Chapter 245 - Ragnarok?
Wei Xiao Bei pulled out another piece of roast meat from his Small Holding Bag. He slowly ate with a happy expression.
When he finished, he saw that his intimacy with Kashmir increased by 5 points.
This was not much, but it was a breakthrough regardless.
Seeing the reindeer approach, they were probably attracted to the smell. Wei Xiao Bei could not help but let out a small groan, startling the reindeers. He did not have any inclination to feed the reindeers with meat. Leaving aside whether this was cruel or not, Wei Xiao Bei would not choose to waste the barbecue.
It seems that creatures in the Dust World also feared the strong.
Without Wei Xiao Bei needing to show killing intent, the reindeers became obedient. They did not sneak out and followed beside him.
Naturally, Wei Xiao Bei knew that they were different from Kashmir who had established a partnership contract with him. These reindeers were only trying to lean on someone strong to protect themselves. If something bad happened, they were the first to turn around and run away.
After eating two pieces of barbecue, Wei Xiao Bei immediately began to cook more and replenished his supply.
After busying himself, he cooked most of the raw meat, but only a small portion was applied with cowberry since doing it with only one hand was quite troublesome.
If he had to apply cowberry to every piece of meat, then it would take him hours to finish.
Even if the meat was not applied with cowberry juice, it still became high quality goods. Unfortunately, it only increased stamina recovery and not mental strength.
After finishing his work and eating a few pieces of meat in the process, Wei Xiao Bei's Small Holding Bag was fully filled, but there was around 100 kilograms worth of barbecued meat left that could not fit inside it. Wei Xiao Bei decided to make baskets from the branches of the shrubs and let the reindeers carry them.
Although the reindeers were young, they were still larger than mature reindeers in the real world. Every young reindeer was carrying about 25 kilograms of meat on their backs, and they were not strained at all.
Afterwards, Wei Xiao Bei rode on top of the female reindeer and picked up the fairy that was still gnawing on the meat, placing it on his shoulder. With a whistle, he signaled the reindeer to advance.
As for the reindeer corpses that he had killed, he did not care about them anymore.
Even if he turned them all into barbecue, he would not be able to move them. He'd rather just leave them there, and it might even attract the big wolf, diverting the danger from himself.
Wei Xiao Bei had slightly understood this region after listening to the Small Fairy.
It was just as he imagined. The giant tree was indeed the World Tree that was praised in European legends!
As for the land covered in gray snow, the fairy called it the Abandoned Lands. This should be similar to the Evil Lands that the Ming Lun Envoy described.
From the Small Fairy's narration, plants only grew in the land around a certain range from the World Tree.
Wei Xiao Bei also asked a few things such as the European gods and other such matters.
Although the Small Fairy race began to live alone after 30 years old, they had a long life span, allowing them to understand many things.
It said that the place was the land of Ragnarok. The gods and the giants killed each other to the last being, submerging the world in burning blood and leading to the world's collapse.
When the burning blood subsided and disappeared, the World Tree once again sprouted a new bud. Only then did life once again begin to appear in this world.
However, after the battle, the World Tree's origin had received fatal damage, causing it to continuously weaken.
Following the World Tree's weakening, the Abandoned Lands continued to expand towards the World Tree, worsening the living environment of the place day by day.
As for creatures there, the creatures that the Small Fairy had seen the most were reindeers and mountain goats. It had also seen elves, dwarves, big wolves, horses, wild boars, and even crows.
These were roughly the only creatures around the vicinity of the World Tree. As for stronger creatures, the fairy had not seen any with its movement range.
Among the reindeers, the strongest was the king of reindeers. It was a male reindeer with red antlers. Wei Xiao Bei guessed that it was a 2-Star Terror Creature.
The mountains goats there were the descendants of Heidrun, the goat who ate leaves from the World Tree which she converted into the mead that flows from her udders.
As for elves, they were light skinned creatures that were taller than most humans. The only difference between them and humans were their pointed ears. They were also good with archery. They were originally residents of Alfheim, one of the nine worlds of the World Tree, but after Ragnarok, their country also perished, causing them to spread out into this place.
The dwarves had also lost the majority of their culture and civilization. They were not excellent craftsmen or metallurgists anymore. However, they still lived underground and could not endure sunshine. If they were exposed to the sun, then they would turn into stone, unable to recover forever.
As for big wolves, horses, wild boars, and crows, they were all strong magical beasts or mythological animal descendants. Although their ancestors had already died in Ragnarok, they were still stronger than other creatures.
The big wolves were Hati's descendants. During Ragnarok, Hati was the wolf that ate the moon. It was one of the terrifying wolf children of Fenrir, while Fenrir was the wolf that ate Odin, the leader of the gods.
The horses were the descendants of one of the horses owned by the Freyr, the phallic fertility god.
The wild boars were the descendants of the golden boar rode by Freyr. According to legend, the golden boar was even faster than horses.
The crows were the descendants of the crow that used to patrol the human world owned by Odin
In short, these creatures' ancestors were famous legendary figures.
However, after hearing the Small Fairy's narration, he felt that this place had truly declined.
In truth, Wei Xiao Bei felt that the Dust World could truly fit such things. It had even placed the world of Ragnarok inside it.
That said, Wei Xiao Bei felt that the Norse Gods were not that strong as their ends were already predetermined.
They were gods yet they were not immortal. Moreover, they needed to drink water from the fountain of youth to keep their youth.
When they had predicted Ragnarok, no matter how much the gods struggled, they could not escape their fate and died there.
Naturally, even if they relied on the fountain of youth to keep their immortality, they were stronger existences in comparison to him. Thus Wei Xiao Bei rejoiced that this was not the land of pre-Ragnarok. If it was like that, he would not know how to deal with the gods or giants.
The Small Fairy's continuation slightly affected Wei Xiao Bei's heart rate.
In the Abandoned Lands, it was said that there were corpses of gods and giants, but the environment of the place was too vile, so the fairy did not go there.
Hearing this, Wei Xiao Bei became slightly excited. After all, the gods and giants were very strong. If he could find the place, he might obtain something good.
Wei Xiao Bei was not an haughty person. Towards things like searching for corpses, a safer activity, he would not reject them.
Naturally, there might also be danger, but the danger should not be too high.
The fairy was happy about advancing towards the World Tree.
It must be known that the foundation of life in this world was the World Tree.
This place was the Dust World, meaning that there were a lot of dangers that prevented Kashmir from advancing towards the World Tree. Thus, it was like a person who could not leave their hometown but became excited once they were able to go elsewhere.
If the Small Fairy was alone, it would probably be eaten by some carnivorous monster before even reaching 5 kilometers of it.
How could the carnivorous animals bother to care about something like a curse. They only knew that the meat in their mouth was the best meat ever!
The Small Fairy could fly? Even if she could fly, the crows were a lot faster than itself.
For the Small Fairies, crows were their predator.
As he rode on the reindeer's back, Wei Xiao Bei was thinking about where to distribute his 2100 evolution points.
If he placed them in the muscle attribute, his 30 points muscle attribute would quickly rise to 40 points. Then he would gain a new ability.
However, he thought about the consequences of doing so and gave up this thought.
In the end, Wei Xiao Bei decided to use 2000 evolution points in increased his hand-eye coordination and flexibility to 25 points while also increasing reflex and balance to 23 points.
As for the remaining 100 points, he placed them into his electric current, increasing the limit to 261 milliamperes.
This could be said as his policy.
Everytime he increased his attributes, he would place the remaining points into electric current. This way he could increase the strength of his special skill.
At the moment, the 1000 voltage was already enough as it could break the air and shoot out a short distance.
Thus, he needed to now raise the electric current to strengthen [Release Electricity].
In simpler terms, voltage determined electricity's ability to break the air, while electric current determined how strong the electricity was.
The higher the both of them were, the stronger his [Release Electricity] would become.
Thus, Wei Xiao Bei made this decision.
For a human being, touching 90-100 milliampere electric currents for three seconds was enough to paralyze them and stop their heart beat.
However, the majority of Wei Xiao Bei's enemies were not humans but monsters in the Dust World. Thus, increasing the electric current was a necessity.
The majority of the monsters Wei Xiao Bei encountered before were unable to be dealt with by electricity, such as the Wooden Training Dummies and the Monster Tools. He had tried it before but there was simply no effect.
But in this place, electricity should have its uses.
Chapter 246 - Sound Waves
Soon after Wei Xiao Bei used up his evolution points, the female reindeer moving at a constant speed suddenly slowed down as if it wanted to turn around.
This made Wei Xiao Bei increase his vigilance a few times. As for the fairy that was resting on Wei Xiao Bei's shoulder, it was awoken and loudly saying something.
When he turned to look at it, he understood its words, "There is a big wolf in front!"
Big wolf?"
"Is is the one that we encountered?"
Wei Xiao Bei knew that the Small Fairy's awareness was higher and sharper than his, so he inquired.
"No, it's another one! There! There!"
Just when the small fairy was pointing with its arms and legs, the stench of blood came from the female reindeer's side.
This is the smell of wolf!
Wei Xiao Bei's hair stood on its ends. It strongly slapped the reindeer on its back, causing the reindeer to charge forward and making Wei Xiao Bei to directly fall onto the ground.
At this moment, a big wolf suddenly appeared from the meadow. It tread on the ground with four legs, and its body appeared to be very vigorous. When it appeared, it immediately charged towards the female reindeer. The reindeer could not even react as it was pushed down the ground. Afterwards, the wolf immediately bit its throat, and with a crunching sound, the neck of the female reindeer was gone!
After killing the female reindeer, the wolf did not rush out to eat meat. On the contrary, it looked at Wei Xiao Bei.
Demonstration? Provoke?
When Wei Xiao Bei saw the wolf's action, he immediately understood that the big wolf was demonstrating its power and provoking him.
"I said so! It was hiding here! Look, I was correct!"
The Small Fairy flew up and floated in front of Wei Xiao Bei with its saliva flying everywhere.
Wei Xiao Bei was speechless. It seemed that they had not communicated properly. The moment he heard the fairy's words, he was too late in turning around. This was the result….
However, the big wolf was a lot smarter than the reindeers.
Perhaps the big wolf felt the aura coming from him and treated him as an opponent?
Naturally, if it was before, Wei Xiao Bei would be unwilling to fight the big wolf.
In the Dust World, there was no shortage of challenges and danger.
If he encountered a monster, then even if he was strong, there was a chance that he might have kicked a steel plate and waste his life.
For example, the big wolf was actually able to hide its body in the meadow, but its body size should not have been able to hide it at all.
This might be its ability to create illusions to deceive sight!
Although it had been seen through by the fairy, but because the communication between them was slow, Wei Xiao Bei was not able to immediately think of a good move.
However, since the big wolf had cut off his path, Wei Xiao Bei would not run away seeing that the wolf did not dare pounce at him. If Wei Xiao Bei just ran away like that, even he would look down upon himself.
Status Appraisal!
Wei Xiao Bei did not hesitate and used [Status Appraisal] on it.
When the wolf's hair stood on ends, Wei Xiao Bei had obtained its information.
......
Name: Male Big Wolf
Race: Hati's Descendant
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Creature Rank: 3 Star
Status: (Only main attributes are shown for animal creatures)
(Blocked)
Skill: Pathing (Will never get lost), Pursuit (With the help of smell, target will never be lost), Speed Up (Increase in speed while chasing after target), ???
Special Skills: Madness (Massive increase in strength and vitality, but the consciousness enters into a state of madness), Camouflage (User's body becomes invisible after stopping on the spot for five seconds), Hati's blood (Due to having some divine blood, user has a natural ability to weaken negative effects, block any type of spying, and a danger warning), ???
Evolution Points: X (Unable to accumulate evolution points)
Items on hand: None
…….
Although he could not see the big wolf's attributes, Wei Xiao Bei was able to see its skills and special skills.
What strong skills and special skills!
At the very least, it was strong in terms of wolves.
Wei Xiao Bei became serious.
Towards Wei Xiao Bei's provocation, the wolf began to move in a circle around him.
This was a wolf's habitual move.
In the real world, wolves would circle around you when they felt that they could not put their grasps on you. They would attempt to turn around to find an opening before pouncing in and biting your throat, gobbling you up in the process!
Wolves loved to attack from the back.
Seeing the wolf begin to circle him, Wei Xiao Bei closed his eyes and did not follow the wolf in turning around. Only his ears wiggled slightly as the movement from his surroundings entered them.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of wind being split apart.
In truth, if Wei Xiao Bei's perception was any weaker, he would simply not been able to hear this sound at all.
From the back!
Wei Xiao Bei did not hesitate as he raised the Hard Metal Jian and struck at the wolf coming from behind him.
The Hard Metal Jian's red color was like a blaze moving towards the wolf's head.
The wolf's reaction was not slow. Before the Hard Metal Jian hit it, it forcefully turned its body in mid air and jumped to the side. Then, it seized the opportunity and used its tail to strike at the Hard Metal Jian.
Puff!
The jian and the wolf's tail collided, creating a light sound. At that instant, countless strands of the wolf's hair flew into the air.
The wolf let out a whine and landed on the ground. Its tail hung down as it leaked out blood.
The wolf had miscalculated in this exchange. If its tail was facing against a normal weapon, it could cancel out the impact and even send the weapon flying away.
It must be known that this move had allowed him to capture countless reindeers, allowing it to bite them to death.
However, this time, its tail had been hit by the Hard Metal Jian and instantly snapped. If it had not been covered in fur, it would have blown it apart.
The wolf's tail was now unusable. If it wanted to recover, it would take a long amount of time.
After this exchange, Wei Xiao Bei made a conclusion.
He realized that the wolf's strength would not exceed 24, and its agility would not exceed 23!
Its attributes that should have exceeded 40 points should be one of the sub-attributes below awareness: its willpower, judgement, perception, or intuition.
If you think about it, the wolf being able to set an ambush on his path should not be due to the fairy sending it telepathic signals.
Moreover, its camouflage was able to hide itself from his perception. From this, it could be seen that its awareness was quite high. Otherwise, it would not be able to escape his.
From the wolf's actions, it was easy to see that it's fighting strength was weaker compared to other 3-Star Creatures like the Radiant Sacred Beetle or the Monster Jian.
However, even if it was injured, it had not yet given up. It licked its injury and began to circle again.
Before the wolf even completed the circle, Wei Xiao Bei charged ahead and swung the Hard Metal Jian at it while letting out flickering blue sparks!
The wolf retreated with its all, but because its speed was not fast enough, it was not able to completely dodge it, allowing the jian to cause a foot deep injury on its side and made fresh blood to spray out.
After receiving this attack, the wolf's body slightly stopped.
Wei Xiao Bei once again charged forward and smashed the electrically charged Hard Metal Jian at its back!
When the wolf attacked back, Wei Xiao Bei retreated, but he was slightly stunned at the sight.
Who knew if the wolf's vitality was high or if its body structure could endure damage, but when Wei Xiao Bei's jian landed on its back, its body bulged as if blocking him. Additionally, the electric current was only able to numb it a bit, and it immediately turned its head to bite him.
The answer should be that its vitality was high! Moreover, its elephant-like body size had allowed it to negate some of the electricity.
Additionally, it also had Hati's blood which could have explained the negation.
After being hit by Wei Xiao Bei twice, the cautious wolf was instantly angered. It howled loudly, causing large sound waves to crash toward Wei Xiao Bei.
When it opened its mouth, Wei Xiao Bei had retreated by more than 20 meters to the side. After all, not all of the wolf's skills and special skills were shown. Thus, Wei Xiao Bei had to be cautious.
However, even if that was so, he had still been hit by the the sound waves, resulting in his heart shaking and causing a small amount of blood to come out of his mouth.
Wei Xiao Bei looked at the wolf with a grave expression.
It seemed that monsters that looked normal are difficult to scorn!
If Wei Xiao Bei's qi had not protected him from the sound waves invading his body, he would have received heavy internal injuries.
The sound waves had easily entered into his body. If they had hit his internal organs, then the damage was easy to imagine.
Even if he had blocked them with his qi, his internal organs had still been shaken, causing him to feel extreme discomfort.
Spitting out a bit of blood was already a light injury.
After suffering from its attack, Wei Xiao Bei once again moved towards the wolf while paying attention to its mouth.
If the wolf attempted to open its mouth, Wei Xiao Bei would kick a stone on the ground towards the wolf's mouth.
Initially, the wolf wanted to deal heavy damage with his skill, displaying how much it hated Wei Xiao Bei.
However, it never imagined that Wei Xiao Bei still had this kind of move left. As the stone flew into its mouth and entered its throat, it was unable to let out the sound wave attack and even coughed.