The lady led me through the road until we got to a somewhat bushy place, following a small path, we arrived at her farm.
"Here, these are the animals I've got remaining. Those wicked shadow wolves have really dealt with me," she said bitterly to me as she pointed to the animals that weren't up to fifty if counted.
"Mam, you don't have to worry again, I'll do my best to make sure that those shadow wolves are killed!" I responded calmly.
"Then I'll get going, I wish you good luck on that!" The lady mumbled and then walked away.
I sighed as I watched her walk away, "those shadow wolves must have dealt so much with her," I said to myself as I began to look around the entire place. From what I noticed, there were traces of dried-up blood left on the grasses.
I checked my time, it was still nine and from my guess, these shadow wolves would likely be operating at midnight and so I needed to find a good place to hide and wait till midnight.
Having not found any good place to hide, I opted for the tree by the side of the place. Thankfully, it wasn't that high and so I climbed on it and rested myself on one of the large branches.
Halfway into my sleep, I began to hear some ruffling sounds coming from the other side of the farm, that place was currently the path that would lead to where the animals are being kept.
I slowly climbed down to avoid making a sound and when I reached the ground, I began to move in that direction. On getting there, I was met with several purple glowing eyes that were darting around the place.
!Ding!
[Defeat all level-three twenty shadow wolves to acquire a new basic skill and twenty points]
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I heard the system talk in my head and I could not help but gasp. 'Twenty level-three shadow wolves? How am I supposed to do that?' I mumbled back to the system.
Stupid me, I didn't even bring any weapon with me, so how the hell was I going to kill them? While I was still contemplating what to do, the shadow wolves began to move toward the animals. I couldn't see them properly because it was dark but I noticed that one of them had golden glittering eyes while the rest had purple glittering eyes, the one with the golden glittering eyes was currently leading them towards the animals.
The animals upon sensing the dangers began to cry and scatter around. Seeing this, I needed to do something and do it fast or else the entire animals will be gone and my money will also be gone. "Shit!" I cried at the thought of losing my five silver coins and the pay. Without thinking twice, I began to search around the place for any useful weapon, I couldn't find any useful thing but I was able to find a long thick branch.
Grabbing the branch firmly, I waited and watched as one of the shadow wolves chased an animal towards my side, as it neared me, it noticed my presence and then forcefully withdrew, allowing the animal to escape.
The shadow wolf ran back immediately, making a weird cry as it ran back. Soon, the other shadow wolves stopped chasing the animals and started to gather around.
"Damn it!" I mumbled as I stared at them, "Seriously? You guys want to attack me in a group, don't you think it's unfair?" I asked. I didn't care if they could understand me or not but I was already getting upset.
Twenty against a vulnerable young man like me was something not good at all. While I was still complaining, they began to move, all at once, rushing towards my direction while letting out their usual weird cry.
Although I have no sword or dagger, I had already planned to use my intermediate skills and defeat them all. And so without wasting a second, I began to direct all my energy into the branch. Thankfully I had practised it earlier today and so it wasn't hard for me to move my energy.
*Bang*
I slammed the branch on the head of the first shadow wolf to get to me and it sent it flying into the air, in the second, I heard it drop to the ground with a loud thud.
!Ding!
[One level-three shadow wolf killed]
'Just like that?' I inwardly asked in surprise.
I was thinking it would be very difficult to defeat them, who knew that they aren't all that strong. The most surprising thing was that I didn't even apply much pressure to my attack and yet.....
*Bang*
[two level-three shadow wolves killed]
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"This is fun! Eighteen more to go down!" I mumbled excitedly. I didn't know killing monsters would be this fun.
I noticed a particular shadow wolf sneak behind me while the others were at the front, I smirked at this and pretended like I didn't know that it was behind me, when it raised its claws to attack me, I gave it a kick on the belle which sent it flying backwards.
"Want to sneak attack me? Never!" I yelled at it as it cried and flew away into a building wall.
!Ding!
[three level-three shadow wolves killed]
[four level-three shadow wolves killed]
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!Ding!
[Twenty level-three shadow wolves killed]
[Mission accomplished]
[Reward: Twenty points have been added to your AP and you have acquired a new skill]
"Finally!" I breathed as I fell to the ground, exhausted. It was a simple fight but damn, it was too tiring.
I kept fighting and killing them until the very last of them all which was their leader. Although the leader seemed strong and was able to give me a few scratches, I no doubt defeated it.
After resting for a while, I got up and left the farm. Inwardly, I couldn't help but keep imagining how much my pay would be, the thoughts filled my head as I headed towards the lady's home.