The Gene Gamer

"Fire arrow!" after resting, Cylius once again tried casting the spell. But this time, he focused more on the aiming. 

As he cast the spell, a fire arrow slowly condensed in front of him before shooting to the wooden puppet 10 meters away. But as it was just going on the same track and was going to hit the wooden puppet, it dissipated and didn't reach its target in the end. 

Unfortunately, his proficiency and experience weren't enough for him to cast this spell consecutively twice in a row. Even though it didn't say so in the status, it applied to his body and mental state. 

He hadn't been in this game for long, and the game itself restricted him and his abilities, therefore, his soul wasn't the same it was in the real world. He guessed that at least Tier 1 would be required for him to unleash a bit of his abilities. 

So he was mentally tired from the casting as well. 

[Mana: 0]

[You will recover ten mana every ten minutes, corresponding to your intelligence: 10]

It would need another ten minutes for him to fully recover his mana. Neither fast nor slow. 

"2 spells? You have enough mana to cast two spells? That's amazing bro." said Liam as he looked at him in a strange gaze. The gaze wasn't that of awe, it was as if a normal human was looking at an alien. 

"Isn't your stamina and agility also great as well? You were able to close that distance in a second and was also able to unleash all those attacks so quickly. Even a mob would die when attacked like that." he replied calmly while drinking water. 

"Anyway, when should we go hunting? An hour later, agree?" 

"Agreed" 

.....

"Fire Arrow!" along with the shout, a fire arrow condensed into the air as it immediately shot straight to the wooden puppet. It landed successfully, leaving a black burnt mark on the wooden puppet. 

[Skill 'Fire Arrow' has leveled up.]

[Fire Arrow:

Level: 2 (0/20) 

Launches a projectile towards a target within 11 meters. Deals 2 points of damage and the target receive status Burn: -1 health every minute and works for 2 minutes. Requires 5 mana to be activated.] 

'The distance has increased from 10 meters to 11 meters. Other than that, there are no other changes.' 

After trying for forty more minutes, his skill 'Fire Arrow' leveled up. It seemed that it gained proficiency points when it is cast and when the number of proficiency points reaches a certain line, the skill levels up. 

Considering he had cast the spell 8 times during the forty minutes and along with the 2 he had cast before, it would total 10 proficiency points. 

Now, he could also precisely shoot at a target within 10 meters without missing.

Since level 1 needed 10 proficiency points to level up, it leveled up after he had cast the spell 10 times and now, the next level up requires 20 proficiency points meaning he had to cast the spell 20 times... 

That would mean 100 minutes, manageable.

However, he didn't have that time right now. So he used the free skill point he had gotten and leveled the skill up. 

"Use free skill point for skill 'Fire Arrow'" 

[Used free skill point: 1x.]

[Skill 'Fire Arrow' has leveled up.]

[Fire Arrow:

Level: 3 (0/30) 

Launches a projectile towards a target within 11 meters. Deals 3 points of damage and the target receive status Burn: -1 health every minute and works for 3 minutes. Requires 6 mana to be activated.]

'That's more like it. But now, I need to level up my mana since it won't be able to keep up with the skill if I don't. Since intelligence and mana are connected with each other and I only need to upgrade intelligence in order for the mana to level up as well.'

"Use free status point for intelligence." 

[Used free status point: 1x]

[Intelligence: 12 

Mana: 12] 

[Player has awakened talent: Inferior Mage Talent]

[Inferior Mage Talent:

Every time you level up, intelligence stat will automatically advance by +1 point and when using free points on status intelligence, the intelligence status will advance by 2 points instead of one.]

'As expected… but the latter part was unexpected. Was it due to my soul…? Whatever, no need to think about it now. It is beneficial to me regardless.'

Now, he had twenty minutes left until they go hunting, which would mean he has four chances to cast a spell. But if he wants to be ready for the hunt, he would have to give up on two of the chances since recovering them would require another ten minutes. 

20 minutes later. 

"The time is over. Should we go?" 

"Yes" 

"So we will be farming near this village - the beginner village Blue Wolf. Due to the mobs appearing near it mostly being blue wolves, the village was named as such.

The blue wolves near this village usually were alone and was a great target for beginner players. They didn't have any specialties and they only traveled in threes or fours. They weren't a threat to us and the only thing we had to watch out are the Long Eared Blue Wolves. 

They were the direct higher species of the Blue Wolves and they usually commanded a pack of 15-30. Their agility and their ability to hide themself among shadows to ambush their enemies made them especially threatening. If we don't watch out, we will be gone in an instant." 

Said Liam as he looked towards him. 

"So we should look out for the Long Eared Blue Wolves and their pack…" 

"Yes. And we are setting out now" 

…..

Within the forest. 

"Is that the blue wolves?" said Cylius as he pointed towards a group of three blue wolves sleeping. 

They had a big body, a body that was as big as a normal adult and along with the wavy blue fur they had, they had a certain charm to them, attracting people's gaze. And even though their eyes were currently shut at the moment, their aura as a predator terrified them who were no different from normal humans. 

Humans were at the bottom of the food chain within this fantasy world. They had no power in front of these powerful predators and would be ripped into pieces in an instant by them. They were nothing but preys to them. 

However, if humans are able to awaken their powers and become stronger, the status of the predator and the prey could also change. Just like the scene in front, the preys could also kill the predators. 

Through ambush or traps, how they kill didn't matter. 

A creature is dead once it is killed, it could bear all the grief it has but it won't be revived back to life. 

"I'll go aim for the weak spots of the wolves and them damage them severely while they are asleep. They are defenseless for now but if I were to attack them, their weak spots especially, they would immediately wake up and get prepared to fight. 

So after I injure them, immediately cast your fire arrow and finish them off. You'll take two of the wolves and I'll take the last one."

Hearing him, Cylius nodded in reply. 

"Woosh" with a silent woosh, Liam closed in on one of the wolves before slicing its neck with his daggers. It left a deep gash but it wasn't enough to kill the wolf. Therefore, it immediately woke up and howled in pain, 

However, by that time, Liam was already gone, onto his next target. 

By the time the wolf had howled, Liam had already cutten the neck of another wolf, leaving out only one that hadn't been injured. 

Following Liam, Cylius also cast out two fire arrow, each headed towards the injured wolves.

[-6 mana]

[-6 mana]

[You dealt 3 damage to 'Blue Wolf']

[You dealt 3 damage to 'Blue Wolf']

*Growl* the wolves angrily snarled as just as they were going to arch their backs, a fire arrow came shooting towards them, landing on their heads of chests where their injuries were near. 

Getting their injuries caught up on by fire, the wolves whimpered in pain and retreated back to the treets but along with the whimpers of pain, their anger was also growing fast as they blamed Cylius and Liam for the pain they were feeling now.

Jumping towards Liam who was the nearest, one of the wolves opened its mouth wide, intending to bite off Liam's head entirely. But, just as it was about to bite off Liam's head, Liam disappeared in place and appeared behind the wolf not long after. 

Then, he stabbed his daggers six times into its back, near their spinal cord. 

Unfortunately, it wasn't able to exact its revenge and died. It's companion also soon followed after it, it had died due to the effects of burn and blood loss. 

[+5 experience]

[+5 experience]

[You have leveled up]

[You obtained free status point: 1x]

[You obtained free skill point: 1x]

[Intelligence has leveled up by two]

[Intelligence: 14

Mana: 14]

As the two wolves died, the stream of notifications came to him as they notified him of killing the two wolves and gaining exp. 

Due to the exp reaching 10, he had leveled up and now become a level 2. He had also received the rewards of it. 

Since Liam and him were in a party, they shared the experience they get from killing monsters. How much exp a person gets is decided by their contribution in killing the monster and since their contribution was around the same, the exp they get was divided into two, half-half. 

Now, only one wolf remained. Although this one wolf was only alone, it was healthy and without injury; therefore, making it hard to deal with.

But Cylius didn't have any mana left for now so the only attack force was Liam. 

So, Cylius just fell back and watched the show. 

After minutes of struggling, Liam was finally able to end the wolf by a fire arrow from Cylius and a stab in the heart. 

[+3 experience] 

"Huff huff… Let's quickly get the monster cores and leave since the smell of blood might attract a lot of monsters" said Liam as he heavily breathed for a while before dashing to the carcasses. 

After reaching to them, he sliced them apart one by one before getting three black cores out of them. 

Then, without even looking at the carcasses, he said "Let's go find a place to rest" to Cylius before running away.

Unfortunately, the fur had been burnt making it impossible to sell for a good price. Otherwise, they would've brought it along too. 

After looking at the carcasses and the battle scene for a moment, Cyluus also headed out, following after Liam.