The Gene Gamer

"Huff, huff" came the heavy breathings of a person as he walked along the long spiral stairway before finally reaching a large wooden door.

This person was currently covered in full armor and would've definitely looked like a shiny knight from the legend if not for all of the blood covering it. 

He had blood all over his body, with no spot without any blood spilled at all. 

He looked extremely tired but also very cautious as he seemed to be on his edges all the time. He was currently holding a sword that looked as if it had gone through many battles and fights as the edges have already been chipped off and was beyond use right now. 

Yet, the person still continued holding it tightly, without letting go of it at all. 

As his body moved, his eyes never left the door in front of him. 

This wooden door that didn't seem to contain anything special except for its ancient aura. 

Its edges have rotten away and traces of decay were discovered all over the door. Only its handle attracted attention, shining with a golden yellow color but even this handle had rotted away due to time. 

"This… is the end" a voice that was full of greed and fanaticism came out from the man. The voice sounded old and out of breath as it disrupted the sound of the clock ticking little by little. 

"Here... here..." with a zealous voice, he pulled the golden handle as soon, the door opened little by little along with the creaking sound that came by. 

A blinding light overtook his vision as only a resounding voice was left behind.

"The Ancient shall awaken and those qualified shall enter..." 

.....

With the two of them cooperating, they easily finished the two wolves as they fell back on the ground, resting their backs. The fight was a bit taxing than usual, but they surely gained a lot from it too. 

[+4 experience] 

[+5 experience]

The experience notification came, confirming the death of the wolves. Since they had died, it was time for organizing things. 

First, was his level up and the benefits obtained from it. From the level up, he had obtained 1 skill point and 1 status point. He didn't use any of them so he was going to use them now. 

"Use free status point for intelligence"

[Used free status point: 1x]

[+2 Intelligence]

[Intelligence: 24

Mana: 24]

"Use free skill point for 'Fire Arrow'"

[Free skill point is insufficient to level up 'Fire Arrow']

[Requires 2 free skill points for 'Fire Arrow' to become level 5]

'What? Was level 5 special to require 2 skill points? Or is it that he has used skill points too much that the system is adding it up?... Nevermind, I'll just search the game forum when I exit the game. Fireball will be sufficient with the current status. And I also can't ask others about it because there is him...' 

"There's a staff here, Hydrogen" Anna called out to him. 

"Staff? Lucky" from the wolves they killed before, there hadn't been a single staff that dropped from the wolves. Only robes dropped out and only two at that. The magical items drop out were truly low. 

The reason was that Blue Wolves weren't monsters that used magic so the chance of a magic item dropping would be very low. The skill book dropping out of them was truly a very rare chance. 

Since Blue Wolves were the only monsters within the area of the Blue Wolf town, skill books and magic-related items were in high demand and were expensive. 

Even if one had the money, they might not be able to get it at all. 

[Common Staff lvl.2

Attribute: +1 Intelligence

Durability: 10/10

Skill: None

Specialty: Casting time -1s

Description: Common staff dropped out of a Blue Wolf] 

The only staff he had was the beginner staff he intially got and it didn't have any use except having one second off the casting time. It took him five seconds to cast the skill so along with the beginner staff, it was four seconds. 

And although the only difference between them was the adding of intelligence attribute, it was still a lot better than the beginner staff he had. 

[Common Robe lvl. 2

Attribute: +1 Physical Resistance 

Durability: 8/10

Specialty: None

Description: Common robe dropped out of a Blue Wolf]

This was the robe he got. As he was attacked by a lvl. 2 wolf before, its durability had gone down to 8. With just a single attack at that. 

Its quality was truly low. 

"Wait... am I seeing right? Is a pack of wolves that big really coming for us?" muttered Jin as he looked at a certain direction. Trailing his eyes, one could easily see why he was so overwhelmed and uncertain.

Looking from the hill, one could see that a really big group of wolves were coming towards them. Their eyes glowed blue within the dark night as these pairs of blue glows were everywhere, all looking towards them coldly. 

In the cover of the shadows, their bodies couldn't be wholly seen but just through the pairs of eyes alone, one could determine there were at least two hundred wolves looking at them out there. 

"Are there actually so many wolves...? T- that's-" 

Just as everyone had placed their attention on this pack of wolves surrounding them, seven indistinct figures walked out of the darkness, revealing their huge bodies that could easily reach three meter in height. 

They radiated a fearsome and overwhelming aura as they slowly approached them step by step, taking their time as if to mentally torture them. 

They had a glistening dark blue coat along with long ears, like that of of a rabbit. But they had a sharp feeling to them as they were currently held back, pointing towards the shadows behind them. 

Their ears were strangely black and white in color as they relaxed. 

[Long-eared Blue Wolf (Uncommon Rank) lvl. 10

Hp: 200/200

Strength: 25

Agility: 30

Intelligence: 10

Mana: 15

Skill:

Stroke of the Wind (Active skill): Uses 3 mana and allows the user to travel 20-30 meter distance in a second. 

Cover of the Night (Passive skill): During night - Stealth +30%. When ambushing during night, attack power +20%. 

Description: Higher species of Blue Wolves.] 

The monster's stats were truly fearsome compared to him. The only thing he surpassed the monster in was the intelligence and the mana attribute which practically didn't matter much to the monster. It could already activate its skill five times during a fight and that was plenty of uses for a monster like it.

Due to its hp, it would even be able to take in lots of hits, truly an elite monster. And that wasn't all. 

If he was right, the rank Uncommon indicated that this monster was more powerful than others and a notch above the average. It would be stronger than most monsters its level. 

'As expected...' Cylius thought as he turned to look towards the direction the wolves had been looking at all along. The place they were looking at should be where their boss is. And the boss was surely going to be more powerful than these Long-eared Blue wolves.

Just as he was expecting, indeed a monster walked out from the place the wolves were looking at.

In shape and size, this wolf was the same as the Long-eared Blue Wolves. But in all other things, it was completely different. 

First off, the wolf was black and blue along with a bit of white. The black color was its fur's main color and on top of it was the blue color that looked just like blue lightning on the black fur. Its ears were also long like the Long-eared Blue wolves and was similarly held back as well. 

Besides the black and blue color, on its chest, there was a patch of white fur that attracted the people's gazes. 

The next noticeable thing was the wolf's horn. It was a tiny horn that looked as if it had just started to grow. With the white patch of fur on the chest, the horn made the wolf look like an exotic animal. 

The horn was radiating a strong magical energy, making Cylius feel a cold shiver down his back. 

[Lightning Wolf (Rare rank) (Boss) lvl. 10

Hp: 400/400

Strength: 40

Agility: 50

Intelligence: 40

Mana: 50

Skill: 

Thunderstorm (Active skill): Summons a thunderstorm using 10 mana. Deals 15 damage every second to the person within its area and lasts for 10 seconds.

Rage (Passive skill): All attributes +30%. Activates when health is below 30%.

Description: Boss monster of Blue Wolf town.]

'How did it come here?... This group should be the final boss of this Blue Wolf village and wouldn't appear so easily... Did someone bait it? But then, who would bait me? I had changed all of the information and it should be impossible to track me down... Then that only leads to one conclusion. Someone within this group baited me into this! But who?' thinking of this, Liam looked around, looking at all of the members for a while before removing his gaze. 

'Whatever- I just have to leave this place without dying, if I do so, that monster couldn't do anything to me! I'll just bait them before preparing an escape' he continued his thought. 

Liam was trouble. This was the conclusion Cylius reached. 

Not just in talking and personality but also in other aspects. He had hidden his strength in front of him and also showed a variety of odd things such as having extensive knowledge and experience in some situations. 

Well, this reason wasn't enough for him to truly believe he was a suspect. The real reason was his perception. Due to his perception being unique, it had adapted to the world easily and regained its power rather quickly. This was also the reason he was able to see that statuses of the Long-eared Blue Wolves and the Lightning Wolf. 

Otherwise, he was sure he wouldn't have seen much. Probably just a bunch of question marks.

So, technically, with his perception regaining its power, the powers related to it such as telekinesis, should also have regained their power and be able to influence this world. 

But it didn't work. It was a disappointment but at least, his perception could be used as a threat and a form of power within this world. 

It wasn't much powerful but it was powerful enough for the initial stages of this game such as the Blue Wolf town. 

So, he materialized his perception into this world and went to the Blue Wolf town's boss's layout within this world. There, he directly went to the boss and threatened, baited it into coming here. In order to deal with Liam obviously. 

He knew that this threat might not work on Liam and if he were to spread words about it, it would definitely not reach a desirable outcome. 

And now Liam and the boss's group was going to fight. Or at least, he would make them do so. 

Liam was definitely strong, probably in Tier 1 of this world. But these monsters were strong too. They may not catch him up in levels and status but their ranks, skills, and more importantly, their number gave them an advantage over him. 

"Wha- what should we do?" a voice rang out weakly. 

"Guess we have to die here then. A level along with some of our loots will be gone for sure but there's nothing to fear. We can always farm again and regain those loots along with the level. But for now, let's try running. Let's see if we can escape" said Jin before sighing. 

'Jin is also trouble' Jin had an unusual behavior from the start. So he was also suspicious of him. But when he tried to see his status, it didn't show anything except his level and name. It was like he was shrouded in a cloak of mystery. 

Looking at Jin, he couldn't find what was with him after all. He was just his usual face with a small trace of worry on it.