Salvos (A Monster Evolution)

Chapter 14.2 - Wolves?

14.2. Wolves?

Defeated [Dark Wolf - Lvl. 14]!

Experience is awarded for defeating an enemy!

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Defeated [Stalker Dark Wolf - Lvl. 20]!

Experience is awarded for defeating an enemy!

General Skill [Basic Mana Manipulation] Level Up!

[Basic Mana Manipulation - Lvl. 3] -> [Basic Mana Manipulation - Lvl. 4]!

Experience is awarded for the leveling of a General Skill!

Subspecies [Zelus Imp] Level Up!

[Zelus Imp - Lvl. 18] -> [Zelus Imp - Lvl. 19]

Gained 5 Stat Points and 3 Skill Points!

These [Dark Wolves] won't stop coming.

I sat on a rock, letting go of the small fire spike I had created as it dissipated into nothing. Wisps of ember were carried by the light breeze away, extinguishing whatever remained of the temporary crude weapon.

I finally leveled [Basic Mana Manipulation] again. It had been a while since it last gained a level— was it because of my use of [Basic Fire Creation]? The two seemed intrinsically tied, considering I had used the former to gain the basis of the latter. I shook my head as I decided to distribute my Skill and Stat Points.

[Available Stat Points: 5]

[Vitality]: 21

[Strength]: 15

[Endurance]: 23

[Wisdom]: 30

[Agility]: 45

Skills:

[Available Skill Points: 4]

[Basic Fire Creation] - Lvl. 11

[Double Step] - Lvl. 6

[Fire Strike] - Lvl. 10 (Maxed)

[Fire Blast] - Lvl. 5

[Passive - General Tool Proficiency] - Lvl. 2

[Unused Skill Slot] x2

I decided to give [Endurance] and [Wisdom] 2 Stat Points each, giving the remaining 1 Stat Point to [Agility]. As for my Skill Points, I gave 1 Skill Point to both [Fire Blast] and [Passive - General Tool Proficiency].

I didn't put as much thought into it as I usually did; these [Dark Wolves] really were not that much of a threat to my life. I might have to decide on some sort of a basic distribution for the future, when I didn't feel like I was lacking in anything in specific. But for now, I just raised what I felt was right.

I got up from the rock, walking past the half a dozen bodies strewn all around me. It was dark now, the sun had set and it was now night. I had been encountering these [Dark Wolves] all day and only now did I level. It seemed to me that even though these monsters were far weaker than the wild Demons in the Netherworld despite being the same level, they gave out far less experience too.

It wasn't something I was explicitly told, but something I had inferred from fighting them. If these had all been [Hellhounds] of the same level— I'd probably be Level 21 or higher by now.

But it was good that these weren't [Hellhounds]. Even though I wasn't gaining as much experience, I was not taking as much damage too. I had only been struck a few times in all these encounters, and none of their attacks dealt as significant damage as [Hellhounds] did. That was not to mention the [Arachne] which probably could have killed me in two hits back when I fought it, or the [Gadarenes] which were slower but stronger than the [Hellhounds].