Chapter 15 - A Bad Situation

It was now about 4 hours since Ronald and the little tiger started their journey together.

But as they say, accidents happened in the most unexpected time.

As Ronald looked around at the familiar surroundings, he knew that he was now close to the exit of the forest, which caused him to relax a little. But it was at this time that a long howl was heard in front of them.

Ronald became alert after hearing this howl, but the little tiger who heard this howl immediately ran to the direction of the howl.

"WAIT!!! ..," Ronald immediately tried to call the little tiger, but he remembered that he hadn't given it a name. So, Ronald immediately ran after the little tiger, but due to his slight pause, he lost the little tiger's figure.

"Luna, can you sense the little tiger?" Ronald asked Luna in worry.

"No, it is now out of my range. Anyway, try finding the traces it left behind, I'll tell you immediately if I sense it within my sensing area."

"Okay... Thank you..."

Several minutes later, Ronald finally caught up to the little tiger, but what he saw made his heart fell.

The little tiger was now full of blood and was surrounded by seven wolves. Although Ronald didn't know if the blood on the little tiger was hers or was from the wolves, it still made Ronald feel terrible.

As Ronald saw the scene, he immediately used his skill <Beast Appraisal>.

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Black Forest Wolf

Lvl: 1

Hp: 613/1208

Mp: 415/760

Total stats: 689

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Black Forest Wolf

Lvl: 1

Hp: 951/1480

Mp:132/656

Total stats: 721

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Black Forest Wolf

Lvl: 1

Hp: 119/968

Mp: 501/1232

Total stats: 613

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Black Forest Wolf

Lvl: 1

Hp: 450/1072

Mp: 908/1136

Total stats: 685

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Black Forest Wolf

Lvl: 1

Hp: 1402/1960

Mp: 360/360

Total stats: 695

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Black Forest Wolf

Lvl: 1

Hp: 1000/1216

Mp: 521/624

Total stats: 653

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Black Forest Wolf

Lvl: 1

Hp: 802/984

Mp: 365/640

Total stats: 603

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After seeing all the information he could gather, without further ado, Ronald, unsheathing his sword, immediately rushed in and sneaked on the wolf with the lowest health, slashing its neck, causing it to die instantly, as it was the weakest of the seven, and was also the one who was severely wounded.

-119 Hp

Without letting the other wolves react, Ronald immediately kicked one of them and immediately ran and grabbed the little white tiger, escaping the encirclement of the wolves.

-84 Hp

It was only a moment later that wolves finally reacted and immediately chased Ronald, who grabbed their prey.

Ronald didn't fight them directly because it was not the most optimal solution to the current situation. In fact, it was the worst solution. As when black forest wolves hunted in packs, they will always maintain a certain distance from one group to another, making it easy for them to support other groups if other groups encounter trouble. And Ronald doesn't have the assurance that he can defeat all of them a few minutes before their reinforcements came.

The wolves chased them excitedly as they started howling, as if calling for reinforcements.

For the black forest wolves, once a prey started running, then that only means that the prey doesn't have any threat to them anymore and only wanted to escape from them, that is why they are very excited. Also, chasing their prey is one of the things that they enjoyed the most.

Ronald, who had already sheathed his sword and hugged the injured little white tiger while running, ran with all his might hoping to lose the packs of wolves. But the reality is so painful.

This chase was different from when they are being chased by bees as those bees are far slower than the wolves who are chasing them now. And as far as speed goes, the remaining wolves have about the same speed as Ronald, making it hard for him to lose them. Also, at that time, the little tiger was running beside him.

After running for a while, Ronald felt tired, but the wolves were still chasing him, and even their number has increased.

And as if the wolves were preparing to corner him, they ran with a certain distance from each other, not too far, nor too close.

As the wolves got nearer and nearer to him, Ronald's heart was beating faster and faster, and his mind was thinking very fast, searching for ways to escape his current predicament.

And at last, a saving sound was heard. It was from Luna.

"Ronald, run left. There is a cliff there, and below that cliff is a river," Luna said in an urgent tone.

Without Luna not telling him what to do after he got there, he immediately ran to the direction that Luna pointed, and when he saw the cliff, without any hesitation, Ronald directly jumped off the cliff.

And immediately after jumping, a splashing sound was then heard, as Ronald hugged the injured little white tiger while they are being dragged by the river's currents.

Seeing Ronald jumped, the wolves did not take further action and just watched him as he was dragged by the river's current.

In any other case, the wolves would likely continue chasing even if they're prey jumped on a river, especially when it was a juicy prey.

Although the juicy prey they wanted here is not Ronald but the little white tiger he is hugging.

Higher-level beast's meat has a huge attraction to the beasts of the lower levels, as this would let them increased their stats by a very very huge amount. And if luck is on their side, they may awaken a skill related to the skills of the higher-level beast by eating its core.

That is also one of the reasons why the wolves relentlessly chased Ronald, but sadly, they had no chance now as the river was flowing to a territory of a very terrible high-level beast.

Ronald continued to drift in the river without knowing where the river will bring them while holding a small section of a tree trunk, where the little white tiger was placed, for it not to drown in the river.

Ronald, at this time, was very tired and just wanted to sleep, but he still fought his sleepiness and waited for them to find a safe location before he can rest.

There are many uncertainties regarding their current situation. What if the river ahead would have a rocky path, that would be very bad for them as the current was moving very fast and hitting one of those rocks will surely worsen the little tiger's injuries. And what is more worst than that is if there is a waterfall at the end of the river.

Ronald wanted to make his way towards the riverside, but he is too tired to move now. So, he just let the river drag both of them and relaxed his tired body while letting Luna remind him of what is ahead of them.

Several minutes later, Ronald and the little white tiger, was still drifting in the river, but at this time, Ronald had recovered enough energy to swim against the current.

So Ronald did his best to reach the riverside, and finally, after several minutes swimming, he reached the riverside, and hugged the little tiger away from the river, and started searching for a place that is suitable for them to stay for a while.

After some time, Ronald finally found a cave hidden by thick vines.