Is this really a Game?!

Reign and the others quickly grouped together, there were still wood folk around them, even though their numbers were small and they were definitely not enough to harm them at their peak, they were now injured and their fighting capabilities were much lower.

"They're just staring at us, what the hell should we do?" Shadow breathes out heavily as he asks, looking around them the wood folk seemed to be shocked after witnessing the death of the treant, a couple of them were even slowly moving backward while trembling.

"I don't think they'll attack, but we must be ready for it anyway, letting our guard down would be a seriously dangerous thing now." Wolf examines the surrounding enemies, looking at their fear-stricken faces he knows they don't have any idea of continuing the fight, but that might change if they show weakness for even a moment.

"Awuuu!"

A loud wolf howl suddenly reverberated the forest, on top of the trees the wood folk could see a big black wolf and two smaller green wolves, the wolves looked coldly at them as Beast comes from behind them with an arrow notched on his bow.

Wolf uses the remaining mana to light his sword on fire while Reign follows his example, everyone gives their best to show that they were ready to attack and continue the battle.

Looking at them the wood folk panic, even more, some suddenly start fleeing which in turn makes more of them flee. After a couple of seconds, there were no wood folk looking their way, they were all too busy running away to even notice the weakening of Wolf's flames and the flicker on Reign's lightning.

After waiting for a couple of minutes everybody was certain that there were no more wood folk around them, Reign and Shadow collapse on the ground as their wounds were serious while Wolf gets down on his knees because of his almost empty mana level.

Beast comes down with his wolves and helps them get on top of them, as the area they were in now is too dangerous they needed to quickly leave and find a safe spot to rest.

Ding!

[Battle has been concluded, distributing experience...]

- Lvl 20 Inferior Treant killed, 800 exp gained

- Lvl 13 Wood Folk killed, 300 exp gained

- Lvl 15 Wood Folk killed, 400 exp gained

- Lvl 14 Wood Folk killed, 350 exp gained

- Lvl 11 Wood Folk killed, 200 exp gained

- Lvl 14 Wood Folk killed, 350 exp gained

- Lvl 15 Wood Folk killed, 400 exp gained

- Lvl 12 Wood Folk killed, 250 exp gained

- Lvl 15 Wood Folk killed, 400 exp gained

- Lvl 14 Wood Folk killed, 350 exp gained

- Lvl 15 Wood Folk killed, 400 exp gained

- Lvl 13 Wood Folk killed, 300 exp gained

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- Rank B Wooden Bow acquired

- Rank B Ancient woodcutters Axe acquired

- Rank B Armor of Treant acquired

- Rank B Cape of Wind acquired

- Rank C Wood ring acquired

- Rank C Necklace of the Forest acquired

...

[The players have earner 12 000exp and 120S coins, distributing …]

[The player has earned 2 400 exp and 24S coins.]

[Battle has been concluded, distributing subordinates experience...]

- Lvl 20 Inferior Treant killed, 300 exp gained

- Lvl 15 Wood Folk killed, 400 exp points gained

- Lvl 14 Wood Folk killed, 350 exp points gained

- Lvl 13 Wood Folk killed, 300 exp points gained

- Lvl 14 Wood Folk killed, 350 exp points gained

- Lvl 15 Wood Folk killed, 400 exp points gained

[Your subordinate has killed 6 monsters, 2100 exp points earned.]

[Battle has been concluded, distributing pets experience...]

- Lvl 14 Wood Folk killed, 350 exp points gained

- Lvl 13 Wood Folk killed, 300 exp points gained

- Lvl 15 Wood Folk killed, 400 exp points gained

- Lvl 15 Wood Folk killed, 400 exp points gained

- Lvl 13 Wood Folk killed, 300 exp points gained

[Your pets have killed 5 monsters, 1750 exp points earned.]

Ding!

[Your subordinate has leveled up!]

Name: Greenie

Level: 13 ( 150 / 6000 )

Race : Vajra Ogre (variant) (more info in the race menu)

Strength : 32

Agility :28

Endurance : 20

Vitality : 20

Willpower : 12

Spirit : 10

Proficiencies:

Pickaxe Proficiency C

Sword Proficiency B -

Hammer Proficiency B -

Two Handed Proficiency B -

Hand to Hand combat B-

Skills:

Shattering Punch

Dominating Slash

Crescent Kick

Shattering Stomp

Ability:

Vajra Might

Vajra Blood

Nobody was in the mood to even look at the notifications they got, the urgent thing to do now was to find any area they will be safe at and heal, the injures Shadow and Reign got were serious, if not treated properly and quickly they could lead to death.

Everyone was breathing heavily while riding the wolves, even without serious injuries Tank and Wolf were both exhausted, it took a lot of their willpower to stay awake right now, the physical exhaustion combined with the mana exhaustion was not to be taken lightly.

After a couple of minutes, they finally found a spot where they could rest, getting off the wolves Tank and Wolf grab Reign and Shadow and put them down near a tree, allowing them to lean on it and rest, right afterward all four of them lie down as they were spent.

Beast gets down from the wolf's back and takes out the Rank B Staff of healing, pointing his finger at Reign he pours mana as the ring starts shinning together with the staff. Reigns body gets covered with a green light as his wound slowly starts healing with the help of the magic.

Beast stops after a couple of seconds and pants heavily, the healing magic took a lot of mana to be used, right now he only used enough to make sure Reign's life won't be in danger, now he had to do the same for Shadow.

Finished with the healing process of both of them Beast plops down on the ground completely exhausted.

"Thanks, Beastie, I feel a lot better now." Shadow groans as he finished his sentence, even though his wound was almost fully closed now it still hurts like hell whenever he tried moving his arm. Reign's situation was still not good, the wound was too big and even the magic Beast used wasn't able to patch it up completely.

Everyone takes out some mana crystals and starts absorbing them, after finishing the hidden dungeon they had a lot of them in their inventory space, when they were finished they all took turns using the ring and staff to further heal Shadow and Reign. After a couple of minutes, both of their wounds were closed and their state was much better.

Reign looks over at the two wolves that managed to evolve near the end of the battle, they were both green and bigger compared to before, Beast looks at him and says.

"Neither one managed to get a special evolution as Greenie or Blackie did, they're wind wolves now, their speed has risen by quite a lot now."

"At least they leveled up, with both being at level 10 they will be more useful in fights." Reign smiles at one wolf that came close to him, the big wolf licks his face a bit and lies down next to him.

"We shouldn't spend much more time here, you never know what could show up while we're stationary like this." Wolf slowly gets up from the ground as he says, the fight they went through right now was much more difficult than any of them expected, it was important to go back to the castle to rest up.

Everyone nods and gets on top of the wolves to make their way back. While riding the wolves they finally have time to check the battle log and the equipment they received.

[ Rank B Wooden Bow ]

Attack : 57

Def: 10

Agility + 3

Spirit + 3

Description: A simple bow made from wood, while making the bow the bowmaker unknowingly used a small piece of Yggdrasil, thus elevating the bow's strength to a completely new level. By channeling mana to the bow the user can strengthen the strings, allowing for a much stronger release. Using mana can also allow the user to activate a skill hidden in the bow, adding wood properties to the arrow and making it explode with numerous wood needles upon contact.

[ Rank B Ancient woodcutters Axe ]

Attack 55

Strength + 2

Vitality + 2

Endurance + 2

Description: An axe used by an ancient woodcutter that once tried to cut down the world tree Yggdrasil. The axe is imbued with the hatred of the fallen woodcutter, increasing damage by 20% when fighting against wood-based opponents. By using mana the user can activate the skill infused in the weapon.

[ Woodcutting swing ]

Description: Swinging the axe with full power the user can unleash 3 fast attacks in a span of 1 second, the attacks each deal 120% of the user's power.

[ Rank B Armor of Treant ]

Def: 30

Vitality + 2

Endurance + 2

Description: An armor made from the wood of a fallen treant, by using mana the user can cover himself with a dense layer of wood that can be replenished as long as the user continues pouring mana in it.

[ Rank B Cape of Wind ]

Def : 10

Agility + 5

Spirit + 1

Description: A cape blessed by a goddess of the wind, the user's speed will be increased by 20% while wearing it, after using mana the user will become familiar with the wind itself and gain 100% more speed.

[ Rank C Wood ring ]

Endurance + 1

Description: A ring imbued with the power of the wood element. By using mana the user can launch a wooden spear at his enemies.

[ Rank C Necklace of the forest ]

Spirit + 1

Description: A necklace imbued with the power of nature. Activating the skill hidden deep inside of it will allow the user to become more familiar with nature, allowing him to gain certain bonuses depending on the location.