Chapter 5

The remaining two charged in.

Two from above, two from below.

First, the closest one.

The closest one was the wolf on the left of the two leaping wolves.

He dodged its attack by ducking his upper body, then blocked the wolf charging from below with his shield.

45 percent of the impact was absorbed by the shield, reducing the blow.

He twisted his waist and slashed at the head of the wolf that was a little late among the two leaping wolves.

[Critical Hit!]

[Deals 88 damage.]

His current attack power is 49.

Due to the critical hit, 98 damage should have been dealt, but considering the wolf’s defense, the actual damage is about right.

From several hunts, he learned that the wolf’s health is around 200.

Even without a critical hit, he could kill it in five attacks.

Of course, it’s not easy to land five attacks successfully.

Unless the wolves are stupid, they won’t just blindly throw themselves at him.

[Attacked by a wolf]

[HP(21) decreases]

[HP(23) decreases]

Holograms floated before his eyes.

Annoying.

Information block.

Then, no more text appeared.

Their attacks continued, but his HP and defense were high enough to withstand them.

It was important to deal with the injured wolf in the meantime.

He charged at it and extended his sword again.

Then, he pushed away the head of the wolf trying to bite his side with his shield.

Using that recoil, he narrowed the distance with the retreating wolf and slashed his sword in succession.

Did another critical hit land?

He was able to take down one with just three sword strikes.

Watching the wolf turn gray, he hurriedly rolled on the ground.

After taking a few wolf attacks, he leaned back against the tree again.

He quickly crouched down and held out his shield to block their attacks.

“Hoo…”

Impacts continued on the shield.

Krrwooooong!

The wolf shook its head violently while biting the shield.

The wolf charged at the shield, ramming it with its body.

And the wolf wildly swung its front paws.

He checked his remaining HP first.

296, huh.

He had some leeway.

Kooong!

Then, another one headbutted him again.

The moment it retreated to headbutt him again, he threw the shield he was holding strongly to the right.

As a result, one wolf biting the shield flew into the air.

One was flying in the air, and one had retreated to headbutt.

The only one left was the one in front.

He extended his sword and attacked it.

The wolf, pierced by the sword, howled and retreated.

Muhyuk quickly followed it.

As a result, he fell from the tree, and the remaining two wolves, taking advantage of the gap, approached from behind.

Pushing off the ground, they jumped and indiscriminately attacked Muhyuk’s exposed back.

It was just a minor pain anyway, and his HP was sufficient, so he decided to ignore it.

He extended his sword again.

Yelp!

After dealing with the wolf in front with a few slashes, he turned his body.

The two wolves kept their distance and were wary.

His remaining HP was about 260.

It was over.

It was the moment victory was confirmed.

After dealing with the last wolf, his level increased.

[Level Up!]

[You can now undergo your first job advancement]

A smile spread across Muhyuk’s face.

Finally…!

After putting the teeth dropped by the wolves into his inventory, he hurriedly left the place.

It took about 20 minutes to escape the forest of wolves.

First, the job advancement.

After going further for 10 minutes, he saw the city gates.

Reaching the plaza through there, Muhyuk turned right and then entered a small path on the left again.

At the end of that path was the Black Wizard Guild, which helped with job advancements.

Opening the door and entering, a woman in the center greeted him.

“Welcome. What brings you here?”

“I’m here to advance my job.”

“Job advancements are handled on the second floor. Go up to the Warp Zone and think of the number 2.”

“Ah, okay.”

He nodded lightly at her words and stepped onto the Warp Zone.

As he thought of the number 2, light burst out and enveloped him.

When the light disappeared, he had already arrived on the second floor.

First, he saw a middle-aged man sitting at a desk, looking at documents.

The man raised his head.

“A stranger. You’ve come wanting to advance your job?”

“Yes.”

“Once you enter this path, there’s no turning back. Decide carefully.”

“My decision will not change.”

At those words, the middle-aged man smiled.

“I like your determination. Good, come closer. Let’s see if you’re qualified to have a job.”

He took a step and stopped in front of him.

The man raised his hand.

Whoosh.

Light enveloped Muhyuk.

“Hmm…”

The middle-aged man’s expression was strange.

“Black Wizards need to be intelligent. But you have far more physical talent. That doesn’t mean you can’t become a Black Wizard. I can adjust your talents to be balanced. But to do that, you must pass my test. What do you say? Will you take the test? Of course, you can advance your job without taking the test. But I won’t be able to balance your talents.”

This was also hidden information in Illusion.

When you reach level 10, which allows you to undergo your first job advancement, if you have allocated stats to a stat other than the main stat of the job you want to advance to, the instructor will give you a special quest.

If you clear that quest, you can obtain additional bonus stats.

This information will also only be revealed after half a year.

Why?

Because most users, or rather, anyone with a sane mind, would naturally focus on allocating stats to the main stat of the job they want to advance to.

What would a mage do with strength, agility, or stamina?

A warrior allocating knowledge and wisdom?

Since Illusion gives you 1 bonus point at level 1, each stat is even more important.

Therefore, wasting points meaninglessly is something no one in their right mind would do.

Muhyuk did that.

Because he knew.

That he would be given a quest.

And what kind of quest it would be.

“What do you say? Will you take the test?”

At the same time as the question, a hologram appeared.

[For Job Advancement]

[Defeat Wolves and Bring Back Their Teeth (0/10)]

[If Successful: Additional Bonus Stats]

[Accept Quest?]

Muhyuk nodded.

“I will take the test.”

The quest was accepted, and at the same time, a message appeared that it could be cleared.

Because he had over 20 teeth obtained from hunting wolves.

Muhyuk smiled and left the Black Wizard Guild.

After waiting 5 seconds, he went back inside.

“Huh? You’re back again?”

“Yes.”

Ignoring the guiding woman’s words, he stepped onto the Warp Zone.

Arriving on the second floor, the middle-aged man tilted his head.

“Why have you come back?”

“Because I’ve brought the teeth.”

“Teeth?”

“Yes.”

“Didn’t you just leave?”

He just smiled.

“Ahem, let’s check first.”

He approached him and handed over 10 wolf teeth.

Confirming the unique appearance of the wolf teeth, he nodded.

“They’re the right ones.”

“Then have I passed the test?”

“Of course.”

The middle-aged man suddenly stood up.

He reached out and placed his hand firmly on Muhyuk’s shoulder.

“Close your eyes.”

“Ah, yes.”

He followed his words.

A moment of silence passed, and a strange energy emanated from the middle-aged man, swirling around Muhyuk.

The energy grew larger over time, and when it filled half the space, it was absorbed into Muhyuk.

[First Job Advancement Complete]

[Knowledge (+3)]

[Wisdom (+3)]

[Additional Knowledge (+2) and Wisdom (+2)]

The middle-aged man removed his hand.

“Hoo, it’s over.”

“Thank you.”

Originally, the knowledge and wisdom gained from job advancement are 3 each.

But by using hidden information, Muhyuk achieved an increase of 5 each.

By using information that would be revealed in the future, he was ahead of others by a whopping 4 points.

Even if the information is revealed half a year later, it will be meaningless to the Rankers.

Because they can’t go back to level 10 and advance their job again.

“Now, you must choose your skills.”

“Yes.”

“Go to the 3rd floor for that.”

Muhyuk greeted him and immediately went up to the 3rd floor.

He heard various explanations there.

“The branches of Black Wizard are divided into several categories. Broadly, they are divided into Support Mage, Attack Mage, and Necromancer. You must choose one of these to learn skills. Which path do you wish to take?”

“I will become a Necromancer.”

“You won’t regret it?”

“No.”

“Good. Then I will show you the Necromancer skills that you can currently learn. If you learn even one of the skills I am about to show you, you cannot become a Curse Mage or an Attack Mage. Of course, if you become a larger vessel, you can learn some lower-level skills, but that does not apply to you now, so choose carefully.”

Muhyuk examined the window that appeared before his eyes.

[Black Wizard – Necromancer Branch]

[Skeleton Summon]

[Zombie Summon]

That was all.

Muhyuk smiled and chose both.

“Will you learn Skeleton Summon and Zombie Summon?”

“Yes.”

“5 silver.”

He paid the price and acquired two summoning scrolls.

As he opened the books, the text that emanated from them was absorbed into his mind.

[Learned Skeleton Summon Scroll]

[Learned Zombie Summon Scroll]

He immediately checked his skill window.