swung his large curved sword with deadly accuracy, cutting through the beasts’ thick hides. Chris, using his agility, danced around the beasts, slicing at their legs and underbellies.
The others, whether ard with guns, axes, or whatever they could use, were similarly engaged in the brutal task of whittling down the numbers of these monstrous creatures.
From what Dave had noticed so far about these beasts, he realized that they look so similar to tortoise, just that they were six tis huger than a tortoise.He also realized that they move exactly like tortoises, deliberately a.
Their bodies were built in a way that reminded him of the ancient reptiles; green, scaly skin that was mottled and tough-looking. Their long necks, which snaked out in front of them, gave them an almost prehistoric quality, like sothing out of a nightmare.
But it was the limbs that struck him the most. Just like tortoise, it has been discovered that these creatures are in possession of four legs, each as thick and sturdy as tree trunks, supporting their massive, lurching forms.
But it wasn’t just their size that intrigued him, it was the absence of sothing that he would have expected. Unlike the tortoises he’d seen in his youth, these creatures didn’t have the familiar do-shaped shells protecting their backs. Instead, their backs were hunched, with the shape of what could only be described as a hunchback.
A thick, raised ridge of muscle and bone protruded from their spines, but there was no protective shell to go along with it. The absence of that defining feature puzzled him. It made them look more vulnerable in a strange way, but their size and relentless assault quickly reminded him that they were far from weak.
All around him, the battle raged on, but in his mind, Dave was already calculating how to turn the tide in their favor. The tortoise-like beasts were formidable, yes, but they weren’t invincible. And if he could rally the group, they might be able to exploit that weakness before it was too late.
At that mont, the system ssage had popped up above his face;
[You have thirty minutes left till the end of the first wave of attack]
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