Release the Wolves

Following the path that Zero had found, the trio ran into about a dozen wolves on the trail. Luckily there was only a single wolf every hundred meters or so. With a quick battle, the group would kill a wolf before another could spot them. There were also a few times where they would end up fighting 2 wolves at a time but that was when they has gotten closer to the mountain they had spotted through the clearing of tree branches.

After a few minutes, they had started to see the bottom of the mountain. Considering they had leveled up during the walk on the trail the trio decided to stop and distribute the loot from the last few battles against the wolves.

Of the 12 wolves they fought and killed on the way, 5 dropped equipment. It seemed the drop rate for gear is pretty high considering its common grade. The items that had dropped were 2 pairs of leggings, a pair of shoes that looked like normal shoes with some wolf fur surrounding the ankles, and a bandana, with a little wolf symbol on it, that was considered a helmet.

The leggings were restricted for a warrior and priest, The shoes also restricted for a priest, and the wolf bandana restricted for a fighter. With the equipment sorted out, the trio quickly spent their attribute points and equipped their gear.

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[Status]

Name: Zero

Class: Swordsman

Title: None

Level: 5

Exp Required: 580/1000

Health(HP): 600

Mana:100

Str: 15

End: 15

Dex: 10

Agi: 20

Int: 10

Combat Skills: Cleave

Non-Combat Skills: None

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[Bandana(Helmet)]

+100 Health

Skills: None

Level Requirement: 5

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[Wolf Chest]

+250 Health

Skills: None

Level Requirement: 5

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[Wolf Leggings]

+200 Health

Skills: None

Level Requirement: 5

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[Wolf Shoes]

+250 Health

+3 Agi

Skills: None

Level Requirement: 5

(AN: Stats are shared across all classes for gear of this level meaning any gear obtained in this tutorial area. It'll be distinct in the future. For now, I want to get through this and start the fun ideas I have)

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As they got closer to the bottom of the mountain, they saw a cave entrance that was fairly large. Outside of the entrance 5 wolves were patrolling the perimeter of a large field. There was a large amount of open land between the cave and treeline, Kenny had wondered why this would be but with one of the wolves noticing the trio, that thought was placed into the back of his mind.

Surprisingly this wolf was level 6, a higher level than the wolves that they had fought on the way. With the new gear, the trio didn't need to be as cautious during battle. Zero in particular, now with 600 health could be considered a decent tank for enemies of this level. After placing his new stat points into strength he could do a bit more damage so his role as a close-range combatant was secured even more. Luna, unlike before, placed 3 points into endurance and 2 into intelligence, while Kenny placed all of his stat points into agility to move faster in battle.

[Level 6 Wolf]

Hp: 400/400

Mana: 120/120

Attack:105

Skills: Ferocious Swipe

[Skill: Ferocious Swipe]

Rarity: Common

Attack a target with a claw swipe infused with mana. Deals 30 extra damage than normal attacks.

Duration is 1 attack

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Stepping forward to confront the new enemy, Zero, now looking a bit wild due to his sleeveless wolf chest armor, raised his sword in front of his body with his right hand, while his left hand was by his side. Kicking off into a run, Zero attempted to slash down using his cleave skill.

The wolf easily dodged this attack but following up behind Zero was Kenny with his newly acquired speed. Catching the wolf as it had prepared to dodge again, he threw a punch towards it with his fist impacting the area just above its front shoulder causing it to stumble slightly as it attempted to regain its footing. Zero, on the other hand, used the opportunity to slash his sword again against the wolf's hind leg, severing it and dealing a bright red damage number.

-119 hp

With the severed leg falling on the ground before disappearing into tiny orbs of light, the wolf fell on the ground with its wound bleeding, though not enough to create a blood pool as seconds after the blood hits the ground it disappears similar to the leg.

While writhing on the floor the wolf howled loudly attracting the remaining wolves that were enraged by the state of their pact member. Quickly wanting to finish the injured wolf, Zero moved in front of the bleeding animal before slashing its stomach with his sword. With a few more critical hits dealing more than enough damage to the wolf it finally stopped moving as the trio saw a notification about its defeat.

Turning to face the 4 wolves that had been running towards their location, Zero ran forward to meet them with Kenny a few steps behind.

"Kenny, take 2 and I will take the other 2, with our stats we should be fine handling this amount on our own. Just don't take too much damage quickly." Zero quickly said as went to the right to confront 2 wolves. With Kenny taking the left 2 wolves Luna had to observe both fights while occasionally watching the surrounding to make sure no other wolves or new animals showed up.

"Jeez! The two! If they both take too much damage too fast I wouldn't be able to heal them. Well... as long as they are careful it won't be too diffic- Heal!"

During Luna's little inner monologue, Kenny, still being new to battle against multiple enemies, dodged one wolf's attack only to get directly in front of the other. To make matters slightly worse for Luna, the attack he was hit by was one with skill being used. Though it didn't put him into a critical health state it still took off around 40% of his health. With her heal healing 20% of his health he was now at 80% health.

Now with her cooldown of 30 seconds started, Luna could only watch and decide when it would be the best time to heal again. Her skill didn't cost much mana at all, with her reserves sitting around 320.

As she watched Zero's battle, while he made some mistakes himself, he didn't do anything similar to Kenny. His mistakes were often trying to force an attack to damage his enemy faster. He launched some bad attacks which led to him almost being attacked a few times. To Luna, it seemed he was rushing for some reason, it didn't make much sense to her though since they still had a few hours before everyone had to eat dinner.

In the end, Luna had to heal Zero once when he tried to force an attack and got hit by both wolves with enhanced attacks. Kenny on the other hand had to be healed a few more times but this was mostly because he kept messing up, though near the end he started moving and dodging attacks with greater ease, it would take more time for him to learn how to battle well enough for the later stages of the game.