Chapter 64 – Don’t Attack (2/2)
Before I got a chance to get close, the leaves of the forest shook and a large shadow lunged out. Not only me, but even Baby Bobo was frightened and squealed in fear. It was a male beast crawling on the ground, weighing at least half a ton. His body was covered with thick black fur and his head was hideously distorted. On his hands were claws and on his butt was a round hairy ball. Actually that would be his tail —
【Merciless Bear]（Normal Monster）
Level: 39
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Defense: ? ? ?
Health: ? ? ?
Skills: ? ? ?
Description: A brethren of the Orcs, the Merciless Bear harnesses strength equal to that of wild bears and yet retains a portion of their human intelligence. It’s rumored that their ancestors were humans living in the wild mountains and jungles. These intelligent humans were able to understand the art of changing one’s form and were able to transmogrify into wild beasts. One of them became the founder of the bear tribe.
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“Kid!”
The Bearman lowered his head and looked down towards me with some kind of sticky substance trickling down from the edges of his mouth. He laughed ferociously, “Such smooth skin and tender meat. You would do fine as my meal. That small wasp, what is it?”
I lifted my sword and slid my feet, drawing a semicircle in front of me with my blade. At the same time, appearing beneath my legs were the markings of an Eight-Trigram formation. In a split moment, I activated 【Defense]and raised my defensive abilities by 1%. At the same time, I shook my arms and a flash of dazzling light enveloped me activating 【Haste], increasing my attack speed by 2% and movement speed by 1%. Time to start attacking!
I ran forward with my blade slightly lifted. A golden hexagram started shining on it and along with whizzing sound of the wind, I used a level 4 [Combo] strike to hit the Bearman squarely on its head.
“334!”
“319!”
“297!”
Tsk tsk, the defensive ability of the Bearman surely wasn’t something to laugh about. It was comparable to that of Jian Feng Han…
Suffering from the pain of the blows, the Bearman howled angrily at me. Raising its sharp claws, he swiped towards me.
“Pah!”
“412!”
Sharp pain immediately gushed to my arms, giving me a big shock. It was a fatal(better than critical) blow against me. Despite the pain, I didn’t retreat. Instead, I rolled forward and a white aura started to emanate from beneath my feet, I activated the skill 【Strength of a Thousand Men]!
I started a torrent of strikes against the Bearman coupled with a solid body slam. Finally, I finished the charge up for the most destructive strike, 【Wind Blade], and a single, powerful strike slashed at the neck of the Bearman. With the sound of its neck breaking, fresh blood gushed forward from the wound. That last cut was too vicious, it removed a staggering 700+ health from the Bearman. Together with Baby Bobo the level 39 monster was severely wounded.
“Roarrrr!”
Upon the second claw swipe from the Bearman, I consciously predicted the angle and speed of the swipe. At the last instant, when the swipe was about to land on my shoulders, I sidestepped, dodging the attack.
“Miss!”
Splendid, it was a lot simpler than I thought. With the Swordsman class’ 0.9 growth in agility, I had a greater range of possible movements, especially when dodging and attacking; even within the 9 main classes, the Swordsman’s movements were unrivaled. That was why most gamers chose to play as a Swordsman. Even if its health and defense were beneath that of the Knight and its attacking power was unable to equal that of a Berserker’s, with its unparalleled movements, the Swordsman class was the true path to kingship!
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“Ka Cha!”
After dodging, I maneuvered myself to the back of the Bearman and with a slash of my sword, I decapitated the Bearman and its remaining 5% health disappeared. Judging by the ease with which the huge head of the Bearman could be cut off by me; this showed that my offensive power was beyond ordinary. At the same time, with a “Pa ta” sound, an item dropped from the first Bearman I killed. It was a level 33 Wild Bow, green tiered. Although its stats weren’t bad, I didn’t have any use for it. So I dropped it inside my bag.
Picking up the sole silver coin dropped from the Bearman, I stepped over its corpse and moved on. Prying open the bushes, I found the land in front me filled with Bearmen, indicating that this must be the Bearmen camp. Looking at the map again, I realized that the Tigermen camp was at another area not too far off from my current position. Moving stealthily towards the location indicated on the map, I passed through a grove of maple trees and finally heard the roars of tigers.
Under the scorching sun, I found a half-man, half-beast monster prowling around the grasslands. On its body was a head resembling that of a young man. However growing on its face were golden facial hairs, together with a great golden mane. But on its forehead was long flowing blood-colored hair. The monster was equipped with light leather armor and as for its hands, it was morphing between one of a normal human’s and sharp claws. Together with its war boots, the monster showed an incredibly arrogant look–
【Tigerman]（Normal Monster）
Level: 40
Attack：？？？
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Description: A brethren of the Orcs, these Beastmen possess the overwhelming strength of a tiger and retain a portion of their human intelligence. It’s rumored that their ancestors were humans living in the wild mountains and jungles. These intelligent humans were able to understand the art of changing one’s form and were able to transmogrify into wild beasts, one of them being the founder of the Tigermen tribe.