Chapter 34 - Rotars Request (1/2)
On the other side of the bridge were the Blackrock Hills. Such hills were a good source of ores and raw materials. He immediately went into stealth. He slowly stalked through along the rocky hills.
Along the way, he saw a couple of iron ore veins. He quickly selected the mining pickaxe from his inventory and set to mining the veins. He got a total of 4 iron ores from them.
He also saw a few elite mountain wolves of level 3 walking around the hills. But most of them were in groups. So, he walked around the place in stealth searching for lone wolf which, he could take down without losing much health. Soon, he found one and it was drinking water from the river.
[Mountain Wolf] (Common Monster)
Level 3
HP: 150
Because of the improvement in his Strength and agility due to Rotar's crest and the poison, he managed ambush it and take it down quickly. Being two levels below the wolf, he had received 50% more experience points.
He got a total of 45 experience points which pulled him to level 2. Balthazar got 4 attribute points from the level up. He put two of them in the strength attribute and two in Agility. He also equipped the sword onto his left hand. He checked his attribute panel:
Character: Shadow Tyrant (Human)
Affiliated Village: Black Rock Village
Title: None
Job: Assassin
Level: 2
Exp: 5/800;
HP: 400/400; MP: 300/300;
Physical Attack: 35
Defense: 6; Attack Speed: 18; Movement Speed: 24; Willpower: 4; Balance: 10; Focus/Search: 10; Toughness: 4; Reflect: 1; Magic Resist: 2; Luck: *; Charm: *;
Attributes: Strength 11, Agility 15 , Endurance 4, Intelligence 4, Vitality 5, Perception 4.
No Special Racial Attributes or weakness.
Free Attributes Points: 0
Weapon Master:
Dagger Mastery +5 (Apprentice Rank - Increases Dagger Damage by 5%)
Free Master Points: 0
Occupation ability 1: [Ambush]: 20% bonus Attack Damage when attacking an enemy from behind.
Occupation ability 2: [Pick pocket]: Can be used to steal money or items from unfriendly NPCs.
Skills:
Stab. Active skill, Requirement: Dagger, Increases damage by 5 points. Cool down: 5 seconds. Skill level: 1 (Proficiency 7/300)
Equipment:
[Novice Dagger] (White Trash, Dagger)
Level 0
Equipment Requirement: Strength 3
Attack Power +4
Durability 15/15
[Assassin's Leather Shirt] (White Trash)
Level 0
Equipment Requirement: Strength 3
Defense +2
Durability 15/15
[One-sided Wooden long sword] (White trash tier, sword)
Level 1
Equipment Requirement: Strength 9;
Attack Power +8
Durability 15/15
His increased strength resulted in more attack power and he also had another one-handed weapon he could now use. This almost doubled the damage that he could cause. He began to farm the elite mountain wolves without much delay as he went deeper into the blackrock hills.
With his DPS improved due to the sword he equipped, he didn't have much problem with the elite mountain wolves. Wolves hunt in packs. The same applied for the elite monsters in vita-nova.
But this posed little to no problem for Balthazar had already had a decent amount of experience with both the rabbits and common wolves.
Though the elite wolves were much faster than the normal ones, almost as much as the rabbits, he didn't have much issue as they were larger and much easier to spot than the rabbits. This allowed him to evade their attacks easily.
Now, he had about 500 experience points. He had already managed to collect 24 wolf furs. He even got 50 coppers. His gains had been very high as he was farming monsters individually and not in a group.
About half-an-hour later, he found a very large black wolf. It was at least 40% larger than the usual elites, its skin had a crystal-like sheen and also had a couple of large blackfangs extending from its mouth. It had pitch black eyes and its serrated claws.
[Blackrock Wolf] (Special Elite Monster)
Level 3
HP: 150
Though it had the same amount of HP as the other elites, it was clear that it had better defenses and even its normal attacks would cause high damage. The serrated claws were almost like knives.
As he was observing it in stealth, he noticed that it was going around a large tree. He slowly went around and found a treasure chest. It was a Black-Iron treasure chest. At the preliminary stages of the game, any such chest would be very valuable. Any weapon if obtained from such a chest would be a definite improvement over the ones, he is using.
Suddenly, he noticed that the wolf made a running leap towards the tree. A quick flash came struck the wolf as it fell down. There was a young man wearing a hood on the tree. There was a dot blinking on the figure. It was changing colors yellow and green alternately.
”Quest updated: Rotar's Request: Rotar's grandson is found. Help him fight the monster or escape from the monster.”
He realized that he luckily stumbled on to the quest objective. Though the attack cause the wolf to fall down, it didn't reduce its health at all. He realized that it was just a video and the wolf wouldn't actually lose a health till he joined the fight.
But the wolf appeared to be very fast and strong from the attack it just did on the NPC. But he steeled himself to complete his quest and decided to attack the beast.
Even if he died, he would only lose about 10% of his experience points and he could easily farm it from the elite wolves again.