Seth was panting hard after having barely dodged that opening spear thrust. He looked at the message as his eyes widened at how it labeled this orc.
Warning Orc (Boar Subtype) is stronger than the previous subtype. Average stats are 6.
Seth yells out as he dodges a follow up spear strike, "Well huzzah for my life! Yikes!"
He barely side steps with a slight stumble as the orc had followed the missed strike with a sweep of its spear shaft to try and whack Seth over the head with it spears butt. Seth feels the shaft scrape his ear and side of his head as he regains his stance and does a quick vertical slash. The Orc parries it with the metal shaft of its spear and weapon locks with Seth for a moment.
Seth tries to back step but has to duck as he does so, the boar spun his spear in a helicopter motion and then stabs down where Seth's head was just a second ago. With the spear now over his face Seth ducks low and goes for a leg slice. Only for the orc to leap up over the cut, using his now impaled spear in the ground as a pole vault anchor.
Seth clicks his tongue in annoyance as he quickly regains his stance and the orc readies itself as well. Both fighters huff in annoyance at their opponents skills but both are grinning like battle addicts at this point. Seth then rushes in while having his katana sheathed. He was going for a quick draw slash attack. The boar, seeing this motion, goes for a powerful stab right at where Seths center of mass is. But is shocked when Seth manages to bring his hilt up and smashes the spear tip away from his chest.
The orc follows it up with a shaft flip to use the butt of it to slam Seths chin, but he has actually stopped mid run so it scrapes past his nose instead. With a roar Seth draws his blade, and goes right for the throat of his foe. However his opponent is quicker than he thought and manages to roll his head back. But it miscalculated one thing.
Seth didn't stay in one spot to pull off the move. He stepped in and drew his blade a good foot closer than if he had stayed put after the spear shaft flew by. So now the Orcs throat is safe, but its chest and abs were cut deeply by the upgraded blade.
It squeals hard in agony at the deep and large gash now painting the entire front of its body.
And as it tries to recenter itself it sees Seth already there and ready with his blade coming down. he had managed to re-grip it after the initial slash and bring it down in a helm splitter cut. The orcs head goes flying alongside its arms as Seth cracks the ground and chips his sword in 5 places.
But the body disappears, signifying that it is defeated and gone.
Seth slumps a bit as he hears the chime of a new message and tries to recover some stamina. he had been pushing it against that one, going full speed, reaction awareness, and even strength for most of the fight. He managed to get lucky with the orc misjudging his sword reach, but a more skilled opponent would keep that in mind.
He looks up at the message and fully breathes out in relief at seeing the victory message and rewards being mentioned.
Player has defeated the opponent orcs! Both Pig and Boar subtypes are defeated despite the stat difference! Now player has gotten upgraded reward list and can choose any two of the following!
1. Upgrade one skill by 10 levels
2. Evolve one support skill randomly
3. Xianxi body tempering pill (level 2)
4. Gain Phoenix soul tempering pill (Level 1)
5. Use Flame of purification
Seth was drooling over every reward. he opened up his stat page and tried to figure out what he should choose. But also went slack jawed at the surprise he found waiting for him.
(PS is predator skill)
Seth Silverfang
STR: 4.43 -> 4.73 -> PS +0.12 ->4.85
REF: 4.21 -> 4.51 -> PS +0.12 ->4.63
STA: 4.55 -> 4.85 -> PS +0.12 ->4.97
END: 4.40 -> 4.70 -> PS +0.12 ->4.82
MANA: 0.50 -> 0.54 -> PS +0.12 ->0.66
SKILLS:
Combat:
Katana Mastery: lvl 25 Beginner exp: 3%
gain +25% to damage done with katanas
Support:
Stat growth booster: lvl Max
Double stat growth rate from training
Low Tiered Recovery: lvl Max
Triple recovery rate from injuries and exhaustion
Predation of monsters lvl 1:
Gain 1% of enemy stats to your own every successful kill of them.
Seth was humming to himself as he thought about it and was stumped. He wanted more than just two of these rewards. He wanted all of them to aid his growth. he was about to pick one when the system asked, Does player wish to earn one more choice from the list?
Seth looked at his gear, the slightly chipped sword, his sweaty clothes, and then his fast breathing and quickly beating heart. He was ready to choose the rewards and wake up... but his gamer mind wanted more. He wanted to be more than ever.
So with a borderline manic grin of eagerness he went, "HELL YEAH!!! GIVE ME THAT BONUS REWARD!"
The system felt like it smirked at his eagerness and then granted him the chance, Choose one immediate reward and then proceed to next round.
Seth looks over the rewards once again and knew what he wanted if this was his chance to grow with another fight. With a his gaming smirk in place he chooses the first reward and says, 'Upgrade Predation by 10 levels!" As he readies himself with the next monster beginning to form. He was ready to grow further than ever before.