Cherreads

Chapter 20 - a strange wolf

After receiving the ticket for the dungeon, I started to make my way towards the dungeon and soon I managed to make my way out of the city.

Once I was out of the city I started to walk towards the wilds, and I managed to find a dirt path with several signs pointing to several directions.

The signs mentioned the names of several dungeon such as 'frozen valley,' 'territory of the flaming serpent,' 'swamp of poisons,' 'dark forest,' and several other dungeons.

After figuring out where I wanted to go, I started to walk towards the dungeon, but not even 5 minutes later I managed to run into a few beasts.

The beasts seemed to be a pack of 8 wolves that consisted of 2 flame wolves, 3 ice wolves, 1 shadow wolf, 1 wind wolf, and 1 dark flame wolf which seemed to be the packs leader.

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[Name: flame wolf]

[Level: 6-7]

[Rank: apprentice]

[Affinity: fire]

[skills: wolfs flaming claws, wolfs flaming bite, lesser fire resistance, pack awareness]

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[Name: ice wolf]

[Level: 3-5]

[Rank: apprentice]

[Affinity: ice]

[skills: wolfs freezing claws, wolfs freezing bite, lesser ice resistance, pack awareness]

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[Name: shadow wolf]

[Level: 6]

[Rank: apprentice]

[Affinity: darkness, shadow]

[skills: wolfs shadow claws, wolfs shadow bite, shadow stealth, presence concealment, darkness and shadow resistance, pack awareness]

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[Name: wind wolf]

[Level: 5]

[Rank: apprentice]

[Affinity: fire]

[skills: wolfs wind claws, wolfs wind bite, lesser wind resistance, wind charge, pack awareness]

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[Name: dark flame wolf]

[Level: 9]

[Rank: apprentice]

[Affinity: darkness, flame, nether]

[skills: wolfs dark flaming claws, wolfs dark flaming bite, lesser fire resistance, lesser nether resistance, pack command, pack awareness, wolfs sharp senses]

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'Wow, those are some good skills! They even have a lot of different resistances, and the leader even has a nether affinity.'

'I don't know a lot about the nether affinity, but it sounds powerful! Well, I can just analyze it after.'

'Anyway, I should probably get some experience in fighting beasts and group fights.'

After I finished looking at their status I started to prepare for battle, and soon the wolves started their attack.

The flame wolves were the first to charge straight towards me as the others started to surround me.

Seeing this I decided to go along with them so I can know to deal with being surrounded in the future.

The flame wolfs soon managed to reach me and flames started to cover their claws.

Soon the flame wolves sent a slash of flame claws towards me, as I dodged to the side, but something started to approach from behind me.

*Swoosh!*

I summoned my chains as I blocked a sneak attack from the wind wolf and sent them flying to the side, and into an ice wolf.

Both of them were sent crashing into and through a tree causing both of them to throw up blood.

[You have killed one common level 5 'wind wolf' and one common level 3 'ice wolf']

[You have gained 67 exp]

[You have stolen all skills]

'Two down, six to go.'

Noticing the death of two of their comrades the wolves become more ferocious.

Both the flame wolves and ice wolves charged at me from all sides as ice and flames coted their claws and fangs.

I quickly jumped away and was able to kill an ice and flame wolf, but I was still grazed by their attacks as ice started to coat and spread on my right leg as flames did the same on the side of my torso.

"Tch! Annoying!" I muttered, annoyed at being injured.

I launched myself towards the ice wolf and flame wolf, but right before I reached them, I felt a sense of danger and quickly leaped to the side noticing where it was.

The danger was coming from ... my shadow!? 

To be more specific the shadow wolf was coming out of my shadow and was trying to sneak attack me.

'Didn't expect that, but it only makes me want their skills more!'

Noticing that their sneak attack failed, the wolf tried to go back into the shadows.

Not wanting them to be hidden again I shot my train towards them.

*Shink!*

My chain pierced a wolf, but unluckily it was the ice wolf that sacrificed themself to let the shadow wolf escape.

"Damit!" I scowled with annoyance.

Starting to feel mad at the entire situation I decided to quickly finish the fight and killed the last flame wolf.

Once that was done, I scanned the surroundings and noticed the dark flame wolf.

'That just leaves the leader and the annoying assassin and then I can continue on my way towards the dungeon.'

I started to walk towards the dark flame wolf as they also approached me.

Soon The flame wolf started their attack, as their claws were coated in dark flames.

Feeling actual danger from the flames I immediately dodged their attack.

As the small fight continued, I made sure not to get hit and overtime I got used to their attack pattern and became lax as I was waiting for the shadow wolf to show themself. 

This lowering of my guard would be a great mistake as one misstep caused me to get hit as I felt an excruciating pain.

[Notice! You have taken soul damage]

[You have adapted]

[You have gained the skill 'lesser soul damage resistance']

[You have adapted]

[You have gained the skill 'lesser soul recovery']

[Your skill 'lesser pain resistance' has advanced]

Just as I was starting to come back to my senses from the severe pain of having my soul damage, the shadow wolf revealed itself and attempted to attack me again.

'Are you f**king serious!'

Deciding that I would no longer play around I shot a lightning spear at the shadow wolf, completely piercing its body and several trees that were behind it.

'Now that just leaves the bastard dark flame wolf! Oh, I'll enjoy this!'

"Fire ball!"

After uttering those words, a ball of flames appeared in front of me and it soon began to expand, reaching a large size of 5 meters wide.

After the fire ball was completely manifested I launched it at the black flame wolf, destroying most of its body and turning everything within 25 meters to ash.

'Finally!'

'I haven't had the chance to use it, so I'll put everything in my 'treasury'.'

After activating the 'treasury' all the corpses disappeared and entered it.

'Now I can check my status and everything.'

[You have killed two level 6 and 7 'flame wolves,' two level 4 and 5 'ice wolves,' one level 6 'shadow wolf,' and one level 9 'dark flame wolf']

[You have gained 394 exp]

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs flaming claws']

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs flaming bite']

[You have gained the common skill 'lesser fire resistance']

[You have gained the common skill 'pack awareness']

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs freezing claws']

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs freezing bite']

[You have gained the common skill 'lesser ice resistance']

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs wind claws']

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs wind bite']

[You have gained the common skill 'lesser wind resistance']

[You have gained the common skill 'wind charge']

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs shadow claws']

[You have gained the shadow affinity]

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs shadow bite']

[You have gained the common skill 'lesser darkness and shadow resistance']

[You have gained the common skill 'shadow stealth']

[You have gained the common skill 'presence concealment']

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs dark flaming claws']

[You have gained the nether affinity]

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs dark flaming bite']

[You have gained the common skill 'lesser nether resistance']

[You have gained the common skill 'pack command']

[You have gained the common skill 'wolfs sharp senses']

'Alright, those are a lot of skills, so I'll see what the nether affinity is then I'll start fusing.'

[Nether affinity: an extremely dangerous power that is full of corrosion and corruption. This power is so potent that it can even affect the souls of others and can kill soul, undead, and undying based entities.]

'Dam, that's so op!'

'If I'm understanding this correctly this can not only destroy soul, but it can also kill f**king immortals!'

'How is this even fair!?'

'No, wait! That's not the question. The question is why did a wolf have this!?'

'Like seriously, why???'

'You know what, I'll deal with that later. I'll just start fusing skills for now.'

[You have synthesized 'wolfs flaming claws,' 'wolfs freezing claws,' 'wolfs wind claws,' 'wolfs shadow claws,' and 'wolfs dark flaming claws']

[You have gained the common skill 'kitsunes elemental claws']

[You have synthesized 'wolfs flaming bite,' 'wolfs freezing bite,' 'wolfs wind bite,' 'wolfs shadow bite,' and 'wolfs dark flaming bite']

[You have gained the common skill 'kitsunes elemental bite']

[You have synthesized 'lesser fire resistance,' 'lesser ice resistance,' 'lesser wind resistance,' 'lesser darkness and shadow resistance,' and 'lesser nether resistance']

[You have gained the common skill 'lesser affinity resistance']

[You have synthesized 'greater general recovery,' and 'lesser soul recovery']

[You have gained the rare skill greater general recovery']

[You have synthesized 'novice commander,' 'pack awareness,' and 'pack command']

[You have gained the common skill 'novice leader']

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[Name: Lucious Sullivan]

[Race: two-tailed void kitsune]

[Age:16]

[Traits: child of the void, accepted by the world, unique existence, user of void, shapeshifter, playful, cold, beloved by darkness, favored by magic, exponential growth, trickster, cunning, aversion of spirits, super strength, beastly senses, greedy, wild, prideful creator]

[level: 1/25 (exp: 461/1,024) {apprentice}]

[mp: 380,000/380,000]

[strength: 1,900*2 (physical strength)]

[endurance: 1,900*2 (stamina, and vitality)]

[defense: 1,900*2 (physical defense)]

[agility: 2,850*2 (speed, reflexes, and flexibility)]

[intelligence: 3,800*10 (memory, thinking speed, and mana pool)]

[magic: 3,850*5 (magical damage and casting speed)]

[mind: 1,900 (mental strength, fortitude, and endurance)]

[affinity: void, darkness, fire, water, air, earth, lightning, ice, nature, light, psychic, shadow, nether]

[race skills: fox form, transformation, void step, void traversal, tail clone]

[innate skills: suppression (lv 1)]

[ultimate skills: authority of greed, authority of evolution, authority of creation]

[divine skills: none]

[legendary skills: none]

[epic skills: none]

[rare skills: temperature regulation (lv 1), advanced absolute fighter (lv 9), advanced magic manipulation (lv 7), greater general recovery (lv 2), mental link creation (lv 1), greater pain resistance (lv 2)]

[common skills: novice survivalist (lv 6), lesser heal (lv 1), tough skin (lv 5), lesser soul damage resistance (lv 1), kitsunes elemental claws (lv 3), kitsunes elemental bite (lv 3), lesser affinity resistance (lv3), novice leader (lv 2), wind charge (lv 1), shadow stealth (lv 1), presence concealment (lv 1), wolfs sharp senses (lv 1)]

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[Name: greater general recovery]

[Level: 2]

[Rank: rare]

[Description: a passive skill that automatically regenerates hp, mp, stamina, and the soul/soul energy]

[Effect: regenerates 0.2% of hp, mp, and stamina per second and 0.0002% of the soul/soul energy per second (doubles when resting)]

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[Name: greater pain resistance]

[Level: 2]

[Rank: rare]

[Description: a passive skill that allows you to tolerate more pain]

[Effect: reduces feelings of pain by 22%]

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[Name: novice leader]

[Level: 2]

[Rank: common]

[Description: a skill which makes you a natural leader and commander]

[Effect: increased talent for commanding, stats of others increase by 6% when following orders from you, innate awareness of positions and uses of allies and enemies, and all command or intent will be understood by allies]

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[Name: lesser soul damage resistance]

[Level: 1]

[Rank: common]

[Description: a passive skill which increases resistance to soul damage]

[Effect: increase soul damage resistance by 5%]

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[Name: kitsunes elemental claws]

[Level: 3]

[Rank: common]

[Description: you have the ability to release or coat your hands with elemental energies]

[Effect: you can coat your hands with any affinity you possess dealing 0.9*magic damage or release the energy as slashes dealing 0.6*magic damage in exchange for 200 mp]

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[Name: kitsunes elemental bite]

[Level: 3]

[Rank: common]

[Description: you have the ability to release or coat your mouth and teeth with elemental energies]

[Effect: you can coat your mouth or teeth with any affinity you possess or release the energy as a phantom fox head dealing 0.9*magic damage in exchange for 200 mp]

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[Name: lesser affinity resistance]

[Level: 3]

[Rank: common]

[Description: a passive skill that allows you to resist damage of any affinity you possess]

[Effect: reduces damage of any affinity you possess by 3% plus 6% of magic stat]

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[Name: wind charge]

[Level: 1]

[Rank: common]

[Description: you have the ability to use wind to boost your speed]

[Effect: you can coat your body with wind to boost your speed by 1%*0.01magic in exchange for 1% of mana per second]

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[Name: shadow stealth]

[Level: 1]

[Rank: common]

[Description: you have the ability to use shadows to boost your stealth abilities]

[Effect: you can coat your body with shadows to increase your stealth in exchange for 500 mp per second or you can fuse your entire body within shadows in exchange for 5% of mp per second]

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[Name: presence concealment]

[Level: 1]

[Rank: common]

[Description: a skill possessing both passive and active effects to conceal your presence]

[Effect: your presence is 2% weaker or in exchange for 1% of mp per second you can double this effect]

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[Name: wolfs sharp senses]

[Level: 1]

[Rank: common]

[Description: a passive skill that increases all senses]

[Effect: your five senses are 5% stronger and your sixth sense is 2.5% stronger]

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'Those are definitely good skills.'

'Several of the skills are even percent based, this is extremely op. It's too bad that the mana cost is high for some of the more useful ones.'

'Well, I should be back on my way to the dungeon. If I delay any more, I might end up being late and the ticket and money would end up going to waste.'

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