[Temporary Interface]
[Hunter Set (Common)]
[Hunter's Cardigan (Common)]
[+2 Defense]
[Description: Just an old Jacket of a Hunter. Nothing special]
[Hunter's Pants (Common)]
[+1 Dexterity]
[Description: Old Trousers a Hunter used to wear. Nothing special]
[Hunter's Boots (Common)]
[+2 Agility]
[Description: Worn out Boots that a Hunter used to hunt Bears with.]
"Oh, so this is the Hunter Set, hmmm..... I see... But if there are additions to stats, what are my stats then? In Damien's novels it was always something like... Status?"
[To get access to System Interface you have to pass the 5 Trials]
"So this is temporary... If the world turned into something game-like, I should be able to appraise the bear then?"
[3 Minutes for Preparation are left]
"Ey, wait!"
I decided to try appraising the black bear.
"Appraise!...Analyse!...Maybe I need to go near it"
When I was around 3 meters from the bear, a screen popped out.
[Black Bear]
[Level 2]
"Level 2?! Spirit, what Level am I?"
[You are Level 0. When you complete the Trials, you will be set at Level 1]
"I hope the strength of the black bear depends on his a Level, or I will be doomed... even with 10 lives... and hopefully the Level-Strength-Difference will not be too bad... But if I try, it should be passable."
[2 Minutes for Preparation are left]
"Wait! I haven't even tried the Weapons!"
I went to the Box and took out the sword and bow with the quiver of arrows.
[Common Sword (Common)]
[+5 Damage]
[Common Bow (Common)]
[+3 Damage]
[+2 Agility]
"Oh, the Bow actually has two effects, yet lower Damage. But can I equip two weapons at the same time? It would be a hassle to switch between them."
[Do you want to equip 'Common Sword' ?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes!"
[Do you want to equip 'Common Bow' ?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes! So I can! That´s great!"
I decided I needed to find a strategy to fight the bear.
"I need to try to harm the bear now, if it doesn´t work I don´t lose anything, if it works and I didn´t try it, I lost a massive advantage!"
I ran to the bear but when I was one and a half meters from the bear:
"Ouch! Who put an invisible wall there?"
I full force ran into an invisible wall.
I sulkingly sat down and started thinking of another strategy.
After realising I didn´t have that many possibilities, as it was highly unprobable I could fight a bear in close combat and that there wasn´t any environmental advantage I could utilise, as I was in a seemingly infinite white world I thought that kiting it would probably work.
[1 Minute for Preparation is left]
I positioned myself 13-15 Meters away and took a deep breath, while drawing the bow. I concentrated and remembered the countless fights I had with my father. I fought with him as a hobby, with weapons, hand-to-hand, I tried everything, but I couldn´t defeat him no matter what I tried. So I could actually use swords and bows, but my swordmanship and bow skills were mediocre.
After taking another deep breath, I heard the Countdown.
[10]
[9]
[8]
[7]
[6]
[5]
[4]
"You can do it, Anthony! Believe in yourself!"
[3]
[2]
[1]
[The Fight begins! Lives left: 10]
But before I could do anything, the bear made a 13-meter leap and landed in front of me and smashed my head.
[Lives left: 9]
"What the fuck happened? Can he do that again, or is ot just an one-time-thing?"
[15]
"Oh fuck.. I need to win this! I can win this!"
[14]
I went back to the place where I died just now and prepared myself to roll away the Moment the countdown reached 0.
[13]
I took a deep breath *sigh*.
[12]
[11]
[10]
[9]
[8]
[7]
[6]
[5]
[4]
[3]
[2]
[1]
[The Fight begins! Lives left: 9]
I immediately rolled away and.. stumbled? How? I trained this for years and it was supposed to work.
"Oh.. It should be the +2 Agility from the Bow and Boots and +1 Dexterity from the Pants.."
I swiftly refocused and fired an arrow at the bear, while distancing myself from him.
[-7]
Suddenly an HP-Bar appeared above the head of the bear, but it went down by a measly one tenth or fifteenth.
"His HP should be around a hundred then."
*growl*
After seeing the familiar jumping position I urgently rolled away again and fired another shot while the bear was mid-air.
[-9]
*crash*
[-4]
"The bear can receive fall damage? Interesting.. That should help a bit."
After seeing that now the HP-Bar was at 4/5 I was sure that his HP was a hundred.
Before the bear could get up I shot another arrow that lodged itself deep in the neck of the bear.
[-18! Critical!]
*roar*
The bear roared in pain.
´So there are areas that cause more damage than others´
When I saw the bear running at me I decided to risk it and fire another shot, hoping to hit his eye.
[-25! Critical Hit!]
But he still ran at me and managed to scratch me while holding his eye.
[-8]
I flew a few meters before crashing into the ground.
[-1]
"Fuck! He is not the only one who can receive fall damage! That was fucking close! I´m left at a measly 1 HP!"
But when I looked at the bear, he had a red aura!
"I guess that is because he is below 50% and some kind of enhancement?"
I guessed right as when he leaped at me again, he was a bit faster than before.
I rolled away and fired another shot.
[-6]
"Did he take less Damage because of the red aura or is the damage not fixed?"
The bear once again ran at me, but when I fired a shot, he rolled just as I was doing before! Did he learn from me? Did Animals suddenly become intelligent?
But because I spaced out, he managed to reach me and smash with his paws.
[-1]
[Lives left: 8]
I gathered all my resolve and waited for the Fight to begin again.
[15]
[14]
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-15 Minutes and 1 Failure later-
The bear was left with 17 HP.
[-18! Critical Hit!]
"Yes another shot in the neck!"
*roooaaar*
"Ha! I bet you had an ultimate ability of some sort at 10 HP, but I one-shotted you from 17 HP!"
After I finished dancing, I suddenly got a notification:
[Your Dexterity is 12 and your Instinct is at 1]
"Hmm? Spirit, what is Instinct?"
[Instinct is similar to a sixth sense that allows you to sense danger]
"And how can I increase it?"
[It can only be increased by continuous battles]
"You said 5 Trials, right? What is the fifth then?"
[You will now be sent to the fifth Trial, the Trial of Talent]