After getting the hang of the skill and seeing that it was remarkably powerful for the initial stage, Ignis was in seventh heaven, and seeing that he would again not get any loot, he initiated his journey again towards the rocky area of the Rosso Carso.
Along the way, he tried to find anything useful that could help him survive.
As he neared his destination, he came across a pack of aardwolves. There were a total of seven of them.
Seeing this, he didn't panic and tried to rack his brain, taking the situation into consideration.
The distance between him and the pack was 30 metres, and judging by the pack's reaction, it has not sensed him.
Aardwolves, these monsters, always live in packs, and if they are left out, they are usually never able to come back into the pack as, like Zoro, cough, cough, they have a lack of sense of direction.
So, based on his previous three aardwolf encounters, they were leftovers, and this is the pack of aardwolves with which they were left behind.
{Bro author, I think they were trying to find two piece.}
{Ahem... ahem... don't tell the secrets, you know}
They are, however, dangerous in close-quarters combat. Even with the distance between Ignis and the pack, he still had to remain cautious, as aardwolves are known to be relentless in their pursuit if provoked. Ignis had to act cautiously; if he provoked the aardwolves, they would not hesitate to close in on him and overwhelm him with their relentless ferocity.
As he thought about the information on aardwolves, he used the appraisal skill, and all of them were level 2.
[ Name: Aardwolf ]
[ HP: 450 ]
[Description: A member of the Misavu hyena clan.]
but there was a pack leader.
[Name: Alpha Aardwolf (Leader of the Pack)]
[ HP: 600 ]
[Description: A member of the Misavu hyena clan.]
"Well, I found the leader, and he must be a level higher than the group."
Racking his brain and continuously gathering information, Ignis finally came up with a plan.
"Because Alpha is the leader, it won't attack first, and now I'll have to climb a tree to deal with his minions, yup... "
"I'm not seeing any other options."
After managing to come up with this half-baked plan, he started to run towards the closest tree to the aardwolves.
As he got close, he entered the perception range of the pack. As soon as it happened, the pack leader started to howl as if to command the pack to attack Ignis.
The pack took off running towards the Ignis.
Taking out his kusarigama, stretching the chains, and throwing the chains towards the tree trunk
kaaaak...
With a sound, the sickle penetrated the trunk, and Ignis, holding the chains, started to climb the tree. When he reached a 2-metre distance from the ground, he looked back and saw that one of the aardwolves had caught up to his leg and taken a bite.
He let out a cry of pain, losing more than one-third of his HP.
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"aaaaaaaaaaaahhh"
Ignis rapidly twisted his body in pain to escape the aardwolf's bite. He then used the kusari he was holding to strike the monster hard with the iron ball, causing it to lose HP.
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In pain, he quickly began to climb and soon reached a sturdy branch, from which he could see the pack, who were staring at him as they had trapped a rat and found their prey.
Ignis sighed as he felt their gazes on him. Even though he felt pain, he was not angry.
"haah..."
"Even a dog acts like a lion in its lane."
"You poor things. "
He began spamming attacks on the pack while clutching the chains and iron ball at the end.
While he was spamming attacks, the pack started to feel agitated. The pack started to feel more and more restless, their growls growing louder and louder as if they knew that something was wrong; as the agitation grew, they began to gather around him and bare their fangs in warning, but to no avail.
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Seeing these patterns, Alpha let out a howl, as if to be scolding them that they couldn't even take care of a weakling.
Alpha's howl echoed through the night, cutting through the chaos and reaching every member of the pack's ears.
Ignis responded by tightening his grip on the kusari and continuing his attacks, undeterred. As he spammed, he started to laugh like a lunatic.
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"yes,yes,yes...hahahaha"
"Die, you suckers... Hahahaha."
{A/N: That's his personality; don't badmouth me, you know.}
After inflicting conspicuous damage and seeing the two wolves have less than 30% of their HP, he initiated his skill [stinger]. This was his first time using this skill with Kusarigama's iron ball side.
When the skill was activated, the surrounding temperature began to rise at a rapid rate. Soon, the air was so hot that it seemed like it was going to ignite. The wolves, overwhelmed by the heat, began to panic.
The two aardwolves had no chance to react and were quickly engulfed in an intense concentration of lava, and the smell of burned aardwolves filled the air.
The skill not only killed two aardwolves but greatly decreased the HP of the remaining ones.
[You have killed the aardwolf.]
[You have gained 50% more experience points after killing the aardwolf with the skill "Stinger."]
[You gained a total of 7.5 experience points.]
[You have killed the aardwolf.]
[You have gained 50% more experience points after killing the aardwolf with the skill "Stinger."]
[You gained a total of 7.5 experience points.]
[Ding! As you are the first to kill two monsters with a single skill (multi-kill ), you have gained 5 extra experience points.]
[Multi-kill: 10 experience points]
As he saw these wonderful notifications, he was on cloud nine. His heart was filled with joy as the notifications signalled the success of his efforts.
Terrified, the remaining minions and aardwolves began to flee.
He had anticipated this situation and checked that the cooldown time of the skill [stinger] was over.
He retracted his sickle, which was stuck in the trunk, then jumped and activated the skill [stinger].
The iron ball, which looked like a small meteor, struck the fleeing pack. The force of the impact blasted apart the minions, covering the area with bloody corpses.
And there was a tiny crater in the middle of the forest with residual lava.
[You have killed the aardwolf.] × 4
[You have gained 50% more experience points after killing the aardwolf with the skill "Stinger."] × 4
[You gained a total of 7.5 experience points.] × 4
[Ding! As you are the first to kill four monsters with a single skill (multi-kill ), you have gained 10 extra experience points.]
[Multi-kill: 10 experience points.]
[You are being given the title: The First Multi-Killer.]
[You are the first to obtain a title, so your title will be upgraded.]
[Your title, The First Multi-Killer, has been upgraded to...]