Without any other choice, he dropped his backpack and ran away from the wolves as he searched for a tree to climb before they caught up to him. As he was running, Sol also allocated his available stats into agility, hoping it would give him a better chance of running away.
As he ran, he saw a tall tree that was thick enough to not be easily felled by the wolves and quickly climbed it. When he got to the top of the tree, Sol looked down below as the wolves ran past the tree he was on, not paying him any attention. His gaze followed the pack of wolves and eventually landed on a small clearing up ahead where a confrontation was taking place.
'It's them!'
A massive wolf with silver hair stood in the middle of the clearing facing a man with a tower shield and full-body armor; just behind him stood a wizard, a huntress, and 2 swordsmen. It was Jayce and his party. It seemed the fight just started, and the Silver Wolf called in for support.
The Silver Wolf charged towards the group and got met with Jayce's tower shield blocking its approach to his other companions. The wizard cast massive fireballs and launched them at the giant wolf while the huntress shot a barrage of arrows. As this happened, the two swordsmen split up and attacked the Silver Wolf's sides, trying to neutralize the limbs.
As this was happening, Sol kept quiet up on the tree, hoping he wouldn't be caught up in this or spotted by another dire wolf.
As the dire wolves from all sides arrived, they were enraged at the sight of their leader being attacked and joined the fray, with almost a hundred wolves launching at them.
"I will focus on the wolves!" Screamed the huntress as she started firing rapidly at the wolves. There were too many to take on alone, and the wizard had to help in attacking the grouped-up wolves with area spells. Many wolves quickly died by the combined might of these two strong adventurers.
Seeing its pack slaughtered, the Silver Wolf's mane began changing color from silver to dark yellow and it howled with rage. When this happened, all the dire wolves' eyes started changing to red, and their attacks became much more powerful and erratic.
One of the swordsmen warned his party, "The leader has a group buff skill! We need to clear these wolves quickly!" The two swordsmen left the Silver wolf to focus on finishing off the dire wolves.
This left Jayce alone on the task of keeping the Silver Wolf back, and he couldn't keep it under control for much longer.
While injured from the attacks from the group at the beginning, the Silver Wolf caused it’s hair to start crackling as electricity coursed through its hair. It raised its claw and slammed down onto the shield. What followed after was a blast of lightning that launched the man away and knocked him out.
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"Jayce is down! We need to leave!" The Wizard screamed as he cast another fireball, clearing out the last of the dire wolves.
One of the swordsmen returned to confront the Silver Wolf and said, "Not yet! I will handle the Thunder Wolf King's attention; we can still beat it!"
The group decided to stay and fight, to the dismay of the wizard, but he wasn't going to abandon his party and kept fighting as well.
The wolf began charging up another electric attack. With her sharp eyes the huntress noticed immedietly and warned the others, "The wolf is charging another big attack; get ready to dodge!"
The swordsman nodded his head, and when the wolf raised its claw, he dodged out of the way in anticipation. But contrary to the parties expectations, the Thunder Wolf King didn't slam down and attack. It instead blasted the charged electricity behind it, propeling itself forward into the parties backline.
"Watch out!" Yelled the Wizard, but before anyone could react, the Silver Wolf clawed the huntress and slammed down on her, crushing her instantly.
The wizard tried to quickly make space between the two, but it was too late as the wolf approached and made quick work of him as well.
The two Swordsmen knew the fight was unwinnable at this point, but escape wasn't an option as the Thunder Wolf King was much faster than both, even if already heavily injured from the long confrontation. The two men decided to fight till the end, as even then there was a small chance of survival. While the two traded blows with the Thunder Wolf King, they eventually both succumbed to their grave injuries and died as well.
The Thunder Wolf King wasn't in much better condition, being so close to death after a drawn out fight. It also fell onto the ground next to the two swordsmen.
Sol, seeing this whole fight, gave him a new perspective on how lucky he was to not have encountered that creature before. He made his way down and walked towards the clearing.
Seeing the dead bodies of the adventurers made his face pale as he walked over to the Thunder Wolf King.
'Although I feel bad stealing the corpse of another group's kill, I will make it up to them by giving them a proper burial.' Sol thought to himself as if almost trying to find justification.
Sol inspected the body of the Thunder Wolf King and thought to himself, 'A wolf boss' teeth, hide, and claws should go for a lot of money back in the city, but with it being so massive, I will just have to settle for the teeth.'
Sol grabbed his sword and stabbed through the jaw into the head of the Thunder Wolf King to remove the jaw from the body, but as he did that, the Thunder Wolf King's eyes shot open and stared directly at Sol.
"Shit!" Sol screamed as he jumped back and faced the wolf.
The Thunder Wolf King struggled to slowly get up to face Sol, but as it did with the sword still lodged in its jaw, it opened the wound even more.
With blood seeping out of its jaw, it slowly walked towards Sol as each step seemed to cause more blood to fall out. Two steps away from Sol, it raised its claw trying to muster any sort of attack, but before his strike could decend on Sol it instead collapsed onto the ground. Any semblence of life it had before vanished as the light in it’s eyes dimmed.
You have slain a Lv 50 Thunder Wolf King! Gained 140,000 Exp (700%)
You have leveled up! +5 Attribute points
You have leveled up! +5 Attribute points
You have leveled up! +5 Attribute points
You have leveled up! +5 Attribute points
You have leveled up! +5 Attribute points
Talent Unlocked- [Siphoner]!