The life of a Warg
I woke up and felt rested and strong. The ad that opened it also explained why.
<< + 5% growth, +2 on constitution, +2 on strength for 30 minutes.
To look up status: say or think Status
I got up and stretched. My brothers and I slept all night on Mama's cozy and soft stomach. I wanted to snuggle back into it, but I've never been a morning mum. Where did this thought come from? How could I not be a morning muff if that was only my first night after my birth? I shook my head. Just a little walk, then arrange the thoughts again. How was that before? Just say status or think to see my screen?
"Status," I said
Then my status screen came to light
Name: -
Level: 1 Exp .: 0 To Next Level: 200 Exp.
Race: Warg
Class: -
Job: -
LP: 170 LP Reg. = 1.7 / sec
Mana: 200 Mana reg. = 2 / sec.
Stamina: 140 Stamina reg. = 1.7 / sec
Anger :? Rage reg. =?
Attributes:
Strength: 13
Endurance 14
Anger:?
Dexterity: 9
Intelligence: 20
Wisdom: 15
Constitution: 17
Charisma: 7
???
Attributes points: 0
Skills:
-
Talents:
Rage
Analyze
-
"So you discovered how to look at your current strength."
I nearly jumped to the ceiling in fright. One would not think that such a big being can move so quietly.
"Yes, mother. I even have two skills. "The tall wargin froze. She looked at me wide-eyed. "What skills young?"
" Rage and Analyzing Mother. The first I have since I woke up yesterday, and the other than I have looked at you for a long time. You are very strong with level 80 mother. I am very proud to be your cub. The tall wargin grunted with amusement and pride. She also looked at me with worried eyes
"That's very good young. Most puppies usually do not get any skills before their first fights. That's why it's even more important that you do not tell anyone about it. Do you understand me?! Anyone! Not even your brothers. Many puppies will be envious of your abilities. I do not know how your brothers will react when they find out, but for sure it's safe. Of course you can tell them if you want, but remember my words! There are still 3 days to go before your first fight, and I'll be damned if I can not prepare you and your brothers! "
She exclaimed in a passionately raised voice
<< You have been asked to go with your mother and your brothers to
Train and Hunt
Success: Defeat at least one of your siblings in combat, Hunt Small Game
Reward: 2% Growth, 20 Exp, New Abilities.>>>
Yes No?
I naturally accepted. I had to prepare. I wanted to make my mother proud and beat all the other puppies!
My mother barked twice, and already my two little brothers came.
But this strange "growth". What's this? As soon as I had asked myself, one of these boxes appeared again.
<<<0-25% growth = Puppy. You were just born and still green behind the ears
25-50% growth = Young one. You have grown and have chosen your first path
50-75% growth = Predator.
50-100% growth = Apex Predator .
???>>>
So that's it. I considered. What these question marks meant. And above all, what was this first way with young? I could not think about it anymore because my mother was already calling for departure. We started running. The longer we ran, the more stamina I used. My two siblings were better off. They push each other while running underwent jokes. Our mother kept on going, but always looked back. When my stamina was about a quarter, we stopped. We arrived in a small clearing. My brothers put us in order and waited for our mother to say something. After 1 minute she started already.
"Here we will train every day until sun-high. I will train you until you are the best. THE BEST!!! Yes Mama! "We answered in a chorus.
We all got a paw in the face.
<< "On the training field it says Ma'am, understand?
Yes, ma'am. "We answered a bit scared
"GOOD. So, let's start. First-born, you will compete against second-born. "
She walked into the middle of the clearing and drew a 2 meter radius circle into the forest floor with her huge claw.
"You two are now fighting each other. The first one who has only 50% LP left or is out of the ring has lost and has to go hunting for all of us. WITHOUT HELP !!! "The last two words she shouted at us so loudly that the birds in the far distance rose and screeching in the sky
<< Scream of the hunter.
Leave each creature for 30 seconds
to freeze in fear.>>>
I stayed in the spot I stood on, as did my two brothers. After the debuff had subsided, I went to the circle with one of my two brothers with tail drawn in
As soon as I stepped into the ring with my right hind paw she yelled "Fight !!!
I hesitated for a moment and that was my mistake because my brother did not hesitate. With a big jump he came up to me and bit into my leg
<<<12 damage
Get bleeding debuff
You get 2 damage per second for 30 seconds>>>
Damn it hurt! I had to be extremely careful now,, I was at 158/170 LP! But I will not be defeated that easily. I took my head back and rammed it with all his might against his head, which was still stuck in my leg
<< My little brother finally broke away from my leg. I immediately followed and tried to face him with my claws, which I had unknowingly extended. However, he was able to avoid me and we circled around us growling for a few moments. In those moments I lost some of my LP because of this goddame bleeding effect. My LP to 151/170. It could have been more, but because of my regeneration it was just mere 1 LP. Than I had an idea. I tried to mimic my mum's roar, but it did not work, except that I gave him a gap, which he immediately took advantage of.
I was fortunate to dodge as the one leg which he bit gave way and my brother just jumped over me. A blue message popped in front of me again, but I mentally wiped it directly to the side. I had to concentrate on the fight!
It was time to use my physical superiority. I adjusted the moment, and when it was a good time, I sprinted towards him. I managed to catch my brother.
<< I threw him in the air, where he landed 1 meter behind me, where he again
5 Impact damage suffered. I already wanted to follow him when mother stepped in.
"The fight is over."
I was happy. Although I did not know how much life my brother had, since I had not used my analysis skill, but I should be right. I sat down with a confident grin.
"Stop grinning so outrageously! Look where your paws are !! "
I looked at said paws and started. They were outside the ring, and I lost it. Now it was my brother to grin, which mother knew how to stop.
"And you do not need to grin my dear! If I had left First Born, he would have been able to quit the fight quite easily. Rather than be faster than him and try to let him slowly lose, you tried to avoid fighting . You still had nearly three quarters of your stamina left, and you did not rushed in, but even waited until he could get up! So, both of you wipe the smile off your face and give yourself a head nut. So you honor the other fighter and honor him as an honorable and serious fighter. "
We went to each other and looked each other in the eye. Then we hit each other's heads as our mother wanted. Then we grinned at each other.
<< Your reputation with Brother Puppy has gone from neutral to friend
"I will stand by your side and we will be feared.">>>
I grinned a little wider
"I do not know what to smile about, Firstborn. You left the circle before your brother reached 50% of his life. That means you have to hunt for all of us now while your brothers continue to train.
<< By losing the first fight against your brother, you must now hunt for your entire family.
Success: Hunt at least 4 hares.
Reward: Exp, skills.>>>
Yes?
Since I did not even have a choice, I mentally pressed Yes and left the clearing. While walking in the woods, I could not see my mother's worried look.
I went deeper and deeper into the forest. I was angry. If I had just striven a bit more and paid more attention to my surroundings, I had told Mama to let my brother loose everyone, and my mom would have been proud of me to scold me. My anger swelled up. Until the moment I realized that it would not make any sense to get angry, unless I wanted to make the hunt even harder. That's why I stopped my run and closed my eyes to vent. Meanwhile, I looked at the message I had shoved away during the fight.
<< You have learned the ability You rush to your opponent and you can
Cause entanglement
Cost: 20 perseverance
Damage: 25-35
Effect: 15% chance
that your opponent is spoiled for 10 seconds
Cooldown 5 minutes
Level 1, 0% >>>
Interesting. Using this skill properly can mean the difference between winning and losing in combat.
Maybe she could even help me with the hunt. I looked around to see if I could find any trace of rabbits. And indeed! After ten minutes of desperate searching, I finally found some rabbit biscuits and traces that led away from them, I followed the trail for a good five minutes, until something brown flashed up. Directly in front of me was a hare throbbing the earth for food
<< You have learned the ability to Lets you track down the traces of your prey easier.
Cooldown: None
Level: 1, 0% >>>
I wiped the notification aside, fully focused on my prey. I was about to let loose when the fight from before came to my mind. Since I had focused only on my goal and thus lost. But not this time! I searched the forest for myself and the hare. I searched for possible escape routes that the hare could use and tried to make situations pass through my mind. After I was sure that I had thought of everything, I focused again on the hare. He still had not moved, and that would be his fate.
I sneaked on the hares as best I could and got another message.
<< You have learned the ability to sneak.
Makes you harder to discover and gives you an attack bonus when out
Sneaking out is attacked
Cost: 5 stamina per second in crawl
Effect 1: Make you discover 10% harder.
Effect 2: When attacking out of crawl, there is one
15% chance of a critical hit
Level : 1, 0%>>>
If only I could do it somehow that I would not fill these messages my whole face !! As soon as I thought about it, another message appeared
<< Ah, well, that was very handy. But no further distractions! I was going to kill a rabbit!
I stalked for another 5 seconds, which gave me 5% for stalking, and activated Rush. I rushed forward to the nichstahnendes bunny. It almost died on the spot as I rushed on it and tried to avoid it, but it was already too late. With all my strength I flung it against the next tree. It bounced off the hard bark and landed on the ground. But it still was not death. I jumped over and finished the rabbit's life. I got up with a bloody snout and looked down at the killed animal. "Status Updates" I said and a blue field appeared
<< 5Exp, 5% Rush>>>
I felt good. I even felt excellent! An euphoria unknown to me flowed through me and mingled with the rest of the adrenaline. My defeat against my brother was completely forgotten. I wanted to go further into the forest and hunt even more but I stopped me then.
First, I could not just leave the rabbit. Other predators would fetch the creature if I did not bring it to where none of them could reach it. I did not know how I knew that, I just knew it.
As if I have always known. I had to ask Mama about it later.
But back to the rabbit.
Finally, I decided to bring him directly to Mother and to my brothers. One could eat right there or wait until I chased everything. So I grabbed the bunny by the neck and started running. During the race I got 1 point added to endurance, which gave me a total of 150 stamina.
With this good news I ran the faster. When I arrived back at the clearing, my two brothers were fighting each other and my mother was lying next to them and watching them. When they all smelled the rabbits, they looked at me at the same time. My brothers were about to rush at me when our mother growled at them both. Pouting, they went back to the circle.
The Wargin rose and I had to swallow when I realized once again the huge size of my race. Would I become so tall later? Or maybe even bigger?
Apart from my mother and my two brothers, I had not seen any other warge, though as we walked out of the cave, I saw other caves and the fragrance was familiar and alien at the same time.
My mother stopped in front of me. I shyly put my booty down and waited for her to say something.
She sniffed the rabbit for a moment and grunted in satisfaction. She straightened up and looked down at me with pride. However, the mur was short.
"What are you waiting for? As far as I can see you have 3 more rabbits in front of you. What are you waiting for?!"
Suddenly I turned around and sprinted into the forest. The proud look in my mom's eyes was enough to make me feel invincible! If necessary I would hunt all the rabbits in the forest to make her happy.