Chapter 49

“Did you catch it again?”
Arriving at the Great Wolf’s Cave some time later, Ming Hu muttered to himself as he took in the tranquil atmosphere of the cave.
Jumbled
Ming Hu entered the cave and began to walk toward the end of the cave. Of course, there was no guarantee that the keyhole was at the end, so he kept a close eye on his surroundings.
“This is the end of the line…”
Ming Hu eventually reached the end of the cave and was able to find a keyhole.
Sigh
After taking out the fang key, Ming Hu immediately placed the fang in the hole.
Swoosh!
As he inserted his fangs into the hole, energy began to flow from them, and soon a portal was created. Ming Hu stepped through the portal.
Siaak
“It’s like the forests of Lake Kumho.”
To be honest, it wasn’t similar, it was the same. It was just a forest. Of course, an expert could spot something different, but Ming Hu was no expert.
Jumbled
Ming Hu began to walk, searching for monsters. If it was anything like the forests of Gumiho, there would be great wolves, giant wolves, and boss monsters.
Jumbled
-Crunchy!!!!
-Crunch!
It wasn’t long before Ming Hu was able to spot the monster.
“It’s the Big Bad Wolf.”
The sound was none other than the Great Wolf.
“Yikes.”
Ming Hu couldn’t help but admire the great wolves.
“How many are there? One, two… Twelve?”
There were a dozen Great Wolves in the clearing, but they weren’t weaker than the Great Foxes, so Ming Hu could sense that the difficulty was higher here.
Jumbled
Ming Hu turned away from the great wolf and began to walk back into the forest. It wasn’t as if he had any business with the great wolf anyway. His target was the giant wolf.
“…Don’t giant wolves travel in packs like that?”
At the sudden thought, Ming Hu smiled, but then his face slowly hardened. For some reason, he had a strong feeling that this would be the case.
I’d forgotten that the Great Wolf is a boss monster, not to mention the Giant Wolf, and the boss monsters here are probably on par with the Gummi Lake, which just blew through 300,000 health.
“So… can you catch it, this one?”
Not just any wolves, but boss monster-sized wolves. Ming Hu wondered who would be able to hunt such a pack of wolves, and soon shook his head. It would be nearly impossible to hunt them down without a large party, he realized. Except for himself, of course.
-Crawl.
-croak.
After traveling deep into the forest for a while, Ming Hu soon heard a roar that was not the roar of the Great Wolf. Ming Hu immediately traveled to the source of the roar.
“Wow…that was real.
Just in case, he was right. Ming Hu found a pack of 15 giant wolves.
“I can’t even flip the earth to kill him in one hit.
Ming Hu swallowed hard as he looked at the pack of giant wolves. As long as they stay within the 10-meter range of the ground flip, they won’t be harmed. The pack of giant wolves he was looking at right now was so large that even if they were stacked up in an orderly fashion, they would easily cross ten meters.
“It’s been a while since I’ve felt a hit.”
Of course, it didn’t matter. You can hunt big wolves without flipping the earth.
Jumbled
Ming Hu stepped into the clearing.
-croak?
-croak?
-Crawl…
As he stepped into the clearing, the great wolves spotted him, and soon one of them roared loudly.
-Crrrrrrrrrrr!
The roar of a great wolf echoes through the forest.
“He’s a rumbler!”
Ming Hu smiled as he heard the great wolf roar. But Ming Hu didn’t know. What the big wolf’s roar meant.
-Crunch!
The giant wolf roared and began to approach Ming Hu. That was the beginning. The giant wolves moved around Ming Hu, slowly approaching him from all sides. Ming Hu smiled as he saw the giant wolves coming toward him from all directions.
Swoosh!
Ming Hu’s fist glowed white.
“What do I want to use it for?”
You can’t catch them all. So Ming Hu started looking for an angle that would deal the most damage.
“This way, right?”
It was there, of course, but Ming Hu, having at least found an angle that would deal the most damage, waited for the giant wolves to get a little closer.
-Crunch!
Puck!
Just then, a giant wolf roared and charged at Ming Hu with great speed, and at the same time, Ming Hu struck the ground.
Oooooh!
The ground rumbled loudly with a magnificent sound.
-Crunch!
-Crack!
Three of the giant wolves in range floated into thin air, but Ming Hu was unable to see what happened to them.
Thump!
[Level up!]
I could only confirm that it died with a falling sound and a level up message.
-Crunch!
A giant wolf swung its claws at Ming Hu. Ming Hu ignored the claws and dived into the giant wolf’s arms, punching it. He figured it wouldn’t hurt much anyway.
Squeak! Puck!
-k..lung
Ming Hu’s fist slammed into the giant wolf’s body as soon as his claws connected with it. The giant wolf collapsed instantly. It was a good thing it was only one punch. However, Ming Hu couldn’t help but be a little puzzled by the message that popped up.
[Bleeds for 10 seconds, -200 health per second].
“Chu…bleeding?
It was unexpected blood loss, and it wasn’t the only one. After checking his health, which had been shaved off by the giant wolf’s attack, Ming Hu sensed something was wrong.
‘…1500?’
The damage was unexpected. Ming Hu swallowed hard and watched the giant wolves slowly approach him. He had killed four, and eleven remained.
-Crunch!
-Crunch!
The giant wolves that had been slowly approaching suddenly roared and charged at Ming Hu with great speed. Ming Hu suddenly saw the giant wolves charging at him and rushed toward them.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
[Bleed for 10 seconds, -220 health per second].
[Bleeds for 10 seconds. -210 health per second].
[Bleeds for 10 seconds, -200 health per second].
[Bleeds for 10 seconds. -210 health per second].
“What? Holy shit!
After allowing four attacks to capture a single giant wolf, Ming Hu cursed at the successive messages. With claws that could cut through steel, it was somewhat understandable that a single attack would bleed, but the stacking of those bleeds was incomprehensible.
‘Ten… Left.’
Ming Hu checked his health. Direct damage from the giant wolf was still damage, but the stacked bleeding damage was more concerning.
Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak!
I allowed three more attacks while I was paying attention to my health. This time, I didn’t get the message that I was bleeding out.
Of course, the bleed time, which had been reduced to seven seconds, was now back up to ten seconds, and Ming Hu breathed a sigh of relief at the slight increase in health. If one of them could stack endlessly, it was a real danger.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Ming Hu allowed the giant wolf’s claws to attack and began to cut them down one by one. That’s when it happened.
-Crack!
A giant wolf stuck its head, not its claws, into Ming Hu and bit him, and in that moment, Ming Hu could see.
[Physical Armor reduced by 40% for 4 seconds].
If Monstrous Fox had a skill to stun, Giant Wolf had a skill to shred armor.
Puck!
Ming Hu struck the giant wolf on the head. The giant wolf died instantly.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
‘…7000?’
Ming Hu allowed 2 attacks in 4 seconds with 40% armor reduction, and took 7,000 damage from those 2 attacks. That’s not including bleed damage.
“We need to get this done quickly.
Ming Hu realized that he needed to get rid of the giant wolf quickly and began to kill it at a rapid pace.
Squeak! Puck!
The last giant wolf fell to Ming Hu’s fist.
“Phew… finally done.”
Ming Hu sighed as he looked at the fifteen giant wolves lying in the clearing. It was really dangerous.
“Halfway there…”
My 300,000 health was cut in half. It was still being steadily eroded by bleeding damage.
“But it’s possible.”
At the beginning of the hunt, when he took 8 stacks of bleed damage, Ming Hu didn’t think he could finish the hunt, but when it was over, it was worth it.
“Hmph.”
Ming Hu laughed heartily as he looked at the carcasses of the giant wolves. Now that the hunt was over, it was time to reap the rewards.
“Let’s pick it up!”
Ming Hu went to the carcass of the giant wolf to pick up the item. That’s when it happened.
-Crunch!
“…?”
A giant wolf roared behind him. Ming Hu could only scratch his head; he had hunted all the big wolves. How could he not hear a roar?
Sigh
Ming Hu turned his head toward the direction of the roar, and he could say nothing.
-Crawl…
-croak.
-croak.
A pack of giant wolves appeared in the clearing. Ming Hu swallowed hard as he looked at the pack of giant wolves.
-Crrrrrrrrrrr!
A great wolf roared.