Abe the Wizard

Chapter 30 Werewolf Simon

About one meter away from a large trap, Abel found another bloodstain. He continued to search in that direction and found another bloodstain not far away in the same direction. Abel followed the bloodstains, indicating that although the prey was injured, it was not severely wounded, possibly only injured on the leg. Along the way, Abel found that the bloodstains did not disappear, indicating that the injury on the prey's leg was not small, leading to continuous bleeding. Abel's hunting experience from his previous life told him that after being injured, the prey would instinctively seek its safest and most secure place to recuperate. This mysterious prey was probably doing the same. After tracking for about thirty minutes, suddenly, Abel saw a fire ahead. Could it really be a person here? Abel was puzzled because this was not a place where ordinary humans could survive. Slowly approaching the fire, Abel saw a creature he had never seen before tending to the wound on its leg. This creature had a wolf-like head with two prominent fangs, a torso somewhat like a human, but with a slightly curved back, standing over two meters tall. Next to this creature, there was a huge wolf lying on the ground resting, its belly very large, as if it was already pregnant. At this moment, Abel was certain that the creature before him was a werewolf, and the huge wolf was the legendary riding wolf. ... Simon was having another stroke of bad luck. He hid in the jungle, away from humans, hunting every day to ensure enough food for himself and the riding wolf. This time, just like always, he went out to hunt. He was very familiar with the environment here, which made him less vigilant. On a road he considered very safe, a road he had passed many times and thought was very safe, he stepped on something strange. His small leg was caught in a large trap that looked like the tusks of an elephant, causing him intense pain and anger as he let out a loud howl. He then realized that, although the thing looked terrifying, the injury was not particularly severe. It did not break his leg bone; it only tore the skin and muscle on his calf. Opening the trap was also simple; it just required pulling the trap open with force. His injured leg needed treatment, but the valuable medicines were left at the camp by Simon, so he could only limp back to the camp for treatment. While treating himself, Simon thought that he might need to move elsewhere. Humans had appeared in this area, making it unsafe, and his riding wolf Blackwind was due to give birth in a few days. If they were to move to another location, it would be best to leave tomorrow, as the sooner, the better. After Blackwind gave birth, it would be inconvenient to move around with the young riding wolves. Simon's nose detected a different scent in the air, the scent of humans. He stood up suddenly, looking around nervously. ... Abel observed from below and saw the werewolf standing up, searching for something, and then he was discovered. The formidable sense of smell of the werewolf Simon detected Abel's presence. This human who had caused him harm, such a weak human, had used such despicable means to injure him. This human couldn't be let go. Abel saw that Simon had noticed him and was charging towards him. Judging by his momentum, Abel knew that he was in big trouble today. This werewolf's power was at least that of a junior knight, meaning this werewolf had at least reached level six strength. Despite Abel being a level five apprentice knight, only one level lower, during the apprenticeship from level one to five, all martial professionals could only use martial energy once. A first-level martial energy attack was weaker, while a fifth-level was stronger, but they could only use martial energy once because they hadn't developed an energy core in their bodies. Without an energy core, they couldn't continuously use martial energy. After using the energy in their meridians once, they needed several days to recover before using it again. Martial energy acted like an amplifier for strength. If a professional had 500 pounds of strength, using martial energy could double it to 1000 pounds. A level six professional could use martial energy multiple times to increase their attack power, while a level five apprentice professional only had one chance. This kind of gap couldn't be made up for by equipment. If Abel were to confront the werewolf at this moment with a greatsword, the only result would be that he would be sent flying, while the werewolf at most would be slowed down by the frost on the ice magic sword. In that instant, Abel thought of all this, and he didn't resist. Instead, he turned and ran, because he saw that the werewolf had an injured leg, so he still had a good chance of escaping. Seeing that the human didn't fight him and instead started running, Simon cursed him as a coward and a coward, and he didn't care about his leg injury, directly chasing after Abel. Initially, Abel thought that since the werewolf had a leg injury, he would definitely be able to put some distance between them, but even with the leg injury, the fastest professional on the continent wasn't just talk. From the moment the werewolf Simon started chasing Abel, he had been steadily closing the distance between them. Abel calculated the distance between him and the werewolf. If he used the explosive greatsword, waiting for three seconds, it was highly likely that the werewolf would be severely injured or even killed. However, it was also possible that, because of the surrounding trees, the werewolf could use them as cover to evade most of the attack. Abel took out a crossbow with well-prepared arrows from his waist and shot it at the werewolf's head. The werewolf's reaction was very fast, dodging the crossbow bolt with a turn of its head. However, this action opened up the distance again, and Abel didn't have time to reload the crossbow after firing the bolt. Watching the werewolf catch up again, he threw the crossbow directly at the werewolf. The werewolf's claws rapidly grabbed the crossbow in the air, and when it fell to the ground, it had become a pile of junk, as this crossbow made by dwarves had been fired only once by Abel and was now useless. Abel could only use the trees to maintain the current distance from the werewolf by continuously changing direction. While running, Abel saw a familiar mark in the corner of his eye, one of the traps he had set. He changed direction, heading towards the trap. Simon became increasingly frenzied, and the blood of the werewolf seemed to boil inside him. He let out a loud roar, and his muscles swelled suddenly, his body growing from 2 meters to 2.5 meters. It seemed that his speed had also increased significantly from before. Abel could already feel the werewolf's breath behind him. Looking at the mark, he had reached it. He lunged forward, pressed the ground between two traps with his hands, flipped forward, leaping over the second trap and managing to evade the attack of a wolf claw from behind at the same time. With a loud bang, the werewolf's small leg was caught in the trap once again. Due to his rapid sprint, the chain of the large trap, tied to a tree pole, caused Simon to fall to the ground from the strong pulling force. Abel saw the werewolf fall to the ground. Before the werewolf's hand could pull open the trap, Abel had already taken out an explosive greatsword from his Heradic Cube. In the brilliant light of the explosive greatsword, Abel had already bent over on the ground, his lightweight shield leaning forward to block in front of him. Simon saw a greatsword shining with white light flying towards him. The speed of the greatsword wasn't particularly fast, which surprised him, but at the same time, an instinctive sense of fear surged from the depths of his body. With a loud bang, Abel's shield rattled as it blocked the greatsword. When everything calmed down, he stood up. The werewolf trapped by the large trap was covered in blood, especially a blood hole oozing blood from the eyes filled with fear. A shard had hit the vital point on the werewolf's head. Abel approached the werewolf, and due to the death, the werewolf, who had transformed into a 2.5-meter being, had returned to being 2 meters tall. Because of the transformation, the fur clothing on his body had already torn open, revealing some things underneath. Abel took these blood-stained things from the werewolf— a piece of parchment with some orcish writing and a map, as well as a peculiar card with carvings of a horned figure, a lion's face, a muscular body more developed than a human's, hands with sharp claws, and hooves with double toes. This was a beast god, the god of the orcs, and the card had a star at the bottom. If there were orcs present, they would recognize the importance of this card. It was a beastman skill card, each card sealed with a powerful skill. Because most orc races didn't have writing, they used this method to preserve these skills during beast god worship, and the orcs learned these skills through special methods. There was a star at the bottom of this card, indicating that this beastman skill card still had one more learning opportunity. Although it was unclear where Simon had obtained this beastman skill card, the preciousness of the beastman skill card was unquestionable. m..