Predator

Silver stood still in her spot, watching the two wolves who were approaching her. The wolves were growling and snarling as they approached. Just as they were about to pounce, Silver moved. She dashed towards the one on the right. Swiftly moving around it, she drug her scythe across it's whole right flank, opening a deep cut that oozed blood. She spun around, landing directly behind the wolf. Smiling maniacally, she laughed in eerie delight.

.....

Although no players were close enough to witness the fight, almost everyone heard the eerie laughter.

"Was that a monster?"

"I'm not sure....It was...disturbing. If it's a player, we should be wary."

"Yes, I agree."

A couple players warned their party members to be on the lookout, and to watch for ambushes. Although none ever came, it was better safe than sorry.

.....

Silver had just finished the right wolf by making another long gash across it's right flank, nearly horizontally bisecting the beast. She jumped backwards, attempting to dodge the wolf's jaws. She was bitten on her (nondominant) left forearm, although she had seemingly no reaction to the pain, The wolf clamped down like a vice grip, trapping her arm. She waved her hand, as shadows crept up from behind the wolf and covered it's eyes, blinding it. Immediately, It howled and let go of her arm, she jumped backwards. Blood began to gather around her blade as she kept her distance. Although the beast could still fight while blind, it's prowess was dimished. Feeling that she was ready, she attacked from it's blind spot, swinging downward, and the scythe cut deeply into the beast. The blood she gathered on her blade rushed into the beast, and cut through everything in it's path as it exited from the opposite end. The beast froze, and a moment later, two halves of the beast dropped. She had managed to cut the beast in half.

She looked down at her appearance. She was coated with blood, almost head to toe. Her fighting style was truly messy.

*DING* "Noncombat state active, calculating rewards...."*DING* "Rewards collected."

After that message, the beasts bodies dissipated, and the blood around the area did too. She was still covered in blood, much to her delight.

....

Silver was retreating to a safer area. She focused on survival before checking the rewards. She found a small cave, and checked it for any heartbeats. She didn't find any and entered the cave.

Opening her status window, it read:

Silver Moon(Lvl 1 Noble Vampire)

XP: 0/200 [NEW]

Race: Pure Blooded Vampire

•HP: 80/100 (NEW)

•Mana: 0/120

•SP(Status points available): 3 (NEW)

•Strength- 11

•Agility- 14

•Intelligence- 15

•Vitality- 9

•Defense- 8

[Hidden Stats: Charm- 3]

Affinities: Shadow- Beginner (lvl 2) Blood- Intermediate (lvl 1) [UPDATED]

Melee Skills: Fighting Style (Scythe) Lvl 6 [UPDATED]

She thought for a moment before placing two points in strength and one in agility, bringing her strength to 13 and agility to 15. She decided she would try and keep Str, Agi, and Int at roughly the same number.

She wasn't aware of it, but her starting stats, were pretty overwhelming compared to other level 0 and 1 players. She sat down inside the cave and focused on regaining her mana.

She looked at the rewards for killing the wolves next.

"Latest combat reward: 30 Copper, 5 Demonic wolf ears (Quest item.) Demonic wolf bones-5 Demonic Wolf Pelt (Poor)-1 Demonic Wolf Pelt (Ruined)-4".

.....

After a few minutes, her mana regenerated back to full and she was ready to head out. She focused on finding a heartbeat. She soon recognized five similar beats. They were similar to the last beast she fought. She ran towards the location. Creeping up on them, she noticed they were lying around, seemingly guarding something. She pulled her scythe off her back and dashed forward.

.....

Utilizing a sort of hit and run tactic to kite them, she killed them all in about half an hour, sustaining minimal damage. Most players could not achieve the same feat. Only elite players would be able to accomplish this, but they were rare.

Checking her loot, it read:

"Last encounter rewards: 30 Copper, 5 Demonic Wolf Ears (Quest Item), Demonic Wolf Pelt (Poor)-5, Demonic Wolf Eye-1, Demonic Wolf Claw-1.

Claws and Eyes were rarer drops, getting those required luck, and Silver was happy to have them. She checked her status.

Silver Moon (Lvl 1 Noble Vampire)

XP: 100/200

Race: Pure Blooded Vampire

HP: 70/100

Mana: 40/120

SP: 0

Str- 13

Agi- 15

Int- 15

Vit- 9

Def- 8

[Hidden Stats: Charm- 3]

Affinities: Shadow- Beginner (lvl 4) Blood- Intermediate (lvl 1) [UPDATED]

Melee Skills: Fighting Style (Scythe) lvl 7 [UPDATED]

Silver smiled. She was making progress. She decided to take a look at the cave, wondering why demonic wolves would be guarding it.