197 Wolf Den (1/2)
”We shouldn't be far away,” Christina whispered, watching the strange bracelet on her arm.
As they slowly approached their destination among the trees.
”!!!”
The group was surprised to see what was waiting for them. In this forested area, there was a strange rock formation hiding beneath the snow that looked a bit like a small complex. The snow-covered building seemed to have purplish rocks covered by the heavy snow and small light veins shining as it formed a small hill. Although it looked natural in its environment, one could tell this was an artificial building of intellectual beings.
Christina didn't expect such a structure in this foreign land. She had thought this wolf-shaped monster was a wild animal like how wolves have alphas in their packs. The existence of this structure made her wonder, however, whether this creature was an ordinary monster or another story behind this.
Nam peeked from behind the trees and noticed a cave entrance that looked like access to the building. Nam, not wanting to waste time, called the others to follow him.
”Nam, stop! Wait a minute!” Christina said. ”Do you have any plans?”
Nam answered with a blank expression, ”We go in, find Alpha Fenrir, and then kill.”
Christina was speechless, going to battle without a strategy was akin to suicide. ”Any other ideas?”
”Enter and search. What else are our options?”
”Nam, we need to consider this with caution. We still have three hours left. I think we should scout around the hill first before charging in.”
Even though there weren't many wargs near the entrance at the moment, it wouldn't hurt to be more careful. Thus, they cautiously circled around the hill from behind the rows of trees.
After searching the perimeter for about an hour, they discovered dozens of cave entrances around the hill where occasionally groups of wargs came in and out.
”We can confirm this is their den,” Chicken said.
”From the number of beasts entering and leaving, if we are not careful, hundreds of wargs can surround us within minutes,” said Maxine.
”Don't you worry about it. We only need to kill the old wolf are we not?” said Chicken with a smirk on his face
”You…! do you think it's easy?!”
Chicken and Maxine bumped heads as usual.
”Stop, Maxine,” said Christina.
”Chicken...” said Nam.
Both stopped as soon as both their leaders asked them to.
Nam recalled the battle with the Fenrir where most of his brothers died within a matter of minutes. ”That monster's main advantage is its speed. If we manage to injure its leg and slow it down, we may be able to defeat it somehow. Miss Christina, I'm sure with our abilities, we can deal a decisive blow as long as the others are keeping the wargs busy.”
Christina had witnessed Nam's power before, even though Christina was able to defeat the black zombies, she wasn't sure she could beat them alone like Nam. The head of this triad was the strongest fighter among them.
”Alright, Nam. We'll try. But if the situation is out of control, I hope we can immediately withdraw.”
”Sure...”
Before they went in, the group rested for a moment and prepared their equipment. The remaining weaponry they had, however, was limited. Two grenades, 3 machine guns, and a dozen cartridges. For melee weapons, they only had a dozen swords and machetes; the rest were forced to make sharp makeshift spears as weapons. Since Nam knew Christina's special power, Nam gave her two swords.
”Okay, we have about an hour left. A group of new wargs just came out of the hill. I believe this is the best time to strike.”
More than 30 fighters dashed as fast as they could and entered the cave entrance. All of them were peak-stage mortal realm fighters and had abundant experience in facing the onslaught of the undead but every step of the way down this passage was still heavy. They knew this wasn't going to be an easy fight.
As they entered, the inside of the cave looked like a passageway, and they continued for about 100 meters until they finally arrived at a large hall about half the size of a football field. Even though the room was dark and the odor of the beasts lingered, the ceiling of the room let in some light from the outside, providing little lighting. The room was also full of similar passageways.
”...”
”Watch your step and don't make a sound,” whispered Maxine.
The moment their eyes adjusted to the surrounding darkness, several wargs could be seen lying on the ground.
”Are they dead?” Chicken asked.