Greg walked out of the village and went to the forest, where he could find monsters to level up. He passed through the level one through four monsters, finding it time-wasting and worthless. He went deeper into the forest until he came in contact with a pack of level 5 dire wolves. With sparkling eyes, he rushed towards them. The dire wolves, seeing the courageous human, rushed towards him with the intent to bite the overconfident lad to death. The first wolf rushed towards Greg and bit him, only to miss, confusing the wolf greatly. It was sure it was supposed to bite the overconfident human to death. Greg stood rooted on the spot, planning to test his talent. The rest of the wolves caught up with the first one and did the same, attempting to bite Greg.
[Miss]
-0
-0
Every single wolf was unable to hit Greg, from trying to bite to using claws and whatever they could think of, but they still couldn't hit Greg. With a slight smirk, Greg collected the newbie sword that was given as a newbie gift and slashed at the wolves, beginning the brutal massacre.
[-100]
[-100]
Greg hacked and hacked the wolves with cold brutality, not even bothering to dodge their attempted attacks. After all, they could never hit him.
[Congratulations on slaying a level 5 dire wolf]
[5 exp earned]
[Multiplier of 5 for killing monsters 4 levels above you]
[25 exp earned]
Greg smiled at this and continued killing the dire wolves.
[You have leveled up. 5 free attribute points awarded]
Greg paid no heed to the prompts and killed the wolves while venturing deeper into the forest. He slowly came across higher-level dire wolves until he met the wolf king after killing every dire wolf. But before facing off against the wolf king that sat with a domineering aura on top of a large rock.
Status Window
User: Nemesis
Title: N/A
Job: N/A
Level: 7 (600/800 exp)
Health: 700
Strength: 5
Speed: 7
Stamina: 4
Intelligence: 3
Constitution: 3
Free Attribute Points: 18
Talent: EX rank - 100% absolute
S rank - talent share
Dodge rate
??? rank - death
Greg stared at his status and couldn't help but feel proud. Already reaching level 7 after gaming for five hours was a crazy feat, especially in an apocalypse where leveling up was a very difficult task. How difficult is it? Well, for an average player, you have to fight a level 1 slime, and then you'll gain just 1 exp. So you have to kill ten slimes to level up to level 2. Then you need 50 exp to level up to three. Of course, fighting level 1 slimes and daring to fight level 2 beasts will see you resurrecting at the village, except you have good control, a formidable talent, or form teams and share the exp between each other. Leveling up to three requires 100 exp, 4 needs 200 exp, 5 needs 400 exp, 6 needs 600 exp, and 7 needs 800 exp. Greg could only accomplish his fast leveling as a result of fighting above his level by a large margin, which was only possible because of his invincible talent. Even the bravest and most skillful player would already be standing at the resurrection spot. Imagine killing a level 7 beast, earning 7 exp, and multiplying that by 4. Exactly, you'll be leveling at an insane speed.
Back to Greg, he decided to allocate his free points before clashing with the wolf king. The only reason he was slow was because of the meager damage he did to the beasts, and he feared that his damage wouldn't be able to cause any notable harm to the wolf king.
Status Window
User: Nemesis
Title: N/A
Job: N/A
Level: 7 (600/800 exp)
Health: 700
Strength: 14
Speed: 9
Stamina: 9
Intelligence: 5
Constitution: 3
Free Attribute Points: 0
Talent: EX rank - 100% absolute
S rank - talent share
Dodge rate
??? rank - death
Greg distributed ten points to strength, three to agility, six to stamina, and two to intelligence. He didn't bother adding any to constitution. After all, who's going to hit him? Strength determined his attack power and was a very important attribute for warriors. Speed determined his dexterity and how fast he moved. For now, it didn't require a lot of points since he wouldn't be dodging much. Stamina determined his endurance in long battles. It would be embarrassing if he got tired and just allowed enemies to attack him while not sustaining any damage and just resting. The enemy would definitely feel like a clown. Intelligence determined how fast you could learn spells and your mana output. Greg planned to be a warrior just like his past life. This was the reason he didn't learn any spells. Although being a magician might be the best choice for his talent—just standing there bombarding his enemies with spells while standing without the usual worry of other magicians being targeted by attacks. But, well, call him petty. Who enjoys fighting from a distance when you can go to the enemy and slay? Besides, in his last life, he was a warrior, and even with a thrashy talent, he was still one of the best players, so he wasn't worried over his skills.
Back to the battle, Greg, not standing on ceremony, rushed towards the wolf king and slashed down ruthlessly. The wolf king only glanced at this with disdain before slashing with its claw and activating its skill, Claw Slash. It felt even more arrogant when it saw the human rushing towards him without caring to dodge the skill. "Well, it's going to kill a dumb human for starters," it thought, but was shocked beyond imagination when the skill had no effect.
[Miss]
[-0]
Greg smirked and slashed the unprepared wolf king, cutting deeply.
[-600]
The wolf king couldn't believe it was hurt by a human it looked down on so badly. It glanced coldly at Greg.
Wolf King (Level 10)
Health: 5000
Strength: 40
Speed: 35
Stamina: 15
Intelligence: 10
Constitution: 20
Skills:
Wolf Slash (Level 5): Slash with the claws causing 300 damage to the foe. Cooldown: 1 second.
Wind Howl (Level 7): Howl that causes 800 damage to the foe while stunning them for 2 seconds.
Dash (Level 8): Move with +50% of current speed for 5 minutes. Cooldown: 30 minutes.
The stats of the beast were enough to scare players. Unlike players who have three free points, beasts and NPCs have five free points per level-up, with unique monsters like the wolf king having extra points. Hence, the higher the level, the greater the disparity between players and the natives of the game.
Greg, though, was not fazed by the stats of the wolf king. 5000 health would finish in no time if he continued attacking directly. No need to dodge those attacks and waste time or be on edge and fail from getting hit. Greg attacked the wolf king ferociously, cutting and cutting, while the wolf king was confused. All its attacks had no effect on the man in front of it. The wolf king finally got scared when its HP was drained to 500.
Wolf King (Level 10)
Health: 500
Strength: 40
Speed: 35
Stamina: 15
Intelligence: 10
Constitution: 20
Skills:
Wolf Slash (Level 5): Slash with the claws causing 300 damage to the foe. Cooldown: 1 second.
Wind Howl (Level 7): Howl that causes 800 damage to the foe while stunning them for 2 seconds.
Dash (Level 8): Move with +50% of current speed for 5 minutes. Cooldown: 30 minutes.
It immediately activated Dash out of panic and tried running away, but Greg anticipated this. Before the wolf king could run away, he jumped and landed on the back of the wolf king. The wolf king, seeing this, was frantic and tried shaking him off, all to no avail. Its attacks once more being useless. Greg, unfazed, continued striking the wolf king until its health was zeroed.
[Congratulations for killing the wolf king]
[Exp earned: 100 points earned. Multiplier for killing three levels above your rank]
[300 exp earned]
[500 exp bonus awarded for killing an elite beast alone]
[Loots dropped and automatically stored in your inventory]
Greg ignored the notifications and continued going deeper into the forest, his goal of reaching level 10 still in his plan.
While Greg continued hunting, his recent victory caused a stir among fellow players.