Chapter 150 - The Wolf and Little Red Archer (1/2)

Shuja shot her arrow true, gliding in the air with the grace of a dove and the fury of a hawk. Wings made of mana spread open wide, and it cast a large shadow over the river floor. Rook stood proud and tall and accepted the arrow into him with open arms. His thick armor shined brightly under the hot sun, and it too was eager to receive the arrow.

The bird-shaped arrow slammed against Rook's body, and it pushed a few feet back. Olhos leaped and landed on Rook's gigantic shoulders and tried to tear his helmet off. Rook grabbed Olhos by his tail and threw him to the ground.

Then he got on top of him and proceeded to beat him with his fist. ”Olhos!” Shuja ran to them with an arrow in her hand. She jumped on his back and stabbed him on his shoulder. The arrow exploded and the blast pushed Rook off Olhos' body. ”Are you ok? You need to be more careful.” Shuja helped him get back on his feet, ”Just because you're an oversize bipedal wolf monster doesn't mean you're unstoppable.”

”Sorry,” Olhos blew out blood from his nose. The wounds on his face started to heal rapidly.

”Woah. Your wounds are closing up without a healing spell. How are you doing that?”

”Probably part of the curse.” Olhos shrugged his shoulders.

Rook tackled Olhos and punched Shuja away, ”Curse?” He wrapped his arms around Olhos' neck, ”You have no idea! That power you wield is a blessing among the Askal Clan. The power to turn into a werewolf is a guarded secret, with only the main branch of their family have knowledge of this technique. And yet here you are, a werewolf among the goblins.”

Shuja landed on her back on top of a boulder. She pushed herself up and shot another glowing arrow. It landed on Rook's side, and it pushed him away. Rook rolled on the floor, stopping once he hit a stone pillar protruding out from the mud.

”Olhos, get up!” She yelled.

”I'm up. I'm up!” Olhos got back on his feet and shook the wet mud off his fur. ”I don't think our plan is working. That helmet is glued to his head.”

”Quit standing there and run!”

Rook got back up. He turned around and grabbed the pillar and used it like a lance. Rook ran to Olhos at top speed, accelerating faster than he ever had before. Olhos jump to the side, but Rook shifted his body and changed direction despite the extreme angle and impaled Olhos with the stone pillar. And he shoved Olhos on the mud, with the pillar on top of him. ”How did you get their power. Did they give it to you with the hope of you killing my King.”

”What the hell are you talking about,” Olhos yelled.

”They've been jealous of my King ever since he became the Church as a *******. They sent their so-called best assassins, but many perished by my fist. And you will be no different.”

Olhos tried to push the pillar off, but the crushing weight was too much for Olhos. Rook pushed the pillar down slowly, letting Olhos' agonizing scream grow louder. Shuja drew out another arrow and concentrated her mana at the tip. ”Hold on just a little longer, Olhos,” She whispered.

A swirling wind begins to surround the arrow, and blue light grew in intensity. Rook saw the light reflected by the pillar's polished surface. He relocated his mana to the side of his armor facing Shuja. When she released her arrow free, it flew to Rook and shattered on impact against Rook's impenetrable armor. Shuja quickly shot another one, with short wings forming out from the arrow. The arrow used the wind and its wing to guide itself in the direction of the pillar. It pierced the pillar's surface, and it created a shockwave that pushed the pillar out.

And while he was distracted, Olhos used his claws to slice through the armor, but just as before, it did not cut it open. But Shuja, with her keen eyes and mana strings attached throughout the battlefield like a spider's web, noticed Rook's c.h.e.s.t break just a little from Olhos' attack. Rook did not notice the measly attack left a mark so small that an ant could barely fit in. And that small scratch was the target.

”Olhos, aim for the c.h.e.s.t plate!” She yelled.

Olhos roared and struck against the magical armor, but suddenly, a loud explosive sound erupted far away from them, at the top of the tower on the dam blocking the river from the central lake. And what followed was a bullet that grazed Olhos' thick fur, but still hot enough to burn it ever so slightly.

Shuja fired another arrow. When it reached Rook, dark blue clouds exploded from its tip, obscuring Rook's vision. ”Olhos, fall back!” She yelled at him.

Olhos sprinted away from Rook and the two met behind a large boulder. ”What was that?” Olhos said. He poured the cold black mud on his fur.

”There's a marksman aiding him.” Shuja took out her arrow and raised it over the boulder with a shard of glass tied on its head. She looked through the reflection and saw flashes of light on top of the tower. ”It looks they're on the tower.”

”You think you can shoot them down?”