As the giant barrier broke the mayhem began.
Giant green salamanders broke out of the bushes and chomped on the head of anyone near them followed by three more of those creatures.
Panic erupted as people outside of Adrian's group tried to run away from the salamanders. As he was considering his options he saw a lone smaller salamander. When he analyzed it he saw.
[Green Geko
level 4
health 44
]
[Congratulations you have analyzed your first monster.]
Not seeing an easier target, Hollow charged. The salamander saw him at only the last second and was unable to move out of the way.
[Veteran Slash][12 damage delt]
The salamander screeched at him never expecting the puny human to take a larch chunk of its health in a single hit. In those few seconds, Hollow managed to connect another two slashes[-4][-5]. This left the Salamander with 23 Hp left.
It swiped back at Hollow, who tried to roll out of the way. Hollow dodged the claws but not the skill that followed creating three cuts over his arm and dealing -10 damage. Hollow decided to get more aggressive with a [veteran slash]'s cooldown was almost over. It swiped again at him this time with its tail. For the first time void used the skill[block][Take 2 damage] Hollow saw his health bar go down by 2 and after taking a step back lunged at the salamander. It was unable to react in time and Hollow managed to stab down through its eye and into its brain. It collapsed, falling to the ground dead.
[Level 4 Green Gecko killed + 20 exp]
[Congratulations on killing a monster on your own. As the first person to fill a mob you are awarded the title First to Hunt(semi-legendary)]
[First to hunt:
+2 to all stats
+25 % to all damage dealt to damage
+ 20% extra exp per kill.
]
Hollow reread the notification, 25 percent more damage. "That's just broken," he muttered. A screech broke his thinking as 2 more of the lizards charged him. Inspecting them he was quite surprised and worried at the high level of the second one. Wondering just for a second, this is supposed to be the starting zone and we are already getting level 10 monsters. This place really wants us dead.
[Green Gecko Level 6
Health 52
]
[Green Gecko Level 11
Health 72
]
As he prepared himself for their charge he was surprised as the higher leveled one turned and spit acid at him. He tried to dodge to the side but his sword was hit, ignoring the notification he charged the two green salamanders.
Running towards them he managed to stab into the tender lower body of the level 6 salamander.
[25 damage dealt]
Hollow then ripped his sword forward eviscerating the salamander. As its guts spilled out onto the ground he was bombarded with more notifications
[60 critical damage dealt] [Level 6 Salamander killed, +34 exp][Durability -1]. . .
He swiped the notifications away.
The level 10 salamander charged him as a red color filled its eyes. A feeling of danger became much more acute as he saw its health jump up to 76.
It blurred towards him significantly faster than before. While trying to dodge out of the way it slashed at his arm. Hollow yelped in pain as it dealt 28 damage, dropping his health bar by a third. As he ducked under the beast he turned and jabbed hard up into its neck. [65 critical damage]
The salamander tried to attack Hollow with its tail as he up behind it. However, it missed but it forced him to let go of his sword. Now unarmed Hollow began to worry about how he would deal with the damage. Dodging acid spits and claws Hollow reached the salamander's neck and pushed up, decapitating it.
[70 supercritical damage dealt] [Level 11 Salamander killed, +48 exp][Durability -3]. . .
Collapsing to the ground having exhausted all of his stamina he started to look around and observe the situation. He was appalled by the carnage, corpses were everywhere, some missing body parts. Adrian's group had been reduced to a swarm that attacked lone salamanders. They were unable to deal significant damage and each kills cost multiple lives. Taking a deep breath Hollow opened up his stat window.