Chapter 126 - 126: The Druid Wolves. (2/2)
As Gray turned to the tree, his eyes widened as through the corner of his eyes he could see the wide opened, fanged mouth of the wolf lunging towards him at high speeds.
It had come out of a completely different tree -
[Trajectory Shift.]
Gray, bent his back as far back as he could, avoiding it's bite in the process.
The instant, it's figure passed by him, he swung his leg up kicking it right at the core of it's stomach.
A pained expression could be seen on the wooden spiritual wolf's face as it halted in the air.
[Pause.]
*WHAM!*
The muscle in Gray's arms bulged out as he rammed his left fist right into its face
[Pause Martial Arts: Pause Blow.] - Martial art skill, strike dealt to target using the user's strength. Damage multiplier by 1.5x if target is paused.
Gray's attack was so powerful that it ended up partially piercing into the wolf dog's face.
[Unpause.]
*Crunch*
It's head was blown to pieces, as it's wooden body dropped down and was absorbed into the ground.
[You have slain a Druid Wolf.]
But at the same time, the roots of the trees around him on the ground wrapped themselves around his left leg to prevent him from moving.
Another root with a pointed edge extended out of the ground towards said leg, aiming to pierce it.
[Pause.]
The instant it touched his skin however, it halted in place.
Gray gripped tightly on the katana in his right hand before swinging it down at the root.
{Unpause]
*Slash!*
In a single motion, the roots were all cut off.
Gray leapt up into the air knowing that not even the ground was safe before inspecting his surroundings.
It was still night out, a normal person would have barely been able to see anything.
After all, the tall trees and leafs were covering the little light the moon provided.
It was thanks to Gray's eyes that he could even so much as see the monster's in the dark.
More and more of their figures began to manifest around Gray, his eyes glowed yellow as they looked from left to right.
He glanced over at Delta who was fighting two on her own. They were keeping their distance as they circled her.
Her dark flames coated her body and slightly lit up the surroundings providing just enough light for her to see and keep the wolfs away.
Surprisingly enough, her control over her flames were unnatural.
Gray had told them not to use them as it might start a forest fire but she reassured him that she could keep it all under control.
'Looks like she wasn't chatting shit... Black flames, that's quite a useful ability.'
He rubbed the back of his head, before leaping straight towards the wolf, slamming his knee into the middle of its jaws..
[Pause Blow.]
It's head burst and another four Druid wolves lunged out towards him from the trees around.
[You have slain a Druid Wolf.]
[You have gained 10 XP]
They let out an ear-piercing growl as they drew closer to his figure.
Without a doubt they were fast, Gray swung his katana at the same time that they had leapt and yet before the swing could even reach the first one - the other three's fangs were right before him.
[Pause Level 3: Chronos Field.]
A field was deployed around him, and their figures instantly froze and their momentums were cancelled.
Veins bulged out of Gray's hands as he gripped down on his Katana swinging it as he suddenly spun around.
A slice had dragged along across the area that Gray's sword had slashed.
[Unpause.]
In that instant, their bodies split cleanly in half.
[You have slain a four Druid Wolfs]
[You have gained 40 XP].
Gray deployed another field halting their body parts in the air and preventing them from being absorbed into the ground.
Despite doing so, a nervous smile grew on his face as he took a step back.
”You're kidding me, right?” He asked.
Once again, more and more the of Druid Wolfs began to manifest around.
He glanced over at Delta and saw her surrounded by a swarm of druid wolfs which were drawing closer and closer.
”Even If i stop their pieces from being absorbed back into the ground, there's still no end to them.” He muttered.
'Still it's free XP, and I've been stuck on level 5 for long enough now... System.'
Gray hung his head and took in a deep breath.
”I could run and move along, but the more I think about it, the more I realise how better it would be to just keep killing them.. I need the level up.” He said.
Gray slowly raised his head.
A strange glowing puzzle-like pattern formed on the middle of his forehead, the puzzle began solving itself on it's own.
[Are you prepared to face the after effects?]
”Yeah... I still haven't gotten to testing this out properly.”
[Mark Of The King Stage 1: Activated.]