Chapter 38 - King of Wolves (2/2)
“Then let’s run if there’s five wolves.”
Their party was discussing tactics when they arrived at the edge of the wolf territory. They could only spot one wolf in the surrounding area.
“I’ll draw it over.”
Kyuu said as she began approaching the wolf.
“Wait.”
Kevin called out to Kyuu before she went too far. Hearing his voice, Kyuu turned to look at Kevin curiously.
“Isn’t this a bit weird?”
Kevin said as he stared at the defenceless wolf while frowning.
“This is a bit weird. It should have at least sensed something by now.”
“Why does it keep staring further in the forest?”
The wolf was acting strangely. It was staring fixedly at the depths of the forest while totally ignoring its surroundings.
“Is there something deeper in the forest?”
Kevin thought out loud as he turned to stare cautiously at the deeper regions of the forest. Was there something in the forest that could scare wolves?
Crash!
The party suddenly heard a loud crash from the area the wolf was staring at. Then a message appeared.
[The king of the forest, King of Wolves had been defeated.]
[All wolves will fall into a ‘fear’ state for 5 minutes.]
Kyuu tilted her head in confusion at the sudden message.
‘The Kings of Wolves died?’
What was the King of Wolves? Numerous players had once ventured deep into the wolf territory to search for the boss monsters but no one had managed to defeat it then. How could it have just suddenly died?
‘Did a Ranker come?’
Of course, this wasn’t the first time the Wolf King had been defeated. But every time it was killed, it was the work of high-level players and rankers. Kyuu then turned to ask her party.
“Should we continue?”
* * *
Soo Hyuk smiled as he checked his inventory. He currently had 20 health potions.
Soo Hyuk had returned to the city at top speed after escaping from the King of Wolves. Then, after he had eaten lunch, he bought 20 health potions from the marketplace.
“I’ve also learned Fire Bolt.”
[Fire Bolt]
Proficiency: Level 1 (0%)
Special Effects: 30% chance to burn the target.
Mana: 300
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Activation time: 2 seconds
Soo Hyuk had bought the items needed to complete the Firebolt skill quest at the Flame Pagoda in the city after his fiasco in the woods.
“If only I had more money.”
Soo Hyuk had only managed to complete the ‘Firebolt’ quest. He would’ve attempted the other quests if he had enough money, but in the end, he was disappointed.
“This much should be enough.”
Soo Hyuk now had 3 skills, and he also possessed 20 health potions. Now, he had no reason to run away if the wolf king appeared again.
Awoo!
When he heard the howl, Soo Hyuk quickly closed all the system tabs he had open.
Awooo!
The wolf had already noticed Soo Hyuk and was calling for its allies.
-Awoo!
Soo Hyuk silently stared at the howling wolf. He was making sure that it would attract enough wolves before he killed it.
“Firebolt.”
The casting time for firebolt was 2 seconds, which meant that it would take 2 seconds for the spell to completely form. But Soo Hyuk was different from other users.
After he changed his job to ‘Archmage’s Descendant’, he unlocked the passive, ‘Archmage’. And after he opened the Door of Fire, it had evolved so that the casting time for fire skills would be reduced by 10 seconds. That meant Soo Hyuk could instantly cast firebolt.
(TL: I’m sorry. The archmage passive didn’t reduce the cooldown, it reduced the casting time. So please forget about that previous translation.)
Whoosh!
The firebolt flew towards the wolf with a whistling sound.
Bang!
His other spells couldn’t compare with Firebolt in terms of speed. The firebolt crashed heavily into the wolf and exploded.
– 1 wolf pelt
– 1 wolf fang
Soo Hyuk collected the dropped items and waited for the approaching wolves. The hunt had started.
“Magic missile!”
“Fireball!”
“Firebolt!”
“Magic missile!”
Soo Hyuk fired all his spells nonstop.
‘As expected.’
Soo Hyuk thought. The situation was countless times better than when he only had 2 skills. He hadn’t even gotten injured once.
“Aren’t there more coming?’
Soo Hyuk wondered as he looked at his surroundings which were littered with the carcasses of dead wolves. It seemed like he had annihilated every wolf in the area. Soo Hyuk collected the dropped items and opened his character tab.
“Mmm.”
Soo Hyuk smiled after seeing his current experience.
‘It’s a lot considering it’s only been 5 minutes.’
His level hadn’t risen, partly because of the massive amount of experience needed to level up his unique job, but it was impressive considering he had only hunted of 5 minutes so far.
Soo Hyuk closed his character tab and looked around.
‘But aren’t there too few of them?’
Soo Hyuk couldn’t see any wolves, but he hadn’t spotted any players either. Of course, that wasn’t a bad thing for him, as he wouldn’t have to meet any competition.
‘There’s a forest.’
Soo Hyuk arrived in front of a forest after travelling across a large expanse of grassland. The forest was also part of the wolf territory. The only problem was that unlike the grasslands behind him, the trees and the thick shrubs would obstruct his vision.
‘Let’s go in anyway.’
He decided. After all, Soo Hyuk wasn’t the only one whose field of vision was obstructed. The wolves would be too. Plus, he could use the trees as cover.
‘……Hmm?’
Soo Hyuk stopped not long after he enter the forest. He could see a lone wolf in the trees.
‘It’s too far.’
Although he didn’t know the exact distance between the wolf and himself, it was still too far to aim his skills properly. There was also another reason he didn’t fire.
‘Why is it so big?’
The wolf was huge. It was far bigger than the regular wolves. Soo Hyuk wouldn’t really be able to see the shape of a normal wolf over that distance, but right now he could clearly make out its ears. What if it wasn’t a normal wolf?
‘Wolf King!’