7 Ch. 7 Hunter/Hunted

[ Paw tracks ]

[ Adult wolf - Seven Years Old ]

[ Danger: B]

[ Paw tracks ]

[ Adult wolf - 5 years old ]

[ Danger: C ]

It's was finally winter, snow fell, and it sparked a foul mood in me as it reminded me of ashes, but I ignored it and continued fixing the wolves broke.

" This the fifth time." I cursed under my breath as fixed the wooden fence.

' Maybe I should add some barb wire... then again the cost would be a lot... I'm sure I can afford it.' I shrugged as I remembered the amount of money I earned from helping sick people during the winter when Grisha was too busy.

' Fuck it. I'm going to save my money. I'll hunt those fuckers myself.' I thought as I walked back inside after checking on the chickens and goats.

I walked upstairs and grabbed my grandfathers double barreled shotgun I found when I was renovating the house.

' Bullets.' I grabbed the case of shells and took 12 inside and went outside to track the paw prints the wolves left behind.

Before leaving the house, I inserted the skills in my skill slots for this hunt.

[ Hunter ](A)

[ Requirement: +13 Strength, +12 Agility, +15 Intelligence. ]

[ Level 17 ]

( +85% increase in damage when hunting an animal.)

[ Marksmen ]

[ Requirement: +15 Agility, +18 Intelligence]

[ Level 16 ]

( Holding a rifle or gun in general would increase speed and damage by 80% )

[ Critical Hit ]

[ Requirement: 16 Strength, +18 Intelligence]

[ Level 17 ]

( Damage increase by 85% when hitting a vital/weak spot on a target. )

[ Sneak ]

[ Requirement: +14 Agility, + 7 Strength ]

[ Level 16 ]

( 80% less chance of being detected when sneaking. +8.0% increase damage when sneaking. )

I equipped these four skills with the rest of the skills and walked outside with a shotgun in hand. Luckily I practiced shooting this gun and kept it maintained when I found it.

' But shotgun shells are hard to buy.' I narrowed my eyes as I focused my eyes on the tracks.

I continued to track them ilthroufh the frozen forest and came across a pile of bones.

[ Adult Deer ]

[ Age - 4 years old ]

' Blood tracks.' I noticed another set of tracks with blood as I followed it for a few mintues until I reached a cave.

I was about to turn back since I discovered their hideout but froze when I heard a low growl behind me. I glanced back to see a grey wolf with blood around its mouth and dripped as it bared its teeth.

It's too close for me to turn the gun barrel, so I reached for my hunting knife strapped to my leg.

[ Dexterous Hands ] (S)

[ Fast Reflexes ] ( B )

Thanks to these two I quickly unsheathedbmy knife and stabbed it into the wolf's throat before it could bite my neck. It whimpered a little before I jammed my knife in its neck again.

I pushedbthe wolf off my body and analyzed it forn second.

[ Wolf ]

[ Adult - 2 Years old ]

[ Danger: D ]

Soon the smell of blood would reach the others and I needed to prepare as I grabbed the shotgun off the floor and aimed it at the cave's entrance to a few wolves walking out.

Their glowing eyes and bared teeth revealed itself in the sun when they stepped out of the cave.

' 11 Wolves...' I thought as I felt scared. A familiar feeling I haven't felt in years.

[ Chance Manipulation: 100% on surviving; 0% chance of death.]

[ Time remaining: 1:59:58 ]

I moved my foot as I kept my weapon trained on the wolves as they tried to circle me, we both circled each other, trying to look for an opportunity.

This isn't my first time fighting wolves, especially when they came on the battlefield looking for free food. Taking any soldier that could barely have enough strength to fight back and those that were too injured to care.

When I finished analyzing the wolf pack, I went for the old and young inexperienced wolves first.

I fired two shells at the wolves as I quickly reloaded the gun before a wolf could leap at me, the first shell blew its head off before I used the butt of the weapon to kock back a young wolf before shooting another old wolf through the side of its body.

Not having time to reload, I used the gun to block the bite of a wolf before kicking it away and using my knife on another incoming wolf by slashing eye before it retreated back.

I swung the gun at another wolf before another jumped and bit onto my forearm, which caused me to let go of my gun before I stared its neck.

Luckily, my bones didn't break, and their teeth only sunk through my muscles, which caused my grip to lessen, but I was still bleeding, which was a problem.

' Five wolves down...' I gripped my knife with my other hand as I realized I was surrounded by the reaming wolves.

I held my wounded arm infront of me to entice them into a trap.

" Come on... aren't you hungry." I muttered as I circled around watching every wolf until two young wolves tried to leap at me which caused the both of them to hit each other in the air.

Using this chance I jumped for the shotgun and quickly put one shell into the gun before firing it before a wolf could get on me blowing them back with its blood splattered. Another wolf took its place and I blocked its bite with the gun before staring my knife into its neck

I grabbed its dead body and used it as protection against the other wolves as they tried to tear me apart with their mouths and claws.

I kept swinging my knife and stabbed it at then to keep them at bay. I managed to get a lucky hit in stabbing into the an old Wolf that could let react in time.

Still using the dead wolf as a shield, I grabbed the shotgun nearby and inserted two shells inside before firing it at the wolves legs. Using this chance I reloaded and pushed the wolves off of me and looked at the two remaining wolves.

Two adults wolf's that seemed to be i their prime, The Alphas.

Tired, cold from losing blood, I observed the two wolves, one of them has a cut on its eye and the other with a few cuts.

Not keeping my eye off of them, I reloaded my shotgun and tossed the used shells on the ground before inserting two shells.

I aimed the shotgun at the two wolves and one of them leaped at me. I quickly blew its head off and before I could aim at the other wolf its teeth had already sunk into my neck.

" Aaagggh!!" I shouted in pain and fear.

It pinned me to the ground and out of desperation I dug my thumb into its eye but it wasn't letting go as I saw my knife on the corner of my eye, I grabbed it and repeatedly stabbed it into the wolf's neck until it fell onto of my body.

Throwing the wolf off, I covered my neck with my hand to stop the bleeding but it wasn't enough, I took off my jacket and used it to stop the bleeding before walking back to my house to get my medical supplies to stop the bleeding.