Descent

Casually leaping off the wire thin branch, he quickly descended the tree, skipping from branch to branch, as though he were an agile monkey who had spent its entire life swinging within the safe wooden confines of a trees leafy domain.

Halfway down, he surprisingly discovered one of the ELITE Watermelon Wolves corpse's entangled in a dense wooded area and hanging from a particularly vicious looking branch. With a well placed kick, he jostled the monsters corpse free, enabling it to continue its downward journey.

Quickly following after, he paused as he neared the bottom, watching inquisitively as the freefalling corpse collided with the first ELITE Watermelon Wolfs corpse, which had managed to descend much closer to the ground before getting hung-up in some thick leafy branches.

As the fast falling corpse collided with the first monsters corpse like a high-speed pinball, a loud "THUNK" was heard as the first ELITE Watermelon Wolfs corpse, hanging from several thin branches was instantly freed, both monsters corpses shooting off in different directions.

Quickly darting off, Salvatore chased after the two rapidly plummeting corpses, now fully intrigued by the conclusion of their eventful descent.

As Salvatore softly landed upon the wide bottommost tree branch, he arrive exactly in time to witness the first corpse violently collide with a leaping wolf in midair, instantly snapping its spine in two with a thunderous "CRACK!" The now permanently crippled Watermelon Wolf unleashed a high pitched squeal as it collapsed to the ground, its body twisted in an unnatural manner.

Following right behind it, the second ELITE Watermelon Wolfs corpse came hurtling down like a falling star, directly toward the Watermelon Wolf King.

Noticing the ELITE Watermelon Wolfs swiftly approaching corpse, the Watermelon Wolf King displayed an indifferent manner, completely disregarding the furry projectile until it was less than a foot from him, before suddenly making a seemingly casual swipe with its blood red right claw, cleaving the ELITE Watermelon Wolfs corpse in twain.

Examining the two ELITE Watermelon Wolves corpses, one casually eviscerate by itself, the other pinning a little brother of the pack, the Watermelon Wolf Kings eyes turned crimson, erupting with red hot fury as its bloodthirsty killing intent surged toward the heavens.

Unleashing a blood-chilling howl, the forest instantly overflowed with the palpable blood red spirit suppressing aura radiating from the completely incensed Watermelon Wolf King, his killing intent becoming so strong that the air began to reek of blood and death.

Having expected the Watermelon Wolf King to erupt in fury upon discovering the demise of both of his ELITE Watermelon Wolves, Salvatore had already long departed, swiftly darting off along the road wide tree branch, fleeing back towards the Archway.

Glancing back at the exact moment the Watermelon Wolf King had eviscerated the second ELITE Watermelon Wolfs corpse, Salvatore witnessed the Watermelon Wolf King explode with a limitless bloodthirsty rage.

Now having finally reached level 1 and with his stats all doubled he found it much easier to flee, leaping from tree to tree whilst hurriedly dashing along their street sized wide tree branches.

Hearing the blood chilling howl of the Watermelon Wolf King, Salvatore's pace began to slow as he felt the overwhelming spirit suppression of the Watermelon Wolf Kings bloodthirsty killing intent wash over him, flooding his senses with the purest fear and despair, whilst smelling the valleys forests suddenly become doused with the stench of blood and death.

Gritting his teeth, with a shake of his head he forcedly freed himself from the restraining effect of the Watermelon Wolf Kings howl, regaining his previous pace before speeding up, fleeing with all his might.

However the Watermelon Wolf King (now enclosed in a blood red aura) with a single "sniff" of the air followed by a growl, bounded off, launching himself into the air with a single leap onto the street sized tree branch, before shooting off with a blood crazed look of rage fueled insanity, radiating from the depths of his crimson eyes. Physically superior in every aspect, the enraged Watermelon Wolf King quickly caught up to the desperately fleeing Salvatore.

Sensing the Watermelon Wolf Kings arrival, Salvatore glanced over his shoulder as a flashing system message appeared.

"DING!"

[System Notification: The Watermelon Wolf King has appeared in Enraged State]

Reading the message with a look of cynical ire Salvatore sarcastically yelled aloud.

"NO SHIT SHERLOCK!"

Seeing the blood crazed Watermelon Wolf king shrouded by a malevolent looking blood red aura, Salvatore silently cursed as his mind began to quickly churn, searching for a method to overcome this life and death situation.

Retrieving a piece of poisoned Red Berry Rabbit meat from his [Spatial Storage] Salvatore executed a special running movement technique, the [Three-Step Twist] shifting his weight in a unique manner to control his center of gravity, he took three precise quick steps, twisting around as he tossed the piece of poisoned meat at the enraged bloodthirsty Watermelon Wolf King, before racing off, having maintained his speed thanks to his perfect execution of the [Three-Step Twist].

However, unlike the two ELITE Watermelon Wolves the Watermelon Wolf King possessed much stronger senses, coupled with a devious mind, making him an extremely cautious monster.

As the poisoned meat neared him he easily smelled the trace amount of poisonous purple paste hidden within. With a look of contempt he angrily smacked the piece of meat away, completely rejecting the dangerous meal.

Hearing the Watermelon Wolf King smack the meat away, Salvatore narrowed his eyes, acknowledging his wise decision as he quickly began to alter his plans, realizing the Watermelon Wolf King was far more cautious than his two ELITE's were.

Further incensed by Salvatore's attempt to poison him, the Watermelon Wolf Kings hatred for Salvatore rose to another level, inciting him to double his speed at the cost of his life force, but enabling him to rapidly closed the distance between them.

Sensing the Watermelon Wolf Kings sudden burst of speed, Salvatore suddenly reversed directions with another clever movement technique, causing him to abruptly charge directly towards the pursuing Watermelon Wolf King.

Seeing Salvatore suddenly charging towards him, the Watermelon Wolf King growled viciously as it lowered its head, pouring all its might into a swipe of its ferocious blood red claws.

As the terrifying claws of the Watermelon Wolf King neared him, Salvatore leaned backwards as he quickly casted [Blink] with a shout, barely dodging the lethal swipe of the Watermelon Wolf Kings blood red claws as he skillfully slid between his massive furry legs.

Discovering Salvatore had suddenly disappeared, the Watermelon Wolf King grew furious, afraid his strange loathsome prey had managed to escape and tried to quickly halt, sinking his sharp crimson claws into the wide branch.

Unfortunately his momentum was so great that instead of stopping like he had intended he slid, ripping deep massive furrows into the thick branch causing countless fragments of wood to explode into the air.

As Salvatore slid beneath the Watermelon Wolf Kings exposed furry abdomen, he withdrew his inferior dagger from his [Spatial Storage], gripping it firmly with his right hand as he swiftly stabbed with all the strength he possessed towards the shaggy underside of the Watermelon Wolf King.

With the distinctive "CLANG" of metal striking metal Salvatore felt a strong vibration run up his arm, feeling as though his blade had struck against a steel plate instead of fur.

In fact, he shockingly discovered as he glanced at the dagger, that the Watermelon Wolf Kings furs inherent natural defenses were so strong, that it had managed to snap of the tip of his blade, whilst his full strength strike had failed to sever even a single hair.