Chapter 10: A First Quest (2)

Chapter 10: A First Quest (2)

Chapter 10: A First Quest (2)

Finding the wolf boss wasn't so difficult.

His camp was surrounded by intricate roots and thick trees, with one wide entrance guarded by ordinary forest wolves. Such a setting was adequate for the boss' prestige and turned the environment into the perfect area for newbie players to face their first boss monster.

Jake had spent a few hours meticulously going around the forest to find this area.

Though he hadn't leveled up and was still level four, his stats were higher than players of his level as he had spent his time sharpening his other proficiencies, increasing his essential for archer stats: strength and dexterity.

'That's the boss... he's huge and has silver fur,' Jake thought upon landing his eyes on the enormous existence. Without a doubt, it was the boss.

The game system helped him to confirm his identity.

[The Forest Wolf Boss Lv. 5 HP: 500/500 MP: 100/100]

The boss was at least two meters tall, but Jake couldn't confirm that because his enemy was currently in a nap, curled up on his vast bed of leaves. Even as he slept, he appeared intimidating enough to have people like Jake question whether they really wanted to mess with him.

The wolves orderly guarded the entrance so that no one disturbed their leader's nap while keeping their paws as quiet as possible.

'He has mana... it means he must have at least one skill up his sleeve,' Jake thought. It made sense for the boss to have some kind of skill to give newbie players a taste of the consequence of getting hit by one.

Just like in other games, Jake could have searched for the boss's skills and patterns and prepared adequately against them to walk through him seamlessly. That would have been so boring that Jake didn't even consider going for that route.

It would have been an ultimate win in Jake's book if he were not to receive any blow. With those thoughts dwelling in his head, he rested his arrow on his hand as he nocked it.

His muscle memory was by no means disturbed by his excitement and thoughts as he shot arrows one by one.

Like sitting ducks, the wolves fell one at a time to their sides. One of them had gotten quite close to him, but Jake was much stronger than them and finished it with a casual release that didn't require his usual anchor point.

Level difference aside, Jake's stats were just higher. The wolves were also slow in their rush to him because of their fear of their boss, which all translated to Jake having a total advantage over them.

He wasn't a close combat player, so the guard was a piece of cake to him!

That could have been said to be the archer's edge here.

'Leaves, leaves, leaves... that should be enough!' Jake took out clumps of leaves from his inventory and covered the wolves in them to not let the boss wake up to the smell of blood.

Though he may have secured his first small victory on this adventure, his advantages of being an archer could easily backfire on him now that all that's left is the boss.

Jake, however, had been learning more about archery in the real world and practicing his ideas in the game world.

'Time to put them into real practice,' Jake entered his rigid form, which, for convenience's sake, he'd named the soldier form. 'Let's do it.'

He drew his bowstring and reached his strongest anchor point as he loaded all his strength into the bow.

The arrow flew forward!