Chapter 161 - Homefield Advantage
Chris
It didn't take me long to run into the first of the wolves around our camp as I walked out. They kept a tight perimeter around us and once I broke it, they made themselves known.
I liked to believe I had worked through everything since the change but it was times like this that made me wonder if I hadn't. I wouldn't call it a thirst for bloodlust, but my desire for battle wasn't seen in the best light.
Typically, people who threw themselves into unnatural danger didn't have everything sorted out up top, but that wasn't how I looked at it. It was something I liked doing, and it was something I would continue to do.
It made me feel alive in a way nothing else did and I enjoyed the excitement it gave off, even if it would be the death of me one day.
The feeling of my hammer descending with [Mighty Blow] or the Ice swirling around me with my new Wind Law, it was almost euphoric.
The blood was less pleasant, but I had long gotten used to the messy bits of fighting. It was hard not to with the amount of bodies I had waded through and the amount of... destruction a blunt weapon swung at speed caused.
It felt right to finally let go. To go all out in a way that felt refreshing. The wolves tried to group up but numbers had always done little against me. If that weren't the case, I wouldn't have made it through the tutorial.
I treated the pack like a 31st wave. Another one to fight through until one of us was left standing. I did feel bad about killing so many, but they would repopulate and grow back in no time. I didn't plan to hunt them all down if a few ran away and there were surely more packs out there other than this one.
[Momentum of the Avalanche] began rolling behind me as I attacked the first wolf and started the onslaught. [Glacial Presence] was already giving a small boost just because of how cold it already was without any of my other skills taking effect.
[Permafrost] billowed out easier than ever before, taking to the ground quicker than even when I fought with the Frost Rune. It pushed out, freezing the earth and driving the temperature lower.
My next skill was the upgraded hail, [Desolate Blizzard]. It was the first time using it for a fight like this and I couldn't wait to see how well it did. [Hail] had been mostly relegated to ice creation at the end of the tutorial and it felt good to have another skill to use.