Chapter 15
Annika put on her armor, and said goodbye to Nina. She walked out the camp and headed in the direction of the goblin camp, since they were mostly around that, hunting wolves to feed their numbers.
Annika did not have Kali's speed, but she still jogged at a decently fast pace, and it took only 10 minutes for her to get some action. She had a big axe in her hands, made by Kali, and looked at the 12 goblins at her front, they were fighting 2 wolves, and already wounded one, but she can also see that 1 goblin already died before she entered the scene, she decided that 12 goblins, even if 1 more died to the wolves are too much for her now, she would win, yes, but would also be wounded and easy prey for any other being in the forest.
'The best thing is to attack now to pincer them using the wolves' Annika Concluded.
She attacked the goblins, she used [Charge] to close the gap, then used [Power Strike] to sweep her axe horizontally when she reached the back of 3 goblins, the [Power Strike] together with her obscene amount of strength, made the axe cleave their body's in 6 pieces, all 3 goblins were cut in half. 2 goblins that saw this did not even hesitate to run, they made no sound while running, too afraid to do so.
But that made Annika's work easier since she started cleaving left and right through the goblin back line, and in the end they were all dead, only one Goblin was able to hit her with its club before dying, but her new armor took the hit. When it was done the Wolves were still alive and Annika did not want to kill them, so she walked away while gesturing at the body's, hoping that the wolves understood that they can take them.
Annika looked at her gains, while walking away with a small grin, she reached race Level 11 and Class Level 10, and gained a new skill from that, but also something else.
| [Battle Instinct] reached Level 2! [Weapon Proficiently] reached Level 2! [Power Strike] reached Level 3! You gained the Skill [Large Axes] |
| (Common) Large Axes Level 1 [Passive] |
|---|
| Felling trees and enemies alike. Increases damage with large axes by 2%. ignore Enemy defense by 1%. |
and last but not, the new class skill.
| (Common) Cleave Level 1 [Active] |
|---|
| Increases force at the bladed part of your weapon, cut through things easier. Increases Cutting force by 5% Cost 5 Stamina. |
'That timing cannot be a coincidence'Annika concluded, since the chance that she just killed 10 goblins using [Power Strike] with that exact idea, and then get a skill that does that, is very small.'so it gives us skills that we need or that we want'Annika continued her conclusion.
Annika kept walking deeper in the forest, so she can kill more goblins, and it took her this time 1 hour before she finally got another group, this time 4 goblins, and this was enough to test something else she wanted to do while hunting goblins. She charged at them then used [Cleave] to kill 3 of them, then waited for the last one to attack her, but it just stood there in fear,'of course'Annika sighed, and killed the last one too.
'Hmm, how do I train [Armour Proficiency],' Annika sighed since she wanted to train it, but not risk it with more than 1 attacker, since they could get lucky. She started walking again, deeper in the forest until she noticed that it was really quiet. She focused more on her hearing and heard a faint stomping sound, that was getting closer, so she looked at the direction it was coming from and slowly went behind a tree, since she wanted to know what it is.
It went past the trees and even past Annika's tree, and then it got hit by a powerful blow on the top of its head, the axe chopped a big cut on its skull and did a lot of damage, it thrashed immediately at the tree where it came from, hitting its tusks on the tree, felling it, but Annika already moved and was mid-swing at its head again but this time the boar reacted by charging at Annika, Annika Charge out of the way but was still stabbed by one of its tusks, she then hit the head again with the axe on the same spot using both [Power Strike] and [Cleave], it was enough to crack the skull and the axe blade was deep in its head, the boar struggled a lot, Making Annika let the axe go, then fell down, with the axe still inside. Annika ripped the axe from it Killing it.
| You killed a Hulking Boar (Level 21) you gain 6500 exp! Bonus exp earned! |
| You leveled up to Level 12. Gaining 5 attribute points You leveled up to Level 13. Gaining 5 attribute points [Warrior] leveled up to Level 11! [Warrior] leveled up to Level 12! [Warrior] leveled up to Level 13! |
"Fuck, that hurts"Annika grunted, she took a lot of damage from that one hit, the only thing that saved her was the armor, it took most of the damage,'that was too close' Annika thought to herself. She looked over at the boar, and used her axe to cut its tusks, it took her some time to cut it and at the same time conserve Stamina for the walk back home, but after 30 minutes she had two big tusks, she hoped Kali can use it.
She walked away from the boar, and just after she left a big winged being fell from the sky and ripped the boars head off, then flew away, it moves incredibly fast.
It took Annika 2 hours to find her way back, she was hurt so took no chances with the goblins, but even with her being careful, she was not Kali, so she had to fight two more times against goblins, worsening her injuries, but she discovered something that she should tell Kali and Nina, since it changes things.
She arrived at base, and walked towards where Nina was still filling the bath.
"Annika, you are the first to return, but that is not strange since Kali is most likely being sneaky again." Nina laughed, then the smile fell off her when she saw that Annika was hurt, she used her Drops to heal her when she noticed"What happened?!" Nina cried, while sending more drops till the wound was gone, making Annika let out a relieved sigh, then explain what happened.
"That was too close, I will go with you next time." Nina declared, not wanting Annika out of her sight.
"So what kind of day did you have?" Annika asked hoping to distract her.
"I know what you want to do, but I am okay with it, I leveled up my [Meditation] to Level 3, and [Create Water] to Level 3 too, and just now leveled up [Refreshing Drops] to level 2 "Nina bragged, with a fake smug face.
"Oh, so me getting hurts only helps you then,"Annika said while smiling teasingly at Nina, making Nina chuckle and slap her bicep. After that Annika said what she gained and promised to take Nina with her next time.
Nina went back to filling the bath and Annika went towards a different part of the cave, specifically where the skinned items from Kali were and put the tusks with the items, then decided to make the room more homely, but first getting some more logs, so she went outside to get some of those.
When she got outside, she walked inside the forest to get some trees to chop down, but did not want to cut those close by, since that would expose the base. She cut some logs then brought them to the crack to push through, she did this until it became night and Kali returned home, she had at this time a good amount of logs inside the cave, so much that she gained a Strength point and a level in [Large Axes].
Chapter 15
Annika put on her armor, and said goodbye to Nina. She walked out the camp and headed in the direction of the goblin camp, since they were mostly around that, hunting wolves to feed their numbers.
Annika did not have Kali's speed, but she still jogged at a decently fast pace, and it took only 10 minutes for her to get some action. She had a big axe in her hands, made by Kali, and looked at the 12 goblins at her front, they were fighting 2 wolves, and already wounded one, but she can also see that 1 goblin already died before she entered the scene, she decided that 12 goblins, even if 1 more died to the wolves are too much for her now, she would win, yes, but would also be wounded and easy prey for any other being in the forest.
'The best thing is to attack now to pincer them using the wolves' Annika Concluded.
She attacked the goblins, she used [Charge] to close the gap, then used [Power Strike] to sweep her axe horizontally when she reached the back of 3 goblins, the [Power Strike] together with her obscene amount of strength, made the axe cleave their body's in 6 pieces, all 3 goblins were cut in half. 2 goblins that saw this did not even hesitate to run, they made no sound while running, too afraid to do so.
But that made Annika's work easier since she started cleaving left and right through the goblin back line, and in the end they were all dead, only one Goblin was able to hit her with its club before dying, but her new armor took the hit. When it was done the Wolves were still alive and Annika did not want to kill them, so she walked away while gesturing at the body's, hoping that the wolves understood that they can take them.
Annika looked at her gains, while walking away with a small grin, she reached race Level 11 and Class Level 10, and gained a new skill from that, but also something else.
| [Battle Instinct] reached Level 2! [Weapon Proficiently] reached Level 2! [Power Strike] reached Level 3! You gained the Skill [Large Axes] |
| (Common) Large Axes Level 1 [Passive] |
|---|
| Felling trees and enemies alike. Increases damage with large axes by 2%. ignore Enemy defense by 1%. |
and last but not, the new class skill.
| (Common) Cleave Level 1 [Active] |
|---|
| Increases force at the bladed part of your weapon, cut through things easier. Increases Cutting force by 5% Cost 5 Stamina. |
'That timing cannot be a coincidence'Annika concluded, since the chance that she just killed 10 goblins using [Power Strike] with that exact idea, and then get a skill that does that, is very small.'so it gives us skills that we need or that we want'Annika continued her conclusion.
Annika kept walking deeper in the forest, so she can kill more goblins, and it took her this time 1 hour before she finally got another group, this time 4 goblins, and this was enough to test something else she wanted to do while hunting goblins. She charged at them then used [Cleave] to kill 3 of them, then waited for the last one to attack her, but it just stood there in fear,'of course'Annika sighed, and killed the last one too.
'Hmm, how do I train [Armour Proficiency],' Annika sighed since she wanted to train it, but not risk it with more than 1 attacker, since they could get lucky. She started walking again, deeper in the forest until she noticed that it was really quiet. She focused more on her hearing and heard a faint stomping sound, that was getting closer, so she looked at the direction it was coming from and slowly went behind a tree, since she wanted to know what it is.
It went past the trees and even past Annika's tree, and then it got hit by a powerful blow on the top of its head, the axe chopped a big cut on its skull and did a lot of damage, it thrashed immediately at the tree where it came from, hitting its tusks on the tree, felling it, but Annika already moved and was mid-swing at its head again but this time the boar reacted by charging at Annika, Annika Charge out of the way but was still stabbed by one of its tusks, she then hit the head again with the axe on the same spot using both [Power Strike] and [Cleave], it was enough to crack the skull and the axe blade was deep in its head, the boar struggled a lot, Making Annika let the axe go, then fell down, with the axe still inside. Annika ripped the axe from it Killing it.
| You killed a Hulking Boar (Level 21) you gain 6500 exp! Bonus exp earned! |
| You leveled up to Level 12. Gaining 5 attribute points You leveled up to Level 13. Gaining 5 attribute points [Warrior] leveled up to Level 11! [Warrior] leveled up to Level 12! [Warrior] leveled up to Level 13! |
"Fuck, that hurts"Annika grunted, she took a lot of damage from that one hit, the only thing that saved her was the armor, it took most of the damage,'that was too close' Annika thought to herself. She looked over at the boar, and used her axe to cut its tusks, it took her some time to cut it and at the same time conserve Stamina for the walk back home, but after 30 minutes she had two big tusks, she hoped Kali can use it.
She walked away from the boar, and just after she left a big winged being fell from the sky and ripped the boars head off, then flew away, it moves incredibly fast.
It took Annika 2 hours to find her way back, she was hurt so took no chances with the goblins, but even with her being careful, she was not Kali, so she had to fight two more times against goblins, worsening her injuries, but she discovered something that she should tell Kali and Nina, since it changes things.
She arrived at base, and walked towards where Nina was still filling the bath.
"Annika, you are the first to return, but that is not strange since Kali is most likely being sneaky again." Nina laughed, then the smile fell off her when she saw that Annika was hurt, she used her Drops to heal her when she noticed"What happened?!" Nina cried, while sending more drops till the wound was gone, making Annika let out a relieved sigh, then explain what happened.
"That was too close, I will go with you next time." Nina declared, not wanting Annika out of her sight.
"So what kind of day did you have?" Annika asked hoping to distract her.
"I know what you want to do, but I am okay with it, I leveled up my [Meditation] to Level 3, and [Create Water] to Level 3 too, and just now leveled up [Refreshing Drops] to level 2 "Nina bragged, with a fake smug face.
"Oh, so me getting hurts only helps you then,"Annika said while smiling teasingly at Nina, making Nina chuckle and slap her bicep. After that Annika said what she gained and promised to take Nina with her next time.
Nina went back to filling the bath and Annika went towards a different part of the cave, specifically where the skinned items from Kali were and put the tusks with the items, then decided to make the room more homely, but first getting some more logs, so she went outside to get some of those.
When she got outside, she walked inside the forest to get some trees to chop down, but did not want to cut those close by, since that would expose the base. She cut some logs then brought them to the crack to push through, she did this until it became night and Kali returned home, she had at this time a good amount of logs inside the cave, so much that she gained a Strength point and a level in [Large Axes].
