Chapter 39 A tough opponent

If you only look at the size, the winter wolf is slightly smaller than the dire wolf. It is about eight feet long from head to tail, with snow-white fur. The mist from its mouth condenses into frost in the air, indicating that it is a cold subspecies.

The winter wolf's fangs and sharp teeth are equivalent to magical weapons with the special effect of "freezing cold". When biting prey, it adds 1d6 cold damage. Its most terrifying weapon is the cold current sprayed from its mouth, which collectively causes 4d6 (4-24) cold damage to creatures in the 15-foot (5-meter) cone space in front!

The winter wolf's pupils are pale blue, and its flickering eyes give people a cruel and cunning impression.

In fact, the intelligence level of the winter wolf is much higher than that of ordinary wild beasts, and it can even speak human language. However, when getting along with the dire wolf, the winter wolf can only reluctantly communicate with its low-IQ canine relatives by roaring and barking.

After the reconnaissance, Gao Fei fell into thought.

His level 3 berserker and Jiang Feng's level 4 monk can easily deal with four dire wolves, but with a winter wolf, there is no guarantee of victory.

He shared this information with Jiang Feng. After reading it, Jiang Nvxia couldn't help but frowned, feeling a little tricky.

"Dire wolves and winter wolves are both good at "cluster tactics". They have an advantage in attack rolls when besieging prey. We'd better not be surrounded by a pack of wolves."

After a little hesitation, Jiang Feng then proposed an idea.

"Let's lure the wolves out, then climb up the tree and attack them with flying knives and flying axes. What do you think?"

"Dire wolves have no long-range attack methods and can't climb trees. Kites are okay, but winter wolves won't squat under the tree and get beaten stupidly. They may call their companions to retreat to the wolf den when they see things are not going well, or spit out cold air to destroy the big tree where we are hiding. That would be troublesome."

"Winter wolves shouldn't be that smart, right?" Jiang Feng felt that Gao Fei was worrying too much.

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be prepared for the worst! The intelligence attribute of the winter wolf is higher than that of Brother Basaka, so don't treat it as an ordinary beast." Gao Fei thought for a while and then said, "I don't oppose the tree climbing tactic, but we have to imagine the worst case scenario in advance and prepare several emergency backup plans."

"For example?"

"For example, we can buy a few smoke bombs. If the winter wolf really tries to destroy the tree, we can throw the smoke bombs down to create chaos and take the opportunity to slip away."

The battle against the jackal gang in the oasis proved that pepper smoke bombs are very effective against monsters of lower levels.

"This is a good idea, but it's too expensive." Jiang Feng said with a bitter face.

"A smoke bomb is only 20 yuan, are you so petty!" Gao Fei scolded her unhappily.

"Look at what you said, 20 yuan is also money! Throwing two is enough to eat a meal of Bobo Chicken, so save as much as possible!" Jiang Feng pouted, looking unconvinced.

Gao Fei couldn't help laughing when he saw her "young wife"-like demeanor.

"Mr. Jiang, you really know how to live. You will definitely become a thrifty and good wife and mother in the future."

Jiang Feng didn't appreciate it and said angrily: "Rather than being a good wife and good mother myself, I would rather train my husband to be a good husband and good father who can handle both housework and cooking!"

After hearing what she said, Gao Fei didn't know how to respond. He could only laugh dryly and change the subject.

"Seriously, we are helping Fred Lange to avenge him, right? We can't fight the wolf in front while he hides and watches the show. Why not try to pull him to fight the wolf pack together?"

"That's a good idea!" Jiang Feng clapped his hands in agreement. "With this ghost to help share the pressure, we can use fewer smoke bombs. Wouldn't it be nice to save the money and eat Bobo Chicken?"

"Okay, okay, little greedy cat, I understand! After this battle, I will treat you to Bobo Chicken from the store at the school gate!"

"It's a pity that the Tiangong staff restaurant doesn't make Bobo Chicken, otherwise the money can be saved. Otherwise, we can write to Yaoguang and give some suggestions for improving the restaurant's dishes?" Jiang Feng suddenly had another idea.

"Come on, you're not satisfied with eating and drinking for free all day!"

Gao Fei rolled his eyes at her and turned to find Fred Lange, asking him why he didn't seek revenge on the wolves himself.

"You are a virtual dead soul, you can travel between the spirit world and the real world. No physical obstacles can stop you, and you can turn invisible at will. You can easily assassinate the evil wolves by yourself, so why ask us to help?"

"Good sir, you are right, but you can't help me dispel the shadow of fear in my heart!" The ghost looked sad, "Do you think I don't want to take revenge with my own hands? However, every time I try to get close to the wolf pack, especially the most hateful winter wolf, I can't help but recall the last scene before my death - the winter wolf's frost-covered fangs pierced my throat deeply!"

"When I think of that horrible scene, I can't help but tremble. Even though I know I have nothing to lose, I still can't muster up the courage to fight. Courage to take revenge personally..."

"Alas, kind sir, please forgive my weakness. Every word I say to you is from the heart. Whether my sinful soul can be redeemed depends on you!"

Jiang Feng approached Gao Fei and whispered in his ear: "This guy should not be lying. I just checked the ghost atlas included in the star map. It says that there are two most reliable ways to get rid of ghosts: either complete the unfinished business for him, or use the ghost's weakness before his death to seal it up. "

"For example, the ghost of a person who was tortured to death can be sealed in a torture instrument. If the gardener's bones are buried in the garden, his ghost can be bound in the flowers to prevent him from running out and causing trouble everywhere. "

Gao Fei nodded and replied softly: "I just received a system prompt that I can make a 'persuasion' check to encourage the ghost of the first mate to overcome his fear of death and muster the courage to take revenge on the wolves."

"How difficult is the check?"

"DC20."

"Wow! This is too difficult!" Jiang Feng's hope on his face quickly turned into distress, "Neither your Berserker nor my Monk has learned the 'persuasion' skill. Even with the +2 Charisma modifier, the 20-sided dice must roll at least 18 points to convince the ghost."

Gao Fei has already considered this problem. A simple mental calculation shows that the probability of at least one of Basaka and Su Mo rolling 18 points or higher is 27.75%, and the hope of passing the persuasion check is indeed very low.

However, the system prompt also brings good news!

"According to the normal game process, we should first find the ghost of the first mate, accept the task from him, get a bottle of silver ointment, and then kill Captain Kos who has turned into a corpse demon."

Gao Fei said to Jiang Feng with a smile.

"However, before that, we killed Captain Kos. We thought it was a mistake, but unexpectedly, we made a brilliant move by mistake!"