Blood followed the wolf's claws as it extracted its forelimb and tried to back away as led to deceit by Ayo–Ayo released his leg subconsciously as the pain of the wolf's claws jolted through his whole body.
But in that same moment, he was able to reach for the dagger embedded in the wolf's dagger. Just as the wolf extracted its leg he grabbed the handle of the dagger and slid it down as the wolf forced itself out of the grip of his leg, jumping backward. But with a pile of cerulean blood.
The force of the wolf's sudden jump was a big help in making the wound even deeper and wider. A big open would was torn into the wolf's shoulder and the once beautiful skin that almost reflected the moonlight was damped in the cerulean blood.
The wolf stumbled with its vision getting blurry from so much blood loss.
Ayo knew this was the time for a perfect counterattack. He couldn't care less about the scratch on his chest, not that it did not hurt and wasn't bleeding profusely.
But to a battle-made mentality such as his, not right now mattered more than this chance to take the enemy down. He splurts forth as he shot up from the ground.
The dagger in one hand, the knife in another. He delivered a spinning strike swirling his body from the down point of the wolf's neck into midair with splashes of cerulean blood in the wake of his finesse.
For a moment, the wind seemed to capture the savage beauty as he rolled into the air with the moon as his backdrop.
He landed on his knee with the dagger to his right arm, curved in front and the short sword to his left stretched out backward.
[Congratulations]
[You have killed a level 10 Lunar Wolf 'Selvarin']
[A new monster has been saved to your copied and upgraded data]
[Input monster name]
Ayo let out a sigh of relief. Alas, this is over.
Or so he thought.
He fell to the ground with the holograph tab following along with his eyes. Waiting for him to input a name.
"Selvarin"
[Name 'Selvarin' has been registered]
There was no particular reason as to why Ayo choose the name. Just that it had always been there and it stood out. There was no rule that said he couldn't use it. He wasn't really good with names in the first place. He named the Orc Cocky.
A white light wrapped the monster's corpse and it disappeared the next second.
Ayo lowered his eyes, looking at the clawed wound on his chest. It was stinging now that his mind was on it. He gently laid his back to the floor almost falling asleep before belatedly realizing.
He shot back to a sitting position.
"Is it me? I didn't catch when you said I cleared the gate."
[I never said so]
"Ehn ehn? I thought as much but I cleared the gate"
[Who said so?]
Ayo's eyes narrowed.
"What do you mean who said so?"
After his question, the laziness system did not respond to him. However, for some reason, the moon seem to shine brighter than it was a few minutes ago.
Ayo stood up and dusted the dirt of the ground off his butt–
A loud howling rose into the skies, accompanied by the flapping of feathers, Ayo was flustered by the voice and the rates at which birds flapped into the sky briefly painting the moon with several dotted hues of black before flying towards another area.
"Another wolf?"
From the horizon where the lunar wolf had showed up before. A dark and even more huge body began to slowly reveal itself, with red burning eyes and canines as long as the length of a regular dagger.
[Monster Info]
Name: Alpha Black Wolf
Level: 15
Attack Power: 500
Defense Power: 900
Skill: Aura Of Command(C)lv.max, Call Of Command(S)lv.max, Heavy Slash(A)lv.10
"Hell? How can a monster have a defensive power of 900 at level 15, is this not the definition of overpowered?"
Besides, how can a level 15 monster be in floor 3?
Ayo grimaced at the coming wolf, compared to the beautiful lunar wolf he had just defeated this one carried a more intimidating aura. It was like the agent of darkness, its black furs blended perfectly with the night.
It was tall, taller than the lunar wolf. Slowly, majestically, it marched towards Ayo with a low snarling voice.
Time seemed to pause at that moment, Ayo was frozen, void of what to do. He would not be like this if Phanes hadn't nerfed him a moment ago. Honestly, a defense power of 900 was not too much for him to handle. He had gone through worse since coming to this earth.
But his main stats were single-digit, barely enough to keep himself on his two feet not to talk of attacking a monster of 900 defense power. Would his sword even be able to plunge it?
His mind raced with different things to do regarding this situation, it was not an understatement to say he had processed a thousand thoughts in the little time it took for the wolf to close the distance between them.
And even by the time the wolf was standing in front of him, he didn't have an answer yet.
There was only one thing he knew he would have to do.
He loosened his grip on both weapons.
[You have unequipped Simple Short Sword]
[You have unequipped Eflon dagger]
[You have equipped Dual del dagger]
The dual del dagger as the name imposed was a pair set and was almost looking like the wolf's protruding canine teeth. Ayo crossed his hand to the front and leaned forward, picking his legs faster than his body could endure.
He darted to the front, ready to engage.
But instead, a loud lightning fell in between the two of them causing a blasting force that sent both him and the wolf reeling backward.
There was no time to writhe in pain, Ayo rolled over his back and stood up, struggling a little.
The alpha wolf also tried to do the same but it seemed to have sustained more injuries because it was closer to where the lightning had landed. It tried standing but fell back, one of its forelimbs was broken.
"Hya! Hya! My bad, my bad!"
A lady with raven black hair and bright Crimson eyes was revealed from the cloud of dust.
Ayo's eyes doubted what they saw.