Chapter 29 Food

A sound of something moving in the bushes alerted me and the wolf.

We both turned our heads towards the sound expecting something to emerge from within the greenery, but nothing happened.

Seeing the wolf still reluctant to attack me I approached the bush and moved the branches obstructing our vision.

Two red eyes and two long ears came into my view. I instantly identified the beast to be some kind of rabbit. I didn't even need to look at its status to know its weakness.

A white flame lit up on my hand surprising both, the wolf and the rabbit.

Unfortunately for the rabbit its speed was similar to mine, but because of the intelligence difference I just predicted where the beast would run and scorched it with flames.

< Forest Rabbit x1 Killed! >

<LOOT>

1️⃣ 100 EXP

2️⃣ Rabbit's Meat x3

3️⃣ Rabbit's Leg x1

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Quickly collecting all the loot I took the Rabbit's meat above the Demonic Flame and cooked it in high temperature.

< Rabbit's Meat x1 → Cooked Rabbit Meat x1 >

The rabbit meat was cooked and because it wasn't that hard to do the ingredient turned out not burnt.

Shifting my eyes towards the wolf I noticed it lying on the floor and eyeing the cooked meat held in my hand.

Throwing the stake at the beast I cooked the other two before giving it to the wolf.

< Grey Wolf Taming Process; 74% → 95% >

The wolf was very close to being tamed. Its eyes were showing signs of happiness, but the food ended once again. Luckily, the wolf was a bit more trusty, hence didn't growl or attack me.

Seeing our friendship progress, I was honestly surprised. Most of the beasts will try to attack the player even if their Taming Process is 99%.

Truly, the beast before me was different. Looking at its yellow eyes I felt that the beast had a fair bit of intelligence.

' Well, in the future he'll become a boss '

I shrugged my shoulders leaving the wolf lying and quickly scanning the area for more food. I had no time to spare.

After a few minutes of walking I noticed a flock of birds drinking water from the nearby lake. looking around to see if there's a predator nearby I threw a Shadow Blast in the middle of the flock hoping to kill as many Birds as possible.

Boom...

The Shadow Blast landed, killing a few birds and sending the bird flock in ruckus. After a few seconds only dead Birds remained.

< Archaeopteryx x6 Killed! >

< LOOT >

1️⃣ 1200 EXP

2️⃣ Archaeopteryx Meat x8

3️⃣ Archaeopteryx Claws x1

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I ran towards the Loot and started collecting it. Unfortunately I had no time to let the Demonic Flame devour the corpses.

While grabbing the Loot a monster suddenly jumped out of the lake aiming to bite me in half. I had low to none time to dodge, hence had to sacrifice one of my arms to evade the beast.

Crack...

The beast's powerful jaws tore off my whole arm from the shoulder.

- 71 HP

Player Leo has received a Status Effect < Bleed >

~ Lose 10 HP every minute

~ Duration → 3 minutes

" Aghh... "

I could only shout, feeling my whole arm being bitten off. I collected my thoughts and clenched my teeth trying to suppress the pain.

< ELITE DEINOSUCHUS >

~ A Powerful prehistoric crocodile; lives near the water

~ Aggressive; Territorial

~ Elite Monster

< ATTRIBUTES >

Lv. 13

HP: 850

MP: 100

STR: 1200

AGL: 200

PDEF: 500

MDEF: 300

INT: 150

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< END >

The monster was physically strong, but its Mana reserves were fortunately low. Planning to capitalize this weakness I used my flame to stop the bleeding.

It hurts like hell...

Luckily the crocodile didn't want to leave too far from the water and kept staring at me from a distance.

After I was done with my eyes shifted to the beast seemingly trying to release all the pain I felt while performing the wound closure.

I hadn't felt it myself, but my skill Killing Intent was slowly growing due to continuous fights and multiple near-death situations I've been in.

Of course my meager killing intent wasn't enough to scare off the creature, it just infuriated it.

Clank...

Its powerful jaws closed together. Its eyes were glaring at me as if I've killed its whole family.

Even though I was pretty hurt and my pride wanted to strike back I felt that I was not in my peak condition. Retreating backwards I swore that I'll kill this beast that almost made me die.

Thump... Thump...

My heavy footsteps echoed from the forest. I was approaching the camping site I set up before leaving to search for food. My hand was regrown and I could already move my fingers although with much difficulty.

I had no clue how much time I spent while searching for food, I just hoped that the wolf hadn't left.

Brushing apart the various branches I stepped into the campsite. I was instantly met with my hairy friend's yellow eyes seemingly demanding to eat.

< Grey Wolf Taming Process; 81% >

I sighed from relief seeing that the Taming process was still high. Cooking all the meat I gave it to my fella, not caring if it's too much.

I can't be bothered to do anything else, I grumbled. I was tired as hell.

< Grey Wolf Taming Process; 81% → 100% >

Finally the wolf ate most of the Stakes.

Click...

I suddenly felt connected to the beast before me. I could vaguely feel its emotions and thoughts.

< Congratulations on Taming the Grey Wolf! >

< The First Player to ever receive a pet Detected... >

< Bonus Rewards Added... <

< Do you want to announce your Achievement to the world? >

< YES / NO >

Multiple tabs appeared before me notifying me about my achievements. My eyes widened seeing that I received an extra reward.

I didn't know anything about this happening in my past life, hence was a bit irritated. Don't get me wrong I was happy about the Bonus.

It's just that I don't like... unexpected things.

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< ELITE DEINOSUCHUS >

~ A Powerful prehistoric crocodile; lives near the water

~ Aggressive; Territorial

~ Elite Monster

< ATTRIBUTES >

Lv. 13

HP: 850

MP: 100

STR: 1200

AGL: 200

PDEF: 500

MDEF: 300

INT: 150

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< ACTIVE SKILLS >

1️⃣ Watery Camouflage < Lv. 5 >

-- Allows one to completely blend with the water

~ Cost 15 Mana

~ 1 minute cooldown

< PASSIVE SKILLS >

1️⃣ Crocodiles Scale's < Lv. 7 >

-- A chance to halve the damage received

~ No cost

~ No cooldown

2️⃣ Water breathing < Lv. 9 >

-- Ability to breath under the water

~ No cost

~ No cooldown

< SPELLS >

1️⃣ Underwater bullet < Lv. 4 >

-- Create a bullet that'll move under the water unrestrained

~ Cost 20 Mana

~ 20 second cooldown

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< END >