Chapter 20: Jake's First Bow (1)
Chapter 20: Jake's First Bow (1)
Crafting a wooden bow is quite difficult on the tutorial island because the tutorial forest is known for its toughness.
It's the only source of wood here, so it takes more than a skill to make anything out of it.
Richard stressed that point a few times while shaping the bow's riser.
Jake held the wooden piece in his hands, mimicking the newbie helper. Rêạd new chapters at novelhall.com
He was no longer working with the sharp stone but with the steel ax by holding it close to the steel and sharpest part of it, trying to use it like a knife as much as possible.
It worked well, and Jake often voiced how different it was from the arduous and primitive style he'd worked with before.
When the initial work was done, Richard came forth with his strength as it was time to make the riser flexible and bend its ends quite a lot. He grasped the riser's ends with his rough hands like a wrestler and pushed all his strength to curve it.
Perhaps he may have lowered his stats to show how tough the wood was, but Jake didn't need this much presentation as he soon felt it in his bones.
"It's... difficult," Jake spoke through clenched teeth as he added his back to bend his riser. He grew all red, and his cheeks puffed as he couldn't breathe.
Jake chuckled, "I've been fighting him with everything I have except Odin."
"You don't want to become reliant on your summon?" Richard asked.
"Yeah," Jake nodded, "I have yet to secure the perfect victory with my own style. I'm getting a hang of his only skill and should be able to dodge it soon. When I achieve that, I'll add Odin to my style and have him pick up the precious experience of fighting someone much bigger than him. For now, we're building our teamwork on the ordinary wolves. Oh, right! I also thought of fighting the boss with just one form at a time. Like, I think I will start with only the joker form after achieving the perfect victory. I'll try to defeat the boss in three or four different styles."
If the wolf boss had one consciousness, he would have wantonly cursed Jake.
Even Richard felt that it was no longer just a matter of diligence and stubbornness, but Jake was simply a crazy player who wouldn't give up on his enemies until he developed himself to the core on them.
He could only pity enemies that would bar Jake's way in the future.
"What do you think about it?" Jake asked as Richard fell into an unnatural silence.
The newbie helper coughed and forced a smile, "Unless you find a way to go through the boss' hide and immobilize him, it will be difficult, right? As of now, I only see the joker style successfully winning against the boss."
"Yeah, I thought about it," Jake nodded, "I'll see how it goes. It's not like I have no time to practice."
Which wasn't that true since Jake's vacation was about to be over.