NOVEL NEXT Chapter 17: Different ways
"three wild pigs? I can barely kill one after two hours..." Mathew was brainstorming on how would he complete the quest. He was 1 in 100,000 among the players who can solo kill a level 1 monster at the early stage of Bearth. He was really a professional. Unlike Pedro, who was able to participate in the professional league in his past life by capitalizing his skill set, Mathew had his fair share of experience and knowledge in playing AVR Games for a time longer than Pedro had in his past life. If not for being a reincarnate, the gap between their strength would be like Sun and Pluto, The gap was far but not impossible to cross.
"That player possibly had some skill that allowed him to kill the wild pig that quickly!" Mathew rubbed his chin while staring at a wild pig busy eating grass.
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[Wild Pig]
Rating: Bronze-rated Monster
HP:300
Attributes
Attack Damage: 200
Attack Interval: 2.7 seconds
Defense: 10
Movement speed: 2 m/s
Skills:
~Tackle~
Effect: Deals 100% attack damage to a target and cause an impact that would deal 25%, or less, of the attack damage within a 3-meter radius of the initial target to other targets. (The first target will receive 100% attack damage and won't be affected by the 25% or less of the attack damage.)
Cooldown: 10 seconds
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"Wait... Didn't that player earlier stop the wild pig's tackle by intercepting it with his sword?" A smirk appeared in Mathew's face as he stares at the skill of the wild pig.
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~Tackle~
Effect: Deals 100% attack damage to a target and cause an impact that would deal 25%, or less, of the attack damage within a 3-meter radius of the initial target to other targets. (The first target will receive 100% attack damage and won't be affected by the 25% or less of the attack damage.)
Cooldown: 10 seconds
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"What if I attack a wild pig and it activates Tackle... Then let another wild pig receive the Tackle??"
"Its attack damage is 200... Tackle skill deals 100% attack damage... Its HP is... 300!"
"The pig that was hit would just have 100 HP Left... But there were uncertainties!" Mathew formulated an unconventional way to kill the wild pigs. He would attack one wild pig and it would attack him. When the wild pig activates its skill, Tackle, he would use another wild pig as a shield. Executing this was not a problem to a pro like Mathew, however, he was uncertain of some things.
First, the wild pig used as a shield would be left with 100 HP. To reduce the HP of the wild pig to that, made the wild pig faster to be killed.
However, the charging wild pig would still target him. This was the first risk the method imposed.
The second one was related to this. When the charging wild pig hits the 'shield' wild pig, he was uncertain if the aggro of the 'shield' wild pig would be placed to Mathew or not. Dealing with the attacks of one wild pig was already troublesome and was a huge feat even for a professional player. He was not confident enough to survive the attacks from two wild pigs.
He was thinking of a way to deal with the situation if he had the aggro of two wild pig. If he didn't have the aggro of the 'shield' wild pig, he could just run around and let other wild pigs become his meat shield. At best, the 'shield' wild pig has a chance to attack the raging wild pig, allowing Mathew to just run around and kite the wild pig until it dies. Yet, Mathew was a pro, he would not discard even the slightest possible factor that may be considered.
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"If Talia was just here... we could lure the two pigs into head-on collision and easily kill these monsters!" He thought that if Talia was with him they both would attack a wild pig each and let them collide until they die. However, he was alone at the moment so he needs to devise a strategy for his self.
"Let's just put our bet that I won't get the aggro of the 'shield' wild pig!" Mathew grasped his sword tightly and rushed towards the wild pig eating a grass.
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"What is he doing?" Berting was surprised as he saw Mathew's figure rushing to attack a wild pig.
"Is he really that desperate to accomplish this quest? or is he just nuts?!" Berting exclaimed.
"You saw how he moves... he is without a doubt a pro... he won't do anything stupid and just die because of some rare quest!" Starberry commented while staring at Mathew
"Then you're saying..." Berting responded but Starberry immediately spoke.
"He somehow has a plan on how to deal with the quest... I don't know how... or if it would be successful? Like I said earlier... I would observe first! That may include watching what that man would do!" Starberry explained while pointing to Mathew who was being chased by a wild pig.
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"Oink! Oink!" the wild pig charge as fast as it can to Mathew.
"Look, Bert! Something is off.." Starberry pointed to the running Mathew.
"The gap... It's not decreasing... It's increasing!" Berting responded in amazement.
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"This should be far enough!" Mathew glanced to the wild pig chasing him that was around 8 meters away.
Mathew ran past another wild pig which was busy eating grass. Then, He turned a bit left to assure that the 'shield' wild pig, the chasing wild pig and he himself forms a straight line so that the chasing wild pig would perfectly hit the 'shield' wild pig.
"Baaag!" The two wild pigs collided and caused the 'shield' wild pig to roll meters back...
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-200
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A red text appeared above the head of the 'shield' wild pig.
"As expected! It works!" Mathew smiled but after a few seconds, it was replaced with a frown. The 'shield' wild pig had red blood eyes and followed behind the first wild pig chasing him.
"Man nothing is really easy in this game!" Mathew ran as he got near to the next wild pig he targeted to use as a 'shield'.
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"What??" Berting was astounded to what occurred between the two wild pig that Mathew orchestrated to collide.
"To be able to come up with that kind of strategy... who is this player?" Starberry stared in amazement to Mathew and checked Mathew's player information.
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Name: Happy Face Killer (Player)
Level: 2
HP: 80/80
MP: 57/70
Stamina: 15/20
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"Happy Face Killer? A new player?" Starberry looked well informed of the professional players in the AVR Game industry and she seemed like she had not heard that name anywhere.
"Sister Star! why don't we imitate his strategy? we're not strong enough... but.. we can run!" Berting interjected Starberry and placed his closed fist to his chest showing a proud and confident look.
".... wai... wait!" Starberry stopped Berting and explained "You attack one wild pig... I'll attack one... then we make them collide!"
".... That's a good idea sister Star!" Berting now started stretching to get ready.
"Let's go! Bert! Remember! Make the gap as far as 4 meters to avoid the 25% aftershock damage!"Bert and Star started walking in the opposite directions towards their targetted wild pigs.
"Start!!!!!" Star shouted and both of them attacked each a wild pig and immediately ran as fast as they can towards each other.
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"Baaaam!" ... Slamming sounds echoed after some period of time a distant away from Mathew that got his attention.
"Curses! Talia must play this game! It would be easier with her around!" Mathew was looking to the duo doing their strategy of orchestrating a head-on collision. Then, he glanced to the two wild pigs chasing him.
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[Wild Pig] (The First chasing wild pig)
Rating: Bronze-rated Monster
HP: 300/300
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[Wild Pig] (The second chasing wild pig)
Rating: Bronze-rated Monster
HP: 100/300
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Mathew returned his focus and drove the two wild pigs to another 'shield' pig and it collided. Damage text appeared above the heads of each wild pig.
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-400 (The 'shield' wild pig took damage)
-50 (The second wild pig took damage)
-50 (The first wild pig took damage)
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The 'shield' pig that collided with the 2 wild pigs chasing Mathew instantly died and the two wild pigs receive the 25% impact damage since they were within the 3-meter radius. After that, the two pig continued to chase Mathew as a system notification appeared.
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Wild Pig has been killed!
Wild Pig has dropped quest item "wild pig body" x1!
Player gained 100 Exp!
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