Awooo!
Before anyone had taken a step, a howl echoed through the surrounding forest. One didn’t have to be a native or a survival expert to know what that howl ant.
"Wolf!" Adrian exclaid. "Wait, it can’t be just one wolf either."
Wolves were social animals that moved in packs. As for their reason to co there... it was predictable. It was the chicken blood. Even though they had done their best to get rid of it, it wasn’t enough.
Adrian expected the favorability to go down again since he was the one behind the blood incident, but surprisingly, it didn’t. Instead, the won grabbed whatever they could to arm themselves.
Sticks, stones, and whatnot. Even the injured Mika stood up, holding a sharpened stick that she used as a crutch to walk around.
This is not good.
If there were only one wolf, then maybe the sticks and stones would work. But the chances of it were exceptionally low.
anwhile, Tribe Mother was busy throwing commands at everyone. She wanted them to stay in a line and then surround the wolf. While the wolf would attack one of them, the rest would try to beat it to death before the wolf killed soone.
This won’t do! Have you gone mad?
If the wolves in their world were anything like the chickens, they would easily kill them before they hard it with sticks. Adrian knew he couldn’t depend on them for protection.
Adrian was now regretting the choice of rging the crude bone knives into the [Honed Bone Dagger]. If he hadn’t, then at least everyone would be ard with a knife, not sticks and stones.
"Forget it," he yelled, pointing at the longhouse. "Amiya, take Mika inside."
The won of the tribe all looked at him as if he had lost his mind. It was expected. Even though she was injured, she was the only one with enough fighting experience to keep the wolf busy while they beat it to death.
Yet, while they were hesitating, Amiya did as Adrian asked. She had seen him fight before and knew he was strong. Besides, he was already a respected mber of the tribe, and his words held weight.
Watching Amiya leave with a struggling Mika, Rixxa imdiately followed her. After a while, Amiya returned and explained it to Adrian.
As their only diviner, Rixxa’s safety was paramount. Hence, she could look after Mika.
Finally, the Tribe Mother, Amika, and Amiya were left outside with him. Tribe Mother looked in the direction the howl had co from and then back at Adrian.
"Are you confident... Male?" she asked. "You do not need to—"
As much as Adrian appreciated her concern, he didn’t have ti to talk.
"If it makes you uncomfortable, then you can go inside and wait for the good news, too," he said before calling for Raven. "There is a predator sowhere close. Find it!"
Raven cooed once and took flight. However, it couldn’t find a thing. While ravens were exceptionally intelligent, they had equally poor eyesight. The bird kept circling above, but couldn’t spot any wolf or wolves around.
anwhile, Sera was about to slip into the house as well when she heard the familiar ding of a ssage.
"My class?" she read the ssage out loud. "I... I’m a gatherer."
"...bullshit luck," Adrian muttered under his breath.
Still, he sent her another ssage. She had a dagger, albeit it was just a basic weapon, so she could fight. Besides, her master was fighting, so what made her think she could hide?
Just then, the enemy made its appearance. Glowing yellow eyes peeked through the clearing, watching the humans in confusion. It had slled a lot of blood and ca rushing to enjoy a feast, only to see humans.
Adrian went into action as soon as he saw the beast.
[Use Attachnt: Crystallized Venom on Honed Bone Dagger?]
[Yes/No]
Adrian didn’t think twice and pressed yes. At the sa ti, he took out the [Worn Hunting Knife] as well. Since both were one-handed daggers, he could use them together.
[You have unlocked an Easter Egg!]
[Dual Weiding: You will inflict 10% additional damage while using two weapons of the sa type!]
"Sure, keep them coming. The more, the better."
If possible, he wanted to discover more of these easter eggs. Unfortunately, there was no ti.
[Fearless effect is active.]
[Dominance effect is active. Enemy stats will reduce by 10%, Ally stats buffed by 10%.]
[Apex Predator is active. All stats boost by 400% when facing a Level 7 Direwolf.]
As the notification filled his vision, Adrian shot past the tribeswon, charging straight at the wolf. However, his feet stalled when he got closer.
Even though the wolf was level 7, it looked quite frail and old. He had seen enough nature docuntaries to know what was going on.
The wolves always care for their elderly by bringing them food and rarely let them hunt. Yet, this old wolf was alone. Which ant the pack must have gotten into trouble and abandoned it.
"No wonder you ca rushing here," Adrian mumbled, sizing up the wolf.
The old him would have probably given it so chicken and tried to ta it. But the current him just saw their level difference and smirked while once again putting all his stats into strength.
[Strength: 20 → 31]
Why waste a walking exp pack?
With that, he rushed at the wolf with his daggers. The wolf got provoked and also charged at him. The wolf jumped, intending to bite Adrian’s neck.
Amiya saw it and wanted to help, but Tribe Mother stopped her. Seeing as it was only one old wolf, she thought to let it teach the make a lesson. After all, it wouldn’t be so bad if his arrogance got turned down a notch.
However, the next second, all of their mouths fell open in disbelief.
Adrian had perford a backflip just in ti to dodge the wolf. At the sa ti, his feet ca up in a wide arc, kicking the wolf right in the face.
The wolf yelped in pain as it fell to the ground.
[Critical Hit! Damage dealt increased by 10%]
[ status effect applied!]
[Direwolf will remain disoriented for 3 seconds.]
[You dealt 136 HP damage to the lvl 7 direwolf.]
[Direwolf HP: 662/798]
Even as the wolf got back to its feet, it kept shaking its head.
Despite being surprised at the old wolf’s enormous HP, Adrian didn’t waste ti and wrapped an arm around its neck and stabbed it with the tier two dagger for a better grip before plunging the [Honed Bone Dagger] into its neck repeatedly.
[Critical Hit! Damage dealt increased by 10%]
[You dealt 194 HP damage to the lvl 7 direwolf.]
[Direwolf HP: 468/798]
[ status effect applied!]
[Direwolf will lose 4 HP/sec for 8 seconds.]
[ status effect applied!]
[Direwolf will lose 10 HP/sec for 16 seconds.]
[ status effect applied!]
[Direwolf will be slowed down for 6 seconds.]
The effects kept stacking because of the honed dagger’s repeated critical strikes. The wolf didn’t even get the ti to shake Adrian off before falling limp to the ground.
[Kill confird!]
[Killed a level 7 Direwolf.]
[Exp 160]
[Ancestor’s 10x blessing in effect. Gained Exp 1,600.]
[You have leveled up!]
[Current level: 5]
[Current Exp: 630/1,000]
[Gained 2 stat point(s)]
[Ancestor’s 10x blessing in effect. Gained 20 stat points.]
[Level up reward: 1x random uncommon equipnt card has been added to your inventory.]
[Level up reward: 1x random uncommon building card has been added to your inventory.]
[All wounds have healed. All status effects have been lifted.]
While Adrian was going through the notifications, he saw sothing glow next to direwolf’s corpse.
"Another card? Wait, monsters drop loot like this?" He mumbled and picked up the card. "Wait, another pet recruitnt card so soon?"
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