Rise Of The Ussr In Another World - Volume 1 Chapter 17 Dire Wolves
A/N : Bonus Chapter for this week.
P.S. With the latest update, has finally done it now. By removing Spirit Stones (SS) and replacing them with coins which we cannot easily earn anymore. They also introduce the “Fast Pass” which is complete scam. Before we could watch a video, check in, vote with power and energy stones which would give around 20 SS per day on average, while now, they only give 3 Fast Pass after doing all that. And no matter how small a chapter is, even if it’s just one hundred words, you will need to spend 1 Fast Pass to unlock it! While before the amount of SS required was proportional to the number of words in the chapter. Good job and well done, I am considering if I should just stop posting my story here and shift to Royal Road for good.
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It took Add another 5 days to finally reach the region where the [Dire Wolves] usually lived. He had crossed the river at a place on the higher slopes where it was quite shallow and there were no large monsters or beasts sneaking around. After that he had to again descend down the slopes which took 3 days, and during this time, he had been continuously fighting with the many beasts and monsters that dwelled in these hills. Although with his preset level, most monsters were small fries, still the sheer number of them was annoying. After having crossed level 60, the Exp. for each new level had increased to well over the 100,000 mark. As a result, even after fighting with many monsters, he had just gained 2 levels. The fact that most monsters he encountered were D or E ranked with only a few occasional C ranked monsters, the amount of experience gathered was just not enough to level up faster. He had allocated his points, focusing on strength, agility and defence with some put into vitality and wisdom as well. Overall his status now looked as follows.
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STATUS
Name : Add (Adolf Kaiser Weismann)
Race : Human
HP : 700/700
MP : N/A (Locked)
Level : 62 | Experience Required : 4021/100,010
Class : N/A
Subclass : N/A
Title : N/A
Passive Skills :
[Unarmed Combat Mastery Lv. 20 (MAX)] [Knife Mastery Lv. 20(MAX)] [Firearms Mastery Lv. 20 (Max)] [Body Strengthening Lv. 14/20] [Accelerated Healing Lv. 10/20] [Sword Mastery Lv. 5/20] [Two-Handed Sword Mastery Lv. 5/20] [Katana Mastery Lv. 5/20]
Active Skills :
[Perception Lv. 15/20] [Stealth Lv. 10/20] [Keen Vision Lv. 10/20]
Special Skills :
[Calm Mind (Passive) Lv. 20(Max)] [Imaginary Time (Active) Lv. 1/20] [Contract(Active) Lv. 1/20]
ATTRIBUTES :
Vitality : 14
Strength : 40
Agility : 20
Defence: 20
Intelligence : 12
Wisdom : 12
Stamina : 22
Charm : 5
Magic Aptitude : N/A (Locked)
Stat Points : 0
Skill Points : 6
Credit Points : 709,000
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It looked pretty decent to Add, but he was facing another problem. After finally reaching the semi-forested region where the Dire Wolves lived, he had only 7 days left. During this time, he had to kill 50 wolves and their leader, the Dire Wolf Alpha as well. Since he was out of the dense forest, and sunlight was adequate for the solar charger, he could again use the drone without many constraints. The eye in the sky quickly began its job, scanning the vast expanse of forests and woodlands looking for the wolves. The Dire Wolves unlike the wolves of Earth lived in massive packs which could number in the hundreds. These C-Ranked monsters were known for their excellent teamwork skills and for being very swift fast and agile. It was said that a well organised pack of Dire wolves could even bring down some B ranked monsters. Clearly they were not easy game. The drone continued searching and soon it found itself over a peculiar area. The forest in this region was dotted by patches of open grasslands in between the otherwise continuous woodland. These patches appeared anywhere from a few tens of metres wide to some which stretched over a kilometre across. The drone spotted a few Dire wolves running around these parts, and Add quickly moved towards that area.
He had encountered a small pack of these wolves earlier and had killed them easily, although that was from a long distance and by sniping. An individual wolf was quite weak, apart from their large size of about 1.5 metres at the shoulders and a length of 2.5 metres; they had no extraordinary defences and relatively lean bodies. Although their hide was known to be tough, but as Add had seen, the .338 bullets could pierce it without much difficulty. But what they lacked in defence, they made up in their lethality and swiftness. Their jaws were large and powerful with canine teeth as long as the palm of a grown man, and were powered by thick jaw muscles. They also had sharp claws which were very deadly and would cause fatal wounds on most of their prey. The powerful leg muscles, along with the slim builds, made them very agile and could dodge most attacks made by their prey or enemies. Their pack tactics were very intricate and they hunted by isolating and tiring out their prey until it was exhausted and then went for the kill. They were led by a single Alpha wolf which was usually a B ranked monster and its strength was in a different league than the regular Dire Wolf. Although they mostly hunted in small groups of around 10-15, on rare occasions, hundreds of wolves may gather under the Alpha Wolf to hunt large numbers of prey.
Once he was nearby, he recalled the drone and began observing the surroundings. The trees in this region were quiet straight and tall, with ample space in between, resembling a temperate forest rather than a tropical one. The large openings made by the patches of grassland in between the forest, had only one type of grass which grew around 2 feet in height and some occasional bushes. It was within these patches, that Add observed large herds of strange beasts grazing about. The beasts were around 4 metres tall, had a barrel shaped body with four strong but short legs supporting them and short fleshy tails. They had wrinkly reptilian skins with some sparse hair as well. The skin had a faint greenish tint with dull yellow coloured patterns, providing camouflage in the forests. Their head was egg shaped, broader at the back and narrower in the front ending in a beak, similar to those found in turtles but which had teeth inside. Two short tusks emerged vertically downwards, which the creatures were using as shoves to dig the roots of the grass. The neck was short and stubby with powerful jaw muscles, the most interesting fact about them were their legs which were bent sideways at the elbows and knees much like that of a lizard’s. Their eyes were very small when compared with their body, and located on both sides of their head. These creatures were clearly herbivores grazing on the lush patches of grass without a care for the world.
The Encyclopaedia identified them as [Lystodons], a large herbivore, these were D ranked monsters and were quite docile in nature. They looked like herds of giant cows and Add estimated that there would be hundreds, if not thousands of them in this region. They lacked any spectacular defensive methods, and relied on their size and numbers to thwart off predators. Although he had no interest in them but, since the drone had spotted dire wolves in the area, he thought that they might be after these Lystodons. So he chose a spot farther from the large herd and hid in the bushes at the periphery of the grassland. He used the Barrett’s scope which was better than that of the AX338’s to keep an eye on the surroundings and then waited. The wait was short however, as he soon spotted a pack of 8 dire wolves slowly appear from one side through the tree line. They were spread out with one wolf leading, while the rest were following closely behind. The herd before Add had over a hundred Lystodons, but none of them spotted the wolves that were slowly crawling towards them, with their bodies sticking to the ground that helped them hide in the grass. Only when the leading wolf was less than 60 metres away, did a few Lystodons finally spot them and began growling while tried to escape.
The herd which was grazing peacefully immediately panicked and began running in all directions. The wolves rushed in, working as a team and managed to surround one isolated Lystodon. The 8 wolves were fiercely attacking it, but none of the other Lystodons chose to help, they were busy running away instead. A few wolves kept making faint attacks towards the Lystodon making it confused while others took turns to attack its unguarded areas. This strategy was very effective and within a few minutes, the large creature was brought down with bites and claws by the wolves which were less than 1/5 of its size. Once the wolves were sure that it was dead, they began dragging it towards the edge of the grassland, where they began feasting on its flesh. Add who had been watching the entire seen unfold kept watching and did not take any action. Dire wolves lived in large packs, and these packs stayed at a particular spot where they raised their young, a nest of sorts. He only had 7 days, and if he went around hunting these scattered small packs of wolves, he would run out of time before he could hunt 50. Not to mention, that the Dire Wolf Alpha lived in the said nest, and the probability of finding it there was the highest as it only seldom ventured to hunt itself. After around 15 minutes had passed, the wolves had eaten their fill and 3 of the 8 wolves left the carcass while the remaining stayed behind guarding the corpse.
“As I thought, they must be returning to where the main group is”
He kept the rifle down and took out the drone’s remote control. The drone which was placed on a stable tree branch some distance away, immediately took off and began following the the 3 wolves while Add also followed behind it. The wolves followed a path full of twists and turns and kept going for about 12 kilometres, until they finally reached their ‘pack’. As it turned out, Add had guessed correctly and the wolves did return to their main group. There were dozens of wolves spread over the entire area, and the total number should be around a hundred, though he did not spot the Alpha. After he had ascertained their position, he retreated to form a strategy for dealing with them. The wolves were very fast on their feet, and their attacks were even faster as he had witnessed while they were hunting the large Lystodon. He had 20 points in agility, but he felt that the wolves were still more swift and faster than him. Since the clock was ticking, he decided not to waste time laying traps. The wolves were very smart and would be difficult to lure into traps and even if some of them did fall into a trap, the same would probably not work again. Keeping in mind all these, he decided to go for straight frontal assault. But he was not going to get into close quarters combat with them using his Katana. He would use guns but the regular guns, for this he needed the help of some serious heavy fire power. Luckily, the system shop was as handy as ever and with his level having risen, he could buy more powerful weapons now.
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Item : Kord N/70S Gatling Gun (Grade : Rare)
Description : This weapon is an electrically driven 6-barrelled heavy machine gun, which uses a 12.7x110mm, 50 calibre cartridge operated by a motor, which gets its power from an iridium nuclear fuel cell (radioisotope power system). This weapon was developed by the Degtyarev bureau of Russia in collaboration with JSC Kalashnikov concern as a response to the need for a high destructive capability weapon which could be used for engaging moderately armoured targets and vehicles and to provide heavy firepower cover.
With a rate of 1800 rounds per minute, this weapon specialises in dealing devastating damage to targets in short amounts of time. It uses SLAP (Saboted Light Penetrator) rounds as its standard ammunition. These rounds are designed to penetrate armour more efficiently than standard armour-piercing ammunition.
Range : (Effective Firing) 2000 metres; (Maximum Firing) 7000 metres.
Price : 35,000 CP
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The Kord N/70S was a Gatling gun similar in appearance to the M134 Minigun developed in USA. It had an overall length of 2 metres, and a mass of 70 kilograms. It may seem heavy but in reality, because of a special alloy of carbon steel used in its making, it was lighter than most other weapons in its class. This Gatling gun was originally intended to be mounted on vehicles and other combat platforms; however, with the development of powerful mechanical exoskeletons, even individual soldiers could carry it into battle. Each of the cannon’s six barrels fires once in turn during each revolution of the barrel cl.u.s.ter. The multiple barrels provide both a very high rate of fireabout 30 rounds per secondand contribute to prolonged weapon life by minimizing barrel erosion and heat generation. Various tests and trials showed that the average time between jams or failures for this weapon was in excess of 10,000 rounds, making it an extremely reliable weapon. It was operated by a heavy duty DC motor which was powered by a prototype iridium fuel cell which has a service life of 5 months with standard usage. The Kord N/70S is belt fed and uses a 500 round box magazine. The 12.7×110 mm SLAP rounds had a high muzzle velocity of around 1010 metres per second, and caused devastating damage to whatever was hit by them.
With 40 points in strength, he could effortlessly carry this large weapon with a single hand alone. Add purchased 5 box magazines which could be slung from his back using a harness, which cost him 5000 CP. The slap rounds were quite costly. This gave him a total of 2500 rounds, which he felt would be enough to deal with the wolves. He then kept observing the movements of the wolves for the remaining time of the day using a pair of binoculars he had bought, although the [Keen Vision] skill enhanced his vision, the range was not significantly improved. The problem could be solved with another skill, but he had no interest in getting skills which were not absolutely necessary as well as the fact that he did not have so much skill points to spare as well. The wolves were very ferocious, and kept fighting amongst themselves asserting their dominance over one another. There were also many pups running around here and there, with a.d.u.l.ts keeping strict watch on them. Every now and then, some wolves would leave and return with chunks of meat or corpses of smaller beasts for the young ones to eat. When the last rays of the sun were about to disappear below the horizon, he finally saw the dire wolf Alpha emerge from the cover of trees.
It was much larger than the regular wolves, with a height of over 2 metres and a length of over 3. Unlike the other wolves that had dull grey and brownish coats of fur, it had a blacker coat, which was very thick around the neck and shoulders. It was more muscular with a visible hump of muscles on its shoulder region and had an intimidating appearance with feral green eyes. As soon as it appeared, all the other wolves quietened down and showed respective postures, some lowering their heads, while others whimpered lightly. The Alpha growled towards the others as it made its way towards some carcasses of small deer like beasts which a group of wolves had just brought. It ate one carcass and then dragged a larger carcass effortlessly into the bushes to enjoy its meal in solitude. Even Add could not help but be impressed by the majesty it gave out, just like a true king amongst men. It was a shame that he had to kill it, but then again, this was a dog eat dog world, if he wanted to be stronger, there were some steps he had to take no matter how he felt about them. He retreated from his point of observation, and found a tall tree to spend the night on, far away from the gathering of the wolves, tomorrow would be the main show, and he needed some rest after continuously on the move for the past 5 days.
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The next day, with the break of dawn, Add was on the move. In the faint light of the dawn sun, he made his way towards the location of the wolves. The dire wolves were mostly nocturnal hunters, and usually hunted in the evening and night. They were apparently not morning creatures, as most of them were still sleeping when Add reached the previous day’s observation spot. He was around a thousand metres away from the wolves, and began his attack with sniping. This time he was using the Barrett M110A4 heavy sniper rifle. The AX338 could kill the wolves, but he would have to aim at their vitals, to kill them quickly. The more powerful Barrett however could kill them in one shot or so it should be. Through his scope he could see a few wolves wandering about, while the majority of them were still slumbering. The Alpha as usual was not in sight. He pulled the bolt carrier and loaded the first round. Add took a deep breath and relaxed his muscles, the cross hair on the scope landed on a wolf and he pulled trigger.
*Bang*
With a muffled bang, the bullet left the suppressed muzzle and hit the wolf right in the chest. The bullet entered and exited the body, bringing along with it chunks of meat and bone and a mist of blood as well, while the shock of the hit itself was so strong that the wolf was knocked off its feet and slid a few feet on the ground. With a pained growl, its life immediately ended. The surrounding Wolves were instantly alarmed and began growling and howling. But before all the wolves could even wake up, three more shots had been fired and three more wolves died. In response deep howls began echoing throughout the area, alerting all the wolves that they were being attacked. Bu Add didn’t care as he kept shooting and killed more of the wolves. But the wolves were not top predators for show as well, their ears soon picked off the sound of the rifle being fired and they began moving in the direction of the noise. The Barrett had a suppressor equipped but that only reduced the noise when firing, but it could not cancel that noise completely. As the wolves were losing by, Add kept firing and by the time the wolves were around 300 metres from him, he had downed over 20 wolves. Now that they were right onto him, Add stored the rifle in the inventory and jumped down. On the ground, the imposing Kord N/70S was waiting. He attached the large suitcase like magazine on his back with the harness, and picked up the Gatling gun, starting the motor. The magazine was attached to the gun by a connecting chain which brought the ammunition belt into the gun.
*Bzzzzzzz*
With a buzzing sound, the 6 barrels began rotating at high speeds, and his fingers on the firing button were ready. Add had a solemn expression as he waited for them to arrive within 500 metres.
“You puppies all want to play games with me right? Okay then, I will play with you Here, say hello to my little friend!” and pressed the fire button.
*Brrrrrrrttttttttttt*
The 6 barrels shot 30 shells per second at the incoming wolves, shredding them into pieces, and tearing their bodies open. Even the surrounding trees were also not spared as they were mowed down by the 12.7 mm bullets. With his perception skill he could sense any wolf within 50 metres that tried to sneak up on him, and with his agility, it was not much of a problem to dodge incoming attacks and shift his aim constantly and swiftly. The wolves were fast, but they were unable to get close to Add who kept pushing towards their nest, was firing in short bursts, in order to use his ammunition effectively. The recoil of the gun was very strong, but to Add it was not a problem.
The wolves kept trying to attack him, but failed while he advanced continuously, killing more and more wolves as he moved. By the time the first magazine was empty, he had killed dozens of wolves. When the magazine ran out, he threw a bunch of smoke grenades around him to confuse the wolves while he was changing the magazine. All around him shrill howls echoed, as more and more wolves were gathering near their nest. A few wolves tried attacking him through the smoke, but were unable to pinpoint his location. Within moments, the second magazine was linked and Add resumed his killing spree, exiting through the smoke he slaughtered any wolf that made the mistake of coming close to him. They tried their usual tactics, but those were mostly ineffective on Add. A few wolves were able to scratch Add, but the Light armour negated most of the attacks. Only when he was close to the wolf nest, he heard a low guttural growl, which would send shivers down anyone’s spine. A few hundred metres before him stood, the Alpha, its feral eyes glaring at him with dense killing intent. Dozens of wolves were stacked around the Alpha, baring their fangs and growling menacingly. Add showed no curtsey and opened fire once again, but the wolves seemed to have learned their lessons. They scattered, and began surrounding Add and by doing so minimized the number of targets Add could shoot at a time.
(As expected of you sly creatures, but I am sorry that I will have you all die today!)
Holding the gun with his left hand, he began taking out HE grenades which he had previously stocked in his inventory, and throwing them around without care. Within a minute he had thrown tens of them around.
*Boom* *Boom* *Boom* *Boom*
The grenades were not powerful enough to kill a wolf unless it went right under one, but they managed to injure many wolves, and made it difficult for them to surround Add. Taking this chance, he resumed firing while continuously turning in 360 degree arcs and destroyed the wolves’ assault. Suddenly, the Alpha Wolf howled loudly, and all the wolves began madly pouncing towards Add. Even though they were killed very fast, they kept attacking him without any fear. While he was fending off the attacks, the magazine finally ran out. The Alpha, who had been looking from a distance, took the chance and rushed towards Add. Before he could attach a new magazine, he large wolf bit onto the barrels of the gun and wretched it out of Add’s grip. The strength was really fearsome. It threw away the gun and again lunged at Add, who had activated [Imaginary Time], but the Alpha’s speed was still very fast. By the time Add could dodge, its jaws had already arrived on to him and he could only block with his left arm.
“GAH!”
The powerful jaws of the Alpha shut around his arm and a crushing pressure was applied on his arm. If not for the arm guard protecting his hand, it would have immediately been bitten off. Even the armour began to dent under the sharp canines of the wolf. The Alpha pushed Add on to the ground with its large paw on his chest and tried to bite his head, but the latter kept using the arm to block its jaws, and kept retreating his head, as farther away as [possible. While the Alpha wolf was busy trying to bite Add, it failed to notice that the Barrett had appeared on the ground in front of Add’s right hand. He quickly loaded a round and the next moment the barrel of the rifle was plunged into the open mouth of the Alpha. Although all this seemed to have taken a long time, all of this happened within moments. When the wolf realised that something had entered its mouth, it was too late. Add’s detached and chilling voice reached its ears, though it could not understand anything that he said
“You are terminated.”
*Bang!*
A .50 calibre round burst through its upper jaw, making mush of its brain and blew up its head. its eyes widened in shock before the glow in them faded and its large body collapsed on top of Add with a thud. He kicked it aside and quickly got up, inspecting his wounds. Although the light armour had saved his arms from being bitten off, it had still been punctured by the wolf’s canines, and his hand had many holes from the teeth. The other surviving wolfs, realising that their Alpha was dead, dared not attack anymore and ran away. Add took some healing serum from his inventory and healed his wounds, the armour was damaged and the Gatling gun also was deformed by the bite of the wolf. The Alpha was really powerful, its teeth could puncture holes in the armour and its speed was amazing as well. Even the sensory boost from imaginary time fell short before its speed. He felt that he needed to upgrade the level of [Imaginary Time] but sadly; special skills could not be levelled up using CP and had certain requirements. For Imaginary time, he needed to be at least level 100 before he could upgrade its level. Most items purchased from the System shop could be repaired using CP. After repairing his armour and the gun, when he finally reached the wolves’ nesting area, he found no traces of any other wolves; even the pups were not there.
“Looks like the survivors probably escaped with the pups”
He thought for a while and decided not to give chase as he had no need to. He had already killed enough wolves and there was no need to waste time chasing the rest. Opening the system menu, he checked the notifications.
[Ding! You have killed Dire Wolf x 83]
[Ding! Received 539,500 Exp. and 269,750 CP]
[You have killed Dire Wolf Alpha x 1]
[Ding! Received 70,000 Exp. and 35,000 CP]
[Ding! You have levelled up x 5!]
[Current Level 67 | Experience for next level 89380/112148]
Finally with this, after 24 days of hard work, he had completed all the mission objectives. Another notification panel appeared before him.
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[ Ding! Mission : Makings of a hunter (Completed)
Description : It is time to prove your skills at hunting and establish yourself as a true hunter. Subjugate the following monsters :
1/1 x [Iron Clawed Bear] (Completed)
50/50 x [Dire Wolf] (Completed)
25/25 x [Armoured Surile] (Completed)
1/1 x [Alpha Dire Wolf] (Completed)
50/50 x [Yelkai Evil Ape] (Completed)
Rewards : 500,000 CP. Title : Predator
Time Remaining : 6/30 Days
Penalty : If the host is unable to complete this mission in due time, any random 5 skills of the host will be erased]
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[Congratulations to the Host on successful completion of the mission!]
[Received 500,000 CP and Title : Predator]
[Title : Predator : Increases CP earned by killing other creatures by 100%]
[Do you wish to equip it ?]
“Yes”
[Ding! Title Equipped!]
[Please keep completing Missions in the future to receive even greater rewards!]
He was quite happy after completing the mission. He now had over a million Credit points which would be needed for the upcoming stages of his plans. With these many CP he could buy two of the item he was originally planning on buying, and that in itself was a huge plus. The title he had got would be a huge boost as well. Not to forget that he had gained many levels as well and his strength was now quite high. And his strength would be needed; for once he returned there were some things which had to be settled. Sorting himself up, he made his way back towards Rigel. He had been away for over one and a half month now, and he wondered how the training of the cadets was proceeding without him back there, while also preparing himself for an earful of scolding from Martha.
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Additional information :
1. Radioisotope Power System : A type of power cell which converts the heat released during the decay of a radioactive element into electricity. These cells produce electric power in a stable way for long periods of time.
2. Saboted light armour penetrator(SLAP) rounds :
The SLAP design incorporates a polymer sabot, which allows for the use of a tungsten penetrator projectile of a lesser diameter than the original bore. By using the casing of a large cartridge with a lightweight projectile, the velocity of the projectile is greatly increased and the sectional density is improved. SLAP rounds have been designed for use against lightly armoured vehicles and aircraft. It has a polymer sabot (sometimes called a ‘shoe’) which allows the use of the tungsten carbide penetrator which is smaller than the original bore. The calculation of using a lightweight cartridge plus a lightweight projectile means added velocity. The plastic shoe is discarded once the round is fired and the SLAP round travels at more than 4,000 feet per second to penetrate armour, using its tungsten carbide penetrator. Its tip is also very pointed and sharp adding for better penetration.