Chapter 9: Chapter 9 – Wolves
Kyle jumped forward as best as he could and scooped up a big handful of turtle chunks.
The wolf readied itself to charge forward as well, but it didn't immediately follow him.
It knew what this big green stone was, and it knew better than to just charge in.
When Kyle noticed that the wolf didn't immediately charge after him, he stopped moving.
He was no less than a meter away from the turtle shell, and he didn't want to tell the turtle where he was.
Kyle immediately rammed the turtle chunks into his mouth and ate them as quickly as he could.
His leg started to regrow again, but his focus was on the turtle shell and the wolf.
For a while, the two sides just looked at each other.
A moment later, Kyle heard some more rustling from the other side of the clearing and glanced over.
'For fuck's sake! Another one?!'
Sure enough, there was another wolf.
It was a bit smaller than the first one but looked just as intimidating.
Then, Kyle saw a third head poking through the bushes.
'Three?!'
Kyle watched as the wolves carefully circled the clearing with the turtle shell.
He could tell that they were weighing their options.
The entire time, they kept glancing between Kyle and the holes in the big shell.
'What do I do?!' Kyle thought in panic.
One of the wolves silently walked out of the safety of the bushes and approached Kyle.
'Don't fucking move!' Kyle shouted at his body in his mind. 'They are scared of the turtle, which means the turtle is far more dangerous!'
As the wolf approached, Kyle's entire body started to heat up.
But then, the wolf just scooped up a chunk of turtle meat and jumped back into the bush.
When Kyle saw that, his eyes widened in anger.
'These fuckers are after my turtle juice!'
Kyle lightly tapped his foot on the ground and realized that his leg had fully regrown.
An instant later, he stood up and quickly walked over to grab more of the turtle chunks.
The wolves watched him with what Kyle perceived to be anger.
They showed their teeth but didn't emit any sound while doing so.
'Fuck you! I earned this shit fair and square with my stupidity!'
Kyle kept ramming the meat down his throat as he aggressively sneered back at the wolves.
'That shit is mine!'
After seeing that the first wolf wasn't attacked, the other ones also slowly moved forward to get some of the chunks.
Shortly after, a silent fight for the turtle meat took place.
Kyle and the wolves were devouring as much turtle meat as they could.
About 30 seconds after the fight began, there were not many chunks left, and Kyle came face to face with one of the wolves.
The other wolf was barely two meters away from him, and there were three chunks in the middle between them.
The wolf opened its mouth aggressively as its hair stood on end.
The next moment, red flames came out of the side of its teeth as it kept looking at Kyle.
'Fuck off! Why is there fire coming out of its mouth?!'
Kyle felt a deep sense of fear, but he gritted his teeth and approached.
The wolf also approached.
"Huh?! You wanna go?!" Kyle half-shouted.
The wolf immediately threw a glance at the shell and jumped back into the bush as the flames in its mouth vanished.
Naturally, it wasn't intimidated by Kyle.
It was scared that Kyle's shout would summon the turtle.
"Yeah, that's right!" Kyle whispered as he quickly grabbed the three chunks before retreating closer to the turtle shell.
However, when the other wolves noticed that the turtle hadn't attacked Kyle despite his shout, they became bolder and scooped the chunks up with even more speed.
Within seconds, all the chunks were gone, and the two sides looked at each other again.
Two of the wolves focused on Kyle, while the third one started to sniff the air, looking into one of the holes of the shell.
The third wolf slowly approached the hole.
And then, it suddenly jumped backward into the bush.
The other two also jumped back.
The signal was clear.
The turtle was still alive.
Kyle slowly moved back until his back lightly touched the shell.
Seconds of tense silence passed.
'I'll bet my ass that they won't be as stupid as me and approach this fucking thing!' Kyle thought.
The two wolves kept looking at Kyle.
'Why the fuck are you still here? You won't get me without risking your life! It's not worth it!'
Suddenly, one of the wolves opened its mouth, and flames appeared in them.
But this time, there were far more.
Kyle's eyes widened as the flames became brighter and brighter.
'Oh fuck!'
He immediately jumped and grabbed a ridge of the turtle shell behind him.
BANG!
A small explosion appeared on the turtle shell beneath Kyle, and he felt a searing wind washing over him.
'Wolves that spit fireballs?! Fucking fantasy land! Why can't shit just be normal for once?!'
The next moment, Kyle felt the shell vibrating a little bit, and he was sure that this didn't come from the explosion.
The turtle inside the shell was moving.
'Don't move!' Kyle shouted at himself in his mind.
But then, he saw more flames coming out of a second wolf's mouth.
'Gotta move!'
Kyle threw himself up onto the turtle shell.
BANG!
The other fireball exploded at the spot where Kyle had just been.
After reaching the top of the turtle shell, Kyle laid down flat to hide his body.
'Can't hit me now, assholes!'
Sadly, the next moment, Kyle saw something that was as silly as it was terrifying.
The wolves jumped up like dogs running through a field of wheat.
It looked beyond silly, but the flames coming out of their mouths were anything but silly.
Kyle watched in terror as the wolves kept jumping up and down from a distance to see him.
Suddenly, another fireball flew at Kyle, and he quickly moved back to avoid it.
BANG!
However, the fireball hit the side of one of the many holes.
Then, another fireball hit the side of another hole near Kyle.
It was like they were not even targeting him at this point.
'These fuckers want to kill me! I mean, of course they do, but I mean in a strictly asshole way!'
Kyle felt the shell moving some more, and his hair stood on end.
'Fuck, fuck, fuck! If I jumped away, they will gang up on me, but if I stay here, the turtle will find me!'
Another wolf jumped up and readied another fireball.
The shell shook intensely.
BANG!
The turtle's head shot out of one of the holes, but that hole was nowhere near Kyle!
The whine of an injured dog echoed throughout the clearing.
Kyle watched as the turtle's jaw clamped down on the jumping wolf.
Just as the wolves knew the turtle, the turtle knew the wolves, and it had paid more attention to the sounds of jumping than the explosions on its shell.
The other two wolves jumped back as the turtle started to pull the wolf back into its shell.
Kyle could tell that the turtle was severely injured.
Its eyes still hadn't recovered, and a huge chunk of its head was missing, exposing part of its injured skull.
Hundreds of thoughts ran through Kyle's mind.
And then, his body moved on its own.
He jumped...
And landed on the turtle's head!