??? VS Ogres

The moment the third wave of ogres entered the girl was already in mid air with a spear in her hand. She stabbed its throat and forced her weight to knock it down. Her spear was deep in its throat. The ogre falls back outside of the tent with the girl on top of it. She pulls the spear as she faces the crowd of huge ogres.

' 18,19 . . . 20.' She counts the Ogres.

"This is bad."

The ogres did not attack her immediately even if she took down one of their own in front of them. She became hyper aware of everything around her. Two ogres from her side approach her side and growl loudly.

"Open System"

She pulls out the axe with right hand and throws it. After throwing it, she followed a slash in their throats. One ogre fails to dodge the flying axe and catches it with its chest.

'I was so wrong to throw the spear earlier. ' She gritted her teeth as she slid the axe and extended the slashing to the ogre beside him. Her right arm trembled and the axe slipped through her fingers.

[Fatigue + 4]

She is enduring the trembling pain of her right arm as she stabs the eyes of the paralyzed ogres.

[You have level up]

The ogres didn't give much expression of anger, instead they were smiling as if they were enjoying a skit.

'I will not last long. Either I annihilate them fast or replenish my strength.' Her grip on her spear tightened up.

The next wave were four in numbers, charging with different wooden weapons.

She stiffened as she felt a menacing feeling coming from behind. She reflexibly turned her head and saw the ogre with red streaks.

'The one from yesterday. . .' That ogre was pouncing on another ogre just yesterday. It is a head bigger than regular ogres. The number of bones hanging in its body is obviously more in number.

That Ogre is crocheting while tapping its spear like weapon on the ground. When the two of them meet eyes, the ogre who was smiling gives her an even more ominous smile that sends shivers to her body.

*Ting*

[Bloodlust Detected.]

[Commencing Emergency Quest. . .]

[EMERGENCY QUEST: Kill the Ogre's Chieftain or Runaway]

- Kill the Ogre's Chieftain or Run away from the Ogre's lair within 30 seconds. Failure will result in instant death.

"30 Seconds?!!! I don't even have a choice" She dodge the upcoming swing of a wooden bat then runs inside the tent.

'I can't waste time thinking. The answer is obvious' She hastily removed all the things she put together earlier to protect the young wolf's location.

25 seconds left

She picks up the still unconscious wolf and carries him in her trembling arm.

[Fatigue + 5]

On her right, that side leads to forest right away but she froze staring at it.

'Danger.' She sweat as she about face and slice the other side of the tent repeatedly and hurriedly. The ogres entered the tent as she ran away. She was greeted by a line of monsters.

20 seconds left.

She charges at the ogres and slides her body in between the legs.

[HP has been dropped at a dangerous level]

Her skin was on fire from sliding her body on the ground causing friction and tearing her skin. Her bandage in her right arm and leg was torn and loosely hanging in her body.

14 seconds left.

*pant* pant*

7 seconds left

With all the ogre's gathered in one area. She did not encounter any ogre while running away. She finally can see the lair's exit.

5 seconds left

*Swish*

2 second left

She stepped out of the lair with a second left when a flying spear came to her. The spear barely missed her head by a hair's breadth. She felt the bloodlust once again. She was compelled to turn her head and saw the ogre's red lines smiling.

"....!" she ran with all she had because the ogres were still chasing after her.

[Fatigue + 6]

[Fatigue + 5]

[Fatigue + 6]

Her whole body has sustained great damage to the point she can barely feel any pain now. Relying solely to her adrenaline, the only thing that keeps her going, the fatigue keeps going up scarily in big numbers.

'I . . . I need . . . to stay. . . alive.' These are her only thoughts. Her yellow eyes are shaking and returning to their original black color.

Her legs gave up. She stumbles and rolls over, until she falls down a cliff. She let go of her spear and hugged the young wolf. She lay sideways at the bottom of the cliff.

"Alive. . . I . . ." She mumbled as her body shut down with her eyes partially open.

****

A girl with long black hair is walking on the dark street. Is she singing or humming? It's not clear. She turns around but half of her face is shadowed. Her lips arch up and give a confident smile.

She reached out.

"I will protect you."

****

She opened her eyes and saw thick branches and leaves of the homogeneous trees.

' Morning already?'

'That girl. . . who is she?' She extends her arms trying to reach onto something. She saw her arms covered in mud, dirt, and wounds.

'I am beat up again.'

'Where am I?' She can see nothing but trees again except this time she can see a peak of a cliff from below.

"Did I fall and survive that?"

"The wolf. . . " She forced herself to sit up, then frowned in pain from her stomach. She scans her surroundings to look for the wolf but sees no trace.

'Ungrateful wolf.' She cursed. Her body is in bad condition and decided to check her status.

"Open System"

THE SYSTEM:

Profile:

Player's Name : ????

Title/s : n/a

Level : 9

(Exp needed to level 10)

Skills:

Beginner's Luck (Lvl. 2)

Tolerance (Lvl. 3)

Stat:

HP : 31/120

MP : 0/100

Fatigue: 23/90

Attributes

ATK : 86 DEX : 15

DEF : 61 INT : 12

STA : 83 CHA : 9

AGI : 72

'Beginner's Luck Lvl 2? When did this go up? Is my survival in fall at a cliff consider a luck? . . . . My HP healed a little bit but still I feel like I'm going to die if I trip.' She tried to move her arms but a numbing pain traveled throughout her body.

She crawled enduring the pain she felt each time she moved and positioned herself sitting and resting her back in the tree.

'. . . heal some more. She then closed her eyes again.

A ticklish feeling woke her up. A pair of yellow eyes with black pupils is staring at her. The wolf is sitting on her lap wagging its tail.

She gasped at surprise but a slight smile appeared on her face.

"What are you doing here?" She asked as she tried to move her head from one side.

'Ohh, It doesn't hurt that much now.' She tried moving her body again and the pain subsided.

The wolf pulls the sleeves of her dress to get her attention.

"What?"

Then the young wolf jumped out of her lap.

'Is he all better?' The wolf bit something off the ground and tried dragging it.

She stood up and approached the wolf.

'Did you find this?' She crouches in the ground and picks it up.

*ting*

[You equipped ???'s Paralyzing Hunting Spear]

She gave the black young wolf a pat in the head. Its black fur in its chest wiggle as it enjoys the patting.

"Let's go eat something first."

She walked with the wolf following her behind. She glared at the dark forest as she said.

"I need energy to kill some ogres."

****

"Hey! Don't eat that!" She tried to stop the wolf from eating a wild berry while they were walking but it's too late. The young wolf already ate a mouthful of berries.

"Spit it out!" She grabbed the wolf but by then the wolf had already swallowed everything.

"If you die, don't blame me." She sighed and waited for the poison to work but the wolf was energetic as it is. He even eats another mouthful of berries.

"Is it not poisonous? I swear I tried it last time. . ." She picked one berry and swallowed it.

*Ting* Ting

[You have been poisoned.]

[Skill Tolerance will now be activated.]

"I should have known I am human and he is a wolf." She sighed and waited for the poison to be in effect.

[Auditory Impairment Tolerance 7%]

Her head became fuzzy. The high pitch eerie sounds don't stop screaming in her ears. She had a hard time dealing with this poison last time because it feels like her brain is splitting repeatedly. She groaned in pain. She saw the wolf, who was eating happily just seconds earlier, rush to her side.

"I'm fine. Go eat. . . . some more---" She doesn't know if she said it clearly because she cannot hear anything anymore even her own voice. The wolf didn't move at her side and just frantically jumped everywhere.

"Sto. .p it. You're making me. . . me more dizzy. . ." She closes her eyes as the pain continues on.

[Auditory Impairment Tolerance 8%]

"That's right. . . name, Do you have a name? or should I name you?"

"I'll think of one after this . . ."

****

*Ting* Ting*

[Auditory Impairment Tolerance 13%]

[Auditory Impairment Poison has been completely neutralize]

[Continuous exposure to same poison . . . building stronger immunity for this poison]

'I had to endure it for two hours.' She massaged her head and saw the wolf staring at her with its worried eyes.

"If you are done. Let's go." She ruffled its head and stood up.

After a few minutes the young wolf eats another fruit. This time the girl just watched the wolf eat the fruit happily. She picks some of these fruits and shovels them into the inventory. From time to time the wolf will eat something and the girl will pick some of it.

An hour passed and the wolf who was too full from eating was being carried by the girl in her arms. She saw the familiar white pear shaped fruit. That's when she smiled.

"Finally some safe food." She grabbed a lot of that fruit and ate it enthusiastically but then. . .

*Thump * Thump*

Not from where she is sitting two ogres dragging one huge black boar was spotted. She stood up and the young wolf ran to her side. She looks for more possible ogres to appear but it seems that there's only two of them.

'Stay here"

[Requirements has been met]

[???'s Hunting Spear activated "Moonlight Effect"]

She starts running as quietly as she can.