Chapter 18 - part 18

Tom prepared for the wolf dungeon he was going to, it was an intermediate dungeon.

They were called black feather wolves Tom bought a guide for 40 points.

Black Feather

Description: Black Feather is a ferocious wolf beast that roams the dark caves and forests with jet black fur and glowing red eyes. It is slightly larger than a normal wolf and has the ability to disappear into the shadows.

Abilities:

Quick Attacks: It moves incredibly fast and most people don't notice it until it is close to its prey.

Howl of Fear: With its howl, it strikes fear into its enemies and immobilizes them against their will.

Legend: It is said to be a species with the rare blood of a shadow-ruling beast from the other world.

Tom saw that there was a lot more information in the guide this time, which was useful, but he saw that this monster had more abilities, which was problematic to deal with.

Tom went to the market to buy a new katana, his katana was on the verge of falling apart from the goblin poison and had been badly damaged in the battles.

After wandering around the market for 2 hours, Tom found a katana that fit his hand. The katana was not a special weapon, it was forged from an iron-like metal, which he thought was an inexpensive but high quality metal that this world had found for fighting monsters.

He paid 5 points to the seller for it and set off for the dungeon.

Tom came to the dungeon and saw that this time there were people with higher level equipment, unlike in the goblin dungeon, they were not looking for a team.

Tom felt this made sense, who would trust someone they had just met in such a dangerous dungeon.

Tom entered the dungeon again in a quiet way that no one would notice.

The dungeon was a large cave, a large cave divided into many paths Tom chose one of the paths and continued walking through the dark cave Tom had taken one more step when he felt something.

He took 2 steps back and swung his sword forward and heard a monster screaming in pain.

When the monster realized it had failed it tried to retreat back into the shadows but Tom had read about it in the monster guide and knew what to do so he didn't give it a chance.

He used the quick slash technique, he was only able to make 2 slashes at the beginner level but it was still quite effective.

The monster's head was severed Tom approached the monster and looked at the fallen items 

Wolf essence: Collect 10 and it turns into an essence that increases vitality, strength and speed.

Tom realized that it had the same function as the goblin essence, but it would probably give a bigger boost to his stats.

Tom continued to fight, getting used to the monsters with the increased sensory aid of his monster eye, he could sense them before they got close.

Normally this dungeon would have been a nightmare for the others, as they would have to constantly panic and fear assassination by wolves, but for Tom, with his increased stats, it was quite easy to get used to.

At that moment Tom felt something very fast coming towards him and he hurried back, escaping with only a slight wound.

Tom realizes he's finally met a traveling boss.

Blackfeather

Description: The CapBlack Feather is a mutated version of the Black Feather, it has purer blood than the Black Feathers, which gives it a bigger boost in the speed statistic

Skills:

Quick Attacks: Moves incredibly fast and most people don't realize it until they are close to their prey.

Howl of Fear: Its howl strikes fear into its enemies and immobilizes them against their will.

Tom was aware that boss-type monsters' stats could be seen since the goblin dungeon

Tom dodged at the last moment and swung his kata backwards and the monster turned back into shadows and ran away.

For the last 3 hours Tom and the monster had been fighting, Tom was covered in claw and scratch marks, his body was full of adrenaline and anyone looking from a distance would have said the monster was winning.

But right now Tom was winning, he was so used to the monster's movements that he knew what the monster would do after 2 moves.

His heightened senses, thanks to his adrenaline ability, were an extra help.

When the monster made another attack on Tom, Tom dodged the attack and attacked the monster and the monster turned into a shadow.

Tom immediately sent 4 slashes to its back right side with his quick slash ability, the monster was wounded and Tom ran towards the monster.

The monster was about to turn into a shadow when it realized that Tom had a fatal opening and when it realized that it could kill him, it stopped turning into a shadow and attacked Tom.

Tom did nothing as the beast's claw reached his heart through the opening, but just as it was about to touch his heart, the earring in Tom's right ear glowed and absorbed the beast's attack.

The monster's head exploded.

Tom had to admit that it was quite a tough fight, if it wasn't for the amesist earring he would have had to deal with this monster for another 2 hours.

Tom went to the monster to look at his achievements and saw 2 items on it

Darkfeather essence Increases speed by chance 

Feather boot: adds +15 to speed

Tom was so pleased to finally get a new pair of boots that he immediately changed his boots.

These boots really felt like they were made of wolf fur and his feet felt warm and cozy, so Tom decided to use the black fur extract.

Speed 34+9 +15 58 

Tom felt that with the new speed statistic he was much faster than before, now he felt that if he fought the Black Wolf he would be able to kill him much faster. After a little rest he decided to look for the dungeon boss room.