Chapter 16: Kill Steal.
A few minutes ago.
Three figures were crouching behind a bush while looking at the Wild Bear located not far from them.
''Tom, are you sure about this?'' A young man with short blond hair asked with some uncertainty.
''Luke, trust me! This will be an easy kill.'' Tom said with a confident expression.
He was a slightly taller man with brown hair.
''I-I am not too sure about this... What if someone kill-steals it?'' A young woman next to them asked.
She had long brown hair, with average-looking face, and leather armor.
''Jess, have some faith alright,'' Tom said with a grin.
Jess and Luke couldn't help but sigh at that.
''If we die... We will become Level 1 once again, and we won't be able to play for another week. We will be left behind by a great margin.'' Luke tried to talk some sense into Tom.
But the man snorted, ''If we kill the Bear, we will Level Up, and get a lot of White Coins.''
Jess and Luke wryly smiled. They knew that once Tom decided to do something, he will most certainly do it.
''Let's sneak attack and deal as much damage as possible. The rest will be easy.'' Tom said and left the bushes.
Jess and Luke followed behind him. They dodged every twig on the ground to avoid making even a slight noise.
Tom held his sword in an attacking stance, observing the bear. He and Luke were swordsmen, while Jess was a Healer. Jess was holding a green-colored cane that she could use to heal others.
Tom and Luke were standing next to each other and were only 5 meters away from the Bear now.
Tom showed three fingers to Luke, starting a count. A second later, he lowered one finger, and another second later only one was left.
And when he lowered the last finger, both men leaped into the air.
''RAAA!'' Tom shouted madly and chopping his Iron sword down.
Luke attacked the Bear's neck as well because attacking the neck and head gave critical damage.
The Bear heard a loud shout, before feeling two sharp items stabbing his neck.
''GRAAAAAAAAAA!'' The Bear shouted madly.
[-25 HP]
[-25 HP]
[HP: 20/70]
The Bear turned his mad red eyes towards Tom and Luke.
''One more!'' Tom shouted, but before he could do anything the Bear's paw appeared above him.
''LOOK OUT!'' Jess warned.
Tom did a sidestep, but Bear used his paw to slap him away.
''UGH!'' Tom groaned in pain and crashed into a tree nearby.
[-39 HP!]
[TomValeo]
[Level 6]
[HP: 19/58]
''JESS, HEAL ME!'' Tom shouted.
Jess turned her cane towards Tom, the tip of the cane glowing with a green color. ''Heal!'' She shouted.
[+15 HP]
[34/58]
Tom stood up and rushed towards the Bear. In the meantime, Luke was desperately trying to dodge the Bear's paws. Though soon his luck ran out, and the Bear used his paw to smash Luke to the ground as well.
[-41 HP]
[HP: 16/57]
The Bear was just about to finish him off when Tom appeared behind him.
''RAAA!'' Tom stabbed his sword deep into the Bear's back making it roar madly. ''RAAAAAAAAAWR!''
The bear twisted his body, sending Tom flying a few meters away
[-15 HP]
[Omega Wild Bear]
[Level 8]
[HP: 5/70]
At this point both Luke and Tom were down on the ground, and only 5 HP remained on the Bear.
''JESS, HEAL ME!'' Tom roared.
His HP had been lowered by Bear's hit as well.
[HP: 8/58]
''I-I can't. It is on cooldown— wait for 10 more seconds!'' Jess cried out with a pale face.
''WE DON'T HAVE 10 SECONDS!'' Tom cried out and saw the Bear stomping toward him menacingly.
''D-Damn...'' Tom muttered.
*SWISH*
''Ah!'' Tom cried out and felt something hit the back of his head.
He looked confused, but soon body turned into pixels.
[You Have Been Killed By Player Wraith!]
Luke and Jess were shocked.
Tom suddenly died!
''H-How?''
*SWISH*
Two rocks left the forest and hit Luke on the forehead.
[You Have Been Killed By Player Wraith!]
''L-Luke...'' Jess went pale and started retreating.
The Bear looked confused as well, but then he heard Jess' voice. It turned its menacing red eyes toward the brown-haired girl wanting to attack her.
But before he could take another hit, a rock suddenly hit his head.
''RAAWR!'' The Bear felt angry, but his body turned into pixels.
Jess fell down to the ground in fear.
*Crack*
The sound of a twig getting broken behind her was heard when she felt a cold item touching her head.
''Sorry about this.'' She heard a male voice.
*BANG*
A hole appeared on her forehead, then her body turned into pixels as well.
[You Have Been Killed By Player Wraith!]
Isaac sighed and looked at the messages in front of him.
[You Killed Player TomValeo!]
[60 XP Earned!]
[You Killed Player LukeShining!]
[60 XP Earned!]
[You Killed Omega Wild Bear!]
[120 XP Earned!]
[You Killed Player JessicaH]
[60 XP Earned!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Level 5 -> Level 6]
[Name: Wraith]
[Level: 6]
[HP: 65/65 - Leather Armor Effect!]
[XP: 0/700]
[SP: 10]
[White Coins: 200]
[Title: None]
[Class: Marksman]
[Legacy: None]
[Legacy Rank: No Legacy]
[STR: 13]
[AGI: 25]
[VIT: 25]
[STA: 22]
[PRE: 45]
[CHA: 10]
[Map]
[Inventory]
[Help]
[Friend List]
[Log Out]
Isaac grabbed three pairs of Leather Armor from the ground along with the 2 Iron Swords, and a green-colored cane.
[Healer's Cane (White)]
''Ahh...'' Isaac was quite disappointed by the drops, but he had planned to sell it anyway.
He also grabbed the item he obtained by killing the Bear.
[Omega Wild Bear's Meat (Common)]
Isaac's nametag became completely orange.
''Orange...?'' Isaac finally saw it.
''It came from the player-killing, I guess...'' Isaac scratched his head knowing he couldn't return to the village with an orange nametag.
''Well, since I can't return... May as well do my Quest.'' Isaac said aloud and opened the Quest Interface in front of him.
[Hunt The Adult Wolf!]
[Difficulty: Level 7-10]
[Reward: 100 White Coins - Relationship with Kulos will improve]
[Time Limit: 1 Week]
*Ding* *Ding*
At that moment though Isaac heard a dinging noise.
He put his Interface on and saw a blinking red spot on the Map. This time it didn't only show the Swornword village, it also showed the Forest, with a blinking red spot on it.
''I guess there is the Wolfie...'' Isaac murmured and saw that he had to go deeper into the forest to reach the Wolf.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone