Vicious Cyan Wolf
Level: 11
Attack: ???
Defense: ???
...There's no detailed information, only that these wolves are pack animals and they're blocking my only path forward. Behind them is probably the mysterious Dire Wolf Leader!
My sword is in hand, trembling slightly... This group of wolves, at least each small pack, consists of four. With my current attack, killing one Level 11 wolf would definitely take 15-20 attacks, costing 30 seconds. In that case, four wolves would average 20 attacks on me each, totaling 80 attacks. Each attack would deal about 15 HP, so I'd lose about 1200 HP in total. Do I have 1200 HP?
No! The answer is a definite no... Even with the 90 HP over 30 seconds from the tomato, I only have 500 HP to take damage. If I try to brute force it, it's probably a dead end. Is this even a quest a beginner can complete? Or am I supposed to wait until I've chosen a profession and bring a large group of helpers to deal with it?
I suddenly remembered the trick I used when fighting Level 9 monsters earlier: using obstacles to dodge the wolves' pounces. Would that have some effect?
I decided to act on the thought immediately. I walked over and lured four Dire Wolves, but to my great surprise, this pack of wolves attacked as a group, as if they had intelligence. As a result, I didn't lure 4, but a flood of them, with even more continuously rushing out from behind.
This won't do! At this rate, I'm definitely going to lose a level. Even if I run now, I'll still be bitten to death. There are simply too many Dire Wolves, and as luck would have it, two more spawned on my way back!
Which perverted programmer designed such a layout? This is forcing people to their deaths!
My original plan was instantly forgotten. While enduring the attacks of the Dire Wolves behind me, I frantically ran towards the surrounding rocks, wondering if I could climb them.
No! It seems to have just rained; the rocks are incredibly slippery, and there's nowhere to grab!
What to do? What to do?
Hmm? There's a crack in the rock over there, I'll squeeze in first!
It seemed to be a bug. When I squeezed into the rock crack, only one of the large group of Dire Wolves could approach me, which gave me a glimmer of hope. If this truly was a bug, then the situation where I couldn't single-lure 4 wolves earlier must have been caused by some mischievous designer.
After using a bottle of tomato, I began to draw my sword and hack at the Cyan Wolf that was approaching me. I found that it could only deal 5 HP damage to me, and due to the environmental constraints, the frequency of its pounces also greatly decreased. On the other hand, I was able to let loose, swinging my sword with full force, one blow after another, while sideways.
As a result, even without carrying any potions, I was able to continuously hack away at these high-experience wolf packs, and I even saved the trouble of finding monsters.
Unconsciously, another four hours had passed. I checked the time and it was already six o'clock. Dinner would be in another hour, and my stomach had actually been grumbling for a while. It's just that in this situation, I really couldn't imagine what it would be like after logging off. Lu Xuehan told me in the middle that she was already Level 8, miraculously making it into the top 100,000 nationwide... Xin Yu had logged off to sleep, Xu Lin and several others were still online. Her level was already 7, which, while not as high as Lu Xuehan's, was still quite good, considering she's a girl playing a game.
The wolf pack outside the rock had disappeared, with only a few remaining ones still circling. I roughly calculated that in these four hours, I had killed at least nearly 300 wolves, but only one piece of green equipment and three pieces of white equipment dropped, along with a few red potions. With such a drop rate, no wonder people are crying and shouting to spend RMB to buy equipment. Moreover, the experience required for leveling up is too much. The experience from 300 wolves didn't even get me from Level 9 to Level 10. It seems the legend is true; every time you reach a level ending in 9, it becomes particularly difficult to level up, requiring an extraordinary amount of experience. Reaching Level 99 is possible, but Level 100 is basically a myth... After quickly dealing with the last few wolves, I finally let out a sigh of relief and stepped out of the rock crack. The sky outside was really f***ing clear!
300 wolves didn't give me much equipment, but they gave me a good amount of money. I roughly calculated it to be just under two gold coins.
I took out the green equipment and looked at it; it was a bow:
[Wolf Tail Longbow] (green equipment)
Attack: 18-32
Stamina: +6
Agility: +4
Required Level: 10
...After a careful look, I originally thought my Beast Sword was top-tier, but compared to this bow, it was simply trash. Not only was its attack much lower, but its bonus attributes were also far inferior.
Right, who among us was training as an Archer?
I scrolled through my friends list and it turned out to be "Vegetable Temptation" — Xin Yu!
I should consider whether or not to give her this excellent bow. I can imagine, if I give her this bow, she'll definitely say in a sweet, cooing voice that I'm so good to her, and the worse outcome might even be her pestering me to marry her... A drop of cold sweat slid down the tip of my nose. The warrior who had bravely faced the wolf pack just now finally felt fear!
"Awoo~"
A wolf howl came, and only then did I remember the purpose of my trip — the Dire Wolf Leader!
As I expected, when I turned around a section of rocks, a majestic Dire Wolf Leader was sitting on a large blue stone. What was laughable was that all of its subordinates were quietly lying beneath the rocks, turned into experience.
Dire Wolf Leader
Level: 13 (BOSS)
Attack: ???
Defense: ???
...Time waits for no one, if the small monsters respawn, it won't be good!
I swiftly moved forward and slashed at the Dire Wolf Leader's neck.
"56!"
This damage number didn't disappoint me; it was already good that I could deal such high damage to a Level 13 BOSS. Unfortunately, this amount of damage was like a tickle to the Dire Wolf Leader; its health bar didn't even move!
"Wham~!"
A fierce claw landed on me, and 25 HP disappeared. Even with my 43 defense, I still lost so much health. This quasi-BOSS indeed lives up to its reputation... Several consecutive sword strikes finally made the Dire Wolf Leader feel pain. When it angrily opened its bloody maw, I seized the opportunity to throw in a packet of "A Hua's tomato."
System message: "Dire Wolf Leader" consumed "A Hua's tomato," unable to restore HP for 10 minutes.
Wasn't it 30 minutes? Why did it become ten minutes? Is it just because it's a BOSS?
Never mind, keep hacking!