Chapter 24: Hunting

Chapter 24: Hunting

Lumen and the group set out after they had packed up all of their things. The inventory was really a lifesaver as without it they would never be able to carry so many things.

Their current location was compromised and although the small pond could be used to attract any beasts in the vicinity, the efficiency of that was too low as it could take days before another one showed up.

They preferred to go looking for beasts to hunt themselves. Their initial plan of finding a water and food source to camp and all of that other survivalist crap was a big waste of time as clearly from looking at the levels of the group that attacked them last night, they were all several levels behind the top groups right now.

Lumen wasn't as bad as the others but he was still not near the Leader and axe warrior of the group who were level 6 and level 5 respectively.

They still needed food and water but they needed levels far more in this situation. Food and water could be found by killing beasts, with plentiful amounts of meat being available to them with the few carcasses Lumen had found in the ambusher's inventories. Plus he still had his month supply of water and food, but split between a group of 5 people this would only last a little under a week. nove)Lb)1n

If they really failed to find water after they had run out of their stocks, five of them had resolved themselves to drinking the blood of the beasts they slay.

They didn't like this very much and hoped it wouldn't come to that but they had to do what they could to survive and gain as many levels as possible.

It took little time before the group came across another group of beasts, this one being significantly larger than the rodent duo they had slain before. This time it was a group of deer like creatures, with there being 6 of them in total. Qu Quan was the first to use identify on them again as she had found them to be between level 3 and 5, with the leader of the pack being level 6.

At first the group was reluctant to attack as they were outnumbered but they quickly remembered their resolve and situation and realised they had no choice but to attack if they wanted to survive this tutorial with certainty.

Lumen decided to interfere with the fight as little as possible as the purpose of this second day of the tutorial was not only to gain experience in terms of levels, but to also gain experience in terms of proficiency fighting as a team.

They had 2 archers, 1 mage and 1 Heavy warrior who would be putting up the most fight. Lumen would be at the side to intervene whenever he noticed someone was in a situation that threatened their or the group's lives.

He would mostly be helping Jake as he was the only other warrior of the group and so he would be the only one fighting the group of six in close range.

Qu Quan and Shivi would fire off some arrows from a distance towards the group in order to deal plenty of damage before the fight even properly begun.

Lumen had distributed the potions he had looted the day before, giving each person an extra 3 mana and health potions each, giving a few extra mana potions to Will as his mana pool was still low and so he needed to constantly refill it in order to fire off mana bolts and heal throughout the fight.

The fight went as Lumen had predicted. The antelope like creatures immediately entered attack mode when the group approached, it seemed this was a common theme with all beasts in this tutorial. Jake was able to tank the level 6 deer and another level 5 deer quite easily thanks to his talent which left the other 3 took another 3 deer each. Luckily for them the last deer beast had been killed in the initial barrage of arrows as one arrow had managed to penetrate its eye directly and reached far into it's brain.

It seemed Shivi had received the credit for that kill as he stood there with a joyful look on his face and exclaimed, "I levelled up!"

Qu Quan was able to kill her dear quite easily as the level 4 beast fell to the ground after a minute of attacking, as the final blow was dealt with her dagger to it's skull when it came too close to her. Her style was still quite timid as she preferred to stick to a distance and fight from safety, but she was left with no choice but to use her dagger when it charged right at her. She may be timid in her style but she didn't lack the confidence or resolve to win; very much needed in a survival scenario like this.

Immediately after the deer fell to the ground, she too received a notification about levelling up, along with the credits from the kill.

Shivi took a little longer with his deer as it was level 5, but in the end it made the same mistake as the beast that Qu Quan had taken out and charged directly at him and met its end when Shivi unhesitatingly took out his dagger and slashed at it's neck with a swift dodge to move out of the way of it's charge. He gained another 2 levels from this kill.

Jake had long taken care of the level 6 and level 5 deer, gaining 3 levels in one go.

In Lumen's honest opinion, Will was the worst combatant of their group as of right now due to his simple skillset only containing 1 attack spell and 1 support spell, and with his low mana pool he found it difficult to keep up with the other's efficiency.

But although he took the longest, he managed to get the job done and took down the level 4 beast after a few mana bolts hit it's vital spots over time.

In the end, the group had gained a lot from this fight as Shivi and Jake had managed to reach level 3, with Qu Quan managing to reach level 3 with the addition of the small amount of experience she earned for contributing to the fight against the ambushers. And finally, Will reached level 2.

The fight was quite fruitful as it seemed the group may even be able to exceed their goal of getting each member to level 4 if they managed to find another group of beasts like this one.