Tsukasa watched as the White-Eyed Tiger and those few Moon-Devouring Wolves quickly departed.
The Wolf King stayed behind and walked toward the corpse of a Moon-Devouring Wolf.
She observed the Wolf King's actions closely.
Then, she saw the Wolf King suddenly open its mouth and bite into the corpse of its own pack.
Feeling somewhat horrified and uneasy, Si immediately used Appraisal on the Wolf King. She saw that the Wolf King was indeed using the Feast skill to recover from its injuries. For a moment, she hesitated, looking at the Wolf King's slowly healing wounds through Feast. This seemed like a perfect opportunity for her.
The Wolf King's condition is very poor right now.
<#Lv14# Greedy Moon Wolf King (Severely Injured)
#Stats:
HP: 500/2000
MP: 100/2000
SP: 100/1500 (200/1500)
#Skill Points: 15
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This guy had exhausted all its skill points in the battle with the White-Eyed Tiger. Unlike the Tiger King, it didn't kill the Tiger King, so its skill points weren't replenished, and its level didn't increase.
However, monsters don't recover their condition upon leveling up, as the White-Eyed Tiger just demonstrated. That ability seems to be her privilege as a Reincarnator, or perhaps a unique talent of the Human Race?
The Greedy Moon Wolf King recovers its HP and SP through Feast. MP cannot be restored this way, or perhaps the Wolf King's skill hasn't been upgraded to that level yet.
Moreover, the recovery speed from Feast isn't very fast.
It seems to only provide a buff that restores health over its duration.
This is an opportunity.
That's right.
Si had made up her mind.
Undoubtedly, the Wolf King's experience points must be very high.
As mentioned earlier.
Experience gain is determined by the strength of the defeated target.
Although the Wolf King is only Lv14.
Its base abilities are very high.
As for its current severely injured state, with some decline in various abilities, this doesn't affect its original stat values. Meaning, even if she kills the Wolf King in this state, she'll receive the full experience.
But the important issue isn't this.
What she's more concerned about now is whether she has enough confidence.
After all, even in its severely injured state, the Wolf King is still strong.
Its base abilities far surpass hers.
She only has one chance to strike.
And if she misses, there won't be a second opportunity.
She might even lose her life here.
Should she really take this gamble?
Si is a cautious person.
She dislikes gambling.
To the point of aversion.
That's why she never spends money in games, as games involve too much gambling—equipment enhancement, equipment attributes, etc., all relying on luck.
However, such behavior is foolish.
Staking your own interests on a gamble, leaving the outcome entirely to fate?
If you really had that kind of luck.
Why weren't you born a winner in life?
Si's backgrounds in her past lives weren't good.
So, she has quite some confidence in her luck.
Even if her luck is good, she still dislikes gambling.
But now, someone like her is considering whether to take a gamble.
It shows the immense pressure she's under right now.
Pressure great enough to override her personal feelings.
"If I don't gamble here, whether the Wolf King or the Tiger King wins, my best outcome will be to leave the forest and return to human society once they notice me. But I don't yet have the strength to resist the Nobility. Although I didn't agree to that matter, my parents have indeed sold me off. Given the civilization level of this world, those in power won't care about my consent unless my strength makes them wary. Otherwise, my fate will only be to become a plaything for the Nobility."
So, she cannot return to human society.
But if she wants to stay here, these forest overlords before her are her obstacles. If she cannot conquer the forest, she'll only become its nourishment.
Moreover, judging by the White-Eyed Tiger's attitude.
High-level monsters' hostility toward humans is still quite evident.
Si bit her lip.
Slowly raised her hands.
Mana began to gather.
Indicating she had made her choice.
Or rather, she actually had no choice at this moment.
Life often seems to offer many choices.
But many times, only one path lies before you.
Even if you don't like this path, you have no choice.
As
the mana gathered.
The elemental fluctuations startled the Wolf King, which was in the midst of Feast.
This was an inevitable outcome.
Monsters of the Wolf King's caliber would more or less react to magic, not to mention that the Greedy Moon Wolf King itself was a magic expert, making its reaction to elemental fluctuations even more sensitive.
Shi had anticipated this long ago.
She hid behind a large tree.
Releasing different spells with both hands.
At this moment, she was continuously gathering magic power to enhance the spell's potency.
She only had one chance.
Therefore, she had to raise the spell's power to the absolute limit she could reach.
The Wolf King sensed danger.
But through its sense of smell, it detected the scent of a human.
And this human had a very peculiar fragrance.
It seemed as if devouring this human would allow it to evolve significantly.
Because it was skilled in magic, it was affected even more severely than the White-Eyed Tiger in this regard, instantly lured by this strange scent, and charged towards Shi's location.
Judging by the elemental fluctuations of the magic.
It could tell that this human's strength was not as formidable as the previous humans.
It was an opponent it could still handle.
Since that was the case, it would fight for evolution.
Why did it make such a great sacrifice to kill the Tiger King? Was it simply a struggle for territory?
Of course not.
The more fundamental reason was the craving for the experience gained from killing the Tiger King.
As long as it leveled up to Lv20.
It should be able to evolve once more.
And now.
This human seemed capable of directly fulfilling its evolutionary needs?
"Awoo!"
Since that was the case.
Then there was no need to hesitate.
Tear her to shreds!
Devour her!
The Wolf King's wild nature gained the upper hand.
Suppressing its rationality.
Because the tree was in the way, the Wolf King didn't use magic; after all, its MP was low at the moment and it couldn't cast powerful spells, so MP had to be conserved. This thought was also deliberately planted by Shi, as she chose this location to cast magic precisely because she considered the Wolf King's low MP, preventing it from casting spells freely.
Shi's magic was ready.
The Wolf King swiftly charged into her line of sight.
Seeing that this human was still a child, a hint of astonishment appeared in the Wolf King's eyes. Moreover, it could feel that the child's aura was not very strong. Although it didn't know why such a scale of magic could be released, to deal with such a human brat, it didn't even need to use magic.
A hint of delight flashed in its eyes.
The Wolf King pounced on the human girl.
At that moment.
It saw that the human girl's expression seemed somewhat bewildered and puzzled.
Was this its illusion?
At this moment, shouldn't this human girl be filled with fear and despair towards it?