Chapter 9 - Thinking Rationally!

I stared at the notification messages until the moment they disappeared and I couldn’t see them anymore; then I sighed heavily and shook my head while thinking,

both of these choices are terrible… The first choice forces me to summon a demon that is above my level, and kill it to increase my level cap. If I summon a demon that is 1-2 levels above me, then it will become a pain in the as*, real fast, as I will have to summon it again after a few levels, and again, and again, and again. And if I summon a demon that is 10 levels above me, will I even be able to kill it? I don’t even know what kind of monsters will this demons be, normal monster, elite monster or a boss monster? And the second option… Give my soul to a greater demon?

Is this for real?

It’s the same as becoming a slave of my own choice…


I shook my head,

not happening. I have only one option here… I can only step away from the warlock class and change my class into another. The warlock class may have carried me to top of all the PVP ladders, and with this class, I may have led my guild to become the top guild on raid progression, but so what? I won’t let nostalgia cloud my judgement. Furthermore, if I step away from the warlock class, I won’t have to worry about anyone finding out that I am a warlock. Luckily for me, I have an alternative that is just as good as the warlock class. I am sorry Zi Yun, but I am going to take your class. But then again, I know that you won’t hold it against me as back then, you led us all to get the class you found,

I sighed,

but who would have thought that after you learnt that class, it would no longer be obtainable by anyone else.


If I remember correctly,

I turned my body in a direction of south-west and walked forward. Walking for a little less than 15-yards, I saw a wolf standing in front of me, 25-yards away.

<Wolf, Level 5>


<HP: 250/250>


I raised my right arm, extended it towards the wolf and opened my palm, but then my stomach grumbled, but I ignored it and said in my head,

Shadow Bolt! 

My hand got enveloped in a black glow

, and the words I needed to say floated up in my head, 

L'togael bolt!

” A black bolt flew out of my palm.


Swoosh!


The black projectile flew through the air and hit the wolf at which I aimed at. Damage floated up above its head, <-111>. It was reduced to 139 health. It yelped out from pain, locked its gaze on me, growled angrily and dashed towards me.


Shadow Bolt! 

My hand got enveloped in a black glow

L'togael bolt!

” A black bolt flew out of my palm, but as it did, the wolf was now 3-yards away from me. 

The black projectile hit the wolf which still quite away from me. Damage floated up above its head, <-112>. It was reduced to 27 health. It growled angrily and lunged towards me.


I extended my left arm as I did many times before and the wolf bit into it. 

Damage flashed in front of me,

<-49> reducing me to 1,411 health; I felt sharp pain assault me, I frowned and I clenched my teeth, bearing it. I clenched my left fist and punched, aiming at its head.


Bam! 

My fist collided with its head, damage floated up above it, <-11>. It was reduced to 16 health. It let go of my hand and retreated a few steps back. I immediately extended my right arm towards it and opened my palm, 

Shadow Bolt! 

My hand got enveloped in a black glow. It growled angrily while bearing its fangs at me and lunged at me with its mouth opened wide, “

L'togael bolt!

” A black bolt flew out of my palm and it hit the wolf as it was mid-lunge.


Damage floated up above its head, <-113> Its health got emptied and it fell down to the ground, dead; its body got enveloped in a golden glow.


<Wolf, Slain>


I lowered my arm to the side of my body,

no experience points, I am really at the level cap,

I thought; then shook my head while letting out a heavy sigh. After which I walked a half of a step forward, squatted down at the wolf’s corpse and touched it with my right hand. A loot window opened in front of me and I looted the 5 copper coins it dropped by tapping on the coins in the loot window. I rose up from the ground and continued on, going in the direction of the south-west.

Walking in this direction, I came across 26 more wolves. I killed them all and even though they didn’t give me any experience points, they still gave me 130 copper coins or 1 silver and 30 copper coins; now I had 2 silver and 98 copper coins.

After killing the last, twenty-sixth wolf and walking 35-yards more, I stopped, and I did so for two reasons. One, because I knew that I had reached my destination, and two, because I was at a dead end, with a tall stone wall that was overgrown with moss and vines, blocking my path.

Looking around, trees surrounded me and they were both thick and thin. Small birds flew around while chirping. Squirrels sat on the tree branches. Grass covered every millimetre of the ground; in some places it was tall and in others short. Bushes surrounded every tree and flowers surrounded every bush. Moss covered every millimetre of the stone wall and vines grew over the moss.

I moved my eyes across the stone wall, that showed no sign of an opening anywhere and I shook my head while thinking, r

eally, the only person who could find a cave here is Zi Yun.