Chapter 12: "Just got used to it"
After the giant Night Wolf showed itself completely, magic spells were unleashed. Everyone engaged into battle.
The first to attack was Gayne. Even before the Night Wolf appeared, he was already building the magic circle in front of his hands. When it finished, a magic circle with symbols and two octagrams, one inside the other, floated in the air, giving of an orange glow. Finally, fire ignited out of nothing in front of him.
"Fire Burst!" Gayne named the Elite-level fire spell.
In a split second, fire was blown towards the Night Wolf from Gayne's hands. However, the Night Wolf was prepared when it saw the orange magic circle the first time. It just leaped towards Gayne's left, trying to scratch him with its sharp claws. But Gayne was also quick, when the Night Wolf was still in mid-air, he jumped backwards.
Meanwhile, black needles also formed quickly from Xanus and flew towards the Night Wolf. Unfortunately, the black needles couldn't do much against the large wolf and only a few hit the wolf in the upper body.
After the Night Wolf failed to land an attack at Gayne, it quickly switched target. Glin just happened to be the closest. Gayne has successfully guessed its intention though, and he hurriedly launched another fire magic spell to interrupt the Night Wolf's offense.
Glin managed to take advantage of the interruption, and retreated. The Night Wolf was still strong and not injured so he knew he could not deal with it.
Gayne's fire spell was the most basic, a basic fire spell called "Fireball," obviously much weaker than the first one he released. If it was some rabbit or a small bird, it could have killed. But against the Night Wolf, it merely burned the furs on its neck. Gayne was only an average mage and couldn't really do much.
Meanwhile, the Night Wolf was not aware that Larvel was up on the tree. "Ice Crystal Arrows!"
The Night Wolf did not expect someone to release an Elite-level ice magic.
When the ice spell was finished, eight sharp icicles formed high above the Night Wolf. They fell down one after another towards the Night Wolf and three of it pierced on the black-furred black skin. It was caught by surprise. This time, it was injured a little.
The Night Wolf almost fell to the ground when it got hit.
The Night Wolf howled, blood flew out of the wounds. The wounds weren't really too deep or serious because the icicle arrows also were not really big otherwise, it would have ruptured the Night Wolf's flesh. But still, it was clear that it felt the pain and it was angry.
Gayne also took advantage of the time to draw another magic circle. He casted an Elite-level fire spell, the same spell he casted first against the Night Wolf. This time, it hit the Night Wolf on its ribs. But the black furs were just too thick that the fire magic couldn't have the best effect. Still, it far from useless as it burned a lot of the wolf's defensive black furs and scorched a bit of its skin.
The angry Night Wolf glared at Gayne with its ruby-red eyes, at the same time charging at him aggressively.
"Gayne, move away!" Xanus shouted. At the same time, he also casted a basic Darkness element spell—the Dark Needles—which is faster to use. Three half-meter long black needles flew towards the Night Wolf's neck, but only one barely scratched its skin while the other two missed completely when the Night Wolf swung its head.
Unfortunately, Gayne was not able to move away enough after his Fire Burst hit the Night Wolf. Although the Night Wolf was injured, it was still agile. With its increase in aggressiveness, it managed to land an attack on Gayne. Gayne was hit on his lower shoulder by the Night Wolf's claws.
It was lucky that Gayne reacted on the Night Wolf's action and tried to dodge, otherwise his chest would have been torn open. Due to the impact, he fell to the ground, his blood flowing down his left upper limb. His face was gloomy and instantly went tense due to pain, affecting his breathing.
Ron also came out and threw a Fire Burst, when he saw Gayne getting hit. But he wasn't able to pull the Night Wolf's anger. Everyone in the team went nervous. Their teammate was about to get killed by the wolf!
Gayne's face was filled with horror as he stared at the wolf's pointed fangs approaching his body. At this short moment, he actually failed to move a finger. The Night Wolf was about to bite his flesh.
But suddenly, a long blade shined in his sight and directly stabbed through the flesh between the wolf's cheekbone and jawbone very fast, as if a needle passing through thin cloth. When it pierced the thin flesh, the Night Wolf instantly went mad. It growled loudly and pulled its head. However, it didn't expect to suffer more when it forced its head to withdraw; the sharp blade just cut its way out of the thin flesh and came out between the upper teeth and the jawbone. After the brief moment, the Night Wolf ended up having longer and wider mouth opening. It was no gift for the carnivore but torture and humiliation; it cried in agony.
When Gayne saw it, he also found out it was Glin who saved him. He was pulled back to reality and hurriedly moved his ass, taking distance from the Night Wolf.
When the Night Wolf shook its head in agony, Glin was also pushed back several steps.
The Night Wolf glanced at Glin and the sword that injured it. Seeing its own blood on the blade, it was even angrier. But its anger seemed to lower the creature's intelligence. It directly charged towards Glin, desperately opening its mouth for a big bite.
However, Glin didn't step back. Rather, he also charged forward, his left arm in front of his chest, holding the sword and preparing for a back-hand slash. His moves were very precise using the sword style he learned since he was younger and further honed by eight months of practical learning.
Everyone saw his aggressive move. They were astounded. Glin just went head to head with the Night Wolf. But a Night Wolf was still a deadly demon beast, they wanted to close their eyes after seeing Glin's actions.
"Don't!" Xanus and his colleagues yelled at Glin.
The Night Wolf and Glin got closer to each other in a very short time. The Night Wolf had its mouth wide open, trying to catch Glin with it. However, when Glin was only less than two feet away, he swiftly dodged to the right, perfectly escaping the deadly bite. At the same time, he brandished his sword and made a long wound on the wolf's neck.
Red blood sprayed out. But Glin was not done yet. When the Night Wolf turned its head, he jumped high into the air and backflipped overhead the wolf, avoiding its possible attack. In the mid-air, just above the wolf's neck, he passed the sword's hilt to his left hand and held it backwards. As the gravity pulled him down, he stabbed the long sword through the Night Wolf's throat with sudden nimble swing of his left hand.
The sword pierced through the neck and precisely on the throat.
The Night Wolf was still crying in agony but soon ended with a choke, something was stuck on its throat. It didn't know it was its own blood rushing towards the mouth. At this moment, it went very mad, shaking its head and moving around without direction due to pain. Because of that, Glin was thrown away from his sword and landed at a few meters distance.
The others also took advantage of the situation and barraged the giant wolf with elite magic spells.
Not long after, the madness of the wolf slowly disappeared, it was finally weakened and dropped dead on the ground.
Knowing that the Night Wolf was already dead, Glin finally breathed in relief an approached it.
Meanwhile, the entire team of adventurers were still dumbfounded. Their heads were still replaying the previous short scene in their mind. They initially thought Glin would be dead. After all, he was against a fierce demon beast—a Night Wolf. But they've seen it in the end, a genuine demon beast hunter skill was possessed by him, dealing the quick fatal blows to the Night Wolf.
"It's dead," Glin said. At the same time, he pulled his sword which sharp blade has completely passed through the Night Wolf's throat.
Shortly, the rest came forward, momentarily speechless.
"Kid… you're mad!" Gayne suddenly exclaimed. He believed Glin was a lot better than him who almost spaced out in front of a big death threat.
"This… how can you be so calm in front of a deadly demon beast?" Timothy curiously asked. Everyone was still looking at Glin.
"Nothing, just got used to it," Glin simply said. The truth is: It's not that he always faced demon beasts as strong as the Night Wolf, it's because he had fought a lot of demon beasts that threatened his life. The hundreds of demon beasts that he killed inside eight months in the wilderness honed his skills and made it as it is today.
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