Rank_E Herd-Wolf

"Come at me, you wolf bastard!"

...ROARRR!!!...

The Herd-Wolf made a fast single jump aiming its claws directly at me and its fangs to my neck.

In response, I lower my stance and charge towards the Herd-Wolf. My goal is to dive under the Herd-Wolf while it is in the air and get behind it.

All I have to do is reach the right distance at the right time.

"Now!..."

I gave my strongest kick against the ground and dived under the Herd-Wolf.

"Seil!... Look out!"

"Ehh?!..."

Why is the Herd-Wolf right in front of me?

"Damn It!... Arghhh!!!..."

Its Claws already cut my shoulders even before I realized it. And soon, my neck will be pierced by its Fangs and kill me for good.

That is right, for good!... Because the world of Reverie feels so shit the moment I got here that I rather end it all at this moment.

Well, my origin world is also the same. I guess that is what you will get if you use the Earth as a Reference along with its Humans, Goddess Visare.

At least back in my origin world, I have my family...

"My family..."

A sudden flash of memories about my family came to my mind. It gave me a melancholic feeling in these slow-motion seconds as the Herd-Wolf's Fangs were about to reach my neck.

Until it was ruined by the memories of those movies that I probably watched before about those guys who always keep saying the word family in their lines.

Seriously, why do I also have to remember that as well?

"Damn it! You, bald guys!... Grow some hair instead of interfering with the memories of my family!"

The Herd-Wolf's Fangs is just some inches away from my neck and it is already pushing me down towards the ground with its Claws still in my shoulder.

But I'm not gonna die here!

I'm going back to my Family!!!

"Do you think you are so smart because you predict my move?! You are not the only one who can use your head!"

I can't move my arms so I gather all my strength in my neck and smash my head right through the Herd-Wolf's nose.

I smashed it so hard that my forehead and the Herd-Wolf's nose both bleed out.

...ACCHHH!...

The Herd-Wolf made a pained sound and let go of my shoulders. It also stops its aim to bite my neck and crouch on the ground while holding its nose with its forelimbs.

I on the other hand was tossed in the ground tumbling away from the Herd-Wolf.

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After a while, both the Herd-Wolf and I were able to get back on our feet.

...GROWL!!!...

I think it is quite mad about me smashing its nose with my forehead. Well, considering that it was about to bite my neck, I don't think it had any right to be upset.

Besides, with our current situation now, he is the one who have the advantages.

...ROARRR!...

The Herd-Wolf prepares itself to launch another attack but before it can even lift above ground, the old man finally does something to help.

"CHAIN..."

Chains or to be more accurate, iron chains appear from the ground below the Herd-Wolf.

The old man probably intended to capture the Herd-Wolf but even before those iron chains could reach the Magical Beast, it immediately jumped backward escaping the encirclement of the iron chains.

"FIREBALL..."

Another attack came from the old to chase the Herd-Wolf using the most basic fire magic that even I'm familiar with.

However, from all of those dozen Fireballs that he shot toward the Herd-Wolf, all of them missed.

...ROARRR!!!...

The Herd-Wolf gave a roar before deciding to finally leave me alone and run further into the forest.

"That is right! Run away while I'm still letting you escape, you wolf bastard!"

"I can't believe you can actually say that after getting so beat up like that, Siel."

"And I can't believe your Magic missed every shot, Mister."

"Of course, I intentionally missed all of it!"

"Ehh?!... What do you mean?..."

"The Iron chains are only meant to make it back away from you and those dozen of fireballs are to scare it off to make it decide to retreat."

"Why didn't you just kill it, old man!"

"Jeez... SHORT-tempered brat, if I killed that Herd-Wolf then we will have to find someone else again who will be willing to teach you!"

"Wait!... Don't tell me!..."

"Yep... All you have to do next time is to show your face in front of that Herd-Wolf and he will give you a free lesson on how to use Dagger and Knife. We don't have to steal its hunt like what we did from the start."

"Shut it, Mister!... There are so many wrong things about what you just said that I don't have enough energy to correct them."

"Then let's go back home before you lose all your blood and energy, and end up collapsing or dying along the way."

"I know."

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The old man applied some medicinal herbs to the cuts on both my shoulders to stop the bleeding then we start heading to where our base is.

However, while we are taking the route back, he said something that totally pissed me off.

"By the way, Siel. That headbutt thing you did with the Herd-Wolf really surprised me. I didn't believe it would actually work for real."

"Well, that is my last resort... Wait?!... Surprised you?... Mister! Are you really planning to help before the Herd-Wolf bites off my neck?!"

"Of course!... I could do something..."

"And what could you possibly do at those mere seconds before my neck is eaten freshly by that wolf bastard?"

"Ehh... Ummm..."

"You, lying, old man!!!... I almost died because of trusting!!!"

"Okay, okay, okay... I have my fault in there but you also have your share, Siel."

"And where is my fault in that?!"

"You fell into the trap of the Herd-Wolf."

"What?"

"Magical Beast are smart even if they're Rank_F or Rank_E. The Herd-Wolf understands that you are planning to fight when you stop running. When you draw and prepare your weapons, it understands that you are challenging it ahead and that you are not going to run sideways. It also judges you to be much weaker so it knows that you won't launch an attack first."

Damn it!... Is that wolf bastard really that smart?

"The only choice left is if you're going to counterattack once it made a jump towards you or made a slip under him to get behind its back. So it laid a trap for you. It made a jump that looks like it has enough force to reach where you are while its actual target is the place where your dive will be perfect based on how fast your speed it has observed."

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"Did that make you speechless, Siel?"

"Of course, you didn't tell me they are as smart or smarter than Humans, Mister."

"They are not that smarter than Humans, but in terms of the things they need to live, maybe they do."

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[Goddess' Assassin System]

[Mode (1)]

[Life (50/90)]

[Mana (0/100)]

[Status (Deteriorating)]

[STR (+F), AGI (F), VIT (+F), DEX (F), INT (+E)]

[Element: FIRE (__), WIND (__), LAND (__), WATER (__), LIGHT (__), DARK (_E)]

[Combat Power (60)]

[Rank (_F)]