2 on 1

After a moment of hesitation, the wolf finally moved and decided to toss the canister it was holding to Cain.

It looked more unique than any he had seen before, it was a clear blue cylinder canister. The tops were made of a deep dark blue stone. The canister held a single white ember inside.

'I can feel the power pulsing through the canister.'

"This is an ashen ember. Key to the ashen flame." sys said with disgusted tone.

Before Cain could ask anymore the two apes stopped drumming and started their advance,

So Cain put the canister into his satchel.

Ice spikes shoot out from the ground and Cain ran forward and used earth spikes to counter them. He jumped up and slammed his ice glaive down on the right apes head leaving a deep gash and bringing it to its knees.

At the same time the left ape swung its axe at Cain's side, just as it was about to hit, Cain knocked it off course with the other end of the glaive. It collided with the arm of the other ape, severing it from the ape's torso.

The ape let out a loud roar right in front of Cain, disorientating him long enough for the other ape to give him a firm kick to the side. Cain was sent flying away from the two apes.

The one armed ape stood up with an angry glare and threw its axe toward Cain. It just missed him leaving a cut on his shoulder, then smashing into the ice behind him.

The ape put his arm forward and like a magnet his axe was pulled from the ice. It landed on Cain's back, piercing the mama armor he had and getting stuck in his back upside down. Then the axe continued to return to the ape with Cain in tow. the other ape swung his club like a bat directly aligned with his neck. Cain flipped his glaive and He managed to duck under the attack at the last second, while clashing his glaive with the club.

He used the momentum giving along with his own strength to uppercut the one armed ape with the blade, leaving its head severed in two.

[first kill advanced-ice rung ape] {2200exp, 5str stat, 5agi stat}

Cain didn't have time to enjoy his gains, because the other ape unleashed a fury of rage filled strikes. He was forced into the defensive since the axe still on his back caused great pain with every impact. Cain is trying to launch attacks of his own but each are meet with another heavy hit. The attacks pushed he into the threshold of the frozen land as he found himself unable to maintain good traction.

Cain was beginning to stumble and then an attack of the ape made it through hammering down on his chest. the armor he wore stopped the attack from puncturing him. Although he was still flying back into the wall causing the axe to go deeper into his back.

The assault didn't stop there as the ape slammed into foot down and three arm sized pillars of ice shot from the left, right and front into his lower torso.

He coughed up some blood as another ice pillar appeared in front of him, hitting the other side of his stomach. Before Cain could break out with a lightning flash the ape leap up.

Without hesitation Cain activated the power of his golden eyes. Suddenly gold light filled his once blue eyes and through his view time had slowed down greatly so he could react to the apes movements faster.

Its club came down on him, while it was landing on the two pillars. Cain blocked the attack with his glaive causing the frozen ground to crack below his feet. To his surprise his movements felt slower than his thought to input speed. It was like typing on a keyboard, but the letters were delayed.

He then rotated the glaive hacking off the apes' feet in one swoop. The ape fell back as he twisted his glaive again and thrusted it forward following the apes' descent. The ape hit the ground and bounced up, only for it to be quickly brought back down by a spear impaling its chest.

The ape roared out in agony and was attempting pull the spear out of its chest. Cain pressed down with one hand and used his wrist blaster to shoot a hole right between the ape's eyes.

[advanced-ice rung ape] {1100exp, 3str stat, 3agi stat}

Cain started to walk toward the top of the hill, as he did so he pulled the axe from his back. He was bloody all over, and he carried an ice spear in one hand and blue stone axe in the other.

'What's the best way to get out of here without fighting all these apes, sys.'

"Intimate them enough to back down."

That gave Cain an idea, so he lifts his weapons and crossed them. Then like the apes had done previously he roared out with as much force as possible.

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The other blue apes and monkeys circling the ring debating whether or not to go in. this creature just killed two of the strongest of our tribe and still wants to continue. There was no way any of us were going to knowingly risk our lives just cause the mutt took out white light rod.

———

The weaker apes and monkeys began to disperse and leave, while a few braver ones dared to enter the frozen ring. large ice spike we're quickly sent flying into them, ending them in one shot.

[first kill advanced-ice rung monkey] {2000exp, 8agi stat}

[advanced-ice rung monkey] {1000exp, 4agi stat}

[advanced-ice rung ape] {2500, 10str stat}

Although Cain had many wounds, he was glad to level up another three times, bringing him to level 39. Cain used minor healing to seal the wound on his back. Then he walked over to the corpses of the apes and pulled out their cores.

[first eaten advanced-ice rung core] {1900exp, 5str, +1 random weapon skill}

After finishing the cores of the 5 corpses, he severed the other arm off the one-armed ape. He lobbed the arm over to the wolf still cowering at the top of the hill, as a sign of friendship.

"So, you're not going to attack me?" the wolf asked sweetly.

"No, your worth letting live. So, what is your name?" Cain was more curious about where the wolf got the ember. Although he would get to know the wolf more to make sure it was telling the truth.

"My name, what is that?" The wolf said while tilting its head in confusion.

"What do the people close to you, call you by?"

Cain asked trying to clarify his question.

"My owner Ol Mur calls me brat." The wolf said trembling with fear in her voice.

Although Cain didn't have enough social knowledge to pick up on the fear in the wolf's voice.

"That's not a name, it's more of an insult. How about I give you a better name."

"Ok I'd like that."

"So are you a boy or a girl." Cain asked again hoping to get some clue.

"I'm pretty sure I'm a girl, cause Ol Mur often called me that."

Now that Cain had an idea, he started listing names in ABC order like Amy, Betty, Connie and etc. until he got to rose.

"Oh, I like the sound of that. I want that to be my name."

"Ok then I will call you rose. So, rose how did you end up with that ember."