Chapter 13: A First Quest (5)
Chapter 13: A First Quest (5)
[The Forest Wolf Boss Lv. 5 HP: 274/500 MP: 20/100]
[Archer Lv. 4 HP: 43/160 MP: 160/160]
'I'm done with one more blow! I must think more while fighting!' Jake reminded himself while entering the soldier stance, his feet close to each other, his back straight, and his entire form rigid and rooted to the ground. 'I've been blown away enough to shoot two arrows in the soldier form!'
Following that thought, Jake drew his strongest anchor point and released two powerful arrows. There was no critical strike, but they were good enough to do more than average damage.
The boss's health points fell down to two hundred. At the same time, the boss leaped forward.
Jake hadn't paid any attention to the game system, however. He instantly threw one of his feet forward, buckled his knees, and raised his other heel up—the joker form. His eyes were on the rushing boss.
Three more arrows had been sent forward. Their speed faster, the damage was much weaker, but it was enough to take away the monster's fifty points.
He squeezed his mind and adapted to his circumstances.
'He's going for a bite!' Jake warned himself.
The boss hadn't extended his paw yet, which he should have done by now if his intention was the paw attack. If that was the case, then what else the boss could use? His tail? Jake doubted that, as it meant the boss would have to turn around.
Though there was a chance he could elongate it with his mana.
Jake, however, paid a risk and bet on the boss going for a bite.
With one knee digging into the ground, Jake mimicked his master's form. He'd seen Ingrid shoot arrows in this way three times, but he studied her as much as he could and even asked a few questions about it.
'Because I am shooting from the unfamiliar angle and form, my arrow has a ninety percent chance of missing... so I will just miss then!' Jake lined his line of sight with the boss' head and aimed beside the wolf's left temple.
He let his arrow go.
Just like Ingrid had told him, the form so foreign to him cost him his accuracy.
But... the arrow bent to the right side, hitting the wolf's eye.
[You have done a severe critical strike!]
[-146 HP!]
[You have killed The Forest Wolf Boss Lv. 5!]
The boss froze before crumpling, his towering form dropping like a heavy boulder.
Jake gazed silently for a few seconds before the wave of excitement washed over him.
He clenched his bow's handle while the other hand's fingers dug into his palm!
He screamed, "Let's go!"
The first boss has been claimed!