3. The Shi siblings

"Ah!"

A man cried as a group of giant looking wolf appeared, followed by several sounds of surprise and terror from the other people at the caravan

The armed people of the group pulled out their weapons as they prepared for battle, meanwhile the leader of the caravan group started sweating in fear as he didn't expect the group of giant wolves to appear

The armed people of the caravan and the group of wolves stood in a stand off as they look at each other. The wolves looking for an opportunity and the armed men looking in fear

"Ha-"

Just as the leader of the armed men was about to shout an order two wolves appeared behind the group and started attacking the people behind the caravan

"Shit! They're attacking us from behind! Ji-"

Just as the leader of the armed group was about to order a defense, the wolves suddenly started attacking all at once, ripping through the defense as people died left and right, their faces showing surprise or fear as they took their last breath

"Hui follow me! We need to escape while the silver back wolves are distracted with the others!" The leader of the caravan said to his son, while his daughter looked at the wolves with fear

---(For your imagination)---

The silver back wolf has gray fur that have a silver streak going through it's back, gray eyes that shows the look of a hunter looking at it's prey and most notably it's teeth and claws that looks like they're made of silver

---(Yes i made this purely for the word count ;))---

The leader of the caravan looked around before taking his young daughter in his arm and running away while the silver back wolves busy themselves with the others

As the screams of terror and fear filled the air the man continued to run away with his children as he knows that after the wolves are done eating the others, they will give chase and hunt him or the other ones who managed to escape the encirclement

The man ran until a silver back wolf slashed at his back causing him to drop his daughter and his son to stop

The daughter frozed in fear as she watch her dad get killed by the silver back wolf, but the son quickly took her in his arms and ran away as the sound of their fathers scream slowly turn quiet

"B-brother what happened to-" The kid asked, stammering as she tried to register what happened while tears starts appearing at her eyes

"Shut up Hua, now's not the time!" Hui accidentally shouted

Stressed from the degrading event which was supposed to be a simple delivery of ordinary goods

Hua being a normal 8 year child stressed and traumatized by earlier events didn't take the shout pleasantly and started hitting her brother while crying and saying incoherent things into his shoulder

This continued until Hui tripped and rolled off the side of the hill while covering his little sister

"Wait no Hua don't go!" Hui said while holding his sprained ankle

Hui looked on in worry as his little sister ran off

The howls of the silver back wolves quickly brought panic to Hui as he quickly stood up and limped towards where Hua ran off to

Hui's pain was increased as he's forced to use his sprained ankle to find his little sister

Luckily for him he quickly finds his sister talking with a goddess?

[(Point of view change from a few minutes before)]

We can see Xiu Ying looking towards a large rock as the bird looked at her while perched at a tree in the side

[]Now first wag your tail[]

What the bird said raised a confused look from Xiu Ying

[]That's how kitsune's make fox fire[]

"Oh" Xiu Ying unconsciously wagged her tails

[]Yup now imagine a ball of fire in front of you. After that snap your fingers[]

Xiu Ying followed the instructions and manged to make a large big floating fire

[] Imagine it's smaller, imagine it's smaller![] The bird said in a state of panic as the fox fire almost started a forest fire

The ball of fire turned small and looked about as big as a hand

[]Good, good now imagine it hitting that rock[]

As Xiu Ying thought of this the ball of fire quickly flew towards the large rock, creating a sizable hole

"This is starting to feel like some sort of game tutorial" Xiu Ying said nonchalantly

[]Well your free to try if it is one by getting yourself killed. Anyway try continuesly make fox fire while ordering them to hit the rock[]

The training session continued on for a minute before a gasp was heard

A little girl with black hair and black eyes filled with tears looked at the fix fires in awe

[]Oh yeah some evil kitsune's use fox fire to attract people into their trap, you might wanna remove them for now[]

The fox fires disappear as Xiu Ying walked towards the little girl

The little girl stayed in her spot frozen in fear as Xiu Ying walked closer until she stopped in front of her

Xiu Ying lowered herself in the girls height before giving her a closed eye smile

"What's your name little girl and what are you doing here?"

The little girl loosened up a bit after Xiu Ying's welcoming smile

"My name is Shi Hua and-and big scary monsters attacked me, big brother and dad, you gotta help miss uh" Hua said while holding into the edge of Xiu Ying's skirt

"Li Xiu Ying, Li is surname and Xiu Ying is the name" Xiu Ying said while patting the girl in the head

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[Author's mini theater]

Xiu Ying: So uh why do i feel like i'm not in you know control

The bird: Because we're in the tutorial phase you gotta complete it before getting full access

Xiu Ying: Ah i see, wait what

The bird: What?

Xiu Ying: Did you just say something about-

The bird: You heard nothing!

The bird said as it launched itself in Xiu Ying's mouth