I hear howling behind me as I run through the underbrush, sticks either side scraping along my rocky exterior while the soft dirt and grass swish by my feet.
Thinking about it, the best solution here is either finding another stream or river to jump in, where I can hide underwater from the wolves, or finding a burrow that I can fit in that they cant reach.
The howling seems to be coming from all around me, from all sides, echoing strangely off the trees while being blocked by other bushes, the sound being very strange to my vibration senses, both helping and hindering me.
I keep running along, thudding across the ground with my weird tripod style, I leave a nice trail of destroyed bushes and branches in my wake.
I sense a wolf shaped blur running at me from the side, a good perk to vibration sensing, I can look all directions at once, I immediately come to a halt, only to see a large wolf jump inches past my face, its teeth snapping right in front of me.
I quickly leap on top of its body to try and kill it.
> You have dealt 1 damage to Wolf
This wolf is a lot bigger than the last one, with a dark grey covering and a scar down the right hand side of its face, it growls menacingly at me as I lay on top of it for a second.
> Examine : Level 9 Wolf
Ah yeah, I better get moving. I keep running as it twists its body up and gets up behind me to start chasing me, It starts running directly at me gaining on me with every step.
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I try to sidestep as it pounces on me, but have no luck in doing so. It pushes me flying to the side and into a large gnarled tree which was sitting to the edge
> You have taken 3 damage, Health remaining 16/19
At least it looks like levelling up healed me, but I am regretting the loss of 2 constitution already.
I get up from the base of the tree and continue to try running, but only make it a few steps before a large grey paw slaps me.
> You have taken 5 damage, Health remaining 11/19
The paw slaps me around the tree and onto a small game path. I see a small burrow in the distance that might be too small for the wolves, at worst it would mean only one could hit me at a time.
I take a few steps towards it before I am pounced on from behind by another wolf.
> You have taken 3 damage, Health remaining 9/19
It pushes me towards the burrow, rolling forwards to safety, but just as I think I might be able to make it another two wolves step out of the underbrush and surround me.
My health being half gone has made me start to feel like I am starting to crack, like a piece of wood that has a split that isn't quite broken the whole way through yet. And I do not want to find out if this game world has additional lives or not.
I see no other option but to charge directly at them, risking everything for the only chance of living.
I Whistle my absolute loudest, which sounds like a banshees scream, it seems to shock them as they leap backwards yelping to avoid me and I quickly barge straight between the two wolves in front of me.
Once past the two wolves, I line up the burrow and then jump down into it, rolling down the slope around a few short corners and drops towards the bottom before crashing into what seems to be a large tree root
> You have taken 1 damage, Health remaining 8/19
I hear the wolves whining up the top, which is odd as I definitely thought they would immediately start digging their way in.
The Den is undoubtedly in darkness, but using my vibration sense I am able to get a good look around me.
Looking around me I can see a little mouse which seems to be asleep and some vines hanging down from the roof, this looks like quite a comfortable little area, there seems to be a back room to the side which is full of what looks to be branches, I guess it must be some sort of nest.
There is also a weird lizard just sitting there looking at me.