Chapter 380 (1/2)

Elson completed his transformation into a full-fledged werewolf. He glanced at Lily in surprise. “Little girl, you’re a high-order werewolf too?”

Lily almost choked on her mouthful of Spicy Sticks as she nodded frantically. After charging up, she now had enough strength—of course, we could always call it “the power of Spicy Sticks”, if you don’t mind.

A gust of violent wind blew at them, preventing them from opening their eyes. But then, they heard howling nearby.

*Awoooooo*

Amid the howling of wolves, the world had become quiet, well sort of. Everyone began to imagine the silver moon, open land and wolves howling at the moon…

But their imagination stopped when they heard an anticlimatic “arf arf”.

The wind subsided and five large werewolves appeared before them. Their eyes were red and mean; their fur was stained with blood and they were scary in the eyes of those around them. They definitely looked like imposing mountains with high fighting spirits. Standing among them however, was a husky.

At almost five-metres tall, Lily looked around and realised that she was just as big as the others. She nodded in satisfaction. “Arf arf.”

The alpha was standing in front. He first looked at his pack, then at Lily before he said thoughtfully. “I feel like something’s off.” It was Elson’s voice.

The other warrior werewolves were also looking at each other, and Lily’s fur pattern. Shortly after, someone was heard saying, “Probably her mom ran out of ink when she gave birth to her. Or maybe, she’s from the hermit family in the land of snow. I don’t see anything wrong.”

Lily tilted her head, wondering why the others could still speak after shapeshifting. “Arf arf?”

Elson continued muttering to others, “…I really feel like something’s not right…”

“Forget it. Nothing’s wrong…”

Ophra stomped on Elson’s paw and chided, “Are you done yet? Do I need to remind you again that you have to remain alert after transformation? We’re at war now!”

Looks can be deceiving; if you thought Elson was old, check Ophra out—she was a lot older. When Ophra chided her old partner, she acted like she was lecturing her grandson. Elson and his pack immediately got their act together, leaving the odd “white wolf” alone. One of them, a one-eyed wolf, gazed in the direction of the Gnarled Grove. “We’ll divert the monsters’ attention while you guys take on those who manage to slip through!”

Then under Elson’s leadership, the pack ran into the forest. These tall beasts were surrounded by a stone-crushing wind pressure. They left a trail of total devastation behind them as they travelled forward. But as an alpha, Elson had an additional strength; as he ran, he left behind a trail of scorching flames, which even burned on bare rocks. It did not appear to be an earthly fire.

Following the five imposing beasts was the plus-size, white husky who was running excitedly on all fours. Although she did not think of it as a problem, it was a weird constrast should one put the husky among the werewolves. Hao Ren could vaguely hear someone arguing in the distance. “I still feel that something’s not right…”

“You’re being overly sensitive. I didn’t feel a thing!”

“Arf?”

It was supposed to be a serious and tense situation, but Hao Ren was almost blown away by what he heard. After a long moment of astonishment, Hao Ren poked Vivian on her arm and said, “Should we call her back?”

In a rare support of Lily, Vivian said, “Let her be. It’s not every day that she can be with her fellow brethren, especially in their shapeshifted form.”

The five-plus-one giant wolves made a grand entrance to the forest, and duely got the attention of many dinobeasts. Those dark and gnarled monsters were of low intelligence. As remnants of the Third Born from 10,000 years ago, they were driven only by the Gnarled Grove to attack humans. They obviously lacked organisation and strategy. As long as they sensed the presence of the Second Born, their attention was easily diverted. This allowed Hao Ren and his company to cut some slack.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Y’zaks charged himself up with enough energy. He strolled into the wilderness and grinned at the dinobeasts that had slipped through.