Encounter with the Wolf King

After taking enough rest, I put on my helmet and entered "King of Glory" to continue my conquest.

A burst of light flickered, and I appeared at the offline location. After determining my direction, I ran towards the northwest corner of the newbie village, where the woods were located.

As soon as I started running, I saw a player fighting a magic hedgehog. The hedgehog emitted a faint blue light, attacking and moving at an incredible speed, indicating that it was not an ordinary monster.

The player was a mage and could not defend against the hedgehog's attacks. He had to fight alongside the hedgehog, but it could shoot steel spikes, which had a freezing effect and reduced the mage's movement speed. Therefore, the mage was having a hard time, having to constantly drink potions, and had little chance to cast fireball spells on the magic hedgehog.

Using "Insight," I looked at the Magic Hedgehog King: the leader of the magic hedgehogs, a level 12 ordinary wave SS monster, with 1,500 health and a skill called "Freezing Needle," which added a three-second freezing effect.

So it was an SS monster, no wonder it was so powerful. However, the mage's skills and technique were good enough that he could survive fighting under the SS monster.

The main characteristic of the mage profession is high single-target and broad range attack damage. In group battles and city wars, the mage is the absolute dominant force. However, the mage's fatal weakness is low health and defense. Killing SS monsters alone is not easy, but their attacks are essential when working with a team to kill the SS monsters.

"Do you need help?" We can't snatch the monster from him.

"Please, help me."

"Stone City, Player Heavenly Fire and Cold Soul has sent you a team invitation. Do you want to team up?" The system prompted me.

I accepted.

"I'm running out of red potions. Can you help me distract the monster while I attack?" Heavenly Fire and Cold Soul saw me wearing level 5 equipment, which indicated that I was not ordinary, and entrusted me with this dangerous task.

"Sure, no problem." I rushed towards the Magic Hedgehog King.

After all, I was practicing to become a knight, so my advantage was in defense and health. My main task was to take the brunt of the attack, no, it was to take the brunt of the wave SS monsters.

Minus 50, minus 60. Good, my attack remained stable here. In order to hide my strength and not let Heavenly Fire and Cold Soul know that I was overpowered, I concealed half of my strength, so the damage I dealt to the Magic Hedgehog King was not great.

Mistake (missed the hit, it was evaded by the monster), minus 40, mistake... A series of prompts appeared above my head.

What the hell! The agility added by the DooDoo Rabbit's mask, activated by my good luck, allowed me to fully utilize my evasive ability, causing most of the Magic Hedgehog King's attacks to miss.

It was difficult to conceal my strength. I was extremely frustrated and regretted helping this mage.

"My friend, are you preparing to become a knight or an assassin? Your defense and evasion are both so strong," said Tianhuo Lenghun as he began to consult me.

"I'm training to become a knight, but this mask is a great item that adds evasion," I naturally couldn't tell the truth.

As I spoke, I became even more cautious in hiding my strength and tried to make myself appear very ordinary.

"Be careful, the skill attacks of the demonized Hedgehog King are doubled and accompanied by freezing, making it difficult to deal with," Tianhuo Lenghun felt a bit strange. The demonized Hedgehog King's normal attack alone caused at least 70 damage to him, while the skill "Frozen Needle Strike" caused even more damage, exceeding 150, instantly draining his health.

This player with the rabbit mask has such strong defense, and his attack seems to be not low either. It's worth noting that his high-level wizard can only cause 80 damage to the demonized Hedgehog King.

"It's okay, I brought plenty of potions, I can handle it." The demonized Hedgehog King's skill "Frozen Needle Strike" can only cause 80 damage to me, which is not very dangerous, but the skill has a 3-second freezing effect, which is very annoying.

When experts fight, it's easy to tell who's who. Tianhuo Lenghun is definitely an elite player with extraordinary strength. Not only is he experienced, but his technique is also very skilled. Our coordination is flawless.

Under our joint efforts, the demonized Hedgehog King is not worth mentioning.

"Someone is coming, Tianhuo, let's go all out." Seeing that the demonized Hedgehog King had less than 100 health left, a few figures rushed towards Tianhuo Lenghun from behind. I quickly reminded him.

Seizing the opportunity, after Tianhuo Lenghun's fireball attack, the demonized Hedgehog King was left with only 40 health. I landed the final blow with a single strike.

I am very lucky and must make the most of it.

With my final blow, the enchanted Hedgehog King let out a cry, with -60 appearing above its head and its life reduced to 0. It fell to the ground, and upon its death, it dropped a shining golden wand and 2 gold coins.

I casually picked up the golden wand and the coins. Knights may endure the hardship of battling monsters, but they are often the first to claim the spoils of victory. The joy of this moment is irresistible.

"Congratulations, Stone City, for killing the enchanted Hedgehog King, reputation +10."

The reputation increase goes to the player who landed the final blow, as I glance at the golden wand I just picked up.

Blackstone Wand: a golden weapon with an unknown effect, unable to be applied.

"Here, take this. It's a golden equipment for mages. You've struck it rich. The specific effects need to be appraised in the village."

"You should hold onto it for now and get it appraised in the village. If it weren't for your help, I would have died here for sure."

"I was just lending you a hand. No need to be so polite. Besides, it happens to be the weapon you use." I'm not a generous person by any means, and I also want the golden equipment. However, I did just help him, and unfortunately, the equipment that dropped was for mages. If it were warrior equipment, we would have to negotiate the distribution of items.

"Okay, then I won't stand on ceremony." Seasoned players aren't known for insincere politeness.

"Brother Two, we've arrived. Where's the enchanted Hedgehog King?" The figures from before arrived here, and the first one to see me, Tianhuo Lenghun, eagerly greeted me.

I immediately understood the reason behind their visit. Tianhuo Lenghun had discovered this enchanted Hedgehog King, but he couldn't handle it alone. So he whispered for his friends to come and help, but he didn't expect the Hedgehog King's skill "Frozen Needle" to be a mage's bane. He couldn't hold out until his friends arrived, so he asked me for help.

"I couldn't handle it alone and couldn't wait for you, so fortunately a friend came and helped me resolve it."

"What exploded?"

"It's a golden staff used by the wizard. Its specific effects need to be identified."

"Golden equipment, huh, Second Brother? It looks so impressive, let me take a look."

Tianhuo Lenghun handed the golden staff to his brothers, then turned to me and said, "Thank you for your help in Stone City. We're going back to the village to identify it."

Since I teamed up with Tianhuo Lenghun, he knew my name.

"No, I just came out of the village and I'm ready to level up."

"Okay, then I won't be coy anymore. Let's be friends and just tell me if you need anything in the future."

"Okay."

After Tianhuo Lenghun and I added each other as friends, we continued towards the direction of the black bear in the northwest corner of the newbie village.

Dizzy, I didn't expect the newbie village to be so big. I ran for almost twenty minutes before I saw the forest where the black bear was located. When I arrived at the forest, I saw five magic-crazed mountain wolves wandering around the outside of the forest, blocking my way forward.

Upon closer inspection, the middle magic-crazed mountain wolf had white fur without any other colors, a tall and mighty figure, and sparkling eyes revealing a hint of brutality.

It must be the boss, a "Insight" reveals:

Wolf King: The leader of the magic-crazed mountain wolves, level 15 boss, with 2000 HP and skills: Bloodthirst, Shadow of the Wolf.

The other four were just ordinary level 8 magic-crazed mountain wolves, without any threat.

The fact that the Wolf King had two skills looked pretty formidable, but since it was a boss, it had to be killed. Besides, with the Doo Doo Rabbit's mask-added skill, I could run away if the situation turned bad.

-140, -150, I used the skill "Hack" and easily took down the ordinary magic-crazed mountain wolves with three strikes.

In a blink of an eye, I killed two enchanted mountain wolves. The wolf king then attacked me with a loss of 60 and 50 hit points. Fortunately, I could withstand the attack.

Ignoring the wolf king's attack, I turned my attention to the other two enchanted mountain wolves, clearing out the smaller foes.

With my high agility, luck, and critical hit rate, it was only natural that I dealt damage of 310 and 350 hit points respectively. Under my relentless attack, the other two enchanted mountain wolves quickly died a gruesome death.

Only the wolf king was left, with a loss of over 200 hit points. I drank a healing potion and started my one-on-one battle with the wolf king.

There was no threat at all, and I dealt an average of 100 hit points per strike. Watching the wolf king's health steadily decrease, victory was within sight. In the game, players can drink health potions to restore their health, wearing down the monster.

"Boss, Heihu, come quickly!"

I turned around and saw three players walking towards me.

The wolf king still had half of its health left, and I could not defeat it at the moment. I quickly drank another healing potion and remained alert. In the game, it was commonplace to fight for monsters and engage in player versus player combat, so it was best to stay on guard.

"Stone City, you have been attacked by the Wind and Cloud Tiger Squad's Wind and Cloud Yellow Tiger. You may retaliate against the Wind and Cloud Tiger Squad's members," the system prompted me after I received 50 points of damage to my head.

As expected, they were after my boss, and the three players were two warriors and one mage. The mage was attacking my Wind and Cloud Yellow Tiger. The other two warriors shouted, "Get out of the way!" and aggressively rushed towards me.

How dare these trash players try to steal my boss! Today, I will make them pay and cause them to level down.