Chapter 34 - Beginning The Attack On Thornbury Fort (1/2)

As the plan was set, and they were both rearing to go, they set up an ambush about half a kilometer away from the castle. Ark predicted that this was on the route of the patrol, and there were multiple spots to ambush them from, making it one of the best spots to set up an ambush. Since they saw a patrol leave the castle just now, they had to hurry and get in position though, since they didn't want to miss them.

Their plan was to have Thufrat intercept the path of the patrol, and grab their attention, then Ark would try to assassinate the High Skeleton of the group. Then they would clean up the small fry together. They would then act according to how the forces inside the castle responded, if they were oblivious and kept sending patrols, then they would kill off the patrols until there were none left, they would then storm the castle.

As the patrol was already on its way, and they were not far away, it only took a couple of minutes for it to appear. At the helm of the patrol, was once again a High Skeleton clad in scarlet armor, this one, however, had a scary looking two-handed battleax at its back. As the patrol noticed Thufrat, the leader ordered them to attack him. But just as they started to move, a highly condensed arrow of light suddenly pierced the High Skeleton head, instantly blowing it to pieces.

The other skeletons had no idea how to react to something like this, and they just stood completely still for a moment. Thufrat and Ark didn't let this chance go to waste, and they instantly started to attack the skeleton. Thufrat used the same skill he had used the time he battled against the other High Skeleton. Instantly crushing between 25 and 30 skeletons.

Ark didn't let him steal all the glory though, as he instantly erupted with a large wave of light which swept over a large number of skeletons. Even though it didn't kill all of them it killed most of them and severely injured the rest, making this clean-up even easier. Since they both wanted to conserve some Mana and energy, they both just used normal attacks as well as some light magic while dealing with the rest of the skeletons.

This first ambush had been a large success, and it was mostly due to the surprise attack that managed to instantly take out the High Skeleton. In normal cases, an attack like that would just be blocked easily by its battleax, but since it was unaware, and focused on something else, the attack managed to hit. The reason why it instantly killed it was just that the head was the skeletons weak spot.

If it had hit any other area of the body, it wouldn't have done much damage at all.

Since they had taken care of this patrol, they both sat down to rest and to wait for the next one to come. They had both leveled up and decided to spend their stat points while they waited. Since he didn't do much this fight, Thufrat only gained 2 levels. Ark gained 3 levels, and he was essentially level 35 right now, even though his actual level was 20. Therefore he decided to put 10 more points into his intelligence, as well as 5 points into strength.

Name: Ark

Condition: Excited

Species: Radiant Ice Wolf

Mp: 210/210

Strength: 30

Agility: 40

Dexterity: 30

Endurance: 25

Vitality: 25

Intelligence: 70

Wisdom: 30

Night Vision [Lv.2]

Growth [Lv.Max]

Inspect [Lv.5]

Mana manipulation [Lv.6]

Mana perception

Mana recovery [Lv.2]

Herculean strength [Lv.1]

Swift [Lv.2]

Nimble [Lv.2]

Stealth [Lv.4]

Enhanced Stamina

Small Fire Affinity

Small Water Affinity

Big Ice Affinity

Big Light Affinity

Mental Fortitude

Yin Yang body constitution

Envoy of Holiness

Holy Spear: Dawn

As he once again saw his status a couple of minutes later, he noticed that he had started to pay less attention to his agility, and for good reason, it just didn't feel like it was the path he wanted to go down. No matter how good agility was, Ark felt like he was more suited to magic, since it was something he earnestly loved, and it was basically the only thing in this world which he helöt any passion towards. He had also noticed that he quite liked exciting battles.

He also felt like he would be able to attain greater heights if he focused on magic, since he had a bloodline that seemed to be really good with magic, and it wasn't even fully awakened yet. And as the saying goes, jack off all trades, but master of none. If he solely focused on 1 stat, it was surely going to bring him tremendous changes in his combat effectiveness. Of course, he wouldn't let his other stats fall too far behind since that would greatly affect his body. How would his body be able to handle his enormous Mana pool if it was weak?