20 minutes passed, Jin arrived at a Direwolves cave. As he entered the dark and shallow entrance, he saw the wolves sleeping in crowds. On top of the cave, there was a small ledge and there, a giant grey wolf could be seen asleep.
It seems that the giant wolf who had triple the size compared to the dire wolves sleeping is their leader.
Ting!
DREAD WOLF
Rank: Low-tier Boss
Level: 11
HP:1250/1250
The player interface showed up right after Jin went closer to the wolf. This was the effect when a player is near boss type monsters. Though this only happens to bosses but common monsters with no unique abilities will not activate this effect.
So it meant that the Dread Wolf had a unique skill. Well luckily, the unique skill won't function since they all had been frozen.
"Boss or not, you'll just die."
Swing! Swing! Swing!
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"Oh, this might take longer than expected."
Jin sighed. The difference after he was enhanced wasn't very wide. But either than that, Jin could slash his knife faster so this means he had improved.
Jin continued on slashing the Dread wolf but eventually, he stop.
"This might take me forever, maybe I can do much higher damage if I hit in certain points."
Jin thought of it, he remembered some documentaries from a famous hunter who was a journalist. The journalist would make records of every monster he encounters writing weak and strong points of it, not only helping him but also his fellow hunters.
"If I remember correctly, he had said that most wolf type monster had the same weak spots. The eyes, throat, chest, and ears."
After remembering the journalist's words. Jin proceed on stabbing the different weak spots and in his surprise, it had successfully worked.
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The damage had definitely changed and not only that, the damage indicators that should be dyed red had now been colored blood red. This indicates the unique effect called Critical. This effect would only function if the damage hits a certain mark like weak spots or fatal strikes.
"Now! I can kill you with ease!"
Jin continued in stabbing the weak spots and just in a short amount of time, the Dread wolf died.
Ting!
You have slain a Dread Wolf!
Reward:
+1 to all status
Dreaded Fang [D]
+4,000 XP
You have level up!
"Wow! A boss reward!"
Jin gleamed in joy. He had forgotten the fact that boss monsters gave special rewards if killed. The rewards given to him was a status reward and an item.
Ting!
Dreaded Fang [D]
Type: Dagger
+30 Physical Damage
+10% Attack Speed
Durability: 120/120
Item Skill: Bite
- Every damage to an opponent stacks 1 Bite, after stacking up to 7 times, the next damage will deal 200% splash damage.
"Nice!"
Jin was astounded by the item he was given. Not only that it had a huge difference between the current weapon he had been using. The dagger itself had its own skill.
An item having its own skill was rare. The ones sold in shops didn't have any certain skills inside it and those hand made by blacksmith could only make items with skills in a very low success rate.
But those items dropped by bosses where different. They were specifically unique in their own way but only if one could defeat a boss.
"Let's try this out!"
Jin quickly retrieve his old knife in his inventory and in exchange with his new dagger, the Dreaded Fang!
He went over to the sleeping dire wolves and slash one with his dagger.
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To his surprise, the damage that he had dealt with was quite heavy. It was not even a Critical damage and was just a normal one. Not only that, he saw the skill effect functioning after seeing a faint gray glow on the dagger.
The dire wolf only had 300 HP so Jin could kill it with few slashes, also if he includes the weak points, he might deal and instant kill but Jin wanted to test out the item skill first.
With four strikes, the Dire Wolf died giving Jin 4 stacks. He could also see the faint glow in the dagger getting brighter and more concentrated.
+1200 XP
There were about 10 wolves sleeping with each other and after one had died, only 9 had left. They were all the same types and nothing on them was out of the ordinary so Jin continued on his test.
Jin struck the wolf 2 times dealing 70 damage. He saw that the dagger was gleaming in gray glow and was almost full.
As he slashed again, he accurately hit the throat of the dire wolf dealing critical damage instantly killing it.
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+1200 XP
Finally, the dagger was now fully stacked. Jin was excited on what type of damage he could deal and with his excitement, he used his full force towards the next wolf and in his surprise, the silver glow that had coated the dagger turned into a ripple of the wave hitting the first wolf and then towards the rest of the wolves.
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All of the wolves received double the damage leaving them with only half of their HP left so Jin finished it by stabbing their chests one by one instantly killing them.
Ting!
You have level up!
"Yeah! 2 more levels!"
Jin smiled in satisfaction. The points he received was equally distributed to AGI and STR.
Name: Jin
Class:
Level: 6 (1%)
HP: 110/110
MP: 90/90
[AGI]: 28
[STR]: 25
[VIT]: 11
[INT]: 9
Status pts: 0
"Ah, I feel more powerful!"
Jin exhaled air while he stretch his body. He got out of the cave and continued to trace out the monster's habitats.
He arrived at a kobold's cave and there, he massacred every kobold giving him 2 more levels. He expected no bosses in the kobold's grounds and as expected, there was none. The points he got were distributed to strength and agility.
He returned in his chase of hunting grounds and found a nearby swamp, there a group of level 10 lizard men could be seen drinking fresh water. Of course, they didn't move so quickly, Jin charged down to their location and slashed their long necks with his dagger. The dagger got fully stacked and Jin's next attack made a ripple of damage killing the lizardmen in an instant.
To his surprise, he was given 2 levels causing him to reach level 10. But along with the system interface popping up in front of his view, another unexpected window popped up.
Dreaded Fang's durability has decreased to 13!
"Ah shit. I almost forgot about this effect."
Jin gritted his teeth. He had almost forgot that equipments had durability status. If the durability of an item goes to zero, the item would be completely destroyed so a hunter must check the durability of their equipment if they want to use it efficiently.
The durability of equipment can still be repaired. You just need a blacksmith to fix it for you, but it comes with a price. Depending on how much the durability of your item decreased, the cost will rise significantly.
Sadly, all of the people had been frozen in time. Jin had no hope of getting his equipment fixed so his only choice was to kill more boss monsters hoping they would drop items that are suitable for him and if not, he'd have a hard time and would waste pretty much time itself.
"It seems like the durability of Dreaded Fang decreased on the 20th [Bite]. It's okay since now I know when it will decrease but I have to also check the difference of the level gap of my next opponent."
Jin had to be wary of the types of monsters he would face. There are monsters that had very high defense that could decrease the equipment's durability fast if you were to strike damage nonchalantly.
Well for Jin, this was only a small problem, he was now more focused on his level.
"Khuahahaha! I'm finally level 10! Now I can get the class that I am longing for!"
Reaching level 10 rewards you with a class. A class is a role given to a player on what area of expertise they are good at. If your good at archery, you can pick the marksman class. If your good at hand to hand combat, you can pick the martial arts class and etc.
Choosing a class in the first part is very crucial, if you were to pick a class that you are not very fond of, your growth would decrease rapidly. One must always choose a class wisely because, after the long-running, many obstacles will block your path to the goal you have been dreaming.
On the other hand, Jin had never accomplished in reaching level 10, the highest level he had reached is only level 5 but since he had died a thousand times, he was completely stuck at level 1.
He had seen many hunters regretting on the class they had picked. One of them was a fat guy, after he reached level 10, he picked the assassin class which was not suitable for his body. Assassins where fast and nimble, they are also good at hiding yet he, on the other hand, he couldn't perform any of that. Due to his oversize weight, his movements where limited so he couldn't do even the basics of being an assassin resulting in his class'es power to go to waste and rapidly limiting his growth.
Jin had seen many players for the past 10 years and he could tell if the player was good or bad at being a hunter. With just a look at the hunter's physical appearance, he could identify what the hunter had been lacking or what they were strong at, from the equipments, skills and prowess, Jin could see it with one look.
Jin wouldn't make the same mistake he did for the past years. With this chance that was given to him, he wouldn't let it go down the drainage. Even if this was all due to God's tiny error, he'd use it as his advantage to become the strongest hunter.
Ting!
Congratulations on reaching level 10!
You can now choose a class!
WARRIOR- this type of class has skills that are centered around strength and physical combat with a wide variety of melee weapons, and the ability to survive while tanking for the group, usually at the cost of agility or range.
MARTIAL ARTS- this type of class focused on enhancing strength, defense, and speed. Though this will restrict the user from using weapons and defensive types of equipment, they can perform very explosive attacks and agile defenses just by physical enhancement alone.
TANK- Tank characters distract enemy attention and attacks toward themselves in order to provide protection or decoy for teammates. Since this role often requires them to endure concentrated enemy attacks and often suffer large amounts of damage, they rely on a high health pool or armor level, healing support by friendly healers, evasiveness and misdirection, or self-regeneration while simultaneously sacrificing their own damage.
MARKSMAN- The Marksman is adept at striking hard from afar using their weapons of choice. Be they hunters of animals for sport, or hunters of men as assassins, Marksmen know how to down their targets. They work best when able to hide themselves, as their melee options are limited.
CLERIC- A Cleric is usually The Medic — some variation on dedicated healers. Unlike Magician-classes, the Clerics usually draw their powers from either Faith, a god, or some variation of the two.
MAGE- These have the widest variety of any set of role-playing classes simply because there are so many varieties of Functional Magic. A Magician is usually a Glass Cannon, blasting away at long range, but easily taken down at close range.
ROGUE- Rogues are a diverse class that contains everything from dexterous thieves, to treasure-hunters, to assassins. Masters of stealth and infiltration, Rogues prefer to attack when their opponent is least aware. They are quick but fragile, unable to take heavy damage, and instead rely on their speed to dodge attacks and slip in and out of the shadows to catch their opponent off guard; setting traps and inflicting status effects on foes to give them the edge.
" These classes are very tempting, but either way, I have to choose one. Since I'm lean, skinny, and tall, I'll have to choose Rogue."
Ting!
You have chosen class Rogue!
ROGUE SKILLS
Greed (passive): There is a 20% chance that the loot drop has a high rarity and drop quantity.
Flash (buff): Upon activation, your movement speed will increase by 30% for 20 seconds.
Mana Cost- 16
Cooldown- 3 minutes
Hunter Strike (DMG/AOE): Your next attack will cause a wave of thorns in a fan-shaped area each dealing with 120 physical damage (+50% strength). Each thorns that hits an enemy, it will decrease their defense by 2% (stacks up to 10 times).
Jin had received 3 skills that would come useful for the future. But other than that, he first check his status and distributed the remaining points solely to AGI and STR.
Ting!
Name: Jin
Class: Rogue
Level: 10 (5%)
HP: 110/110
MP: 90/90
[AGI]: 38
[STR]: 35
[VIT]: 11
[INT]: 9
Status pts: 0
Jin was now satisfied with his growth. Since he was now level 10 his time here was over and he would be heading to the next hunting area for level 10-20.
His plan was to go to Gaia's Canyon. It was the hunting grounds for level 15 to 20 hunters but level 10 hunters can sneak into the area if they are not caught by the guards.
But for Jin, he doesn't need to sneak in. He could just enter the main entrance without care. But Gaia's cave was 20 kilometers away. If he had a teleportation scroll in his inventory, he could just teleport there but unfortunately, he didn't have one.
"Sigh, I must set on foot then. [Flash]!"
He activated the skill [Flash]. His body was lighter than ever due to the increase in agility and movement speed. In just a blink of an eye, he sprints down the way as fast as an automobile.
Now, he was more stable and careful. He didn't want to trip again but something hit him in thought.
'I had been fighting for 10 hours nonstop but why do I not feel hunger and thirst?'
Jin said to himself. It was weird that he hadn't thought of this since when he got tired, he just had to rest for a few minutes, and eventually, the fatigue had worn off. He didn't even have the need to pee or to take a crap, it was like, his body's functions stopped.
In his theory, it must have been due to the error. Since everyone had been frozen, his body must have been also affected by it but only his body's functioning. Since he could feel fatigue, his cells must still be working fine and active.
After finishing with his deep thought. He saw that he had almost arrived at Gaia's canyon. So he sped up his pace and stopped at the main entrance. Before he would enter, he had to plan out his hunt.
The monsters in this area were mostly insect types and some reptiles. Sand scorpions, Giant beetles, giant spiders, centipedes, desert snakes and armadillos. There are even times that a Terra Drake showed up and some Griffins appear.
Drakes are very special type of reptile monsters because not only do they fly, they are also the younglings of legendary dragons. Griffins, on the other hand, are one of the most hunted monsters, the reason was that they give a ton of exp and not just that, there are chances that griffins drop a Tome.
A tome is a magical book that if you were to get, you could instantly learn some combat techniques. That's what Jin was anticipating in gaining. Luckily, this area had been thoroughly searched for so everyone knew of where the Griffins are located.
"Yoosh! Time to hunt some Griffins!"