"Fucking hell, Apollo!" Silas cursed when he saw the wolves' attack.
As soon as he saw the first wolf jump at him, his thoughts spun. He made precise, calculated steps towards where the wolf had jumped from and rolled on the grass-covered ground.
His quick thoughts and actions seemed to have achieved the desired results, as he found himself outside of the pack's encirclement.
Silas knew that there was no way he would be able to fight off the wolves if he allows them to attack him, after they successfully encircled him. This is the reason he decided to act fast and take a gamble. A gamble that paid off.
Looking at the pack of near-waist-tall wolves that landed on each other, after their attack failed, Silas made the decision to run.
He knew he made a mistake when he allowed them to encircle him the first time, and he wasn't going to let it happen again.
He might be able to fight off just one wolf, or two, if he pushes himself but not a pack of ten wolves that are all one level higher than him.
He quickly got up from the floor and ran in a random direction.
After making a couple of steps, Silas realized another mistake he made. The near-waist-tall grasses in the field were another obstacle for him, as they hinder his movement greatly.
Instead of running as he intended, Silas found himself wading through the grasses.
Silas knew that the odd were greatly staked against him, but he didn't want to lose in the tutorial area.
It was at times like his he missed his real world stats. If he had them, then he wouldn't need to fight as he would had taken care of the pack of wolves with just a finger.
Silas was wading through the tall grasses when he heard growls from behind him, and sounds of movement from behind him.
His thoughts spun as he tried to think of what to do, to save himself. His thoughts brought him back to what the voice about the tutorial area;
"Survive and escape the field, to pass the tutorial."
'Survive and escape the field?' Silas thought to himself, as he took a quick glance at field that had no in sight.
"How the hell am I supposed to do that?!" Silas cursed angrily.
He had no time to think when the level 3 wolf started climbing the tree.
He made a quick calculation as he took a brief look around, then sidestepped, causing the wolf to miss him by just a hair.
After surviving a close brush with death, Silas was smiling—a reaction that greatly contrasted with his precarious situation. The reason for his smile was this:
||You have met the requirements to learn the skill: Dodge.||
||You learned the skill: Dodge.||
||Skill Name: Dodge (Normal)||
||Description: Quickly move out of the way to avoid incoming attacks, reducing the chances of being hit by 80% for 1 second.||
||Cost: 1 Stamina Point per activation.||
||Cooldown: 5 seconds. (Reduces by 0.5 seconds for every 10 points of Agility.)||
Silas was genuinely surprised when he read the notifications that popped up. He didn't know that his simple action of sidestepping, to dodge the wolf's attack will bring him such a good thing.
The information brought forth many ideas but he was in no situation to try them out.
Silas watched as the level 3 wolf climbed the tree and approached him, with a menacing look in its eyes.
Silas at this point, had already lost all hope and could already see his fate. He was about to give up his grip on the tree when he heard a sharp whooshing sound in the air, and what followed next was the pain-filled whimper of the level 3 wolf, before it fell to the ground, dead.
"What the...?!"
Silas was shocked by the suddenness of the event, and even more shocking, is the event that followed.
A group of more than twenty goblins, armed with different weapons, appeared from behind the tree and started attacking the pack of wolves that are now in disarray due to the loss of their leader.
Silas looked at the panel above each goblins and he nearly died of shock.
||Level 2 Tree glGoblin||
||Level 1 Tree Goblin||
||Level 3 Chief Tree Goblin||
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Among the group of twenty Tree Goblins, almost half of them were level 2, and the rest were level 1, with the exception of the only Chief Tree Goblin.
Whimpers filled with pain, filled the air as the group of Tree Goblins made quick work of the disordered pack of wolves.
Silas didn't know what to make of the situation. Should he be grateful that the pack of wolves that were after his life are being taken care of by the Tree Goblins? Or should he be worried?
He thought of it and remembered what the voice said:
"Survive and escape the field to pass the tutorial."
"It looks like a going from frying to fire situation but I mustn't allow it to happen," He thought to himself, when he saw the Tree Goblins.
With this thought, Silas made a quick decision as he climbed the tree, and broke a branch of the tree, and further broke it into two.
Silas now have two broken branches with sharp, jagged pointy ends, in his hands.
He looked down at the still ongoing battle between the group of Tree Goblins and the pack of wolves, and he nodded in satisfaction.
"Good. They are still busy," He said to himself, and looked at one of the occupied Tree Goblins.
His thoughts and plan is simple. Since he has to survive and escape the field, it means that there's no allies in it. This thought was also confirmed by the fact that he hasn't seen any other creatures, except for monsters.
Silas scanned the Tree Goblins and found two level 1 Tree Goblins that were currently fighting a wolf.
"Found you, my loot bags."
Silas brandished the two broken branches, and jumped down, targeting the neck region of the two Tree Goblins.
With a piercing sound, each of tree branches penetrated the neck of a Tree Goblins, and a loud shrieking sound was heard, before they fell to the ground and disappeared into motes of light.
||You killed a Level 1 Tree Goblin. You obtained 5 EXP||
||You killed a Level 1 Tree Goblin. You obtained 5 EXP||
||Level Up||