Chapter 23 - Eradication! (1/2)

After having defeated all those enemies Ark went straight back to his tree again. He didn't want to stay around anymore since all of the ghouls would be coming at the same time now, and he wasn't stupid enough to think he would be able to take them all on at the same time. Even though he knew that he would be able to put up a pretty good fight, he didn't want to risk anything if he didn't need to. He had also heard a lot of notifications ringing inside his head when he had killed all of the monsters. This made Ark very excited, since it meant that he had probably gained a lot of levels from doing something simple like that.

He decided to wait with checking his status until he had reached the safety of the tree, this was only a precaution since he didn't really know if the ghouls would try to follow him or not. He had not seen any of them, but there was still a possibility. When he had finally arrived at the tree, he noticed how another animal was drinking close by, he felt like this was fate, as he was very hungry right now. This animal didn't seem to be a magical beast or anything of the sort, it was just a normal boar, but just to be completely safe Ark checked it's level, and it was only a level 3 wild boar. Seeing this, Ark's silver eyes shone as he lunged forward and decapitated the beast.

After having his sumptuous meal he decided to store some of it away for the next day, this was simply because this boar was extremely tasty, and he didn't know if he would be able to find something else that would even come close the next day. The boar was very big, and therefore the meat would last for another meal today, and then another two the next day. Ark almost drooled at the thought of eating this boar once more. He decided to store the boar in his tree, where he put up a barrier of Mana, it was basically a very condensed but small shield made out of Mana, this would keep other creatures from smelling and finding his food.

Having done that Ark decided to take a little nap, he was a bit exhausted after all. Because even if he could battle a lot more, it was still very exhausting, and he would rather rest a little before going back to take on the ghouls. He had completely forgotten about his status because of the tasty meal he had gotten out of the boar he had killed, therefore he slowly drifted off into sleep.

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Waking up a couple of hours later Ark felt really good, he also remembered how he was supposed to check out his new status before doing anything else, which failed as he was distracted. But now that he was awake again he really wanted to see if he had leveled up, or more importantly, how much?

Name: Ark

Species: Ice wolf

Level: 7 (22)

Strength: 15

Agility: 30

Dexterity: 20

Endurance: 16

Vitality: 20

Intelligence: 31

Wisdom: 18

Night Vision [Lv.2]

Water magic [Beginner Lv.4]

Inspect [Lv.5]

Mana manipulation [Lv.6]

Mana perception

Swift [Lv.2]

Nimble [Lv.2]

Stealth [Lv.3]

Regenerate

Small Fire Affinity

Small Water Affinity

Mental Fortitude

Yin Yang body constitution

Status points [35]

Seeing this made Ark very excited, he had gained a total of 35 status points! There was a lot he would be able to do with those, and he would be able to get a lot stronger, and all he really did was use a single move. But this was mostly possible because of the low magic defense of skeletons and zombies, they were also very slow and had very bad reaction speed, which led to Ark being able to kill them all with a single attack. Albeit it being one of his strongest ones. Ark wasn't too sure of how he wanted to spend the points though, he felt like one of the more logical choices would be to invest in his magic, but he didn't really know if that was what he only wanted to go with. He kind of wanted to balance out his stats a little, since the difference between his stats would get wider and wider every time he decided to spend points on his magic and agility.

But he would still have them be a bit ahead of the other ones, since he wanted them to be his strong points, and he wanted to be at least a little specialized. Have you ever heard the saying: Jack of all trades, master of none? This was the main reason why Ark wanted to have his own area at which he excelled. He didn't think it would be smart to be moderately good at everything, he thought that it would be a lot smarter to have something to be good at. Think about it this way, if he one day ran into an opponent with a very good defense, then he wouldn't be able to do anything unless he had sufficient attack. And that's also why he wanted to have good magic as well as speed, since they could both provide a strong attack, but also a lot of utility as well as ways to escape from an overwhelming opponent.

Therefore Ark decided to put 10 points into his strength, bringing it to a respectable 25, then he put 4 point into endurance, to get it to an even 20, since he would get a skill for it at 20. He then put 7 points into his wisdom, he also put 5 points into agility and 9 points into intelligence. After confirming his choice Ark heard the same monotone voice sound out inside of his head.

[Due to host having 20 points of endurance, host has gained the skill ”Enhanced Stamina”]

[Due to host having 20 points of strength, host has gained the skill ”Herculean Strength”]

[Due to host having 20 points of wisdom, host has gained the skill ”Mana recovery”]

[Enhanced Stamina]

Grants host better stamina to stay in combat longer