Before Liam made a move he checked his health and finally realised that it wasn't full. He begrudgingly use 2 loaves of bread to heal back up.
Once Liam's health was back up he started using the forage skill again to look for more herbs. He managed to find 2 more relatively quickly before he came across another monster.
However this was not a baby wolf anymore. The beast in front was at least 3 times bigger than the baby wolf, it's fur was a dark grey almost charcoal colour. It had a long streamlined body full of muscle finishing up with a large tail wagging behind it. It's black eyes were staring at Liam like he was it's next meal.
Liam stopped in his tracks and watched the wolf in front of him carefully while he took a quick look at its level and health points.
[Grey Wolf - Lvl: 5 HP: 400/400]
The wolf continued to stare at Liam as it growl low to try and intimidate him showing of its large teeth. Liam knew he would be seriously hurt if those took a chunk from him.
As the slight stalemate went on, it seemed the wolf couldn't wait anymore and pounced at Liam with all it's might. Liam roll to the ground to dodge the attack and swung his sword on the underbelly of the wolf as it passed by him.
-16
'This might take awhile. It's defence is quite high for me at this point' As Liam was muttering to himself he kept an eye on the wolf, who had quickly turned around and tried to bite him.
Just before the jaws clamped down on him, Liam manage to roll backwards only to realise there was a tree behind him and his dodge fell short.
-95
'Shit' Liam cursed himself for not paying attention to his surroundings before dodging the claw that was swiping at him. As he had learnt his lesson Liam tried circling around the wolf to get into a more open area so he could dodge more easily.
While he could use the strategy he was using against the baby wolves he felt that he needed to get better at the mechanics of the game as there won't always be a tree to help him.
After avoiding several attacks Liam got himself in a more favourable spot, dodged the next swipe at him and managed to swing his sword twice before he took a side step to appear on the wolf's left side. Before the beast could turn he swung again getting some more damage in.
-16 - 15 - 15
'This is taking too long' Liam looked at his free points and decided to add 5 more to his strength increasing it to 15.
While doing this he kept taking steps around the wolf and swinging once before repeating managing to get 3 more shots in before the wolf changed tactics.
-25 - 24 - 25
The wolf took several steps forward before turning then lunged at Liam with its teeth beared. This caught him off guard and another chunk of life disappeared.
-124
"Damn it!" Liam shouted at the top of his lungs see the damage and pull out one of his 2 health's potions.
[Basic Health Potion - Heals 100 health instantly. Cool down 30 seconds]
All potions of a specific type have the same cool down time. This means Liam can use health and mana potions together but he wouldn't be able to use a second health or mana potion until their respective cool downs are over.
Liam downed the potion and continued dodging the next 2 attacks before he took several steps back and activated his charge skill. This caught the wolf with its guard down.
-30
Of course the knock back effect didn't appear since the wolf has more strength but it still gave Liam a chance to get another hit in before backing off again.
-26
Liam kept up the pressure after this using a combination of charge and normal attacks until he managed to defeat the wolf. He didn't take anymore damage from the hard won fight but realised he definitely needed to work on his mechanical skills if he wants to get good at the game.
[Grey Wolf defeated. Received 80 EXP]
The wolf dropped it's fur and nothing else.
'Tch. Stingy.' Liam clicked his tongue in annoyance at not receiving much after a battle he found tough.
After collecting his spoils Liam carried on with what he was doing, finding 2 more herbs and another baby wolf. He was getting closer to that next level.
It was then that Liam heard a loud wolf's howl coming from the distance. He hesitated on whether or check or not but his curiosity won out in the end.
He walk his way through the trees before coming to a clearing. He noticed 2 other players in the empty area staring at the middle section.
Liam moved his eyes over to the same spot, when he saw the biggest monster he has seen yet.