Midnight.

A faint figure loomed in the starlight, the breeze blew, and the shadows of the trees swayed.

A strong wind blew and blew away the branches and leaves that obscured the figures. I saw that under the dense leaves, a person was leaning against the trunk of the tree, sitting cross-legged, although his posture was not too upright, but he could also feel his intentions at this time.

If it weren't for the knowledge in advance, no one would have thought that there would be people meditating here among the tree trunks in this dense forest.

The quiet surroundings gradually become noisy, and if you listen closely, you can hear some kind of chewing sound. In the midst of this noise, the figure's face gradually deteriorated.

At this time, Rhodes in meditation did not feel good. The state of mind that had been calmed down was disturbed again for some reason.

The effect of meditation became worse and worse, and in its place was a kind of irritability, and no matter how hard Rhodes tried, the thoughts in his heart could not be calmed. Realizing that this was no longer suitable for meditation, Rhodes opened his eyes.

As soon as he opened his eyes, the perception that had been blocked by meditation stimulated Rhodes, and Rod stared at the direction of the perception warning.

In the darkness, a pair of hungry eyes were glowing a miserable green. When Rhodes looked closely, there was a pack of wolves underneath.

It turned out that during Rhodes' meditation, the smell of blood emitted by the corpses of walking corpses and apprentices attracted the predators in the forest, and it was the wolves in front of him.

Rhodes looked down, and the wolves were hungry and eating the stumps of the walking corpses. It stands to reason that wolves rarely choose to eat carrion, and only when they are extremely hungry will they choose to gnaw on cold, hard walking corpses.

In the course of his observations, Rhodes discovered an anomaly. Compared to the rotting walking corpse, there was only one wolf next to the corpse of the apprentice, which had more delicious flesh. The rest of the wolves could fight each other for a piece of carrion from the walking corpse, but they didn't dare to offend the wolf in front of them.

As he looked deeper, Rhodes also discovered something unusual about the wolf. Other wolves devour the carrion of the walking corpse and don't care about the surrounding situation at all, only this wolf, in the process of eating, always looks around left and right, and does not forget to be vigilant around. Not only that, but the size of this wolf is even larger.

Rhodes knew that this wolf was the king of wolves.

Rhodes, who was observing from above, counted and saw that the number of wolves in the pack was around ten. Considering his own strength, Rod frowned.

Unlike undead creatures, who have high health but poor skill and speed, they are restrained by Rhodes' swordsmanship, while wolves are different. Wolves are more adept at mobbing, especially besieging a single target. Although the wolf was not physically comparable to the previous undead creatures, it was faster, which caused some trouble for Rhodes.

Once surrounded by a commanding wolf pack, you will fall into a very passive situation. As long as a wolf rushes to his side and bites his leg, he will lose a certain amount of mobility, and other wolves can quickly follow and bite together, plus the wolf king on the side......

Rhodes knew that beast-like creatures like this, once they broke through the original rank, would have a certain ability to use magic. Compared to these ordinary wolves, the more threatening is this wolf king.

Assassinate it like an apprentice? Rod hesitated.

Recalling the scene when he assassinated his apprentice, Rod shook his head decisively.

When he jumped out to assassinate the apprentice, the apprentice was visibly aware of himself and turned his head back, but due to his poor physical fitness and lack of melee skills, the apprentice was unable to dodge.

The Wolf King is different, the beast's instinct to perceive danger allows it to spot itself as soon as it makes a move, and its strong physical fitness also allows it to dodge quickly.

There is no way to assassinate the wolf king, and if you fight hard with the wolves head-on, it is difficult to say whether you will win or lose. Even if you win in the end, it can only be a serious injury victory with all your attribute points and skill points.

Looking at the group of wolves in front of him, Rhodes didn't have a good way for a while.

Reflecting on all the things he had experienced so far, suddenly, as if he realized something, Rhodes' eyes flashed, and he found a way to win.

In order to use this method, Rod needs some preparation.

Rod got up, went up the trunk of the tree to a position where the moonlight could reach, and then looked at the system log.

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“……”

"Meditation is over."

"Depending on how you perform during the meditation process, your maximum mana has increased by 8 points. Current mana is 14/14. ”

"You can't get special feedback with shallow meditation."

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Enough mana.

Realizing this, Rod quickly injected mana into the spatial ring on his hand.

In the Properties panel, mana decreases slowly. When the mana drops to 10/14, the Space Ring stops absorbing mana.

At the same time, Rhodes also felt that the spatial ring in his hand had established a subtle connection with himself, and with just one thought of his own, his consciousness could probe into it and access the items inside.

Rhodes let consciousness into the spatial ring, which contained two to three cubic meters of space. The first thing that entered Rhodes's perception was a large amount of gold coins like a pile of sand, roughly estimated to be around two thousand.

Above the coins lay two books and scrolls, flanked by two iron swords and an iron shield, identical to those used by the previous Skeleton Warriors. In the corner are dry food and hydration bags, and next to them are some clothes, and a badge is placed above the clothes.

Seeing what he needed, Rhodes took out the book and scroll and began to look at it with the help of the moonlight.

One book has "Fundamentals of Wayfinding" written on the cover, and the other has no words on the cover, just some esoteric and meaningless patterns. Rhodes recognized the patterns drawn on the scroll, which were a thunderbolt of lightning, a magic arrow, and two healing cards.

Seeing the book in the back, Rhodes put the rest of the items back into the spatial ring, leaving it in his hand.

When putting the scroll back, according to the habit he had developed in his previous life, Rod deliberately placed the scrolls in separate positions so that he could take out the scrolls he wanted to use from the spatial ring as soon as possible, and then Rod began to read the unknown book.

Quickly flip through the book in your hand. After looking through a few pages, Rhodes decided that, as he had thought, this was Elliott's book of magic.

The Spellbook is an important tool for mages when learning spells. Since people's memories are not strong, as time goes by and what they have learned, the possibility of errors in their memories increases, so they need a magic book to help keep track of it.

The Spellbook allows mages to memorize key knowledge learned. At the same time, in order to be able to cast spells accurately, mages also need to transcribe spells in a magic book.

Since the mage will use most of the gold coins to learn knowledge and spells, the magic book that records all the knowledge of the mage will be regarded by the mage as extremely precious, far more than ordinary treasures.

While flipping through the magic book, Rhodes uses 1 skill point to learn elementary wisdom.

(Beginner Wisdom: By learning about spells, your knowledge increases.) At the same time, your mind expands. Formulas come to your mind, and you begin to understand a little bit about the truth behind the spell. You can learn first-order spells. ）