Chapter 29 - The Trap (2/2)
”Did you get any visuals?”
”Yeah, just now.” On the other side the scout captain's comms lit up and out popped a small blue screen displaying dark fuzzy pictures. ”It looks like, a dismantled wolf on, legs?” The scout captain could barely make out the red fur of the wolf's head and the bright red hair of the unknown entity.
”What? A wolf on two feet? Clarify.”
”Ah, uh. How should I put it… Imagine a human and they're very bloody, covered in blood in fact, and theres slips of skin hanging off from it's limbs that dangle and swing with every move. Blazing red hair that flows with the wind. The head looks like a wolf's but I'm not sure, could be a previous trophy for it…” The scout leader squinted his eyes and stared at the blue screen as it slowly played the pictures taken by his scouts. ”…and not much else.” Zai's head was funneling the information and he was trying to narrow it down and figure out what 'it' was. Reaching his processing limit Zai closed his eyes tightly and sighed.
”Thanks for the hard work so far. Keep me updated.”
”Yes sir!” Zai shut off his communicator and focused on the current wolves below him. Blair had managed to gather nearly all sixty wolves in the center of the clearing, save for the few she killed. The pieces were almost all in place on this board. The same couldn't be said for the board across the forest where the Wolf Lord was though.
Zai Held up his right arm and opened and closed his fist twice. Pausing for a moment and them opening them another two times. Seeing this Blair smirked.
”I was getting bored defending all the time!” In that moment Blair took out a small capsule, no bigger than her finger, and threw it on the floor. A thick, white smokescreen covering her. Blair opened a small latch in the ground and hopped in with most of the soldiers on standby. Without saying anything Blair tapped the top twice. The soldiers nodded in unison.
The Blood Wolves were frantic. All at once the dark clearing had a bit of light from the powdered smokescreen. The wolves closest to Blair had taken the full blow and were writhing on the ground, their eyes pure white while blood trickled out of their ears and nose. Zai lowered his hand and multiple *thwangs* sounded before an ominous rumbled filled the night silence.
From the trees thick logs were released from the tops and collided with the dirt mounds below them, rolling at a frightening speed towards the Blood Wolves. Zai shouted into his left comms.
”Lights now!” The blinding lights used on the younger wolves instantly blazed to life, blinding the wolves. There was panic in the wolves.
Below ground Blair heard Zai's command through the comms and pointed upwards. All at once the soldiers underground let our an ear piercing war cry. Other soldiers burst out from the ground and began to kill the Wolves, unlike with the young ones their aim this time was not to scare but to kill. As some came up they left a hole with spikes littered at the bottom. It was both a spike pit and a hiding hole. Amongst all this chaos the tree logs tumbling down also crashed into wolves, either killing or injuring them.
It was a blood bath. Zai observed from the tree tops as Blair brought out her weapon and began her assault on the Wolves, in her bloody rage and stress-relief he though that a bloody Blair was more comforting than one who was trying to strategize. Although hopeless some didn't panic but instead fought back. Definitely better than the young wolves from before.
The Blood Wolf who looked to be the strongest was facing of against Blair. Dodging and attacking, almost like a fierce dance, Blair weaved closer and closer towards the wolf's stomach. Once she had gotten directly beneath it she collected her slyphir, reinforcing her fist. With one punch Blair blew a huge hole through it. A shower of rain fell back onto the other soldiers. The huge wolf toppled to the side, it's blood flowing and mixing with that of it's companions. She went onto killing the other, weaker wolves.
The fighting continued when Zai saw a small group of three wolves slip out and were running towards the pack leader. Zai knocked the side of the tree he was on three times and a barrage of slyphir pierced the runaway wolves. Nothing would escape him. With the conduits set aside for picking off any stragglers there was nowhere the wolves could run to. Zai's plan was coming to a close as the last few of the Blood Wolves died. Although he turned off his right comms to focus on the battle an urgent call would bypassed the call restrictions.
”L-lieutenant!” It was the scout leader.