Chapter 72: Fighting the tailless wolf

I looked at the dead hawk and sighed heavily.

It had gone down faster than I expected and I was both surprised and glad.

The vortex was more powerful than I thought.

While spinning the opponent and disorienting them, it also cuts off air flow to their lungs.

So you have a beast that has lost all sense of balance and now it finds out it cant breathe.

It was no wonder the hawk with its small lungs didn't stand a chance.

It was the first beast monster I'd killed in a long while though and I was eager to see if there were any changes to my profile.

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[Name: Levi]

[Level: 3]

[Title: One star mage, Beast Slayer]

[Strength: 35]

[Intelligence: 30]

[Stamina: 31]

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[Mana: 350/1000]

[Element: Air]

[Lust points: 20]

I now had 350 mana points which was an upgrade from the 340 I previously did.

Killing a beast monster and increasing my mana level gave me an excited feeling.

It was something I missed earlier.

I faced the battle field and was trying to decide my next move.

The first beast monster had come to meet me of its own accord but now that I was done with it, should I join the fire mages in their fight or I should stay here and wait for more beasts to fight me?

If I decided to remain where I was, I gave myself a slight disadvantage.

One of the major perks of fighting among the troop was that it gave you extra security.

You could fight knowing that one or two persons had your back and could protect you from attacks you might not see at all or attacks you see too late.

Fighting on my own without joining the troops meant I had no one at my back to protect me from such.

It wasn't completely dreary however, I still had the system which could heal me quickly.

I had my quick reflexes which meant that I could avoid a lot of attacks at the last minute.

I decided to stay where I was and fight as many rouge beasts as I could.

Among the beasts monsters that fought, there was a large tailless wolf.

It noticed me standing alone and broke apart from the other beast monsters.

It headed towards me with full speed.

However I was prepared for it.

I decided since this wolf was quick and probably had very fast reflexes, i stood a better chance of confounding it if I didn't telegraph my movement to it.

When the average person sees an attack coming to him, escpecially at full speed, most times they immediately start running or move to the side to dodge it.

This is because they are slow and need to start their movements early to avoid the attack.

However with predators with superior speed and reflexes, this move becomes very useless.

This is because the predator can see your movements and quickly adjust the course of their attacks.

So you end up being injured or dead anyway.

I however, I was quite fast, maybe as fast as the wolf that was approaching me.

Perhaps I was even faster.

Due to this speed, I could make last minute changes to my position.

Howwwwll~

The wolf howled loudly as it ran towards me, confident in its own speed and strength.

It jumped into the air as it got near me and opened its teeth so it could clamp them down on me.

I didn't launch any attack of mine, I didn't even defend with magic.

Instead, I waited until the wolf was within biting distance.

Then I moved to the side quickly.

Surprise filled the wolf's eyes as it bit down on thin air.

It immediately turned its body to face me as it landed.

I wasn't going to allow it rest or regroup however.

"One directional windslam!" I shouted and blasted a heavy gust of air at the wolf.

The wolf breathed out fire which broke through the blast of air.

This was going to be interesting.

The wolf had elemental fire magic and it just used it to stop the wind slam I sent at it.

I watched the wolf carefully, anticipating another attack from it very soon.

Snarrrlll~

The wolf snarled as it's eyes focused on me, observing, watching.

It began to stalk around me in a circle.

I kept my gaze on it at all time as it walked slowly behind me.

When it was a little behind me and thought it was in my blind spot, it jumped at me.

However I was ready for the attack.

I jumped away from the wolf at the last minute, frustrating it once again.

Snarrrlll ~

The wolf snarled in anger as it bit on air once more.

I decided to go more on the offensive.

Air arrows! I shouted and six arrows shot out of my fan and headed for the wolf.

They spread as they travelled and then narrowed their aim so they were coming at it from different angles.

There was no way the wolf would escape that.

The wolf seemed to realize it's predicament and it blew fire from its mouth to counter the arrows.

But they were too much and ultimately, one struck it on its hind leg.

Howwwllll~

The wolf howled in pain as the arrow pierced its leg.

Blood began to drip out of the wound.

The wolf looked at me in annoyance and ran at me.

Wall of air. I said and raised a barrier of air between us.

The wolf was so annoyed and eager to reach me that it didn't see the air wall.

Baaamm!

It ran into the wall and was sent flying back.

The wolf whimpered as it lay on the ground in pain.

I wasn't about to let it recover however.

"Air arrows". I said and fired four arrows at it.

Howwll ~

The wolf howled weakly as the arrows pierced it's skin

It was soon dead.

[1 beast monster killed, +10 mana points]

Two down, more to come.