"Use free status point for intelligence"
[Used free status point: 1x]
[+2 Intelligence]
[Intelligence: 16
Mana: 16]
While lying down on the tree, Cylius used the free status point he got. The earlier he used it, the better it was. And since he was only a newbie, he didn't need to level the other stats up. Just concentrating on the intelligence was better.
"I'll need ten minutes to rest. Besides, it was our luck that we had encountered this group of three blue wolves sleeping. If we had encountered a group that wasn't asleep, we would've died for sure… Let's go back for now and get some new party members. How about that?"
The blue wolves had indeed exceeded Cylius' expectations. He didn't think they would be this strong. If he hadn't leveled up his skill and Liam didn't have his good agility, they would've been wiped out by the wolves even when they had ambushed them.
So the plan was to go back to the town and getting new party members.
"Agreed. We should at least recruit a tank and another melee fighter so that we could farm safely." Liam immediately supported the decision.
In the previous fight, he had suffered more so it was natural to him that he would support the decision that would lift the weight off his back. If they were to encounter another group of wolves, they were surely done for.
…..
"Hi! Are you a newcomer? We are recruiting members so why don't you join our group?" said Liam as he approached a nearby swordsman enthusiastically.
"Sorry, I am already in a party with a friend." after looking at their equipment, the swordsman who was getting recruited apologized before heading to the opposite direction.
"Haa, why don't they join our group? All of us are newbies without an exception and he's rejecting our invite…" after seeing the swordsman reject, Liam, loathed, looking down after being rejected by many people.
"There, there, Liam, no need to worry about it much. A person will eventually come to join us, we just need to wait for the right person..." Anna, who was the healer that got recently recruited by them said.
She had long brown hair and an above average face and was polite. She and Liam got along with each other quite well.
"Ah are you guys recruiting a swordsman? Can I join? I just got into the game and no party will accept me…" suddenly, a voice sounded behind their backs, wanting to join their party.
"There, didn't I say it! People will eventually join us" although the swordsman was just a newbie and surely didn't have much power, they were newbies too.
So the swordsman perfectly fit into their group.
"Sure! What's your name? I will add you into our group immediately!" replied Liam enthusiastically.
"My name is Jin and I'm a level 1 swordsman. You can call me Jin" extending his hand, Jin shook Liam's hand.
"I'm Anna and I'm also a level 1 healer"
"I'm Liam Mango and I'm a level 2 assassin. You can call me Liam"
"I'm Hydrogen. I'm a fire mage and a level 2" all three of them introduced theirselves to Jin, the swordsman before adding him to the party.
[Jin has joined your party]
"Now we only need a tank… it would be hopeless if we don't have a tank. If we don't get a tank, we will get killed by the blue wolves rather quickly, so let's wait until we recruit a tank before going out to farm" the rest of the party also agreed with Liam's suggestion.
10 minutes later.
"So Bik, you are a tank and want to join our group?"
"Yes"
"Then we would like to welcome you to our group. I'm an assassin and you can call me Liam"
"I'm Anna and I'm a healer"
"I'm Jin and I'm a swordsman"
"I'm Hydrogen and I'm a fire mage"
"I'm Bik and I'm a tank" they exchanged greetings before discussing about the topic of hunting.
"So everyone, we are a new party so we don't have any experience cooperating with each other. So it might be a bit hard to fight with the blue wolves so I suggest we pick a leader by voting, how about it"
"Yes, let's do that."
"I vote Liam"
"I also vote Liam"
...
After a series of voting, they picked Liam as the leader and then proceeded to hunt.
"Anna! Heal Bik! Jin! Go after the wolf that Hydrogen just sent a fire arrow at! Bik! Deal with two of the blue wolves for now, I and Jin will go support you after taking down these two. Hydrogen! Attack one of the wolves Bik is dealing with!" during the battle, Liam continuously sent out orders, organizing the whole party as they fought with the wolves.
Liam's orders were effective as the newly formed team was able to cooperate with each other smoothly and take down the wolves.
They had already killed seven groups of blue wolves by now.
"Parry!" parrying off the attack of the blue wolf, Jin followed by slashing the wolf in the chest.
This slash ended the life of the blue wolf. Falling down, the wolf dropped a few loots which, among the loots, a white book was especially glowing under the moon.
"It's a skill book!" everyone looked towards the white skill book as Jin picked it up before saying aloud.
After he picked it up, he inspected it before passing it onto Bik, who also passed it onto Cylius who once again passed it to Anna and lastly Liam.
"Minor defense boost… It's a healing skill" muttered Liam as he looked towards Anna before inspecting it again.
"As said above, it is a boost skill that could strengthen the defense of a person. It's a skill of a healer. A skill book is indeed worth a lot but I suggest we should give it to Anna so that it will make our hunt easier. Anna's loot could be the payment. Any objections?"
Everyone gave out their silent agreement.
"Ok, then this skill book should be given to Anna. You won't have a share of the loots in exchange for this. Do you agree, Anna?" giving the skill book to Anna, Liam said while smiling.
"Yes! And thank you everyone!" said Anna excitedly. It wasn't easy to get skill books specifically for a class not to mention getting it this cheap too. She was definitely the one profiting in this deal.
"Haha, don't mention it. We have gone through fights ourselves and could be considered friends already" indeed, after they had gone through a few fights, they had become closer. Giving Anna the skill book was definitely a choice that they wanted.
"Another group of wolves is coming. Everyone get ready!" said Liam as he straightened up and prepared his daggers.
"Like we usually do, everyone, get in position!" by the order of Liam, everyone got into their position and prepared to fight.
"The group is made up of four level 2 wolves and one level 3 wolf. I and Jin will take up the level 3 wolf. Bik will deal with the four others while Hydrogen and Anna will support from the sides!" ordered Liam.
The wolves coming towards them have also noticed them and was speeding up, preparing to attack.
"Taunt!" the attacking wolves were immediately attracted by the tank who used taunt and headed towards him to attack.
There were five wolves in this group, more than the average but still manageable for them.
"Clang!" the claws of the first wolf clashed against the metal shield, creating a clang sound. The weight and the built-up kinetic energy of the wolf pushed Bik further away but he stood on, without falling at all.
They had leveled up after all the farming and were already level 3 by now.
As they also obtained some items after killing the wolves, their overall strength had advanced greatly.
After the first wolf came the second wolf that also came running towards Bik. Bik also defended its attack and fended it off but just a few moment later, the third wolf came. However, this time, Bik didn't defend, instead, he dodged the attack and then shook off the three wolves after him.
There were still two other wolves, he may be able to deal with three wolves at once but he can't take on four nor five.
Even if they were shook off, the wolves will still go after him since they were taunted so it was fine.
"Fire Arrow!" Cylius sent a fire arrow towards the wolf Jin and Liam was fighting with. As the wolf already had its health lowered by them, his attack became the deicisive move and killed off the wolf.
[You dealt 4 damage to level 2 Blue Wolf]
[You have killed level 3 Blue Wolf]
[+8 experience]
[You have leveled up]
[You obtained free status point: 1x]
[You obtained free skill point: 1x]
[Intelligence has leveled up by 2]
[Intelligence: 22
Mana: 22]
"Onto the next one!" said Liam as he separated from Jin and took on a single blue wolf on its own. Jin also separated from him before taking out another on his own.
Currently, Jin and Liam, each took out one wolf alone and Bik was defending two blue wolves.
"Minor Defense Boost" said Anna as she put up her hands to the front, in the direction of Bik. A faint white glow could be soon glowing from her hand as soon, Bik was also covered with the faint white glow.
As Bik received the boost, he who had been struggling with the two wolves immediately strengthened up and pushed off the two wolves off him. Preparing the shield within his hands, he glared at the wolves before shouting.
"Come!"
The two wolves were even more enraged and immediately ran towards him before attacking.
"Fire Arrow!" he said once again as two fire arrows formed out of the air before shooting towards the two wolves that had been attacking Bik. The wolves that were already taunted by Bik didn't even turn to look at him before continuing to attack again.
After he had leveled up, his mana was enough for three uses of the skill Fire Arrow. If he were to use the free status point, he could even cast four fire arrows at once!
[Fire Arrow:
Level: 4 (9/40)
Launches a projectile towards a target within 11 meters. Deals 4 points of damage and the target receive status Burn: -1 health every minute and works for 4 minutes. Requires 6 mana to be activated.]
After he leveled up to level 3, he used the free skill point for fire arrow and leveled it to level 4.
Now, it was even more powerful.