The Rise Of Rim
Chapter 10 - The gray wolf
*ROARR!!*
A huge claw tore the tree trunk in half, a huge aura fiddling with the air around it, a gray wolf with fiery red eyes and a tall adult-sized being emitting its fangs.
Two? A four? There were no more than five of them, hiding among the trees and piles of snow.
Louis who was in the middle of them let out a tired sigh, with the sword in his hand and the armor almost torn apart.
A gray wolf lurks from the darkness, seeing Louis as a prey.
One of them pounced forward towards Louis, Louis reflexively dodged backwards pushing his body with a bang on his leg.
*BRUKK!!*
The wolf that failed to pounce destroyed the tree trunk in front of him easily.
'The scales are very strong, ' Louis thought.
*Prrr...* The wolf showed its sharp teeth, looked at Louis with sharp eyes and prepared to start an attack at any time.
Louis who saw that prepared his sword, with protection techniques, he held the sword closer to his chest.
Both hands were holding the sword.
*ROARR!!*
Once again the wolf pounced, leaping away from its place to attack Louis.
*SRINGG!!* The wolf claw that led to Louis was stopped by the sword held by his two hands.
The other wolf's hand attacked from the side.
Louis took a step back and dodged the attack, immediately, he prepared his sword like a stab.
"Dead!" With that shout, he pointed his sword forward.
*SRINGG!!*
The sword aimed right at the wolf chest that finally pierced through his body.
*ROARR!!*
Blood splashed out and the wolf screamed in pain. Louis pulled his sword and let the wolf back with pain in his chest.
In the end, the wolf could not help but get sick and fell to the ground.
"One is dead" said Louis.
Louis did not stop and still clasped his sword tightly, for he knew it was not over.
The group of wolves hiding and lurking gave off a terrifying aura and a burning fury.
***
Some time later, the group of wolves that attacked Louis were completely slaughtered by him.
He stood among the corpses of the wolves that were strewn about in that place.
His body was full of wounds and his face showed a tired expression like a person who had just run around the field.
"It's hard" Louis said.
At the fight earlier, he realized how lacking he was, the only thing he could do was swing a sword, not his technique.
"More times, I have to learn to use the sword" he said.
[Levels increased]
"Eh? So my level actually increased after killing monsters,"
[You killed 5 wolves].
[Level increased 1-3]
[Lv.3].
"Level three? Not bad,"
[New function opens].
"What's this?"
A new function, meaning it was the same as the craft, but had a different function, louis became curious.
"Open up his new function" Louis said.
Soon, the system turned into small pieces and formed a new network of panels.
[1. Crafts].
[2. Evolution].
[3. ....].
"Evolution? The function can be guessed from the name, let's look at the description,"
[Evolution].
[Can change the physical form, aura and power of the user, depending on the race].
"So every race has evolution? What evolutionary path does the rim have? It can't be human, can't it be,"
Soon, a new description formed on the side.
[There are several levels of rim evolution].
[Decraith I].
[The physical form did not change, but its strength increased and its terrifying aura was almost like an ice dragon].
Seeing the text "ice dragon," the path of evolution may have been an ice dragon, but decrait I is only the initial stage, so it is still unclear if it is true.
"What about level two?"
[Decraith Information II is locked, you must reach decraith I to open it].
"Decraith I? Now how do we get this evolution?"
[You must have 100 points to unlock the first evolution].
[However, the point function opens at level 4, you have to increase your level].
He had to kill many wolves to reach level 4, meaning he had to continue his expedition.
Immediately, he closed the system and was about to move forward, but something stopped him that was not far from his place.
Up ahead, a few meters between the trees, the wolf that came, stalked Louis and gave off a sinister aura that made his opponent fear to tremble.
Yet Louis remained in place with a calm expression on his face preparing his iron sword for the next fight.
"To go further, it will be difficult" he said.
His increased level not only affected his level, but increased his body with speed and physique that increased like a number.
Now he did not think to wait for the wolves to come to him, but he was the one who would approach them.
With a slightly bent posture, he stomped his feet forward and darted quickly.
The lurking wolves responded as a threat, they pulled out their fangs and came out of the trees.
*GRR... ROARR!!*
Louis looked and his sword swung forward.
*SRINGG!!*
Immediately, the head of the wolf in front of him instantly split into two.
Continuing with the wolf beside him, Louis swung his sword to the side and quickly slashed at the wolf.
The remaining wolves took a step back.
They quickly assessed the situation and formed a formation, it was this high intelligence that made them difficult to deal with.
The wolves running around Louis did not give him a chance to open the gap.
They spin like propellers with Louis in the middle like confinements that won't make it out.
Louis was surprised by their formation, but he quickly thought while defending his body from the wolf claws that were sometimes swung towards him.
His stiff eyes immediately became sharp with the difficult situation before him, he was trying to see a gap where he could destroy the wolf formation.
'They're just wolves, not as smart as humans, ' Louis thought.
As he tried to find a gap, the wolves running around him began to shrink the area and drew closer to Louis.
In addition, the sharp claws on their hands were swung to Louis which left him injured in several parts of his body.
The incision wound might be small, yet it was more than one that could exhaust your opponent and eventually fall to the ground.
Louis, who kept on holding on, kept on being patient and looking for a gap.
'Ah, there!'
Louis quickly ran towards the empty gap and out of the death circle.
The wolf that lost its prey in the middle started looking for Louis.
Louis who quickly came out immediately stabbed the wolf who was about to pounce on him.
*SRING!!!*
The wolves finally find Louis, they know Louis is holding back the pain, so they quickly attack him.
But Louis was different from the rim in general, his physique was stronger and his movements more agile.
When his sword was still attached to the body of the wolf he had just killed, he kicked the wolf that was about to pounce on him.
Louis drew his sword, and the fight finally began.
Two wolves jumped towards him, Louis swung his sword from the side cutting off their heads at once.
*SRING!!*
Another one came from below and bit his leg.
"Ughhh!" Louis was about to fall, but his body quickly rose and pierced the head of the wolf that bit his leg with the sword.
However it was not over, four wolves at once attacked him from various directions, Louis quickly pierced one in front.
Two on the side and three on the bottom.
However, the fourth wolf bit his right hand as he was about to swing it.
Some of the other wolves took advantage of the situation and bit off some of Louis's body, such as his legs, thighs and neck.
But Louis was able to hold it all together and kill them all with a sword in his right hand.
*SRINGG!!*
The other wolves were thrown off with Louis' strong physique.
Others were stabbed, kicked and killed like puppets.
Louis really looked like a berserker who fought ferociously and brutally.
*SRINGG!!*
Moreover, his powerful physique resisted all kinds of attacks from various directions and retaliated against them even more ruthlessly.
The wolves incessantly attacked Louis, but Louis attacked them like puppets.
Just from the swing of his sword, he split the wolf's head, just from his kicks and throws, the wolf flew upwards and fell to the ground.
The wolves were completely slaughtered by Louis.
*ROARR!!!*
The sound of a wolf so unique and loud rang out from nowhere and the wolf attacked even more ferociously and brutally.
Louis responded quickly and became more brutal.
His entire body was completely covered in wounds from the wolf claws and their teeth, moreover, his body was covered in blood, whether it was his blood or the blood of a wolf, to be sure, they were mixed in Louis' body which made it difficult to distinguish.
Especially his face, filled with blood that sometimes made his eyes unable to see.
However, the fight continued and Louis continued to persevere.
To be continued...