Chapter 34: Torture
"Yeheark."The Feral Hyena let out a guttural, raspy chuckle as it loomed over the battered wolf that could no longer rise. Its cruel, cracked lips curled into a savage grin, revealing yellowed fangs soaked in gore. Victory was certain—it would finish this with the next blow.
"Yark?"But just as it prepared to strike the final blow, it paused. Something was wrong. A massive shadow—nearly the size of its own hulking frame—stretched across the battlefield. It grew rapidly, swallowing the ground in its silhouette. The Feral Hyena’s instincts flared.
Danger.
It snapped its head around just in time to see an entire tree hurtling straight for its face.
BANG!
The beast roared and swung its mace tail with explosive force. The moment the tail collided with the tree, bark and branches exploded into fragments. The impact shattered the trunk midair, splintering it into dust. But before the debris could even settle, something emerged from the smoke—A blur. A figure. A human.
Xavier.
With the jagged, sharpened end of a broken branch in his hands
(I think we can all see where this is going.)
Thrust!
STAB!
Puchi~!