Mission content: Fulfill the last wish of the defense captain Amy—kill the Alpha Wolf in Wolf Valley and bring its head back to the village chief!

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After wandering around the village for a while, there was really nothing left for me to do. It seems the ultimate quest in this newbie village is to kill the Alpha Wolf.

After repairing all my equipment, I spent two silver coins. But it doesn’t matter; I now have the massive fortune of two gold coins, so I don’t care about those two silvers at all. I just don’t know if that girl Hannah Cooper has enough money to repair her gear. But since we split the loot from killing so many monsters earlier, she should have at least 50 silver coins!

Heading to Wolf Valley again, Hannah Cooper and I had already agreed to meet at the entrance. Sure enough, when I arrived, she was already waiting obediently.

“Let’s go, continue the quest, kill the Alpha Wolf!” I said, full of confidence.

Hannah Cooper looked confused. “What Alpha Wolf? I don’t have any quests left.”

Suddenly, I remembered the uniqueness of this follow-up quest. The system probably defaults to giving the quest to the first person who turns it in. Sure enough, that girl Hannah Cooper didn’t hand in the quest right away!

Afraid that Hannah Cooper would feel left out, I quickly said, “Oh, it’s nothing. I just got a quest that requires me to go deeper into the forest. You can stay here and kill level 9 monsters for now. You should still level up pretty quickly.”

“Okay, be careful.”

I nodded, watched Hannah Cooper head toward the level 9 monster area, and then walked deeper into the forest myself. According to the quest description, at the end of Wolf Valley, the Alpha Wolf resides there. It’s said to be commanding its pack to invade the villagers’ land and slaughter their livestock.

“Beep beep~” A sound came—someone was CALLing me again. I checked and saw it was still a message from Grace:

“Little lover, I’m a bit sleepy, going to bed first. Remember to call me for dinner~”

I immediately replied, “Come on, sis, do you have to report even this? At this rate, are you going to notify me when you change your sanitary pad too?”

Grace opened the communicator and said with a laugh, “Don’t be mad, don’t be mad. I just thought you might get bored grinding levels, so I came to tease you a bit. Don’t be so stingy.”

“Fine, just tell me what you want. I’m busy with a quest!”

“Nothing really, I’m just going to sleep. Remember what we talked about after dinner. Don’t be late, BYE~”

“8~”

Speechless, I calmed myself down. The forest ahead was getting darker and darker, and I could faintly hear the howling of wolves.

After walking a bit further, I finally reached an open area. My vision suddenly brightened, and the sky was gradually clearing up—it was another sunny day.

In the distance, a pack of Alpha Wolves was gathered together, moving as a group. These wolves were a bit bigger than the level 9 ones, and their fur was even paler.

Chapter 13: The Alpha Wolf

Ferocious Alpha Wolf

Level: 11

Attack: ???

Defense: ???

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There’s no detailed information, only that these wolves are pack animals and are blocking my only way forward. Behind them is probably the mysterious Alpha Wolf!

Sword in hand, I was trembling a bit…

Each small group of these wolves had at least four. With my current attack power, it would take 15–20 hits to kill a level 11 wolf, taking about 30 seconds. That means, on average, each wolf would attack me 20 times, four wolves would attack me 80 times in total, and each hit would take about 15 HP. That’s a total of around 1,200 HP. Do I have 1,200 HP?

No! The answer is definitely no…

Even with the ketchup’s 90 HP over 30 seconds, I’d only have 500 HP to take hits. If I try to brute force it, I’m basically dead for sure. Is this really a quest a newbie can complete? Or am I supposed to wait until I get a job class and bring a whole group to help?

Suddenly, I remembered the trick I used when fighting level 9 monsters—using obstacles to dodge the wolves’ bites. Maybe that would work?

No time like the present. I immediately went over and lured four Alpha Wolves. But to my surprise, the whole pack attacked as if they had intelligence. Instead of just four, I ended up with a flood of wolves, with even more pouring in from behind.

No way! At this rate, I’m definitely going to lose a level. Even if I try to run now, I’ll still get bitten to death. There are just too many Alpha Wolves, and just my luck, two more even spawned on my way back!

What kind of twisted programmer designed this setup? Are they trying to kill people off?

All my carefully laid plans vanished in an instant. While taking hits from the wolves behind me, I frantically ran toward the nearby rocks. Maybe I could climb up?

No way! It must have just rained—the rocks were slippery as hell, and there was nothing to grab onto!

What do I do? What do I do?

Wait? There’s a crack between the rocks over there—just squeeze in for now!