In front of the 4 remaining conscious students stood a Gnoll of 5 feet in height, and at his feet was the lifeless corpse of the young leader.
"Fuck!" Said one of the students while gnashing his teeth.
"Everyone calm down, we can still survive; there is just one of them anyways... right?" Said Mira trying to comfort the remaining members only to fail.
However from Spots point of view he could see the remaining adventurers shaking.
"Yes, haha, you wish to run! FLEE!! But you cannot." Thought Spots while showing his fangs at the adventurers.
"I-Is it smiling at us?" Asked one of the other young men of the group.
"I think it wants us to attack, so it can kill us easily like Brian!" Said Mira while positioning her spear in front of her.
"Cleaver girl, you figured out my plan!" Thought Spots in a slightly praising manner.
At that moment to stir thangs up a bit more, Spots activated his (Growl) ability.
*Grrrrrrrrr*
Spots figured that the reason that (Growl) could scare people way was because it could induce a fear like affect. Even though it wasn't strong; if used at the right time the affects could be perfect.
"W-What is it doi-" At that moment before the young man could finish his sentence, vomit exploded out his mouth.
At Spots surprise the skill worked far better then what he thought, originals he just thought they would start shaking more or even back away, but not vomit.
"Hey Tom get yourself together we are still in combat!" Shouted Mira while glancing back at the disgusting scene.
"Y-Yeah, ok." Stammered Tom
"Paul, you take the right, Carl you ta-." Before Mira could finish Spots leapt at the young adventure to his left, while shoving the rusty dagger in his throat.
"OH MY GOD, HE KILLED CARL!!!" Shouted Paul while backing away to soon fall to the ground in panic.
"W-WE'ER ALL GONNA DIE AHHHH!!!" Screamed Paul.
At that moment the path was open for the remaining students to escape, but they still had to carry the unconscious Lana out.
"Yes!!! Become my nutrients so I may become stronger!!" Thought Spots seemingly loosing all sense of self, yet he quickly snapped himself together.
The bloodlust from Spots was overwhelming, he wanted to kill, consume, and play with the humans that dared inter his domain.
In Mira's eyes she saw 2 comrades dead and also their instructor; and against the wall she could see the unconscious Lana.
To her the chances of the rest of them making it out alive was 0.
Mira looked at the door then back at her 3 last remaining comrades. Paul was now screaming and gripping his head repeating the same words "I don't wanna die!" Over and over again.
Tom was throwing up, and Lana was still unconscious.
"Tom it's just us now we have to take this bastered out now, if not we are all dead!" Said Mira in a leader like tone trying to rally her troops.
"Mira are you crazy just grab Lana and go, I'll try and hold him off long enough for you two to escape!" Declared Tom while gripping his sword and wiping away the acid from his mouth.
"But what about you and Paul, I can't just leave ya-" But before she could finish Tom Yelled.
"Leave now!!" As he charged at Spots.
"Oh so noble!, I have to praise your sacrifice, your reward is a agonizing death hahaha!" Thought Spots, While laughing subconsciously.
It's not that Spots didn't want to speak, but rather he couldn't. Due to the fact that his vocal cords weren't fully developed he could only let out low grunts and growls.
"AHHHHHH!!" Screamed Tom as he charged at Spots.
Behind Tom Mira and Lana where slowly making their way to the exit while the battle took place behind them.
...
7 minutes passed and throughout that time the battle slowly got quieter and quieter, till it couldn't be heard at all.
"Maybe Tom won.." Said Mira trying to reassure herself.
At that moment Lana began to come to.
"Ugh..." Groaned Lana.
"Ha your awake I'm so glade, how bad are you hurt, where show me where." Said Mira while franticly inspecting Lana's body.
"I'm fine I just hit my head, and my stomach hurts.. hey Mira where is everyone else?" Asked Lana in a exhausted tone.
"I- Let's talk about that when we get out of the dungeon ok." Said Mira try to retain her hope for Paul and Tom.
At that moment a sliding sound could be heard from the tunnel that lead to the watering grounds of the Gnolls.
And from the dim glowing darkness a young man appeared. It was Paul; his face was covered in blood and his body was leaning against the wall. His eye where devoid of any signs of life; then his mouth opened.
"Run." That word word be the last thing Paul would ever say, as a white spotted hand came out out the dimly glowing darkness of the min.
The hand gripping the top of Pauls head, like a basketball, then slammed it face first into the wall exploding blood and brain matter everywhere.
"Paul!" Screamed Lana with tears in her eyes as Mira then pushed her back towards the entrance of the dungeon.
"Lana! Lana look at me, I want you to run as fast as you can to the entrance and don't look back. I'll hold this monster off!" Exclaimed Mira while brandishing her spear at Spots.
"B-But, I can't leave you here!" Yelled Lana in an attempt to persuade Mira to let her fight to.
"No, do what I said and go get help!" Said Mira in a demanding tone.
At that moment Lana turned around and began to run while sobbing with unrelenting tears; as she yelled.
"STAY ALIVE, I'LL BRING HELP!!"
However, Mira's resolve was absolute, she new she wasn't gonna win, all she wanted was for Lana to survive to bring people to kill this monster.
As Mira brandished her spear at Spots she yelled.
"What did you do with Tom you demon!!"
...
Several seconds after Mira and Lana left the Gnoll watering hole, the fight between Tom and Spots cominced.
Double release!!!!
Now let’s see if we can get that power stone rating up to 15.