The sound was wet and crunchy like how you would describe a fruit if it was being eaten as Issen plunged his fist further through the rats huge skull it never stood a chance against him. The sounds of the blood dripping from his fist sickened him it was unclean as most of the catacombs where his armor had become stained with blood and wet from the water of the lake seeping through the catacombs. "Sickening..." Issen spoke even though no one would hear him it was a strange feeling he never thought about until now he looked around seeing only the contorted ball of bodies roll in the same pattern up and down those same stairs in the catacombs for long since Issen arrived here. He hadn't known how long he's been here theres no sense of time in a place rooted in the dark he had already forgotten about Annalise he had already forgotten about the trust she put into him as it was common for most hollows he'd meet they would end up dead anyways so there was no point in trying to remember them. He stepped into a cave attached to the catacombs the air was warmer here more heavier than the catacombs Issen shrugged it off as it being just another unexplainable happening in Lothric before a shout disrupted that thought. It came from deeper below, deeper in the cave Issen looked downward realizing just how far down this cave went before hearing the same shout confirming that it was coming from below. Issen struggled with telling voices apart as his hollowing got worse it all became a slurring of words compiled into a person but before he could fully comprehend who it was he was already making the trek down.

After what seemed like an hour he touched ground after making a few jumps he could still hear that same voice shouting coming from another cave entrance from where he was after a few seconds of listening he walked through the entrance to find a huge lake of smoldering cinders. He was able to put two and two together realizing the air came from this lake it was wide and open enough for him to swing his sword. He traversed the lake for mere seconds before the ground shook he hid behind what looked to be a tree before a gigantic arrow slammed into the ground from where he was originally standing shaking the world around him as the next one went off and hit the tree as well as the third one. For once in his life he was shaken up as he breathed heavily three more arrows thunked against the tree causing more tremors giving him no time to think Issen ran harder than he ever thought he could as the now visible ballista cocked three more arrows launching them at Issen the first two where too close for comfort while the third landed right in front of him he dashed around it making it up a flight of stairs and what looked like to be some ruins he hit the floor before three more arrows hit the outside of the ruins creating loud thundering cracks. After a few seconds of rest he stood up and looked around before seeing a familiar face broken and lying cold on the floor in front of him.