Wolves
Chapter 14 Wolves
midnight.
Starlight shone down, the breeze blew by, and among the swaying shadows of the trees, a vague figure loomed.
A strong wind blew and scattered the branches and leaves that obscured the figure. Under the dense leaves, I saw a person leaning against the tree trunk and sitting cross-legged. Although his posture was not too upright, I could still feel his intentions at this time.
If they hadn't known it in advance, no one would have thought that there would be someone meditating among the tree trunks in this dense forest.
The quiet surroundings gradually became noisy, and if you listened carefully, you could hear some kind of chewing sound. In the midst of this noise, the figure's expression gradually worsened.
At this time, Rhodes was not feeling well while meditating. The originally peaceful state of mind was disturbed again for some unknown reason.
The effect of meditation was getting worse and worse, replaced by a kind of irritability. No matter how hard Rhodes tried, the thoughts in his heart could not be calmed down. After realizing that his current state was not suitable for meditation, Rhodes opened his eyes.
As soon as he opened his eyes, the perception that had been blocked by meditation stimulated Rhodes. Rhodes' eyes narrowed and he looked in the direction of the sensory warning.
In the darkness, pairs of hungry eyes were emitting a pale green light. Rhodes took a closer look and saw that there was actually a pack of wolves underneath.
It turned out that while Rhodes was meditating, the smell of blood from the walking corpses and apprentice corpses attracted predators in the forest, and it was this pack of wolves in front of him.
Rhodes looked down and saw that the wolves were ruthlessly eating the remains of the walking corpses. It stands to reason that wolves rarely choose to eat carrion, and only when they are extremely hungry will they choose to eat cold and hard walking corpses.
During the observation process, Rhodes discovered an anomaly. Compared to the rotting zombies, there was only a wolf next to the corpse of the apprentice with more delicious meat. The other wolves can compete with each other for a piece of carrion from the walking corpse, but they dare not offend the wolf in front of them at all.
As the observation deepened, Rhodes also discovered something unusual about this wolf. The other wolves devoured the carrion of the walking corpses without paying any attention to the surrounding situation. Only this wolf always looked around while eating, not forgetting to be alert to its surroundings. Not only that, this wolf is also bigger.
Rhodes knew that this wolf was the wolf king among the wolves.
Rhodes, observing from above, counted the number of wolves in the group at about ten. After considering his own strength, Rhodes frowned.
Unlike the undead creatures, which have high health but poor skills and speed, they are restrained by Rhodes' swordsmanship, but the wolves are different. Wolves are better at siege, especially siege of a single target. Although the wolf was physically inferior to the previous undead creatures, it was faster, which caused some trouble for Rhodes.
Once surrounded by commanded wolves, you will fall into a very passive situation. As long as a wolf rushes to his side and bites his leg, he will lose a certain amount of mobility. The other wolves can quickly follow and bite together, plus the wolf king next to him...
Rhodes knew that once a beast-like creature like this broke through its original level, it would have the ability to use magic. Compared to these ordinary wolves, this wolf king is a greater threat.
Assassinate it like you would an apprentice? Rhodes hesitated.
Recalling the scene when he assassinated his apprentice, Rhodes shook his head decisively.
When he jumped out to assassinate the apprentice, the apprentice clearly noticed him and turned his head back. However, due to his poor physical fitness and lack of melee skills, the apprentice was unable to dodge.
The Wolf King is different. The beast's instinct to sense danger allows it to detect itself as soon as it strikes, and its strong physical fitness also allows it to quickly avoid it.
There is no way to assassinate the Wolf King. If he fights head-on with the wolves, the outcome is hard to say. Even if he wins in the end, it can only be a miserable victory with heavy injuries that consumes all attribute points and skill points.
Looking at the group of wolves in front of him, Rhodes didn't have any good ideas for a while.
After carefully recalling all the situations he had experienced so far, Rhodes suddenly seemed to realize something. His eyes flashed, and he found a way to win.
In order to use this method, Rhodes still needs some preparations.
Rhodes stood up, moved up the tree trunk to a position where the moonlight could directly shine, and then checked the system log.
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"..."
"Meditation is over."
"Based on your performance during meditation, your maximum mana has been increased by 8 points. Current mana is 14/14."
"No special feedback is available from shallow meditation."
...
Enough mana.
After realizing this, Rhodes quickly injected mana into the space ring in his hand.
In the attribute panel, the mana value slowly decreased. When the mana value dropped to 10/14, the space ring stopped absorbing mana.
At the same time, Rhodes also felt that the space ring in his hand had established a subtle connection with himself. With just a thought of his own, his consciousness could penetrate into it and access the items inside.
Rhodes let his consciousness enter the space ring, which contains two to three cubic meters of space. The first thing that entered Rhode's perception was a large amount of gold coins like a pile of sand, roughly estimated to be around two thousand.
There are two books and several scrolls stacked on top of the gold coins. Next to them are two iron swords and an iron shield, which are no different from those used by the skeleton warriors before. There are dry food and water bags in the corner, some clothes next to them, and a badge placed above the clothes.
After seeing the items I needed, Rhode took out the books and scrolls and began to examine them with the help of moonlight.
The cover of one book says "Basics of Pathfinding", and the cover of the other book has no words at all, only some mysterious patterns with no meaning. Rhodes identified the patterns drawn on the scroll, which were a thunderbolt, a magic arrow and two healing arrows.
Seeing a book at the back, Rhodes put the rest of the items back into the space ring, leaving only it in his hand.
When putting the scroll back, based on the habit he had developed in his previous life, Rhodes deliberately placed the scrolls separately so that he could take out the scroll he wanted to use from the space ring immediately. Then Rhodes began to read the unknown book. famous book.
Quickly flip through the book in your hand. After browsing a few pages, Rhodes confirmed that, just as he thought, this book was Ailot's magic book.
Magic books are an important tool for wizards when learning spells. Since human memory is not strong, as time goes by and the knowledge learned increases, the possibility of errors in memory becomes greater and greater, so magic books are needed to help record.
Grimoires allow wizards to record key pieces of knowledge they have learned. At the same time, in order to cast spells accurately, the mage also needs to copy the spells in the magic book.
Since the mage will use most of the gold coins to learn knowledge and spells, the magic book that records all the knowledge the mage has learned will be regarded as extremely precious by the mage, far beyond ordinary treasures.
While flipping through the magic book, Rhodes used 1 skill point to learn elementary wisdom.
(Elementary Wisdom: By learning spell-related knowledge, your knowledge has been increased. At the same time, your thinking has also expanded. Various formulas emerge in your mind, and you begin to slightly understand the principles contained in spells. You can learn first-level spells.)