Chapter 13: The Alpha Wolf
"Now prepare to die!" came Ovisia’s voice.
Yet, as she was about to thrust her dagger forth, through Theo’s neck, a familiar sound came from the direction of the western village entrance: A series of chilling howls. "That’s impossible...".
Releasing Theo’s chin, Ovisia turned, along with the Chief, Jacky, and the other villagers to see a horrifying sight: A pack of over thirty giant wolves had invaded the village, and all of them were angry-looking, all of them with a beast aura of B rank or higher, with the strongest being the alpha, a shaggy grey direwolf at S rank. It was the same pack that had helped Theo escape the Dawson siblings once before, Theo was certain of it, and it looked like they had come to his rescue.
"Mystic wolves?" one of the villagers had the courage to speak, even despite the wet spot in their trousers.
"H-here? Now? T-t-today?" another asked, voice shaky. "W-why?"
"A-a beast tide?" Ovisia stuttered, as the villagers trembled in fear. ’At a time like this? Damn it! I’d almost gotten my revenge!’ she thought, frustrated, before an idea struck her like lightning. "Claws and bite marks on the corpses of my babies... These must be the beasts the brat used to kill my angels...".
She was about to turn around to Theo again, but, before she could, Theo, who had been acting severely wounded up to that point, buying his time, struck. Using his claws, Theo raked his clawed hands across the Whisperer’s back, before also cutting across her cords, causing her to shriek, falling to the ground, clutching her own throat, which flowed crimson already pooling in her own blood.
"Ovisia!" screamed jacky, who had just begun ordering the men of the village to form a defensive formation against the approaching tide. He rushed forward, a blur of movement, sending Theo flying with the swing of his iron greatswords’ flat part of the blade, before kneeling at his beloved’s side. Theo barely had time to brace himself before he was sent flying, colliding into the wall of a villager’s house, with a CRASH that caused the wall to collapse in on itself, almost trapping Theo inside. The pain was so great, he nearly passed out.
[-3 Health]
[Injury Sustained! Primal Regen Active!]
[For every 5 seconds the body is injured, -1 Stamina will be used to sustain Primal Regen.]