Bab 153: Chapter 146: The mutated rogues
[Warning! In this chapter, there will be gore, blood and death!]
Paccia kept casting spells non-stop, trying to destroy the wolfbanes crystals that had scattered around. Instead, it only ended up shattering them into smaller bits, which does not help much as the shifters around her were slowly getting weaker. What made her feel more anxious was the fact that it did not affect their opponents as they were becoming more hyped up. It was as if the wolfsbane crystals did not have any effect on them.
While she was casting spells and at the same time, trying to protect the injured shifters, Dane and the others were getting tired, trying to push the rogues and warlocks back. But it proved to be difficult.
Skoll was already unconscious, where he laid on the ground, being protected by the other Cesaro packmates. Una was with them, fighting off the rest of the rogues and warlocks. Despite being an elder, she actually was not used to fighting, especially for long duration. Hence, this has taken a toll on her.
Apparently, the more they were killing off the rogues and warlocks, there were more coming in. It was unsure where they came from.
Artemis himself was already fighting against three rogues and a warlock. Although he was at the advantage, it does not mean that he can hold up for that long. One could see the exhaustion in his eyes but the determination and the resolve to win persist more.
Dane was fighting against one of the rogues when he felt something bad was about to happen. He could feel the atmosphere in the area started to change.
He smelled a hideous scent coming at him at full speed. He turned around and saw three more shifters coming and they didn't look friendly at all. In fact, he was not sure whether he could call them rogue when he saw them.
They were huge and brawny with fur covering their whole body. Their fangs were long and sharp, that it reached below their chin. Dane could sense something off about them as spittles drip down their fangs onto the ground. There were craziness and madness reverberating off them and resentful lunacy can be seen glinting in their dark eyes. It was then Dane realized that these three shifters were not pure shifters.
Truthfully, it looked as if they had been experimented on!
Before Dane could react, one of them had already jumped in and kicked him on the chest.
Blood spurted out of Dane as he was sent flying across the area. He soon hit a tree, breaking it. The tree broke and fell on top of Dane, making him a bit dizzy. He spurted out more blood as he could feel his bones cracking. He gritted in pain, his eyes flashing in anger.
"Dane!" Elias, Kaius and Aric shouted in surprise.
Elias broke free from the rogue he was fighting earlier and landed a kick on the shifter that had kicked Dane. The kick only managed to push the mutated rogue a few meters away.
With an insidious smile on his face, the rogue wiped his spittle off his jaw before leaping to counter-attack Elias. The two began to exchange blows one after another, sending dust flying around them.
Both Aric and Kaius tried to fight the other two mutated rogues but unfortunately, one of them managed to break free and began to run towards Dane who was staggering to get up.
Just as Dane got up, the rogue pulled his claw back into a fist and punched the former. However, Dane managed to block the punch by placing his two arms in front of him. The force, though, was still able to push him a few meters away. Again, he could feel the bones in his arm about to break. This mutated rogue was really strong!
Dane then pushed his arms forward, together with the rogue. After that, he turned his claws to the front and swiped down, succeeding in clawing the front of the rogue.
The rogue snarled in pain as he took a step back. There was a huge claw mark on his chest with blood dripping from the wound.
On the other side, Aric and Kaius had their hands full, fighting against one of the mutated rogues. It seems that they had to work together to deal with one mutated rogue.
Just then, one of the rogues who had been fighting with Elias earlier, came over. He thought that with the power of the mutated rogues and himself, they would be able to finish these shifters.
Unfortunately, he did not expect that he would be used as a sacrifice as the mutated rogue grabbed him and pushed him to the front. The blow that Aric was about to punch hit the pitiful rogue.
Aric's eyes narrowed when he saw how heartless the rogue was to abandon the other to slaughter.
But he continued to land more blows, ending the rogue's life. The rogue's eyes widened even after he had died as he did not envision himself being used as a shield. After the rogue died, Aric was about to help Kaius who was fighting with the mutated rogue when Elias nearly slammed into him.
He swiftly avoided Elias and asked whether he was fine.
After giving a grim nod at Aric, Elias immediately springed onto the other mutated rogue who had pushed him back, continuing their attacks against each other.
As for Artemis, one of his claws was holding up one of the rogues in the air. And with a twist of his claw, he broke the rogue's neck, killing him off. Another rogue was under him, his head directly underneath his paw. After he had killed the rogue in his claw, he immediately put more power in his paw and crushed the rogue's head beneath him.
Seeing his two companions being killed, the other rogue screamed in anger as he rushed towards Artemis. The warlock who had been helping them weakly tried to get up after he was sent flying by the Cesaro Alpha.
Before the rogue could reach Artemis, the latter was already in front of him. The rogue spurted blood as his eyes widened in shock. He did not know how the Alpha managed to be in front of him but Artemis had his claw through his underbelly.
Artemis swiftly pushed his claw through, making a hole in the rogue's underbelly. And then he pushed his claw upwards until he reached the heart. It was as if he was cutting through a paper at how easily he stabbed the rogue.
With the heart in his claw, Artemis pulled the heart out, killing the rogue.
The warlock backed away after he dropped back to the ground once more in fear. His eyes widened in terror as he watched Artemis crush the heart in his claw, without any expression on his face.
He could feel himself peeing when Artemis turned his gaze on him. He tried to get up but the latter already had him in his claw.
Instead of killing him straight away, Artemis turned to the other Cesaro packmates who were helping to guard the unconscious Skoll. Seeing that they were holding up on their own, he rushed off to help the Kendall pack, dragging the warlock behind him.
Although Elias could hold himself up against the mutated rogue, it was still at a standstill. And unfortunately, Elias was slowly getting tired due to the wolfsbane crystals that were still scattered around them. The mutated rogue, on the other hand, was getting stronger.
"Elias!"
Elias turned his head to see Artemis running towards him, an unconscious warlock in his claw, froth foaming in the latter's mouth.
Knowing what the Cesaro Alpha was about to do, Elias leaned back and within seconds, something came flying at them and hit the mutated rogue in front of them.
Surprised at the sudden attack, the rogue was hit on the chest, sending the two of them flying across the area.
But before they landed, Artemis had already leaped on top of them, pushing them to the ground.
Gritting in pain, the rogue snarled and elbowed the warlock off him.
The warlock was pitiful. Still unconscious but he was still being used as a shield when Artemis wanted to punch the rogue.
With the warlock acting as a shield, the mutated gripped the neck of the warlock and swung the latter towards Artemis.
Just as the warlock was thrown at Artemis, Elias had already jumped on the back of the mutated rogue. With his legs around the underbelly of the rogue, Elias grabbed the head and twisted it around.
Feeling unsatisfied at the rogue's quick death, Elias continued to rain down punches on the back of the rogue, dropping them two to the ground.
With a final blow to the back of the rogue's mane, Elias' claw pushed through the mane, stabbing through, spurting blood all over Elias.
Before Elias could get up, another mutated rogue jumped onto him, preventing him from getting.
Surprised at the appearance of the rogue because he knew that this was the rogue who fought with Dane earlier.
He turned his head and his eyes widened when he saw Dane sprawled on the ground.
"Dane!"
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