I was calmy walking through the dark forest which was suprisingly bursting with activity as nocturnal predators came out to hunt. Bats, owls, mice, spiders they were all coming out of their dens looking for a meal, I envied them to be honest. In my world being hungry is taken for granted, with my lack of hunger I sometimes wish I had those daily activities to act as a compass or mental relief. Since I had plenty of time I discovered a nice amount of interesting things I could do, I could activate a map of the world, the parts I hadnt visited remained blank while those I had were drawn as I visited them. I had been walking in the same direction for a good hour and the dot that represented my location on the map hadn't moved at all. Luckily I could call up a map of the region or continent I am in if I need to find my way. Another thing I noticed is that I can analyze any being getting its species name, its lvl and it's health. What I knew so far was that the world I was in is called Azar and the region I currently am in is Mangor valley, I have explored very little of it but I am steadily getting a clear map of the region. As I continued my exploration I got what people would call the "sensation of being watched", no matter how much I attempted to find my observer I found nothing but shadows. Speaking of shadows being undead seems to have it's advantages such as being able to see quite well in the dark, I continued my exploration for 30 minutes, but the feeling of being watched continued to gnaw at me, worst of all was I had the impression the number of observers was increasing. I finally broke into a clearing my dagger firmly clutched into my hand, as soon as I entered the clearing my stalkers finally revealed themselves. Out of the forage came 3 black wolves of rather impressive size, their fangs were visible a clear sign of aggression. I wasn't a genius butI could tell that I was simply trespassing on their territory, they were hunting me. No idea why though considering the little nutritional value my body has compared to a live meal. I knew wolves could outrun a human, so there was no point in trying to run, my only option left is to fight. If there was only one I think I could handle him but three is going to be difficult. I decided to analyze them to know what I'm up against.

Species: Mammal, type: black wolf

LVL: 3

HP: 60/60

MP: 0/0

Traits: Pack hunter: this monster always hunts in pack.

Skills: None

So all of them are lvl 3 and they don't seem to have any skills I have to watch out for, thats one good thing. They probably though I was an easy meal as one of them charged me without waiting for the others. For this one I was ready, once within range he leaped at me, I countered by side stepping and retaliating with a knife jab to the back fo the head. He went down instantly, the second was upon me, by the time I turned to face him he was already flying towards me jaws wide open. I did the smartest thing I could of at that moment, I lunged my dagger at his maw. The result was brutal for both sides, the knife pierce his skull with a disgustingly audible crack, my left arm on the other hand couldnt take the shock  and shattered from the impact. I attempted to quickly retrieve my knife from the wolf but the third one tackled me to the ground. He shut his jaws on my right shoulder luckily there was no pain but I did feel a sensation that told me I was getting hurt, without any weapon available I bit it's nose it didn't make it let go but it was having some effect. Using my still usable right arm I plunged my finger into it's right eye. The wolf howled from the pain releasing its grip on my shoulder. I sought to press my advantage but that hope was short lived. The wolf recovered from the pain and snapped my right arm clean off. Now armless I had no way of removing the wolf, I attempted to bite him again, but it was completely futile. Realising I had no means of defending myself anymore I realise I was going to die, the wolf opened its jaws ready to end this, I couldn't close my eyes due to having no eyelids, but the new sight before me confused me nonetheless. One second I was looking at a wolf, now I was looking at a wolf with half its head missing, its lower jaw hanging uselessly, the body fell sideways and I looked behind me to see what had done that. If I could have shat myself, I would probably have done that. What was before me was a massive grey bear, with it's left paw covered in blood and some parts of the wolf's head, it was clear that is was responsible for the wolf's death. Thats when I remembered the advice to play dead when encountering a bear. I thought it was a stupid decision but it was the only one I had, I remained motionless as the bear lowered its face to mine, I could feel its breath on my face somehow. The bear gave me a low growl before seemingly losing interest and walking off with a wolf's corpse tightly hel in its jaws. It was clear it knew I was alive and that growl it gave me was probably some kind of warning which I planned to listen to by getting out of here as fast as possible. I ran further into the forest, luckily I encountered no further wolves. I finally came to stop next to a large oak tree. As I sat to think of how to deal with my missing arms and lost knife, a familiar window popped up.

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Skeleton has slain Black wolves LVL 3 x2

150 XP

3 Levels earned

HP: 80/80

MP: 0/0

Traits: Cursed skin, Backstabber lvl 1, Beast killer lvl 1: Take less damage and do extra damage against beasts.

12 soul points earned

Evolution possible: would you like to  initiate evolution

With my level up my arms were restored, I pondered what exactly what this evolution was but no matter what I said there was no window showing up to explain it to me. With no other choice I decided to say yes. 

Evolution initiated: Skeleton to Black Skeleton

My body suddenly vibrated slowly burrowing into the ground, I honestly panicked but my body refused to move no matter what I did. I was shortly buried alive, and for the first time since I came here I felt tired and let my mind wander to sleep.

To be continued

I know the fight was really short but I wanted to make it a short but brutal fight not one of those dragged out ones. By the way if you ever notice I get the amount of souls points or HP wrong don't hesitate to warn me I might sometimes mess uo the values.