Saturday Night

After casting a fireball at one of the smaller rats Matthew looked around for the boss

"I've been in this kind of situation in the real world to many times to count Matt , the head honcho only makes himself known after his goons are put down" Dawn guesses , and perhaps that's accurate as the boss is nowhere to be seen. Not that Matt has much time to focus on finding him as a rat man leaps directly for him and Dawn has to bat it away with her shield , sending the hunch backed creature into a wall. "Babe , scan 'em out for us? Do these little guys have any special abilities?" Dawn requests .

"Or they wait till some of their goons are cut down and then take you by surprise, while maintaining the numerical advantage" Matt spoke from his own experience, he was mostly concerned with healing anyone who got too wounded and saving as much magic as he could so he was restrained about casting fireballs, and healing so as not to exhaust his mana too quickly

"Good point , Leo! Cover me while I place a defense buff!" She barks as she dodges another rat man and slams him down with a backhanded stroke of her hatchet.

Dev went to scan as instructed, though while grumbling that she isn't a printer. Leo covered Dawn.

(I can feel the enthusiasm )

Dev's eyes begin to be drawn to every notable feature of the rats , and eventually she deduces that the rats have a poisonous bite , and an aversion to bright light.

Dev relayed the info to the group.

"Does anyone have any bright light?" Matt asked

"You don't have a spell for that? " Chris replies as he dodges a swing from a rat man and cuts him down with his basic slash skill , swords glowing with purple light.

"I have sa healing spell that makes light, and I have a fireball" He said "take your pick"

"Use the fireball , hopefully there's some kind of oxygen flow around here" He grunts as he blocks the clawed pounce of one of their rodent attackers and ruthlessly jabs his other free blade between it's ribs.

He blasts another fireball at one of the rodents that should catch fire thanks to his last ability point

It screeches at it's skin chars over and it dies ,it's body generating a bright light that burns the eyes of it's tunnel dwelling brethren.

HE wonders why that didn't work the first time...

It works off a critical hit system with a 67% activation rate?

"You guys take advantage of their being blinded please!" He shouted while they were blinded

(waiting for Ki)

(Oh fuck no)

(Oops)

Dev and Leo went ham on the rats.

(ham what?)

(Oh my god reg)

(what?)

(whatever)

The rats of course die , and slowly but surely the tactics begin to work and they begin to lower down the once seemingly innumerable numbers of the horde.

Matt was still conservative with his use of fireballs

"Good gawd Matt you gonna speed up with the fire balls or start telling about how gay marriage is wrong next?" Chris barks .