BXBX NOVEL Chapter 145: First Kill
His quick thoughts and actions seemed to have achieved the desired results, as he found himself outside of the pack's encirclement.
Silas knew that there was no way he would be able to fight off the wolves if he allows them to attack him, after they successfully encircled him. This is the reason he decided to act fast and take a gamble. A gamble that paid off.
Looking at the pack of near-waist-tall wolves that landed on each other, after their attack failed, Silas made the decision to run.
He knew he made a mistake when he allowed them to encircle him the first time, and he wasn't going to let it happen again.
He might be able to fight off just one wolf, or two, if he pushes himself but not a pack of ten wolves that are all one level higher than him.
He quickly got up from the floor and ran in a random direction.
After making a couple of steps, Silas realized another mistake he made. The near-waist-tall grasses in the field were another obstacle for him, as they hinder his movement greatly.
Instead of running as he intended, Silas found himself wading through the grasses.
Silas knew that the odd were greatly staked against him, but he didn't want to lose in the tutorial area.
It was at times like his he missed his real world stats. If he had them, then he wouldn't need to fight as he would had taken care of the pack of wolves with just a finger.
Silas was wading through the tall grasses when he heard growls from behind him, and sounds of movement from behind him.
His thoughts spun as he tried to think of what to do, to save himself. His thoughts brought him back to what the voice about the tutorial area;
"Survive and escape the field, to pass the tutorial."
'Survive and escape the field?' Silas thought to himself, as he took a quick glance at field that had no in sight.
"How the hell am I supposed to do that?!" Silas cursed angrily.
He had no time to think when the level 3 wolf started climbing the tree.
He made a quick calculation as he took a brief look around, then sidestepped, causing the wolf to miss him by just a hair.
After surviving a close brush with death, Silas was smiling—a reaction that greatly contrasted with his precarious situation. The reason for his smile was this:
||You have met the requirements to learn the skill: Dodge.||
||You learned the skill: Dodge.||
||Skill Name: Dodge (Normal)||
||Description: Quickly move out of the way to avoid incoming attacks, reducing the chances of being hit by 80% for 1 second.||
||Cost: 1 Stamina Point per activation.||
||Cooldown: 5 seconds. (Reduces by 0.5 seconds for every 10 points of Agility.)||
Silas was genuinely surprised when he read the notifications that popped up. He didn't know that his simple action of sidestepping, to dodge the wolf's attack will bring him such a good thing.
The information brought forth many ideas but he was in no situation to try them out.
The next moment, Silas saw two wolves jump out from the grass.
Silas' eyes moved briefly between the two wolves quickly approaching him, and he immediately activated his newly learned skill, ||Dodge||.
The activation of the skill allowed him to evade the two wolves' attack, causing them to land close to the first wolf.
After evading the second attacks, Silas knew that he has to think of what to do, and fast. He knew that the only way he can get rid of the pack of wolves is to kill them, as escaping from them is even more difficult.
These were his thoughts but he knew that putting them into action is even harder. How is he, a level 0 player, supposed to kill a pack of ten wolves that are one level higher than him, and their leader that's level 3?
Silas knew that the only thing he can do, is to use his environment to his advantage but that's even harder as the grass field is also hindering his movements greatly.
Silas felt more disturbances coming from the grasses and he knew that the rest of the pack were quickly approaching.
Not wanting to be caught in the situation he found himself at the beginning, he scanned the environment and he saw a tree at the distance, and immediately made a run towards the tree.
He didn't want to give the wolves a chance to encircle him again, and the only way to do that, is to continue moving.
Silas ran towards the tree with the wolves following closely behind.
They growled at him and on several attempts tried to bite him, but each time, they missed.
Silas didn't know if it was due to his undefined luck stats, but he managed to stay ahead of the pack of wolves chasing him.
Silas ran through the grass field, doing his best to stay ahead of the wolves, but his limited physical stats couldn't keep up for much longer.
His stamina was running out, and his speed was slowing with each passing second.
Silas knew that he won't be able to go on much longer, but he also knew that he can't give up or he would be torn to pieces by the angry wolves behind him.
He looked at the tree and calculated the distance between him, and it.
"I have to do this. I have to make it!"
Silas wants to get to the tree before he lose the last of his stamina, and he pushed his body to the limit.
He pushed himself hard and was just a few steps away from the tree, when he felt a sharp pain on his back.
"Argh!"
Silas' eyes nearly went white with pain but he held on, and took the last few steps to the tree. He quickly climbed it, disregarding his tired body and pushing it past its limit, as he climbed the tree.
The tree was short, and he was about to completely climb it when he felt a strong pull on his tunic.
"Leave me alone, you fucking beasts!" Silas cursed, as he tried to free his tunic from the mouth of the wolf biting on it.
Unfortunately for him, due to the difference in level and complimented by his already spent body, Silas was unable to free his tunic.
The wolf continued pulling on it, trying to force Silas to the ground but it was unable to, as Silas held on to the tree tightly.
Silas knew that he has to free himself quickly or he really fall into the waiting pack of wolves.
He was allowed to think of what to do, when the level 3 wolf started climbing the tree.
Silas rolled his eyes when he saw this.
"After this, I'm really going to discipline Apollo."
Silas watched as the level 3 wolf climbed the tree and approached him, with a menacing look in its eyes.
Silas at this point, had already lost all hope and could already see his fate. He was about to give up his grip on the tree when he heard a sharp whooshing sound in the air, and what followed next was the pain-filled whimper of the level 3 wolf, before it fell to the ground, dead.
"What the...?!"
Silas was shocked by the suddenness of the event, and even more shocking, is the event that followed.
A group of more than twenty goblins, armed with different weapons, appeared from behind the tree and started attacking the pack of wolves that are now in disarray due to the loss of their leader.
Silas looked at the panel above each goblins and he nearly died of shock.
||Level 2 Tree glGoblin||
||Level 1 Tree Goblin||
||Level 3 Chief Tree Goblin||
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Among the group of twenty Tree Goblins, almost half of them were level 2, and the rest were level 1, with the exception of the only Chief Tree Goblin.
Whimpers filled with pain, filled the air as the group of Tree Goblins made quick work of the disordered pack of wolves.
Silas didn't know what to make of the situation. Should he be grateful that the pack of wolves that were after his life are being taken care of by the Tree Goblins? Or should he be worried?
He thought of it and remembered what the voice said:
"Survive and escape the field to pass the tutorial."
"It looks like a going from frying to fire situation but I mustn't allow it to happen," He thought to himself, when he saw the Tree Goblins.
With this thought, Silas made a quick decision as he climbed the tree, and broke a branch of the tree, and further broke it into two.
Silas now have two broken branches with sharp, jagged pointy ends, in his hands.
He looked down at the still ongoing battle between the group of Tree Goblins and the pack of wolves, and he nodded in satisfaction.
"Good. They are still busy," He said to himself, and looked at one of the occupied Tree Goblins.
His thoughts and plan is simple. Since he has to survive and escape the field, it means that there's no allies in it. This thought was also confirmed by the fact that he hasn't seen any other creatures, except for monsters.
Silas scanned the Tree Goblins and found two level 1 Tree Goblins that were currently fighting a wolf.
"Found you, my loot bags."
Silas brandished the two broken branches, and jumped down, targeting the neck region of the two Tree Goblins.
With a piercing sound, each of tree branches penetrated the neck of a Tree Goblins, and a loud shrieking sound was heard, before they fell to the ground and disappeared into motes of light.
||You killed a Level 1 Tree Goblin. You obtained 5 EXP||
||You killed a Level 1 Tree Goblin. You obtained 5 EXP||
||Level Up||