> Quote:Stats and skills may have changed because chapter 4 and below were written 3-4 months ago before chapter 5
I ran in the darkness, through trees and roots careful not to trip.
I being a moon elf race have eyes that can see through the darkness better than humans. Then I activated Acrobatics for better balance.
Escaping the wolf was a challenge because of the level difference plus the environment and landscape was easy to navigate for the wolf because they live in forest areas. With all the factors in play it was no wonder why the wolf can easily catch up to me even though I had a head start.
It had increased stats but it didn’t really matter to me because I too have the same increase because of the night.
When I hit the wolf in the beginning I was only able to make a light cut into its though fur and skin so I know I am able to kill it but will take a lot of effort. Well I really have to think fast because it is catching up to me little by little as time goes on.
I had only a couple of choices and most of them consist of me climbing to a safe height.
1. Climb a tree and wait till rescue from the others
2. Climb>jump from tree to tree towards safety
3 . Climb> wait > plan > do something
4. Stand my ground, fight, and hope to survive
Those were the only choices I could think of at the moment and if I were to choose 1 it would be either 1 or 3. 2 was a suicide option since I have yet to be trained in the art of “tree jumping” and I might have to learn if I want to survive in the forest. 4 was the same as 2 with very little success because it would take a lot of time and effort in which I can save for options 3. Option 1 was a very good choice but waiting for hours to pass would be boring and I can’t log out because a hostile mob is after me.
‘So option 3 would be my only choice out of the list’ I thought
Option 3 was to climb to a high point and wait till the moon is up and get another stat boost because only then I would be a match for the wolf.
‘I have a plan but executing it is harder now that the wolf is within striking distance with its pounce. If I stop and climb a tree it would have enough time to take a bite out of my behind area I thought sweating and cringing from the imaginative image I had in my mind
Then I saw it, a tree bigger than all the trees I have seen while running in the forest and somehow it gave out some unknown feeling towards me making me feel uneasy while running towards it. The wolf behind me also must have felt the same feeling because it had slowed down to make a good enough distance between us for me to try out something plus the moon is almost at where I need it to be.
I reached the base of the tree and turned around to face the wolf with a smile on my face taunting it.
The wolf bought the taunt and pounced with a growl opening its jaws ready to take a bite out of its prey.
I waited for the pounce and when the wolf took the bait I re-casted Acrobatics followed by casting Lightning Reflex to further increase my speed and reflexes plus I activated Moonlight Phantom since there is moon light reflecting on the tree. I jumped to the side barely dodging the wolf’s jaws but it was still able to claw my arm, however my plan had succeed when the wolf planted face first into the huge making a big *thump* sound during the collision making me laugh out loud as I held my bleeding arm.
Bleeding
You are bleeding: 5 damage every 10s for 30s
Even though I took a bit of damage and a big drop in mp from the skills I used I was able to do a large amount of damage towards the wolf.
I took out my blade and started hacking away at the now weaken wolf further weakening it but my attacks were barely doing much because I only had enough power to give it paper cuts. Every time I attacked my annoyance grew because I was not able to completely kill it with my strength right now since in New Road you can survive with 1 hp as long as you don’t get a fatal hit and this includes mobs.
After a while the wolf began to get out of its debuffed stat and understood that I was still weaker than it and attacked me but because its head had yet to fully recover it fell and I took that moment to run towards the grand tree and climb.
It took me about 2 min to get to a safe and strong branch and sat on it while looking down towards the wolf.
Since the wolf had understood that its prey is now out of its reach it should’ve just left but its pride would not let allow its prey who have humiliated it to escape unharmed so it just waited and watched the girl on the tree healing itself.
I watched the wolf just sit there healing itself from the damage I caused and started cursing the stupid mutt under my breath. Well it didn’t really matter because the moon had finally raised enough for me to get a stat boost from Moon Phase which stacks on top of my Moonlight Awakening’s 20%.
‘Now let’s prepare.’
“Stats, skills” I whispered
Status WindowName:SilviaNobelity:PrincessLevel:9Class:N/ARace:Moon ElfGender:FemaleTitleHiddenFame:0Infamy:0-Health:540 / 540Health Regen:3.1 / SecMana:430 / 550Mana Regen:2.4 / SecStamina:230 / 230Stamina Regen:10.0 / Sec-Strenght:63Dexterity:70Wisdom:67Intelligence:72Luck:65Elemental(magic) Resistances (%)Fire:8Water:8Wind:23Earth:8Light:8Darkness:8
My stats have not changed since level 1 because I have not used any points on them when leveling. I closed my eyes and put 50 points on str, 30 points on dex, and 10 points on luk because it does increase drop rate by a little plus it is good to be a little luckier in battle.
Str: 63 > 113
Dex: 70 > 100
Luk: 65 > 75
When I finished distributing my points I looked at all the skills to determine which was actives would be useful in the fight.
The only useful ones were:
Skill Name: Skill rank:Skill level: [Skill Experience: Moonlight Phantom (A)MasterMaxed(0MP)0.00%Effects:Special active for the Moon Elves making them invisible for the normal eyes and only by using special means can other people see them. This effect last for 10 sec after being activated and will need a 10 sec cooldown to be used again. (Warning: Skill is only effective IN THE MOON LIGHT and sounds CAN be still heard)
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Skill Name: Skill rank:Skill level: [Skill Experience: Sharp Eyes (A)Beginner5(50MP)56.52%Effects:Temporarily grants the ability to locate an enemy's weak spot to deal fatal damage to that enemy. Increase in duration as the user level's the stage and increase in sight.
Passive effect: Increase range of sight by 7% for 5 min
Active effect: Double Critical rate increase: 4%, eyes that can see weak points
Skill Name: Skill rank:Skill level: [Skill Experience: Lightning reflexes (A)beginner3 (30MP+20SP)20.34%Effects: Increase in reflexes for dodging enemy attacks and attacking.
Active effect: Reflexes increase by 13% for 5 min
Skill Name: Skill rank:Skill level: [Skill Experience: Acrobatics(A)beginner3 (50MP+50SP)25.72%Effects:You can keep your balance while traversing narrow or treacherous surfaces. You can also dive, flip, jump, and roll, avoiding attacks and confusing your opponents, it also helps with fast movements.
Active effect: Increase movement speed and reflexes by 8% for 5 min
Skill Name: Skill rank:Skill level: [Skill Experience: Elven Healing (A)beginner230.96%Effects:A special skill taught by a well known Elf magician. The user can exchange mana for health, healing the body.
Active effect: Healing of the body with mana to health with a ratio of 3 / 10 (3 mana for 10 health)
Good thing I was training these skills while hunting or else they would still be in their weak lv 1 stages.
Adding together the MP usage and each last for 5 min respectably I would use up a total of130MP/ 5 min not including the healing skill. My mp regen is 2.4/s = 144/min so I can use them again plus healing 70 hp every 5 min. Only problem is the stamina usage which is 70Sp/5min and I only have 230 meaning I can only use these skills 3x max since stamina only heals per sec out of combat and per min when in combat.
‘So I can only use all both my physical buff skills at the same time 3x’ I whispered while lifting my head towards the moon
I closed my eyes and open them with determination.
“15 min… More than enough time to take care of this problem” I whispered while picking myself up from my sitting position on the branch
I looked at the wolf and it looks at me and then I disappeared from its vision surprising it as I came flying down stabbing my blade into its back which sunk in dealing a lot more damage to the wolf than before making me smile.
‘Looks like the surprise attack from using Moonlight Phantom worked plus Sharp eyes helping me look for a weak spot causing a critical damage’ I thought smiling as the wolf gave out a cry of pain and leaping away
Seeing the wolf try to retreat and gain some time by distancing away from me I used both my buffs to catch up and deny it from recovering from surprise attack. I got in a few more attacks reducing its hp back to critical condition.
“It is over” I yelled as I prepared my last attack aiming for the head
However, I was denied from the last hit as another wolf burst from the surrounding trees aiming its claws at me. The attack caught me by surprise but since I was using both buff skills my reaction barely saved me as I dodged to the side.
The wolf I was fighting saw this and pounced at me while I was still on the ground trying to get up but just like I was denied from my attack, a dagger flew out of the forest hitting the attacking wolf in the side causing it to collapse right beside me.
“Silvi-sama finish it!” a voice cries breaking me from my trance
I quickly took my blade and shoved it up the head of the fallen wolf finally killing it along with a notification.
You have leveled up x3
‘Finally pass level 10’ I thought but the celebration was short because the other wolf started to howl after its partner died
The wolf howled for a short time but then about 5-7 small daggers like the one that saved me came flying at it and then killing it.
A shadow from the trees jumped down into the light but I already knew who the person is because only 1 person would call my name with a –sama at the end.
“Thanks Sakura you saved me” I said looking at the moon my back on the ground
“It is my duty Silvi-sa…” She said as I stopped her from saying sama since we are still outside of the castle
“And it was my fault for letting my wolf get away in the first place endangering you so helping you is a must” She said holding her hand out towards me
I took her hand with a smile getting back on my feet and brushing the dust off my clothes. We were about to have a nice chat but suddenly we heard howls making both Sakura and I jump and in alert.
“I forgot… According to the books on monsters in the area wolves are not like foxes who hunt alone but they hunt in packs” Sakura said looking at me with a ‘opps haha I forgot’ face
“damn lets climb” I said in a hurry going towards the tree again but it was too late a big wolf had blocked the path.
The wolves had surrounded us eyes full of rage and menace. There were about 4 wolves in total with 1 that was larger than the others. Sakura called it the alpha male so the boss of the pack and said that we were actually lucky that this pack was small because most packs are as large as 12.
“So now what?” Sakura asked looking around
“No choice but to fight and survive” I said
“Any plans?” She asked
“One of us distracts the alpha and the other takes care of the small ones. I will let you choose your role” I said
“I will distract the alpha since he is the most dangerous because he is smart thus can command the wolves in the fight” She said
“I see distract the leader to break off coordination and teamwork.” I said
“Let’s begin Silvi” She said
“Right!” I yell as I dashed toward the alpha forcing the other wolves to interfere and block me
At that moment Sakura also burst out and ran towards the Alpha and before any of the wolves turn to block her I attacked and agro them.