STRIKER: Independent Beast Tamer Chapter 185: Tier-4 Rat Beast's presence

Underground passage:

It's been a few minutes since he left the crossroads. Now he is walking back to the sinkhole located at the site of the dilapidated building. He doesn't know whether those two had left or not.

He could imagine them being afraid. The network connection was cut off here in the passage. He could only inform them after going back.

It's already nightti. He thinks that rat beasts were previously released for the nightti intrusion. He thinks the people who released the beasts wouldn't have imagined that they would die by his hands.

Jeremy then collected his thoughts before resuming walking.

Screech!

Not long after, he hears a horrific scream. This terrible sound was louder and more powerful than before. Jeremy paused his footsteps and turned around.

He knows that it's the noise of a rat beast. He wouldn't be surprised if a rat beast appeared to attack. But he was disturbed by the sound.

The sound seed creepier and louder than before. He doesn't know what's happening, but he has a feeling about this noise.

He held the katana sword in his right hand and stood firmly. His gaze was fixed on the passage. He then slightly increased the illumination.

It imdiately brightened the path a few ters ahead.

Tremor!

Shortly afterward, Jeremy felt sothing was wrong. He could feel tremors from the ground. The passage walls were shaking a bit as well.

So broken stones fell from the walls. Seeing that, his expression changed drastically. He was afraid that the passage would collapse.

"This is bad," Jeremy thought.

Screech!

Just as he was contemplating, he saw a huge shadow of the rat beast appear on the ground under the illumination of the light.

The shadow was bigger than the normal Tier-3 Rat Beasts.

Tremor!

At the sa ti, the tremors increased, as if a big beast was nearing him. Jeremy was not stupid; he quickly figured out that the sudden tremors might be related to the beast.

He didn't want to think about it, but it could be a Tier-4 Rat Beast.

Swoosh!

Then he caught a glimpse of the Tier-4 Corrupted Rat Beast. Upon seeing it, he imdiately turned around to flee. If he fought against the Tier-4 Beast inside the passage, the passage would collapse. He had no choice but to lead it toward the surface. At the sa ti, he was terrified at heart.

He didn't know how the Tier-4 Rat Beast appeared in the passage. He saw no Tier-3 beasts kept inside the warehouse, let alone a Tier-4 Beast.

Finally, he suspected the Tier-4 Rat Beast had co down from other routes connected to the city. This Tier-4 Beast was enough to cause nurous casualties.

He absolutely couldn't let it out of his sight. He hoped that the network would connect so that he could inform Daniel and Betsy Lowe.

Screech!

The Tier-4 Rat Beast was randomly moving forward. Even after crossing the crossroad, it was moving on a straight path.

After dealing with the lower-tier rats, the Tier-4 beast was not satisfied. It was trying to look for other prey. But it could only find the disgusting sll lingering in the air.

...

Outside,

Instructor Jacob called Daniel Stone again. He wanted to know about the mission and whether Jeremy Night had returned or not.

"Daniel, what happened?"

"Did he co back?" Jacob asked on the call.

Daniel, who was resting inside the tent, was surprised by Instructor Jacob's sudden call.

"Instructor, we think sothing is wrong. Brother Jeremy has yet to return. The underground passage is definitely dangerous."

"Instructor, we think you should co here," Daniel replied.

Hearing him speak to soone, Betsy Lowe entered the tent as well. Earlier, she was not worried about the mission, but her expression was different right now.

Previously, they had completed the sa rat-hunting mission easily. Now they were facing hardships sohow.

One of the hardships was they lost contact with Jeremy Night. The next was they didn't know whether any rat beasts were hidden in the passage or not.

On the other hand, Instructor Jacob agreed on the call to co. His work was already over, so he decided to make it there quickly.

When the call ended, Daniel turned to Betsy.

"What do you think?"

"Is sothing happening to Brother Jeremy?" he asked.

"Jeremy is a cautious guy. I doubt he would take unnecessary risks. Let's hope that he is doing fine," Betsy said in a solemn tone.

Even though her heart was uneasy, she didn't want to scare him. After hearing that Instructor Jacob was coming, her worries eased a bit.

The area around the dilapidated building had beco a restricted area. The City Administration staff had yet to leave. They knew sothing was going on.

The more ti passed, the more they thought the situation was serious. It made the locals paranoid, especially those who lived in this location.

Earlier, the driver and a few other locals who showed the site to Jeremy and others were standing near the barricades. They were not allowed to enter.

They could only watch from there.

"I don't know what happened to the university students," he murmured.

"Don't worry, I heard that university students are strong. They can easily handle the rat beasts. It's just that sothing else is going on here, and we were not allowed to know," a local pointed out.

The driver could only helplessly sigh. He brought those kids here and felt unknowingly responsible. The other locals were genuinely worried.

They wanted the university students to be safe. But if sothing happened to them, it naturally ant there was a danger that could pose a threat to them as well.

anwhile,

The City Administration authorities knew what was going on here. They were in touch with Dean Carolyn of Central University 14.

She had learned it from the First-Year Departnt Head Derek and Instructor Jacob.

It's just that Dean Carolyn didn't share many details with the authorities after learning that Jeremy had found an underground passage and went to explore it.