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The Pack Leader of the Black Horned Wolves has been watching over us as we fought, occasionally, it would howl loudly, enhancing the power of his wolves through some sort of Enhancement Magic. This was also another reason why the wolves were so tough and fast.
The Pack Leader had been simply watching over us with its third, red-colored eye. Unlike the other smaller wolves, this one had two horns growing in spirals at each side of its head, and was at least twice as big as them, reaching almost five meters of height. This monster was tremendously big and strong, it was probably something closer to Tier 5!
And not only that, but it emanated a strong magical aura, this wolf was not only tough, fast, and physically powerful, but it was good at magic as well.
"Oh, this one is strong." Said my father from the distance. "Be careful, these are called Devil Shadow Wolves, they're good at Shadow Magic."
"Hm, I have one of them as a familiar…" Said Shade.
"You do?!" I asked.
"Sylphy, don't get distracted~!" My father teased me, as I suddenly felt an enormous presence behind me.
"GROOARRR!"
The enormous wolf had suddenly teleported behind me! What the heck?! Was this magic?!
CLASH!
I quickly evaded its enormous jaws before they could eat me in a single bite, looking at the beast's third eye shining bright red. It menacingly locked itself on me. The beast might had seen me as the biggest threat, so it probably tried to dispatch me as soon as possible.
FLASH!
However, instead of charging towards me directly, the wolf suddenly disappeared, melding within the shadows and quickly reappearing behind me once more.
"This bastard…!"
"GROAR!"
The wolf seemed to slowly grin menacingly.
Is this guy just playing with me?
He's smart, I can tell he's not even trying to go easy on me, but at the same time it feels like…
I am being played with.
CLASH!
Its front claws hit the ground and made me step back, only for five shadow tentacles to emerge from my own shadows, trying to capture me.
"Sylphy!"
Zack roared, quickly coming to assist me as he defeated another black horned wolf on his way, his axe unleashed an explosion of lightning magic, hitting the shadows and making them dissipate.
SPARK!
However, the moment I was distracted by Zack's help, I felt a gigantic jaw emerge below my feet. The wolf's jaws appeared right below me, within my own shadows!
"GROOAR!"
"Alice!"
I called upon Alice's powers as a flash of bright light was unleashed, quickly firing a Ray of Light at full potency against the menacing jaws of the wolf which were about to eat me entirely.
FLAAAASH!
The light consumed the shadows as the wolf quickly retreated from the attack, it was strong enough to make it step back!
"S-Sylphy! Are you okay? You Summoned me out of nowhere." Alice said in desperation, suddenly sensing the presence of the strong wolf. "T-That monster…!"
"Yeah, it's a strong one, I'll need your light to help me out!" I said.
"Very well!" Alice seemed decided, although it hasn't even been enough time since she began practicing light magic, her powerful magic was good enough against an enemy such as him. We were also in the wilderness so there wouldn't be any town nearby to get affected by her attacks.
"GRRR…!"
The Devil Wolf looked at us with a bit of anger as his plans of eating me whole were trampled by Alice's light magic. However, we used this time to assemble with my friends, as Aquarina and Zack came to my left and right, readying their weapons and boosting their bodies with their Auras, their Familiars and Spirits were with them as well, ready for battle.
"AWWOOOOO!"
The Devil Wolf suddenly howled once more, his pack was almost slain, but he wasn't aiming for the survivors that were lurking around and waiting for an opening, but to the corpses of those we killed.
FLUOOOSH!
Suddenly, his shadows spread through the floor, resembling snakes made of darkness that suddenly took over all the wolf corpses, those that were beheaded had their heads reattached by this darkness, as the wolves dead eyes began to glow bright red menacingly… they were still dead, but had been rise.
"Undead…?!" I asked in shock.
I quickly heard my father and Shade speak.
"That's no ordinary Devil Wolf." Shade said. "It is a Death Variant… It can raise its dead pack members temporarily for battle."
"Hm, if that's the case, isn't it a Tier 5 Rank 5 for sure?" Wondered my father.
"Certainly… And not only that, the wolves that are risen as Undead are twice as strong as they were when they are alive." Shade added.
"Eh?!"
I couldn't help but feel shocked by those news, but I quickly got myself together, as a pack of deadly Undead Wolves leaped towards us, aiming to tear us apart.
"GROAR!"
Suddenly, a shadow bullet was fired from an Undead wolf. Not only they gained new strength but even Shadow and Darkness Magic…?!
CLASH!
I swung my sword and quickly destroyed the bullet, only for two wolves to emerge from within my shadows, trying to grasp on my small arms.
Shit!
SLASH! SLASH!
I swung my sword as fast as I could, swinging it for thousands of times a day wasn't for nothing. A storm of flames came out at the same time as I continuously conjured Ember with my Sword Techniques, this was the easier way out after all!
FLUOOOSH!
My flames consumed the two wolves that attempted to attack me, as their bodies were suddenly consumed almost entirely by the flames, being left even more charred than before and dying on the spot, for a second time.
"Wait, fire is their weakness now as they're Undead…!" I realized.
"GROAR!"
However, the pack leader didn't allowed me to celebrate, quickly teleporting through the shadows near me, as his enormous claws attempted to slash me into pieces.
CLASH!
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