Capítulo 15: Solo Scouting
The adventurers treated Leo with the utmost respect as they seemed to be thrilled that an esteemed Virex operative was willing to attempt a mission with some small time adventurer group like their own.
The bald adventurer was called 'Kay' and the curly haired one was called 'Jay' and apparently they were both orphans who had been raised by the same orphanage with a terrible naming sense.
Kay and Jay were 'E' ranked adventurers belonging to a 'Bronze' ranked guild called 'Mountain Warriors'.
The mountain warriors were a small guild consisting of not more than a thousand members and they specialised in taking up missions for the high altitude mountainous areas.
Apparently they were seriously understaffed which was why even though the mission of clearing the wolves was a 'B' ranked request, the guild could only deploy five 'E' rank and five 'D' rank adventurers to clear the mission.
Usually, such force was only enough to clear a 'C' ranked mission, however, with the guild being short staffed on high ranking adventurers they had no choice but to accept this more dangerous mission which was slightly above their pay grade.
The adventurers had been hoping that with the older and more stronger wolves taking a nap they would be able to complete this mission, however, the young guard wolves proved to be more difficult to deal with than what they had expected leading to the death of their one and only scout.
Leo, who listened intently to what the two adventurers had to say, gained a lot of knowledge about this world and how it worked, however, the most important piece of news that he learned was the fact that although this mission was ranked 'B' in terms of difficulty, if one acted fast and killed the guard wolves before the stronger one's woke up from their hibernation, the mission would be much easier than clearing it a week later when the stronger wolves would start to wake up from their slumber.
Time was of the essence and Leo's artistic mind already began thinking of possible scenarios to tackle this problem.
In his mind, Leo thought about dressing Jay up as a big meat steak and covering him with the most aromatic oils as he danced outside the mines and lured all the wolves to chase him.
When he brought out the wolves, the rest of the group could head in and kill the sleeping wolves clearing the mission, while Jay would use a vine hanging off a tree to swing above the edge of a cliff while the chasing wolves fell to their death.
It was the most cartoonish scenario which was 99.99% impossible to imitate, yet it gave Leo endless satisfaction to think about such perfect victory scenarios.
"Tell your group leader to be ready to execute a raid on the wolf den tomorrow. I'll personally scout the den today and come back with a plan of attack.
Since I'm already compensated by the government, I won't be taking a share of the loot you guys receive to clear this mission, but I will be counting on your help" Leo said authoritatively as both Kay and Jay looked extremely excited to listen to his words as their eyes began to practically sparkle.
Although Leo did not understand how big of a deal being a Virex operative really was, according to the reactions of the NPC of this world, it was apparently a really big deal.
If a normal player tried to order around an adventurer group at this stage of the game then he would probably be beaten black and blue for his audacity, yet when Leo did the same he was met with almost reverent gazes by Kay and Jay.
Although the actor class brought a lot of headaches with it, Leo could not deny that it had its usefulness too.
Leo wanted nothing more than to sit with Kay and Jay and extract all the important information about this world, monopolising it before anyone else could profit from it, however, he was on a tight schedule.
With one player already awakening his class, Leo knew he needed to start hurrying up as well, as of all the players in the game, it was only him who could actually not afford being left behind because he possessed the unique destiny of the 'actor' class.
Hoping that the death penalty for dying in this game was not too severe, Leo walked out of the tavern after paying one bronze coin to borrow a jacket and some snow boots as he planned to scout the mines where the wolves were residing.
As soon as he left the village, he began to feel the cold winds brush against his skin, however, unlike last time there was no notification alerting him of suffering a frost bite if he stayed out for too long as a result of the warm clothing that he had borrowed.
Using the mini map, he located the mines and slowly made his way towards it as oddly his senses were not on the edge as they would have been had he been in the real world and walking in a snowy desolate forest area alone.
Somehow, the knowledge that this was not the real world helped him treat his surroundings as an adventure rather than a threat as he enjoyed the thrill of this quest rather than worrying about his life.
It took him roughly twenty five minutes to make his way to the mines, however, just as he approached the periphery he could hear the deep growl of wolves coming from within the mine as five pairs of blood red eyes suddenly stared at him from the darkness of the mine entrance as five wolves made their way out of the mine and began circling Leo.
"Holy shit -" Leo cursed as he inadvertently equipped his shitty common grade steel sword and planted his feet in the snow below taking a wide battle stance.
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Capítulo 16: First Fight
[ Young Wolf ] ( Level 5 ) ( HP : 70/70 )
[ Young Wolf ] ( Level 4 ) ( HP : 60/60 )
[ Young Wolf ] ( Level 6 ) ( HP : 84/84 )
[ Young Wolf ] ( Level 2 ) ( HP : 35/40 )
[ Young Wolf ] ( Level 4 ) ( HP : 57/57 )
A system tab shined above the heads of the wolves encircling Leo as he realised the level of opponents that he was facing.
The strongest one was a level6 wolf who had mean looking teeth and was drooling saliva, whereas the weakest one was level 2 and looked like it was the runt of the litter.
In typical wolf-like fashion, they slowly started to encircle him with one of the six wolves charging at him and then suddenly turning and retreating when Leo turned his attention to the one charging.
When Leo turned to one of the wolves, the wolf on his blind side charged as well as Leo had to immediately turn to face the second wolf after chasing the first one away.
Little by little, the circle around him shortened and the wolves seemed to be ready to pounce and It was at this moment that Leo decided that he had to take a chance or he would undoubtedly die a horrible death.
Luckily, just as he got desperate the weakest looking wolf made its dash and Leo decided to take his chance and face it head on.
Instead of letting it turn and run-away, Leo chased after it and managed to poke his sword into the wolves rear hind leg as the weak wolf fell to the ground while the others began pouncing on Leo.
-25
A damage notification popped up, showing that Leo had dealt 25 points of damage to the level 2 wolf, leaving it with a pitiful ten points in HP. However, before he could pull out his sword stuck in the wolf's bone, or regain his posture to fight again, he felt a second wolf slamming onto his back as he was forcefully pushed forward.
The impact winded him and forced him to take five steps forward as at that moment his survival instincts kicked in and he began to run.
At this instant, He could clearly feel blood rushing up from his heart to his brain as his entire face felt flushed and his vision appeared to be more clear than ever before.
On his tail were four wolves, snarling and biting the air, and they were catching up to him quickly.
In Front of him was the wolf den, as although he had no idea as to how he ended up running towards it, he had no option but to keep running now since stopping for even a moment would spell a gruesome death.
He had no weapon on him anymore, as the only sword he had was stuck in the bone of the weakest wolf and he had no idea as to how he was going to get out of this mess either.
[ System Notification : You have entered the special dungeon 'Silverpine Mines'. You are the first individual to enter this dungeon and will be given an extra reward if you clear it the first time ]
A system notification popped up, however, Leo was so absorbed with running away that he barely paid it any attention.
Once he entered the cave, light started to fade out real quick as after the first twenty metres or so, Leo lost all visibility and was running blindly.
He could still hear the footsteps of the wolves running behind him as from time to time he could feel them trying to bite at his legs from behind, however, Leo only kicked them hard in the face and kept running, hoping that the lack of vision affected them as much as it affected him.
[ System Notification : Your stamina has dropped below 5, All stats will be reduced by 20% until stamina is recovered ]
Another system notification popped up as Leo felt strength leaving his body as it suddenly became much harder to move and his speed decreased significantly.
" Shit-" Leo cursed as he understood that at his current speed escaping the wolves was going to be impossible and as if things were not bad enough already, he tumbled after hitting a rock which sent him flying towards what he assumed would be the wall.
*Crash*
-30
Tumble
Tumble
Tumble
Instead of hitting a wall, Leo found himself tumbling down what felt like a slope as although he could see pretty much nothing about his surroundings, it felt like he had found an alternate mining shaft and had luckily evaded the pursuit of the wolves by tumbling down it.
" Oh god bless" he said as he tried to break his fall and regain his footing, but he still rolled over for several metres before finding his footing as he accumulated massive damage from this fall.
-40
His 96 points of HP were down to only 26, as although he had survived through a miracle, he now found himself in a dark and abandoned mine shaft with low stamina and HP.
His body hurt all over and although he could not inspect it, he felt like he had cuts and bruises all over his body and as if every inch of his skin was burning.
[ System Notification : The Young Wolf that you stabbed has received internal bleeding damage and will lose 1 point of HP every passing minute if not treated immediately ]
"Finally some good news" Leo said as he desperately hoped that the young wolf died over the next ten minutes and that it's death gave him EXP that would help him level up and regain all his lost health and stamina.
Unfortunately, Terra Nova Online did not work that way and even if he levelled up Leo was not going to get his HP or stamina restored to full, however, he did not know of this yet.
Currently he was only waiting for some good news, while checking the layout of his immediate surroundings through the mini map.
Although he could see nothing, if the mini map was to be trusted, Leo felt like he could grab the walls of the mines and walk slowly through its intricate internal network to navigate back to the exit.
Little did he know though, that it was not going to be easy at all.
He had entered a dungeon and although the village head's quest was just to clear the wolves, there were many other dangers within this dungeon other than the wolves.
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