After parting with brownie's mother, they went into a little deeper.
The environment was totally eerie and cold.
The trees were tall and large enough for their branches to cover up all the sunlight. Still sun rays shone between the gaps and the view was quite appreciating. Only if this was before.
The trio of a human boy barely around 13 or 14 years old, a dog who will be easily missed if not focused and a furry brown bear walked in the woods.
They seemed to be wandering about as is they were here for sightseeing.
Soon within the blink of an eye, the black dog was now where to be found and only the boy and the bear cub were walking slowly.
Well Maruti told Timy to hide in the shadows of the trees besides them, and they kept a constant distance of 5 to 8 feets from the trees.
So that if any surprise attacks came their way, Timy could somehow fend it off with a surprise element.
The bear cub and the boy soon came near, clear patch not deep enough but barely 800 meters, from where He found Brownie.
A big bulg of the earth had risen the earth in front of them, making it look like a mountain cliff.
"Well, well, isn't it these kinds of places, where the protagonist generally fights a monster. Who is beyond his current level." Maruti chuckled as he said it aloud. Because he could see, brownie becoming more alert. As if it sensed something, It even started growling.
Maruti understood that something was surely coming and from behind that huge bulg.
So he gave a nod towards his right but there was no one to nod him back.
" So, Brownie my boy, get ready for our first battle. And I guess it's going to be tough."
Taking up an alert stance he patted Brownie and told him to move to the front.
Tap!! Tap!!
Crushh!!!
The sound of somethings footstep was heard along with the crushing of stones.
Soon they could make a clear face of the enemy they are going to face.
" A wolf! NO that's definitely not a normal wolf. It gives such fearsome aura that Timy pales in its comparison."
The deep blue and grey coloured wolf, whose one eye was gouged out by a sharp claw mark,looked down on them with a face, as if he was really looking at shit.
This wolf just lost a battle for the head position in its pack. And was chased out by the current leader whom he couldn't defeat.
So it was already frustrated and to make it worse, some puny bipedal creature and a bear cub are now crossing it's path.
It growled and showed its fangs and jumped from the high ground and started circling them slowly.
As if they were ready, Brownie came Forward and Maruti backed off.
Maruti still couldn't understand, how he could really accept and change according to circumstances.
He could only sigh and focus on killing his first beast. The wolf didn't let them wait anymore and it sprang upon them with all it's might.
"!!!!"
"Move! move!! move!!! dammit!!! "
Though Maruti could keep, a level head and talk maturely, his body gave in to primitive fear and his legs wouldn't move no matter what.
Seeing this the bear could only think of doing one thing. It pushed Maruti away and took the bite instead.
" rawwrrrr" Brownie screamed in a lot of pain, when the beasts fangs started embedding slowly.
Without waiting for it's master's order,Timy understood what it had to do and it came out surprisingly quickly and released its fearsome skill at the back of the wolf.
RAGING CLAWS!!!
The wolf, felt his fur stand up and chills spread across its spine, and its bite loosened . It wanted to dodge but the bear cub had held it's leg firmly.
Out of anger and fear the wolf suddenly started to sink under its shadows.
'SHADOW BLEND' it's a skill that let's the user to blend in shadows and travel between shadows within 10 meter radius.
Still the attack from Timy has managed to ravage its lower back and hind legs.
The wolf howled in pain as it came out from a shadow far behind. It's hind leg was bent at an unnatural angle and 3 big gashes of claw marks made its back look, gruesome.
Blood trickled down its back as it felt that it couldn't move its legs.
After overcoming his fear Maruti, now stood with courage as he swung its machete.
The wolf could see its death loom over its head as the bear was coming straight towards it and Timy was circling around it.
In anger and pain the wolf, couldn't think straight and did a suicide attack.
'Sonic Explosion'
An attack that compressed ultrasonic sound so much that it would explode and destroy an area of almost 5 sq meters. It took 4 seconds to charge the attack.
The air around them suddenly trembled, as they saw the wolf beginning to open his mouth and around its mouth the space seemed to contort.
Timy understood what will happen if the wolf succeeds in its attack.
It gave a hint to Maruti and the trio began running at full speed. Timy was the fastest to reach the wolf. The wolf ignored Timy as if to take the full damage with its body.
Yet Timy didn't attack it directly and released,
It's own howl,
"SONIC ROAR"
Timy released its roar at very close to the wolf. And with its stunn effect, the wolf began to bleed, as its body began to sway dangerously.
Yet the wolf didn't let go of its skill and continued charging it, 2 seconds have passed till now, and the third second passed. Maruti and Brownie has reached near the wolf. Maruti didn't hesitate and swung thrust it's machete directly into the mouth of the wolf That was wide open.
Puchaak
The wolf's eyes widened, and blood flowed out from its eyes, as the machete pierced through its mouth towards its brain.
The wolf's skill got canceled, its body trembled as if losing its energy. Then
Keung!!!! (sfx)
Maruti, wanted to be sure, so he had taken out a short knife and had again thrust it directly into the side of the wolfs face.
Ding!!
The eyes of the trio flickered and each got the same notification.
Then 3 orbs of soul energy came out of the wolf's dead body that lay flat on ground. The bigger one went towards Timy and another orb of similar size albeit a little small went towards Maruti. And the smallest went to Brownie.
Maruti and Brownie fell on their butts as they sat tiredly. Only Timy was neither injured nor tired. Maruti held Brownie and patted him as he was the one who took bite for him or else he might have been snapped to death.
To the trio's surprise, things came out of the wolf's body 3 orbs and 1 scroll and 1 black pill.
Soon Maruti felt his overall power getting a massive boost. He felt as if he can crush a boulder with just a light smash.
Ofcourse this was due to him Gaining massive amount of soul energy from a higher leveled and evolved beast.
(A/N : apart from the exp that one would gain from killing beasts or monsters, they would also gain some of their soul energy. lf their acquired soul energy is greater than their current level this will be collected by the killer as extra stats. The more powerful the monster the purer the soul energy one will gain.)
Maruti collected them before seeing his status.
[NOTICE]
DING!!!
You have killed A Level 19 Dire wolf.
You have leveled up....
You have....
You have.....x8 times.
You have killed a life more powerful and high leveled than yourself.
BONUS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN GRANTED.
DING!
You have leveled up to Level 9.
The Title, " Levels doesn't matter" has been gained.
The Title, " Wolf Slayer" has been Gained.
You have gained 18 stat points.
SKILL 'BASIC THRUST' has been created.
SKILL 'KNIFE MASTERY' has been created.
"Hot damm, Master ", Raphael was all smiles as she saw Maruti's gains.
"You stupid master, hurry up from Your daze and see what items you gained.".
"Oh"...
Maruti was dazed when Raphael woke him up. He hurriedly said, " Yes we can use the items. We should check them Quickly and get out of here. Timy secure the perimeter quickly and check for imminent danger."
Timy nodded and scouted out the nearby areas. He returned and Maruti understood there were no danger lurking around.
So he checked the items he gained. Well he didn't know how to do it, so he looked at Raphael,
And Raphael told him,
" Don't sweat it first, hold the orbs and think about breaking it and the items, or skills will pop out."
MARUTI nodded and soon the 3 orbs were crushed.
Dazzling light shone and covered their eyes.
2 items and 1 skill orb floated.
Seeing the 2 items Maruti's eyes fluttered.
He quickly held one of them, and told Raphael to quickly show what it is.
Soon he could see the familiar blue screen flickering and the items finally manifested in his hands. Soon a magnificent black sword came into being. Black fumes could be seen coming out of it constantly.
[Appraisal]
1. Sword of Darkness : UNIQUE
A one handed long sword.
This sword is the direct representation of Darkness itself. Its edge has been sharpened by the forever lingering darkness. It can cut through or penetrate any being under level 50.
It's sturdy enough go crack any armour below unique grade.
When equipped
STR : + 20, AGI : +15, HP : +50
ATK : +1500
Increased resistant against darkness skills.
Active skill
1. Shadow barage Lv1 : Releases 5 consecutive homing shadow strikes towards the enemy.
Deals damge equivalent to STRx3.
Consumes 30 mana to activate and 2 mana per second for use.
Can be used for a duration of 30 second.
Cooldown : 10 min
2 : Shadow Dash Lv1 : This skill consumed 10 mana to activate. Can transport between the shadows rapidly within 100 meters. This skill is the upgraded version of skill, 'Shadow Blend'.
Cooldown : 3 second.
3. Shadow Clone Lv1 : Summons 3 shadow clones, which have 30 percent physical ability of the user. Can use skills of the user but with lower power.
Uses 150 mana.
Cooldown : once a day.
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.."Mama mia, I stuck jackpot!!!"
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(A/N : Well the battle was easy despite facing an enemy far stronger than them.
It's because the wolf had just came from a fight with the alpha of their pack and was severely injured.
Secondly It underestimated them and couldn't sense Timy due to being injured.
That's when His fate was sealed.
Well Hope if anyone Is Reading, then. Thank. You.)