Chapter 69 - Damned Cupid (1/2)
A short while later...
'Finally, found one...'
After walking for three minutes straight, Jeremy only found one wolf, which seemed to be napping soundly in midday.
When the black-cloaked Jeremy spotted the sleeping wolf, he didn't stop his tracks at all as he continued treading towards the unaware wolf.
*Scrunch*
*Scrunch*
The closer he got to the wolf, the sounds from his footsteps seemed to be getting louder also...
Louder within the napping wolf's ears...
*Twitch*
*Twitch*
Suddenly, the wolf's two long ears twitched slightly as if detecting something...
With no further delay, the drowsy wolf jerked its head up swiftly, trying to find the sound's source.
Predictably, the alarming wolf spotted the incoming tall black being...
”Grurr!!”
It then growled towards the black being threateningly, but obviously to no avail as the being was still treading towards it.
With no other choice, for there was no word such as 'escape' within its head at all. The angry wolf dashed in the direction of Jeremy as fast as it could.
”Wolf!!”
After reaching an optimum distance for pouncing, the wolf did it without any hesitation...
However...
Jeremy, who had already been anticipating such a same old method from the wolf, thrust his sharp spear blade forward while doing a left sidestep to avoid the wolf's momentum.
Regarding the wolf in mid-air, when it suddenly saw such a long and sharp object coming at it with such a speed, it could only change its posture slightly, trying to avoid the deadly attack.
But that was futile...
In the first place, Jeremy only aimed at the side of its body, attempting not to thrust at the vital area. However, the pathetic wolf's sudden change in posture, instead of helping it survive, only made it for the worst.
That's also when the wolf's entire life's memories came into its mind at light speed...
The life from when it suddenly woke up seventeen hours ago in this snowy forest with an invisible barrier preventing it from going out.
The life of which it had no memory prior to waking up at all, as the only 'program' within its head was to kill anyone who came close to it.
The life of which it had to listen to the commands from the unfamiliar beta wolves from the unfamiliar pack with no disobedience allowed.
Everything since seventeen hours ago flashed past its mind within a split second...
*Puchi*
The spear blade pierced through its neck mercilessly...
”Arff...”
With its last word coming out naturally of its long, agape mouth, the pitiful wolf whose real purpose of life remained unclear finally died...
The moment it came to life was when Jeremy entered this place...
The moment it lost its life was when Jeremy entered its territory...
The miserable wolf's short life of seventeen hours ended here...
Meanwhile, the wolf's killer, Jeremy, didn't even feel a thing from ending the piteous wolf's life, whereas he felt surprised instead,
”What? Hmm...”
...
[You have received 5,000 SP for activating the hidden piece]
[You, the Ladias wolves' slaughterer, has finally triggered the wrath of the great Ladias tribe's leader]
[Thus, he decides to send his close aide to take revenge instead of his busy own self]
[You have 10 minutes to find the exit before the revenger comes to claim your life]
[Good luck]
...
After seeing the notifications claiming about the revenge thingy, Jeremy went speechless for a whole ten seconds...
'It appears that this trial also has a hidden mission. Then the hard-difficulty trial should also be the same.'
'Fight or flee?'
'Fight or flee?'
Well, the answer was clear as day, Jeremy was never going to leave such a future great reward...
'Considering that the tribe leader should be that halfling, so his close aide should be weaker than him. For that is common sense...'