Changing Tactics

If any of her past misfortunes had taught her, it was that she should always be wary about there being failures propping up in her plans and that it was much too dangerous to leap into something head first.

The element of surprise was gone the moment that her bad luck had allowed the wind to carry her scent down towards the enemy who had a sharp sense of smell.

If she used such an opportunity and was luckier then the power of the enemy may not have mattered all that much once she landed the first blow injuring or killing them in one move.

It would have been possible to retreat and formulate another way of attack on the group once again as they lost one of their useful fighters and had been more disorderly from being reduced in numbers so suddenly.

Unfortunately the plan of attack to weaken their forces and strike for someone that looked strong or was the leader among them had failed the moment her scent was picked up.

Mallory silently cursed in her head as she grit her teeth showing how sharp and deadly they looked. 'Damn..'

With the enemy being somewhat aware of her location or the general direction, it made it far more difficult to launch an assassination attempt upon the already vigilant group.

It did not help her further that she was unaware if they were ordinary people who had gotten as strong as they had through their own hard efforts and experiences or that they had the blessing of the gods like herself in the form of a status.

It was unknown if they possessed a status and if they did, she did not know what kind of levels they all had.

Having level ones among them was not so frightening so long as they did not have too many but having level twos or threes mixed in would make them much more dangerous.

She quickly recalled the status she had attained related to her stats while taking into account her current inventory as her plan of action was changing.

If her first plan was going to be a failure then she needed to adapt and improve if she wanted to overcome the crisis. 'At this level, my Magic is at around C while my Dexterity and Agility are both G with other stats of Strength and Endurance being at H.'

She let out a quick sigh as she thought to herself. 'I cannot use attack based magic or have a special ability to overcome the odds as far as I am aware so it makes me even more vulnerable up against level threes or better stat balanced level twos.

A head on confrontation is no longer an option and I cannot risk the possibility of there being someone I cannot contend with among them. It seems that I only have that set of tactics left.'

She quickly worked out her strengths and weaknesses which were very different from the likes of Bell Cranel that could use his Argonaut skill and his Firebolt spell to overcome tougher opponents or groups that outnumbered him.

Her rate of growth was similar to him in a way but her own growth would slow down as she grew stronger while his would continue to grow the more his feelings grew stronger.

His abilities were very well suited for quickly taking out opponents with a single strike or Fireball while Mallory only had her reflective spell barrier which needed longer to cast.

The two were so similar in the state they were in after levelling up and meeting a new set of challenges.

Mallory had learned from watching the anime that even special level twos could be beaten up if they rushed head first into a fight without knowing who their opponent was and what they were capable of.

After Mallory had made her decision, she withdrew several things from her bag and threw out a small amount of Shuriken from above.

Each of them slit off from each other after being thrown by her so they scattered around below as they went towards the group that had come within her range.

Without waiting any further, she tossed out one Kunai towards the group before leaping down from the tree branch.

Her movements were swift and accurate as the Kunai caught up with the Shuriken that were being blocked by the enemy.

The Kunai hit a raised shield and then fell down to the ground which meant that her initial attacks had failed to injure the enemy. "Tsk.."

There was no signs of panic in her emerald green eyes as she began to run from the cover of the trees and started to circle the outer range of the enemy awaiting a weakness.

Once she was within their striking range for the archers and magic users, Mallory started to move and observe more carefully before coming to a decision.

A pair of goggles were pulled down over her eyes and she then shouted out in her tribe's language. "Flash!"