Chapter: 249

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[Silt wolves consume top-soil, pebbles and small stones which form its body and help it to grow – along with organic matter that help to form its various semi-organic organs. These wolves are prized for their large, cobalt-blue shiny skulls which often become ornaments in esteemed mansions, while more rarely are made into armour due to the nature of their semi-organic bones being as light as leather, yet as tough as bronze.]

“Huh, I have a few of these skulls at home.. so this is where they come from.” he read the description before checking its other stats.

“Level 5 with 40hp huh, I’m gunna make these little dogs squeal” he said confidently, perhaps out of habit, before some other thoughts followed “Though it is a level 5 dungeon after all. If it’s too hard, I’ll try a lower level dungeon…” he shrugged; much of his god-complex had disappeared.

“I’ll just see how the first fight goes.”

The siltwolf pounced again with a snap, but Matheson side-stepped and slashed with his rapier, leaving a large burning gash on its neck.

The wolf immediately used it’s solidify skill, but it seemed to be useless against the burning effect.

Matheson’s sword has a ruby gem, so it did bonus fire damage.

The wolf whimpered from the attack, retreating for a moment as the fire burnt into the cut; it only took half a moment before it recovered and resumed growling again.

“Similar attack style to the rats. Now all I have to do is wait as it bleeds out.” he smirked to himself.

The wolf jumped forward a few more times – snapping with its teeth and slashing with its claws, but Matheson easily dodged each attack as he had comparatively much higher dexterity.

“Why isn’t it dying…” Matheson sidestepped another attack and looked at the slash across the wolf’s neck, noticing something odd.

“The gash is still there, but there’s no blood?” he was confused for a moment, but this was not an obstacle to him.

“I guess I will just have to slash you to pieces.” he furrowed his brows in anger – annoyed that the wolves would be wasting his time.

Matheson took a more aggressive strategy now, waiting for the wolf to pounce and then counter-attacking with a slash or a poke. Before, he was simply only doing one attack and waiting for it to die.

Matheson developed a strategy to fight the rats – slash at the neck and let them bleed to death. Unlike the wolves however, the rat’s actually had blood.

This was the most effective way to fight, as he could kill them quickly and conserve energy. Slowly but surely, Matheson was becoming a technical, tactical fighter.

While the wolf didn’t bleed, damage numbers were still appearing with each strike, so he knew he simply needed to keep slashing at them.

“Aruu~”

After many whimpers from the wolf, it was finally dead.

“Wow, 200 exp. It was worth it. Compared to the rats, I would have killed about 3 of them by now, totalling 45 exp.”

Matheson looted the wolf, getting some [Ferritic Plate] and a silt-wolf skull.

“I still don’t need to loot, as I have enough money, but this seems like a good habit to get into, especially when I start relying on the loot for money. In the meantime, perhaps I’ll create a collection of these drops.”

Matheson continued on his journey into the mine, albeit slowly. It wasn’t long before he encountered his second wolf.

“I think I can handle these 1 versus 1 fights, otherwise, I think I will have to leave…” he thought as he entered the fight once more, a calm demeanour.