Although she was cute enough Decklan was already tiring of her flimsy bravado and her excitable personality Still if he would be forced to wake up to a horde of monsters every morning he definitely needed someone to vent his nervous energy on
Not that Decklan minded looking at delight at his status screen
Decklan Hyde
Class Killer
Level 7
Health(/R per hour) 9/80 (44)
Mana(/R per hour) 22/33 (8 5)
Stam(/R per min) 14/50 (16)
Vit 11
End 4
Str 9
Agi 18
Perception 7
Reaction 9
Willpower 2
Wisdom 6
Control 7
Skills Sneak Lvl 5 Slash Lvl 7 Dagger Mastery Lvl 5 Backstab Lvl 12 Feint Lvl 1 Dual Wielding Mastery Lvl 4
Most of his stat points he had put directly into agility and that had let him move freely among the three dozen or so wolverines that had streamed out of the woods coming for the Newbie Village 11 People had gotten Classes the previous day and those 11 men had generally gotten rather bland classes like Minuteman or Subordinate Thug Still they all gathered nervous and excited at the prospect of strengthening themselves
Of those 11 Decklan and Donny made it out alright staying close to each other As much as the little shit was annoying he could slow several down with his shield work and handle the attacks of several at once
A few of the other people who had obtained classes had broken and ran quickly hamstrung and eviscerated by the wolverines Decklan had been considering fleeing himself when that Ghosthound had come out of the hills
With a wave of his hand blasts of energy accurately smashed several Wolverines to the side Even more frustratingly the guy moved like a ghost his spear lashing outwards leaving only dead bodies in its wake He cleared out the bulk of their forces and then left them to thin out the stragglers
By that time only 6 of the 11 Classed individuals were still breathing
After they had killed the rest Decklan had walked to the forest curious where the Ghosthound had come from What he saw had even left the man with the class Killer nauseous It looked like less than half of the wolverines had made it passed the Ghosthound reaching the rest of them The bodies were caking the forest floor headless blasted burnt impaled on thorns
Some of them appeared to have been splashed with acid most of their bodies melting away
And so now Decklan sat trying to contain his rising excitement barely keeping his hands from trembling The Ghosthound was talking with the old man he was often with who was carrying a bloody axe They seemed to be talking about using the wolverine bodies for something
I’ve decided Tera said next to him looking up at him I’m going to get a class Even if I could get a better class by getting stronger first I need strength now
Decklan nodded lightly watching the Ghosthound As the Ghosthound waved his hand roots sprouted out of the ground and began slowly gathering the bodies of the wolverines into a pile
His face splitting into a wide grin Decklan turned to Tera Good Do it as quickly as possible and we will go hunting immediately
Her face brightened Really Can Chubbs come
Sure sure whatever Decklan said already turning back towards the Ghosthound who seemed completely uninjured
That level of strength He would do anything to have it
You want to skin them Randidly asked hesitantly looking at the impressive pile of bodies And then his eyes shifted to the spear holes ripping through most of their pelts and he shifted slightly uncomfortably
Sam nodded Both for the skins and for the meat I suspect we can get something akin to a Tannery skill which will be useful Also the rations we brought are starting to run low Are your plants safe to eat
Yea the first batch will probably be done later today Randidly answered the hairs on the back of his neck prickling upwards Glancing over his shoulder he saw that Decklan was staring at him again Resolving to ignore it Randidly turned back forward to see Sam making an uncomfortable expression
Hmm Then perhaps you could come to my uh camp for dinner We could have discussions Sam finished with atypical awkwardness
Shrugging in confirmation Randidly switched the subject I did a rough count of the amount of wolverines that were here while I was fighting them About 80 or 90 How many did you get by you
Sam grimaced Quite a few Nowhere near what you had up here just some stragglers Maybe two dozen Lucky you warned me in time I was able to set up enough traps to stall them while I got to work with my axe
Randidly said nothing about the numerous arrows that he had seen sticking out of the wolverines down by Sam’s camp If that puts it right about 100 just a theory but I suspect there were 110
Glancing at him Sam’s eyes suddenly sharpened as he made the connection 10 for each of the 11 people who obtained classes
I already asked Nul and he said that we would be forced to discover the rules as we went along But if this gets worse or if more people come for classes
Or if you hadn’t been here Sam muttered his eyes glittering The village would probably have been wiped out before it even got off the ground
Well Randidly said with a nasty glint in his eye Hopefully most people wouldn’t have gotten drunk immediately after obtaining a class If they had leveled a few times
Enough to fight off 10 wolverines each All at once
Sam’s statement hung in the air and the shared a long glance
Then I guess it’s back to work so it doesn’t happen to us next Randidly said raising his hand to block the rays of the rising sun coming up over the horizon
Chapter 28
In addition to the 21 PP he had from earlier he had also gained 2 more levels in Sweep and 1 in Entangling Roots as he repulsed most of the wolverines in the pre dawn fight putting him at 24 in total
Monster Hunter III would take 6 PP but when he went to the path screen another option caught his eye He had unlocked the Heavy Blow Path 0/20 at Lvl 20 of the skill and there was a high chance of him receiving another skill if he completed it
After a slight hesitation he put 20 PP into it finishing it instantly netting him 2 Str and 10 Stamina as well as the following notification
Congratulations You have completed the Heavy Blow Path +1 stat +20 Stamina You have learned the skill Empower Lvl 1 You have learned the skill Calculated Blow Lvl 1
Empower Lvl 1 Cost 30 Stamina Infuse any physical movement with effort very slightly increasing its speed and power Effectiveness improves with skill level
Calculated Blow Lvl 1 Passively begin to see weaknesses of creatures after fighting them Their weaknesses become visible to you Hitting those weaknesses slightly increases the damage dealt Effectiveness improves with skill level
Randidly was rather pleased with his previous decision Not only had it net him a fair bit of strength and stamina but it also gave him two skills The passive would slowly add up especially now while he was absolutely ripping through large groups of enemies But Randidly was far more interested in the first skill that would let him empower any moves
He experimented with it for a few minutes empowering strikes and leaps Even the few attempts he did pushed it up to Lvl 3 of the skill Although it was nowhere near enough to equal the extra strength that was added to an attack by heavy blow it was just enough to give him an edge
Randidly grinned And combined with Haste The sudden shift in speed was enough to leave most enemies he would encounter dazed he was willing to bet
Randidly then used the remaining 6 PP he had to start and finish Monster Slayer III
Congratulations You have completed the Monster Hunter III Path +3 stat +3 to Health Mana and Stamina Sometimes the path you walk is stained by the blood of those who would stand against you but you must continue
Having a sudden thought Randidly turned back and regarded the Newbie Village He had seen Decklan Tera and a few of the survivors going off together into the woods but Donny had remained behind