Arthur eyes glowed brilliantly as he stood between the remaining dire wolves and the other adventurers. On closer inspection, he realized they were indeed actually older than him.
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[Congratulations, you have slain a Dire wolf, +5XP]
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"Interesting...." Arthur spoke up as he got system notification for his kill.
His glowing eyes were just the sign that his appraisal skill was active but if he had a mirror right now he would have clearly attributed and his appearance with the word cool.
His gazed landed on the leader of the trio, with his appraisal still active, he decided to try something new this time around.
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Name: Velkist Lv. 10
Class: ???
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'Level 10? That's odd. Since he's older, shouldn't there be a bigger headstart?'
But Arthur's internal monologue didn't last long as his mana sense quickly picked up an anomaly amongst his enemies.
"An Ash wolf?" He muttered.
Dire wolves were normally known as weak prey to newbie adventurers around Everdale. Their low levels made it easy for adventurers hunting in groups to make easy cash.
But one peculiar attribute of wolves was that they always moved in packs. And these packs were usually made up of the scouts–which low levelled adventurers usually hunted,–soldiers and a pack leader.
And among pack leaders, the Ash wolf was a rare and stronger variant that had ability to use magic.
"This is gonna be harder than I thought." He whispered.
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Name: Ash wolf Lv. ???
Type: ???
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'I can't see it's level...' he thought while narrowing his eyes. "Meaning that this thing's definitely strong."q1
'From the looks of things he should be enjoying the show. But I don't think it'll be too happy after I kill a bunch of its companions.'
"W-who are you?" Velkist finally asked the stranger before him.
Sparing him a quick glance, Arthur spoke up. "No one important. Just take your party and run. I'll handle this myself."
'What am I saying?!' he exclaimed inwardly 'If that Velkist guy that like 5 whole levels above me can't win, then what hope do I have?'
"Thank you" Velkist muttered, his pride visibly shattered, but to him, the lives of his party members took priority.
'Whatever, what's done is done. I can do this.'
Without wasting more time, they took their escape and we're on their way back to the city.
"Okay." With the distractions out of way, it was finally time to fight.
In an attempt to catch up to the fleeting group, one of the dire wolves attempted to dash past Arthur, but it's advance was halted as Arthur delivered a swift spinning back kick to its skull, sending it flying to the side.
'That was close. These things are fast' He commented after barely missing his kick. 'I'd better end this quickly.'
Increasing his grip on his sword, Arthur dashed straight for the dire wolf directly in front of him as the wolf did the same.
But as his blade was about to meet it's bite, Arthur dodged its attack by jumping into the air and then in one swift motion he spun down in the air delivering multiple slash wounds on its back causing it to let out a loud howl.
Although Arthur was strong, he knew that he couldn't win against them in a head on confrontation, so he utilized the advantages his body and skills to their maximum.
Due to his continuous training with his father back at the estate, the experience he gathered was enough to push his Sword Arts to level 3. As a result, his form and technique became sharper and his movements became more precise as well.
The moment he landed however, the first wolf had already reached within striking range a prepared a heavy downward slash at Arthur.
"Damn it-" Arthur cursed as he buckled under its weight after blocking its attack. He's knees seriously protesting with each second.
Without wasting time, he shifted his stance a bit. "Get... Off!" He grunted out while pushing the canine beast off of him.
From the corner of his eye, he saw the injured dire wolf running back to him. And the wolf before him had already recovered from his attack and was already launching its next one.
'*Huff*... *Huff*... I have to end this now ' he thought. Then in a moment, his blade began to glow pale blue, little by little, Arthur continued pumping mana into his weapon, causing visible cracks to appear on its surface meanwhile the weapon continued to glow even brighter as it crackled with raw cocentrated mana.
"Mana!....."
He could see the Ash wolf try to stand as he activated his skill, probably in an attempt to stop him. But it was already too late.
"Slash!!!" Arthur roared out while swinging his blade in a wide arc, releasing a sh
immering wave over mana at the three wolves before him.
He was momentarily blinded from the light, but he could tell that he at least slain the two dire wolves as the system gave the message for his kill.
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Congratulations...
You have slain a Dire wolf +5XP
You have slain a Dire wolf +7XP
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[You have levelled up]
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Although the messages were interesting, he couldn't help but feel uneasy as in the next moment, he quickly tilted his head to the side, barely escaping it's attack with a scratch on his chin.
"You're still alive huh..." He muttered, clenching his blade tightly as he turned to see his opponent behind him, his eyes still glowing bright red from using his skill.
One thing that caught his eye on this ferocious looking beast was the new addition to its name.
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Name: Ash Wolf ??? [Enraged]
Type: ???
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