38 Mad Wolves (1/2)

Recognizing the incoming danger Lyra swiveled out of the wolves chase and headed to Yu's location, her speed was fast enough to maneuver away from any wolf coming toward her, but that still slowed her down a tad, enough for the Silver ranked wolf to reach Yu before she did

Grrrr!

The pack leader growled the airborne Yu before leaping in for the bite

Yu had just been swinging using the grapple to make it to the other branch but seeing the rather large maw coming up he decided to pull himself up with the mechanism instead, successfully evading the bite

That move wasn't the best one to make though as he was swinging mid ascent which put him in an awkward position where he had no branch to land on, he could either swing to the other side or continue to ascend

Making the decision in a split second he used the tree bark he swung toward to propel him back, at the same time he released the grapple's mechanism which caused him to start reeling down

The pack leader which had just set its feet on the ground saw its prey coming back down, it didn't waste time and made a much smaller jump due to the lack of momentum but still was enough to meet the descending Yu

”Lyra jump!” Yu yelled to the now close Lyra and instantly summoned his shield, while still airborne, the wolf leader which had it maw open crashed into the shield hard causing its jaw to crack, but that wasn't the end of it

Yu who was coming in a downward momentum used all the force he could muster to kick the wolf toward Lyra who swung her fiery claws at him

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Swish!

One swing was more than enough to decapitate the wolf leader, thus putting a quick end to the battle

Awoooooooo! Awooooooooo!

'Or not'

Seeing all the wolves howling aggressively Yu figured they weren't going to back down just because their leader fell, in fact they seemed a lot more aggressive

”Lyra, head out of the encirclement!”

He let go of the grappler which sustained too much damage from his descent sudden strain and ran with Lyra to the trees, shooting arrows as he went while Lyra swept any incoming wolf away with her swift slashes

”Wuu” Once they were out of the wolves' circle and had their back toward the trees Lyra nudged Yu toward the pack leaders body, to his horror Yu saw the other wolves ripping it apart viscously while they fought among each other, biting and clawing away each other flesh they totally ignored their earlier targets

Yu didn't know what the hell was going on but he wasn't going to waste away this opportunity, he and Lyra looked at each other for a second before nodding and dashing away toward the city once again

Merely five minutes later they heard a loud howl form their back, it sounded just like the previous leader's howl

”What the hell is going on with these wolves, did one of them just rank up? How is it possibly that easy?”

Lyra rolled her eyes at Yu while they ran, out of all people he had the least right to say that when he ranked her up thrice within a week, let's not forget the snake and the fish as well

Suddenly Lyra's eyes sharpened and she started to slow down, Yu noticed this and slowed down as well

”What's the matter?” ”Wu Wu” Lyra answered by looking toward the back, her eyes narrow toward the distant trees

Only a few seconds later Yu heard the faint sounds of howls, and soon he saw the approaching enemy, the wolves had actually caught up!

”They're actually straining their legs beyond breaking point, that's just sick!”

The wolves had sprinted beyond their limit, they had a speed faster than Yu to being with and now that they pushed themselves to the limit it wouldn't take much time to catch up

”Crap, I'm dragging us down” If it was Lyra alone she could easily outrun the wolves' top speed by a large margin, with a minute's head start she would already be well beyond their chase range, but with the slow Yu at the side they couldn't make much of a distance

”Why the hell are they so persistent, I've never heard of them going to such an extent”

He couldn't figure for the life of him what drove them that mad

”Lyra prepare to intercept and distract, I'll make a run for it, once I'm far enough I'll unsummon you”

Lyra nodded and dashed away to meet the wolves head on

'Someday I will dive into battle with you as well' He thought as he started running again, he thought since they fought so much for their leader's body they would definitely try to kill Lyra and eat her, he was assured of Lyra's speed though and he knew she would be able to keep them at bay with ease

”AWUUU” The sudden wailing howl caused him to snap his head to the back, there he saw the new pack leader and some of the strongest wolves had circled around Lyra or just continued on regardless of their lives, they completely ignored her and head straight toward him, madness had only taken more control over them