4 Chapter 4
He locked his gaze on the Slime, which was ready to bite his leg as he sidestepped it in mid-air because it couldn't adjust its path. With his rusty sword, he hacked at the Slime's skull as hard as he could.
Bam! Slime collided with the ground.
Above the Slime's head, a STUNNED status symbol appears. This was the case with games that were half-real and half-virtual. Even if Zephyr lacked any stun skills, the game would determine whether the damage was sufficient to stun something based on what was happening. This appeared to be one of such instances.
In addition to Zephyr's assault, the Slime incurred damage by plummeting to the ground, but just 11 damage. Slimes were resistant to physical damage and takes in more magical damage so his attack damage were reduced.
"What a grueling battle. Thankfully, I haven't been hurt yet. Even though I cannot predict its attacks, I am capable of reacting quickly enough." As he slid behind the shocked Slime as swiftly as he could. Zephyr thought to himself, "I'm also smart enough to take advantage of the enemies' lack of intelligence."
Just as he shifted behind it, the Slime recovered from its stunned state. The Slime was hit from behind by Zephyr, and a -40 damage indicator appeared over the Slime's head. Attacking the Slime from behind was clearly more effective.
According to the game's introduction, attacking monsters from behind would give additional attack damage because monsters' rear defenses weren't as strong as their frontal defenses. If Zephyr had been an Assassin, his additional attack damage would have been even higher, but backstabbing didn't give a fixed amount of additional damage.
Because this game was based on reality, any further harm had to be determined by the circumstances. Of course, anything based on reality would have a small share of the vote, as this was a game. Damage points and other such calculations have to be based mostly on the game, while other situations merely had to be partially true.
Following Zephyr's attack, the Slime turned around to retaliate, but he had already retreated after his blow. The Slime missed another strike, and when it tried to attack again, it encountered a circumstance that was nearly comparable to the last one.
[The target has died!]
[50 experience has been acquired.]
This duel continued for over a minute before the Slime was disgracefully dispatched. The reason why this duel was a disgrace for the Slime was because the Slime didn't damage Zephyr from the beginning to the end.
However, Zephyr didn't look down on the slime even the introduction stated it was weak because of a certain anime he had watched.
He continued hacking away Slimes, on his way on finishing the quest. Zephyr felt that Agility was very useful for him as his movement speed became fast, faster than in real life.
Every living being had innate attributes, which were: Strength, Agility, Intelligence, and Vitality.
Strength mainly affected physical attacks, and it also affected physical resistance to a certain extent.
Agility mainly affected players' speed, which included movement speed, attack speed. agility also affected evasion and critical rate, among other attributes.
Intelligence mainly affected players' magic attacks, and it also affected their magic defense. At the same time, Intelligence also affected players' mana pool and mana regeneration.
Vitality mainly boosted players' health points, and it also affected health point regeneration and other related attributes. It also mainly boosted players' defense points, and boosted magic or physical defense depending on the player's class.
It would boost status resistance according to the player's Strength, Intelligence, and Vitality. Status resistance reduced the duration of stuns and whatnot.
Suddenly rustling sounds could be heard from some vegetation beside him. A player? That's not possible. That must be a monster! Zephyr paused for a moment before his eyes turned serious.
He was the first to run out of Newbie Village, and had been walking away from Newbie Village throughout his entire journey. No other player had caught up with him, because there wouldn't be many players who could kill monsters as quickly as he could.
Zephyr looked at a cliff. A wolf sat on the rock at the highest point of the cliff. The wolf measures to 3 meters high. The wolf looked up, looking at endless skies like overlooking the world as a king.
Its color is not gray like the other wolf, the fur on its body surface is covered with a light layer of gold.
[Gold Alpha Wolf]
Rating: Rare Boss
Tier: 0
Level: 8
HP: 6,000
Summary: The king of the nearby wolves. The highest ranked in all wolf's population. It's body shines with golden light, possesses claws and teeth that can easily tear any creatures.
Looking at the giant wolf who is positioned at the top of the cliff, Zephyr's pupils retracted.
"Rare Boss. It turned out to be a rare boss."
Zephyr stated calmly. A boss is stronger than 10 other monsters at the same level but a rare boss is even more dangerous. A rare boss has many varied and sophisticated skills and it possessed high intelligence.
'A boss? I'm not sure if I can continue fighting without losing any health points. I'm eager for this battle. My first boss' The corner of Zephyr's mouth curved into an excited smile, and his cold look from before wasn't so evident anymore.
This boss truly left Zephyr… fascinated. Zephyr got closer and closer to the Gold Alpha Wolf. It did not even look at him as it was not bothering with a weak creature like him. Zephyr stopped and grabbed a rock from the ground. Flicking his hand and throwing it at the Gold Alpha Wolf hitting it in the head.
The Gold Alpha Wolf became enraged. It let out a furious howl, suddenly jumping from the rock targeting Zephyr. It descended in front of him in an instant.
'This kind of mobility, it's movement speed seems tripled from the wolves earlier.'
Zephyr calmly thought seeing how fast the wolf. While he was in deep thought, the Gold Alpha Wolf unleashed an attack at Zephyr the moment it charged out. However, Zephyr was prepared, and the attack naturally failed to hit him. At the same time, Zephyr managed to slash the wolf too.
[You have dealt 115 damage to the target.]
"It seems like I can easily deal with it without getting hurt." Zephyr analyzed the situation logically and relaxed.
Even though Zephyr was still slower than the Gold Alpha Wolf in terms of attack, it seemed like the Gold Alpha Wolf was only as quick as he was when it came to other aspects.
Zephyr's body shook a little, as he suddenly thought of something.
Making an instant and simple analysis of one's opponent was an important lesson that Zephyr learned on Tensura. Although anyone could make an analysis, Zephyr was different from an ordinary person.
'I didn't expect this world to be similarly maintained by ceaseless fighting. One cannot escape from all the fighting.' Zephyr suddenly realized this point just as he was attacked by the Gold Alpha Wolf.
With his left leg as a pivot swiftly turning his body, at the same time turning his body. A gust of wind passed through in front of his face as the wolf's claw missed him. When the Gold Alpha Wolf passed by, his sword quickly struck, landing 3 times on the body.
[You have dealt 120 damage to the target.]
[You have dealt 115 damage to the target.]
[You have dealt 123 damage to the target.]
His damage was reduced due to the defense of the wolf but Zephyr wasn't bothered by it. Zephyr didn't stop as he continued stabbing the wolf before it could turn around.
[You have dealt 125 damage to the target.]
At this point, the impression that Zephyr gave seemed to have changed. He didn't feel like an innocent and naïve, yet indifferent young man. He felt like a mature and cool, but cold young man.
Zephyr's expression didn't change.
It was the same indifferent look. It was a really complex expression, but it indeed belonged to Zephyr, a young man who haven't turn to eighteen yet.
Enraged, the Gold Alpha Wolf unleashed another attack. When the Gold Alpha Wolf attacked, everything around Zephyr seemed to come to a standstill. The wolf's attack came so slowly, as if it was being reflected off a mirror. However, this wasn't some supernatural ability, the work of some game expert, or a system error.
This was exactly what someone with extraordinary reaction time was experiencing: a slower world! In such a situation, Zephyr's movements appeared even slower than usual. His reactions were far quicker than the speed of his body. This was exactly what he was experiencing right now.
A golden tail as long as 2 meters sweep over his eyes but he was able to dodge it. If his reaction would have been slower by a second, Zephyr would have been blown away by the tail. Seeing it missed, it pounced again to Zephyr and dodged by him again. The Gold Alpha Wolf appeared to be frustrated after missing its attacks. It actually leapt half a meter into the air.
Zephyr chuckled to himself, 'Exactly what I wanted.'
He bent down and tensed his legs. In an instant, he leapt to the side of the airborne wolf. At the same time, he grabbed his sword with both hands and thrust in an upwards and diagonal arc.
"Shick!"
[You have dealt 131 damage to the target.]
Just as the damage surfaced, the Gold Alpha Wolf flew diagonally backward. An attack was much more lethal in the air, because one was more defenseless in the air. After he stabbed the Gold Alpha Wolf, he stomped down on it.
Thump!
[You have dealt 95 damage to the target.]
The Gold Alpha Wolf crashed heavily to the ground. As it crashed down without any cushion, more damage appeared.
[You have dealt 25 damage to the target.]
[You have inflicted stun for 0.3 seconds.]
Before the wolf could even get up, it was slashed once more by Zephyr.
[You have dealt 115 damage to the target.]
The relentless attacks left the Gold Alpha Wolf furious. It howled loudly before it was able to pick itself up from the ground in anger.
'Oh yes, can I not attack with my sword?' As he suddenly thought of this, he quickly tested this idea by giving the Gold Alpha Wolf a kick.
[You have dealt 45 damage to the target.]
The damage wasn't much, but the Gold Alpha Wolf was successfully stopped from getting up. The Gold Alpha Wolf was repeatedly kicked by Zephyr, and was unable to stabilize itself. After being attacked for half a minute, the Gold Alpha Wolf's health was immediately drained to zero.
"Boring. I got rid of it so easily." Zephyr said indifferently.
The wolf crashed to the ground without getting up. At the same time, it started to shake tremendously. Its hair seemed to have hardened and its golden body turned blood-red. At the same time, a burst of air threw Zephyr back.
Zephyr realized that he was now some distance away from the Gold Alpha Wolf. As Zephyr was forced back, the wolf's transformation was about to be completed.
Zephyr didn't want to take a risk by checking on the wolf. He took a conservative approach and chose to observe from afar instead. Very quickly, the wolf completed its mutation.
[The Gold Alpha Wolf is enraged and has successfully mutated into an Enraged Gold Alpha Wolf!]
[Enraged Gold Alpha Wolf]
Rating: Rare Boss
Tier: 0
Level: 8
HP: 2,000
Summary: The King of the nearby wolves has mutated and ranked up to become an Enraged Gold Alpha Wolf for some special reason. Its offensive strength has increased markedly, but its defensive strength has fallen by half. Its agility has also increased by twenty percent.
'Its offensive strength won't be an issue, and it's a good thing that its defensive strength has fallen. As for the increase in its agility…,' Zephyr paused for a moment as he thought about that.
'Forget it. Such an opponent will be interesting.'
He didn't panic and remained as calm as ever. He was even a little excited.
