Greed: All For What? - Chapter 1756: Berserker Wolf.

Legion-1’s axe was going for the neck of the ice wolf because it was the easiest part to hit, but the wolf blocked it with its paw. The paw failed to block the attack, so it was cut off, and the axe also cut into its chest.

-You Hit Ice Wolf with Large Axe.

-Strength (11) vs Endurance (6)

-Judgement: Attack Success.

-Damage: -6hp.

-You Hit Ice Wolf with Large Axe.

-Strength (11) vs Endurance (6)

-Judgement: Attack Success.

-Damage: -6hp.

The single attack damaged the wolf twice. It lost one of its legs and gained another gash to its chest. This reduced its hit points to 28.

He rushed forward to take advantage of the handicapped enemy, but the wolf healed its forelimb immediately. Its health fell by another 5 points, but it was able to dodge him.

Its health fell to 23, which is less than half of its total hit points, so it activated its berserker ability. It is an innate ability of all ice wolves.

5 of its hit points disappeared as it was used to boost its power. Its speed and strength increased by 3 and 2 points, respectively. They became 8 and 9, while its endurance fell by 1 point to become 5.

The eyes of the wolf changed from blue to red, and its hit points fell to 18 after becoming berserk. Then it rushed at Legion-1 again.

This time it didn’t jump. It seemed to have learned its lesson. Instead, it circled around him to attack any opening in his defense. It was quite a sight for something so big to stalk someone. But Legion-1 was far from impressed.

He didn’t make any extra movement. He simply turned around on the spot to face the wolf. The wolf was faster than him now, but it was easier and faster for him to simply turn.

The wolf eventually got impatient. It howled again, and the red glow in its eyes increased in intensity. It had used Berserker again to increase its stats. Endurance fell to 4, and it lost another 5 hit points to make 13.

Meanwhile, its strength and speed. This put its speed at 11 and strength at 11. It could finally circle Legion-1 faster than he could turn. It used this advantage to execute hit and run tactics. It would claw at him and back off before he could respond.

Legion-1 didn’t like how things were going. He could kick the wolf just fine, but any movement with his hands, such as a shield bash or axe cleave, was too slow to hit the wolf. He wasn’t in any danger due to his high Endurance, but at this rate, he wouldn’t be able to do anything to the ice wolf either.

He was frowning mentally, but his face remained frozen because of the inability to express anything on his puppet body. This made him appear calm and collected. But he was already frustrated.

This is because a single blow would deal 6 damage, so three hits would kill the wolf. Unfortunately, he is not fast enough to make a hit. The wolf had traded survivability for speed and strength, but its survivability doesn’t appear to have reduced at all.

There was a simple solution to the problem. Legion-1 moved around until the wolf positioned itself between him and the other clones. Then Legion-8 threw his harpoon at it. The harpoon sank into the flesh of the wolf and lodged itself deep within it.

-You Hit Ice Wolf with Harpoon.

-Strength (7) vs Endurance (4)

-Judgement: Attack Success.

-Damage: -4hp.

The strength of 7 against a defense of 4 reduced its health to 9. This wasn’t the end. The harpoon was chained, and Legion-8 was pulling on it so the wolf couldn’t utilize its speed.

It had just howled in pain because of the harpoon when an axe buried its blade in its head. Its head was divided cleanly in half by the attack. Its hit points fell to 1. He had done an increased amount of damage to it because of its reduced Endurance.

It tried to heal itself, but 1 hit point wasn’t enough for that, so its vitality fell to o and it died. Its body turned into snow that fell to the ground. At the center of the snow was a white, opaque crystal. Legion-1 picked it up hurriedly and stored it in his inventory space.

The movement of the other clones caught the attention of the other ice wolves and caused them to become aggressive. They rose up to interfere in the fight too. Only 9 of them rose up to fight, but they prioritized killing Legion-1 first because he had a higher perceived threat level.

They rushed towards him, but they were attacked with arrows before they reached him. An arrow from Legion-2’s bow pierced into the eye of a wolf. It dealt just -1 hp damage because his total strength was 6 against the defense of 6. But the eye was damaged enough to make the wolf blind in one eye. It decided to heal the damage, which cost it 5 more of its hit points. Legion-1’s fight has taught them a lot of things about the wolves. The most important lesson they learned is that it is best to make critical damage that would reduce the fighting strength of their enemy.

They have learned that skill and technique are not entirely useless. They have also learned that even though Divine creatures don’t have weaknesses, it is best to aim for critical parts of their body, such as limbs, eyes, and heads.

This is where skill becomes useful. It helps them to land hits on these critical parts of the body. This way they would be able to deal double damage with a single attack or even force their enemies to waste divine energy to heal.

Legion-2 rained down arrows on them, which made the wolves dodge to avoid damage. This inevitably slowed them down and allowed Legion-1 to be reinforced by Legion-7.