บท 32: Magic Beast!

Eva's father evaded an arrow coming his way with a sudden quick movement and quickly climbed a tree near him.

He immediately climbed to the highest branch that he could get to while gritting his teeth. Even though the pain shooting through his injured shoulder was unbearable, the village chief was determined to reach the top so that he becomes safe from both the wolves and his pursuers.

The wolves found themselves new prey and quickly engaged with the city guards since they had a numeric advantage.

Unfortunately, the city guard's captain was a strong fighter and a warrior who had congealed his Battle spirit.

"Ha!" A tinge of greyish-yellow light erupted out of Eliot and quickly covered his body like a protective cover. A blurry image of a warthog's head appeared above the warrior with a half a meter long tusk.

Eva's father, who was watching from above, felt his blood run cold.

"Grrr..."

Some of the wolves unconsciously backed a bit. Their instinct told them that this particular human was dangerous.

"Awoo!"

Awo..."

"Fuck, that's a wolf call. Everyone! Try to kill them as fast as you can." Eliot ordered hurriedly. He never expected that his effort to scare away the wolves would bring such a reaction from them. The wolves are cunning and smart creatures, they should have run away after sensing his aura, but instead, they called for help. It only meant that someone powerful in their pack could fight him, and that wolf was nearby.

"Awooooo!" A distant wolf's howl came as a reply. The faces of Eliot's ss subordinates became pale in fright. If multiple howls had come in response, the guards would only have worried slightly, but only a single mighty roar sounded. It meant the reinforcement of these wolves was just a lone wolf, which was precisely the cause of their fears.

"Quickly get into battle formation," Eliot shouted.

Eliot's subordinates formed a standard battle formation with their captain at the head.

Unexpectedly, the wolves did not pounce on them to attack; instead, they surrounded the city guards and kept on growling at them. They only made threatening actions and never came near the city guards, but they also did not let them leave.

Eva's father sat on the branch he was standing on, completely relaxed. He was a resident of this forest and had lived in it for almost a decade. He knew what was coming; if the city guards do not run away immediately, they will never be able to do so afterward.

The chances of him leaving this place alive are almost nil now. The reason why he became relaxed is that his fellow villager would get out of this region safely. The howl that sounded previously came from the opposite direction than the wild wolf village.

"Captain! These wolves are extremely cunning. I fear their leader is a..."

Eliot suddenly felt a foreboding.

Swish!

He jumped off his horse and rolled on the ground several times, canceling out all the forward momentum. As soon as he turned around, he heard miserable cries ring out behind him.

Four headless bodies of his subordinates fell down from their horses on the ground.

He then saw five wolves rushing and killing among his disorderly subordinates.

"Grrr"

"Block them...Aghh!"

"Not Ronny!... Damn it! I will fucking kill you all."

Captain Eliot was in a dazed state for just a short while, but the wolves had downed five or six of his men! And he couldn't rush to save them because something appeared in between him and his men. It was a human-sized wolf. Its fur was shining bright with a green tinge. It was the leader of the wolves and a magic beast that Eliot feared encountering the most.

"Captain... save... ahh!" The cry of his subordinate broke Eliot from his trance.

Whoosh!

Eliot invoked his battle spirit. The image of the warthog appeared above Eliot's head. He felt strength rushing in his body.

Warthogs are known to be fast, strong, and flexible. The warthog's battle spirit helps Eliot in increasing those expects of his body for a limited time.

Eliot charged and swung his sword at the magic wolf beast.

A wing blade congealed out of thin air in front of the magic wolf's head and shot off towards Eliot.

Swish!

Eliot was waiting for this; the moment he saw the wind blade move, he rolled to the side to avoid getting hit by it. And it worked.

The wind blade passed Eliot's original position and flew to hit the tree in its path.

The wind blade was so sharp that it cut halfway into the tree trunk, making it unstable.

But Eliot did not pay any attention to the tree; instead, he once again swung his sword at the magic beast after closing the gap between them. He did not want to give the magic beast another chance to summon more wind blades.

However, Eliot's attack struck empty air. Immediately after that, he felt his chest quake, and a formidable force spread through his body.

Eliot's body flew back and fell to the ground with a bang! He stood up quickly, but his state did not look good.

Eliot's whole body was trembling, and blood flowed out from the corner of his lips.

'Its... It's much faster and stronger than I thought it would be. And... and this fucking wolf is clearly playing with me.' Eliot thought.

The magic wolf did not rush up to finish Eliot after the first strike. It seemed like it wants to torture its prey before killing it. Eliot could feel the mocking eyes of the big wolf.

He raised his sword and rushed up with a roar. Warthogs are known to become aggressive when cornered. Eliot's nature was the same. But just as he was about to rush at the Wind Wolf one more time, a sound attracted his attention.

"Awoo!"

"Do you have a death wish? Stop Fenrir!... Please, my friend, do not go in any further~..." an immature and frightened cry of a young teen sounded right after that howl.

Eliot and the magic wolf saw a human teen riding a grey wolf rush out of the woods. The grey wolf was running towards them.

The young man riding on top of the wolf had an unwilling look as if he had been forced to tag along.