Fight With The Wolves
Shadows of the Pack!
Tendrils of shadows slithered out from his marks as it coalesced into a dark figure that mirrored Boy's form. The spectral shadow hyena flickered with an eerie glow, with hollow eyes that were glowing with a faded neon purple.
In that instant, Boy struck again as he charged forward, his body glowing just like the shadow clone. His mouth bit straight into one of the two remaining wolves as his clone distracted it. A wet gurgle escaped the wolf as it lost a large chunk of its next and crumpled onto the ground, lifeless.
[Ding! Killed a Wolf. 10 exp gained.]
The last remaining wolf had seen the shadow attack its brethren and in that moment, it reached and big the clone as hard as it could but as it bit the clone, it felt the sensation of biting flesh for a split moment before he saw the hyena that he had bit, suddenly disappear.
As it saw the clone disappear, it then turned towards the other glowing hyena and saw its remaining member on the floor, now lifeless and strayed out on the floor.
From this moment, there were no more wolves in the den, fear could be seen in its eyes as its whole body language began to show no sign of fighting.
It let out a defeated whimper as it retreated back to the back wall of the den.
Seeing the pitiful state of the wolf, a trace of pity appeared in Boy's eyes as he saw himself. Looking at the wolf, he saw the same emotions that he had seen in himself when he was kept and bound during the ritual.
'I should let him go…' he thought as he could sense the desire to remain alive in the wolf.
Suddenly, the sound of rapid footfalls echoed from the entrance of the tunnel and through it along with the sounds of heavy panting.
Boy's eyes darted towards the entrance just as a pack of larger and seemingly stronger wolves charged straight back inside the den. Their eyes glowed with a predatory hunger as their muscles rippled beneath their fur.
Upon arrival, all of them were welcomed with the stink of blood as their noses wrinkled in disgust and they immediately presumed that it was from Boy.
However, as their eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness in the tunnel, the dead bodies of their other pack members, the older wolves and the younger ones were all strewn across the den.
In that moment, the aura on all of the wolves seemed to change as they began to growl and bark at Boy with extreme bitter hate and rage.
'This is not good…' Boy thought as he realised that he was low on Aether…
A patter of footsteps sounded next to him and he saw the poor frightened wolf, that was the last remaining in the den, rush to the side of the other wolves and group up with the rest of them.
In the instant that the wolf had grouped up with the stronger wolves, it immediately seemed to have gotten its confidence and bravery back as it joined the others in barking and snarling back at Boy.
A wave of disappointment flowed through Boy's thoughts.
This is how animals are, I see… No matter how weak and pitiful they may be alone, when they are together, their confidence rises and they will fight again.
The first of the returning wolves lunged at him with deadly precision while the rest formed a circle around him, immediately trying to attack using their pack strategies.
Boy sidestepped the wolf and in that moment, he bit down on the wolf's front leg and the moment he bit down on it, he yanked it as hard as he could and he immediately felt a cracking sensation in the wolf's leg.
However, in that exact moment, he felt a sharp pain in his behind as one of the wolves had lunged out and bit down on his buttocks. He could feel the teeth of the wolf dig into his skin.
Following that, his awareness spread around him and he could sense the other wolves also begin to charge forward.
In that moment, he realised that he would not be allowed to take them on one by one. They were going to overwhelm him with their mass in numbers.
'I need to use only killing moves!' the thought shouted in his head and in that moment his back legs jumped up, giving the wolf the strongest kick that he could.
Thwak!
In that moment, his hind leg had struck the wolf right in the head, causing it to fall down and begin convulsing.
Feeling his legs get free, he immediately let go of his grip on the wolf on his front and in that instant, the wolf retreated back but before it could, Boy rushed forward and caught him by the back of the neck and upon biting, he yanked once again.
Crack!
[Ding! Killed a Wolf. 15 exp gained]
'This is possible?' Boy pondered as he did not think that the wolf would be so weak as to be able to die from simply his bite strength.
In that moment, the remaining seven wolves attacked. The first one took a bit at Boy which Boy expertly dodged but as he dodged, another struck.
He narrowly avoided that wolf's attack and just as he was about to attack back, he was attacked by another wolf and he found himself unable to dodge this one and was bitten once again on the back.
A sharp pain rang across his back as the wolf attack a similar spot to where he was initially bit, causing the pain to intensify. Feeling this, he immediately let out a howl of pain as his hind legs jumped up again but this time, the wolf seemed to have expected it as it let go of its bite, avoiding the attack.
'That hurt…' Boy cried out as he turned to look at his butt which was now beginning to bleed, 'I need to find a strategy to kill them… they only attack my blind spot… aha!'
Boy charged forward again as he came up with an idea, he immediately charged at a wolf but he did not put his focus on the wolf he was charging.
The wolves seemed to have taken the bait as one of them leaped forward, aiming to attack the exact same place but just as it was about to reach, Boy had expected it and his hind leg jumped upwards and stuck the wolf right in the head again with full strength.
Thwack!
Another wolf fell to they floor and begun convulsing.
However in doing so, his head had been turned to the attacking wolf, another seized the opportunity as it jumped forward, aiming for his neck.
'Hehe…'
The wolf did not know that this was in the Boy's plan as he immediately turned his head and ducked a little so that the wolf would not be able to reach and in that instand, his mouth shot upwards.
Chomp!
In that small instant, a loud chomping of teeth could be heard as the wolf flew forward and had its momentum interrupted not fully stopped as it landed on the floor and in that moment, it weakly began to wobble as it turned around to face the hyena again but as it turned it revealed a huge chunk of flesh hanging from its neck as blood squirted outwards from it. In a few second, it fell down on the floor, limp and lifeless.
[Ding! Killed a Wolf. 15 exp gained.]
[Ding! Achievement Unlocked: Kill 10 Wolves
Reward: Aether Recovery(Claim!)]
'Hehe.. That's what yo- oh sh-'
Before he could celebrate, two wolves had attacked simultaneously. One jumped straight for his top while the other aimed for his rear.
Boy quickly turned his body towards one of the wolves, shifting his whole body so that the other would just narrowly miss.
The incoming wolf reached forward and bit down right on Boy's neck but he had managed to turn his head the slightest bit so the wolf had only gotten a bit of his skin instead of anything vital.
In that moment, Boy retaliated as he did the same but he moved faster and the wolf was unable to put up any defense as its neck was bit.
[Ding! Killed a Wolf. 15 exp gained.]
Immediately after killing it, Boy let go and he remained vigilant for the other wolves and it proved a little late as the wolf that had missed its lunge, immediately bit down on his back leg, causing a searing pain to shot to his head as the skin was less thick there.
The Boy immediately felt the wolf yank, ripping into and pulling more of its flesh and in that instant, he curled his body as he neck quickly bent towards his leg and he managed to bit down on the top of the wolf's neck.
[Ding! Killed a Wolf. 15 exp gained.]
[Ding! Killed a Wolf. 15 exp gained.]
The other two wolves had used this moment to attack the boy from both sides. But in waiting a little, they had given Boy enough time to recover and…
'Claim!' he shouted in his head and in that moment, the marks that had dimmed suddenly sparked to life as Boy's mouth began to glow purple.
Shadow Bite!
In the instant that the wolf charged forward and was about to bite his head, Boy's head moved faster and in the moment that it was close enough…
Chomp! Crack!
The sound of a large bite and the cracking of a skull could be heard as Boy's mouth came down, completely destroying the attacking wolf's head, killing it instantly.
[Ding! Killed a Wolf. 15 exp gained.]
Ignoring the notification, Boy immediately turned his head towards the other wolf and used his other uninjured leg to kick the wolf, albeit weaker, it was enough to change the trajectory of the wolf's attack.
Having killed his attackers now, the den was only filled with the sounds of two convulsing wolves whose twitching had slowed down.
[Ding! Killed a Wolf. 15 exp gained.]
[Ding! Killed a Wolf. 15 exp gained.]
Boy made his way towards them and ended their misery and in that moment, he fell to the floor in fatigue. The areas where he had been bitten were hurting and bleeding, his head felt as if it had been operating in overdrive for the last few minutes.
'That's all the wolves taken care off now…' he thought peacefully.
But then he recalled, he had not heard the system notification come, telling him that he had killed all the wolves.
'System, mission status'
["Summoner's Request", Chain Mission:
Defend the Farm:
Kill the wolves (14/15)
Keep more than 50 sheep alive (Alive: 59)
Keep the farmer alive (Status: Safe)
Reward: 30 Stat Points, 1000 exp, 200 AP]
'Huh!' Boy was alarmed, he had thought that he had killed all of the wolves, 'It seems one of them is still alive…'
'Wait…'
'The count of the sheep has gone down by one…'
Realisation struck Boy as panic began to surge in his body and as if luck wasn't on his side, the mission screen updated itself.
["Summoner's Request", Chain Mission:
Defend the Farm:
Kill the wolves (14/15)
Keep more than 50 sheep alive (Alive: 59)
Keep the farmer alive (Status: Alarmed)
Reward: 30 Stat Points, 1000 exp, 200 AP]