The Players looked at Drake as if he was a madman as he was running and laughing like a crazy person.
They were about to make fun of him but saw two Baby Wolves chasing after him, they forgot all about him as greed filled their eyes.
Many Players unsheathed their sword, and daggers, and tried attacking them.
Though the wolves ignored them and continued chasing Drake, they dealt with players trying to hit them.
Their claws dealt over 10 damage per hit.
Once they dealt with the players they continued chasing after Drake.
As he was running he turned around and saw that the wolves were slowly losing HP due to a few players landing hits on them.
[Baby Wolf]
[Level: 2]
[Hp: 5/14]
[Baby Wolf]
[Level: 2]
[Hp: 6/14]
Drake had an idea but didn't have the right equipment so he had to think fast before they killed the wolves. Thankfully the wolves did their part as they entered a berserk stage and killed more players quickly.
Drake scanned the area looking for something, within a second he spotted exactly what he needed; he saw an archer a few feet away from him with exactly two bows in his hand.
He didn't hesitate and used stealth as he snuck up on the archer and instantly dug the dagger in the back of his head puncturing his brain halfway.
[- 20 HP]
[You killed GreenArrowx]
[First Player Kill]
[25 XP Earned]
[XP: 45/50]
Drake didn't even feel bad about killing someone and picked up the wooden bow and two wooden arrows.
The two wolves finished off the final players and turned around to face Drake, one of them turned around and an arrow pierced its ear going through its head exiting through the other ear as it dropped to the floor.
[You have killed Baby Wolf]
[5 XP Earned]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 1 → Level 2]
Drake ignored the notifications as he felt some aching from his shoulders, but he ignored it as he saw the last wolf already opened its jaw and bit towards his leg.
Drake bent his knees and jumped in the air while he turned his body in the air to lay horizontally as he brought the bow in front of him pulling the string propelling the arrow towards the wolf.
Drake landed perfectly as he performed a perfect corkscrew, he looked towards the last wolf only to see an arrow piercing its mouth as the tip perfectly went through the head.
[You have killed Baby Wolf]
[5 XP Earned]
"Damn..." Drake let out a groan as he felt his shoulders spasm uncontrollably as the bow dropped to the floor. The spasm lasted for a minute before it went away as it was replaced with soreness.
"I didn't think being an archer required such demand from the body." Drake mumbled as he started rubbing his arms and shoulders.
'Interface'
[Name: Echo]
[Level: 2]
[HP: 30/30]
[XP: 5/100]
[SP: 10]
[Ember Coins: 0]
[Title: none]
[Class: Assassin]
[Fate: None]
[Fate Rank: No Fate]
[STR: 10] - Strength
[AGI: 20] - Agility
[VIT: 15] - Vitality
[STA: 15] - Stamina
[STE: 30] - Stealth
[CHA: 10] - Charm
[Map]
[Inventory]
[Help]
[Log Out]
"Oh I leveled up, cool." Drake said and picked up the bow that had no arrows, "Sigh... I need arrows..."
Drake was about to leave but stopped as he noticed items lying on the ground.
Grabbing them he looked at them.
[Baby Wolf's Claw - Rank: White]
[Baby Wolf's Fur - Rank: White]
"Now I can buy arrows, though not much." Drake said as he started running towards the village after putting the items in his inventory.
As he walked, he noticed his name had a tinge of orange, meaning he killed a player, arriving in front of the guards as they scanned him as they let him enter but kept an eye on him.
Walking without a destination he roamed the streets until he crossed a window showing him his reflection.
'I Didn't know my face was the same... maybe that's why I keep getting stared at...' he thought to himself.
His beautifully sculpted face was shown in the mirror, his jade like skin had some dirt on it but it didn't even diminish his perfect and smooth skin.
Drake knew he was getting stared at by Players and NPCs as they eyed him but he had gotten so used to it, that he never questioned it especially as he was walking through the village.
'I'm an assassin I should use a mask...' as he continued walking and arrived in front of a merchant store.
Drake figured he better sell his items so he entered the store cautiously as he saw an old man sitting at a desk.
[Merchant - Huxley]
A name was on top of his head.
Huxley opened his eyes and looked towards the young man, " Buy or Sell?"
"Sell." Drake responded as he walked closer to the desk, as he took out the items he got from the baby wolves and put them on the desk.
"5 Ember Coins"
"Deal."
Huxley took out 5 Golden-colored coins that had glowing pieces throughout the coin like real fire embers, as he handed them over to Drake.
Once Drake took them, they suddenly disappeared.
Drake didn't panic as he simply opened his interface.
[Name: Echo]
[Level: 2]
[HP: 30/30]
[XP: 5/100]
[SP: 10]
[Ember Coins: 0]
[Title: none]
[Class: Assassin]
[Fate: None]
[Fate Rank: No Fate]
[STR: 10] - Strength
[AGI: 20] - Agility
[VIT: 15] - Vitality
[STA: 15] - Stamina
[STE: 30] - Stealth
[CHA: 10] - Charm
[Map]
[Inventory]
[Help]
[Log Out]
"Thank you." Drake said as he faced Huxley and left the building.
As he was walking through the streets he noticed there were fewer players than before.
"Many died... uf~ I need to level up, but first I need arrows." Drake murmured as he started searching for an Armory store.
He found it and entered it, and walked towards the old man sitting in a chair.
"How much for Wooden and Iron Arrows and one Quiver?" Drake asked as he knew the old man was a douche by the way he looked at him.
"10 Wooden 1 Ember coin, 10 Iron 2 Ember Coins, Quiver 1 Ember coin." The old man said grumpily.
"One Quiver, 20 Iron Arrows."
The old man snorted as he grabbed a quiver full of 20 arrows and threw it at him.
Drake caught it and a text appeared in front of him.
[20 Iron Arrows Acquired!]
[Quiver Acquired!]
Drake took out all his Ember Coins and gave it to the old man then left the building.
He tied the quiver to his back, which gained a few stares as many were wondering why he was using a quiver, wouldn't that hinder his movement? Drake unknowingly did something very important, which a lot of archers would find out a few weeks later, using a quiver.
Simple and efficient, but no one found out about this because they figured it was faster pulling stuff from the inventory such as arrows, daggers, bullets etc. would be faster. Though in reality it wasn't.
When in a life and death situation when one needed to pull out a dagger or arrow from an inventory you needed to stretch your arm to reach the inventory, and then do another major movement to reload or throw said weapon.
Taking them out from an attachment such as a quiver and reloading were faster, approximately two seconds faster.
In a life and death situation, two seconds can either end it or turn the tables.
The Quiver or the arrows didn't hinder his movements as he tied it tightly to his body.
"Ready..." Drake said and ran towards the forest once more.
While he was running he saw multiple players walking in groups and many taking a break.
Drake entered, but stopped and walked towards a tree examined it before nodding and plucking six medium size plain green leafs.
He laid two leafs on his forearm, then tied two leafs on top of the first leaf by his wrist, then tied the final two leafs in the middle of his forearm.
He made a very basic primitive arm dagger sheath, he took out his dagger from his inventory and put it in the sheath.
Then he took out his wooden bow and continued running deeper into the forest.
As he was running he saw a lot of players fighting Baby Wolf's and a few players kill stealing.
After walking for a few minutes he came across a hunting party trying to kill a wolf but it was slightly bigger in size.
[Child Wolf]
[Level 3]
[HP: 8/20]
The party was together as they worked as a team. As three players were attacking the wolf and two were keeping watch to make sure no one tried to kill steal.
His eyes turned light pink in amusement, as a devilish smile kept on his face. He took out an Iron arrow and put it on the string.
He aimed the arrow towards the wolf.
-Swish!
The arrow left the bow while it flew through the air. As it perfectly pierced the wolf through the head.
[- 30 HP]
The wolf pixelated then disappeared, leaving the angry looking party alone.
"WHO DARES!!?" One of the players shouted in rage.
Drake hid as he didn't want to waste his stealth so early, as a text appeared before him.
[You killed Child Wolf!]
[10 XP Earned!]
"FIND HIM IDIOTS!" The party leader yelled at his teammates.
Drake heard footsteps getting closer, as an idea popped into his head as he refused to enter stealth. Since he was hiding behind a tree he started climbing it, he was quite skilled at climbing.
After climbing Drake climbed high enough to disappear.
As he looked down he saw two people passing the tree looking for him. He wanted to assassinate them from above like before but decided not too.
So he looked towards the area where he killed the wolf and saw the 'leader' trying to steal the items as quietly as he could.
'Oh~ we have a thief! I thought he was the team leader but I guess he was faking.' Drake thought to himself.
The Leader picked up the item and looked around before he started walking away.
Drake took another arrow from the quiver and loaded it up once more and shot it directly at the Leader.
The arrow danced through the air and pierced the leader through the back of the head.
[- 30 HP]
[You killed Icarus!]
[25 XP Earned!]
[XP: 30/100]