Chapter 4
After defeating the three wolves, Kin, Ryu, Nuar, Gon, and Smok collapsed from exhaustion. Ai and her team approached them. "Are you guys okay? Why are there only five of you? And what about the other soldiers?"
After catching his breath, Ryu answered, "Report Captain Ai, in this area there are 12 soldiers, 4 injured and 8 seriously injured. The ones in critical condition are hiding behind that rock." Ryu pointed to a big rock that hid all the injured soldiers.
He then points to the mouth of the cave where Captain Milovat and his teams go: " And Captain Milovat and four other soldiers have entered the deeper part of the cave through there."
Ai nodded a little then assessed the condition of Kin, Ryu, Nuar, Gon, Smok, and the soldiers hiding behind the rocks. She raised her voice so all the soldiers could hear her voice. "You all have gone through hell. And It seems better for you all to rest and heal yourself. I will continue to find the source behind all of this attack and search for Captain Milovat. We split into two groups. One group evacuated the soldiers and the other group joined me."
After thinking for a moment, Captain Ai finally began to give instructions. "Ryu, you will lead these soldiers out of the cave. Bring my team members to help you in the evacuation process. After successfully leaving the cave, immediately go to the city and report to Major Galv. Clark, you join me to find Captain Milovat and his team."
Ryu and Clark answered at the same time. "Yes, Captain." Ryu began to coordinate the soldiers to evacuate from this cave. Clark gave Ryu food, drink, and medicine he brought.
Amidst the commotion, Kin stood apart, deep in thought. Finally, he approached Captain Ai. "Ca... Captain Ai," he stammered but hesitated.
Ai noticed his apprehension and prompted him. "What is it?"
Gathering his courage, Kin spoke louder, "Let me come with you. I'm not injured, and I can help carry medicine or assist in any way. Please, let me join you."
Seeing the determination in Kin's eyes and noting his minor bruises, Ai agreed. "Okay, but your focus will be distributing medicine and staying safe."
And Kin answered back with a nod. After that Captain Ai shouted at all soldiers including Kin. "Clark and Kin, let's go. Ryu please keep the soldiers safe." She shouted to raise the morale of all of the soldiers for the last time before they split. After that Captain Ai, Clark, and Kin went straight to the mouth of the cave where Captain Milovat had gone before.
While they were exploring the cave. Without Captain Ai and Clark realizing, Kin's face began to look panicked. This happens because he suddenly sees a notification pop out in front of him.
[Currently, 50 soldiers are alive with 19 seriously injured, 24 injured and 7 in good condition]
Kin started counting all the soldiers he met and compared them with the notifications. Captain Milovat's and the team's current condition seems to be 2 healthy, 2 injured, and 1 seriously injured. We need to hurry.
For ten tense minutes, they traversed the cave without encountering any more wolves, a fact that worried Ai. "Isn't it strange we haven't seen any more wolves?" she asked her companions.
Clark nodded in agreement, while Kin, still puzzled, whispered, "Why is that odd?"
Clark was about to answer when Ai explained, "There are two possibilities: either Captain Milovat has defeated them all, or... they're facing something much worse."
Her words hung in the air, heightening their apprehension. Suddenly, the cave widened into a grand hallway, its floor smoothed by ancient hands, torches flickering along its walls. They saw a distant door, embellished with intricate wolf carvings, and quickened their pace towards it.
Approaching the door, then someone was heard speaking in a very hoarse voice as if he had never drunk anything in his life. "You are quite agile for a human, I enjoyed this game."
Finally Kin, Captain Ai, and Clark could see the door at the end of the hall. The door leaf is a door made of stone with carvings in the shape of a wolf standing on a throne chair. Under his throne chair, there were hundreds, maybe thousands of wolves kneeling towards the throne chair. Behind the throne chair is a full moon. You can see blood flowing from the moon fall towards the wolves. This wolf wears a crown and holds a spear. The door was getting closer and Kin, Captain Ai, and Clark slowed down and stopped to catch their breath.
They were getting ready to enter the door. The sound of throwing things was getting louder, and they could hear the sound of someone breathing coming from behind the door. Ai and Clark pushed open the door 4 meters high and 2 meters wide. Kin entered and saw a hall that was wider than the hallway they passed before. In several places in the hall, there are stone pillars that support the ceiling of the hall. Along the walls and floor, there were spear-like objects 1 meter long.
Kin looking more closely, it turned out that to the right of the stone door that had just been opened, a soldier was hanging with his shoulder pierced by a spear. In front of the soldier stood another soldier holding a sword and shield, almost all of his hands had scars or bruises. A few meters in front of them, he saw a soldier whose body was shaking with fear while sitting leaning against a stone pillar. He was trying to cover his body and the large shield he was carrying behind the stone pillar.
About 50 meters in front of the soldier who was standing in fear 2 men were taking cover behind a stone pillar. One of the men was carrying a crossbow on a pillar close to the wall of the hall and another was holding a sword and shield with a bronze dollar name above his head written Milvat standing on a pillar in the middle of the passage. They were seen struggling and tried to go towards the end of the hall. At the end of the hall, there was a throne made from stone. Then Kin began to notice there was a figure sitting on the throne which was around 200 meters away from him. It caused Kin's breath to become irregular due to fear.
The figure was a wolf but stood on two legs and was very tall, about 3.5 meters tall. The wolf has gray hair on its front. Meanwhile, its back is pitch black with visible bone sticking out from several parts of its body. The wolf sitting on the throne had bigger hands and feet compared to the wolf they had fought before. Its hands were very large and had long claws, and the back of its hands also had a claw too but longer. The wolf's eyes were completely white which made every creature that saw it tremble in fear including Kin. On top of his head, there is a crown made of bones. An aura of darkness and death radiated from it. There is something written above its head with a silver color that means it's a super rare monster. And its name is 'Varulv the dark werewolf'.
Varulv saw the presence of Kin, Captain Ai, and Clark. It continued to watch them silently and smiled happily. "Welcome humans to my hall, it seems that many humans are looking for me and my servant today."
While Varulv was talking to Kin, Captain Ai, and Clark, an arrow flew towards its head. The arrow was easily blocked by its claw coming out from the back of his hand. Captains Ai and Clark, who understood the current conditions, immediately ran and hid behind one of the pillars. Frightened Kin ran behind the door. Milovat took advantage of the gap to run to find a pillar closer to Varulv.
Varulv who felt disturbed talked to Milovat. "Hey my old toy, why are you bothering me when I'm saying hello to my new toy." Its hand swung fast and its claws flew towards Kin and the soldiers. They managed to take cover from the claws. Varulv saw that none of his nails hurt anyone, especially those who had just entered his hall.
Captain Milovat shouted towards Captain Ai and Clark. "Be careful, you guys! This monster attacks by throwing its claws like throwing spears. If you're not careful, you could end up like my soldier near that door. Be extra cautious of its claws because it flies so fast and when it hits it'll be stuck and difficult to remove."
While Captain Milovat was explaining, Varulv's hands moved again and his claws flew towards Captain Milovat. "Shut up you old toy. I was trying out my new toys and seeing if they were as interesting as you and your friends with arrows."
"We are not your toys." Captain Ai shouted and ran towards the soldier hiding behind the pillar. She tried to talk to the soldier but he didn't respond. Frustration can be seen in Captain Ai's facial expression.
Varulv grinned, showing his sharp teeth."That toy in front of you was also so brave at first. But now it's like that after seeing his friend become my new display. I shouldn't have immediately made a human display out of your friend. I thought my remaining toys would be furious and make this game more fun. But look at the condition right now, I can only play with 2 toys. Oh, plus 1 toy trying to protect my display."
Ai then tried to calm the scared soldiers. "Hey, be aware. We need your help. Aren't you a soldier of Danem City? Hey!" The frightened soldier did not flinch.
"I told you that toy was broken. Now you are my new toy, come play with me." Varulv immediately swung its hands and its claw flew again. Its claws moved so fast that Captain Ai and Clark, who had just felt its speed for the first time, couldn't find the time to move. They stuck covering behind pillars and then they looked at Captain Milovat and he gave a sign to not move.
Captain Milovat then gave information using hand signals. The signal said 'It would be several minutes before Varulv stopped attacking. At that time we can only attack him.' After several minutes passed, Varulv finally stopped attacking. On Captain Milovat's signal, Captain Ai and a soldier named Arco who was hiding behind a pillar near Captain Milovat fired several arrows. Varulv managed to deflect Arco's arrow but Captain Ai's arrow which she fired at the same time as Arco fired his arrow managed to hit Varulv's shoulder. At that time Milovat and Clark moved forward and moved to another pillar. From behind the door, Kin tried to pay attention to their movements.
This incident repeated several times until it became a pattern. Varulv threw its claws and Captain Ai and the soldiers took cover behind any pillars. When the attack stopped, then Captain Ai and Arco fired some arrows and simultaneously Milovat and Clark began to approach Varulv. Kin saw this pattern and started to feel strange because it felt too easy. Then he took out a 'fire bomb' scroll from his pocket and began to question the function of this scroll's existence in this quest. Then he calmed down and began to study the patterns that were happening.
After a while, Kin started to calm down and got ready to go inside the hall. I will go to help release the soldier who was stuck hanging on the door. Then I will evacuate the frightened soldiers. That way all the soldiers will be safe and I can change jobs.
A few moments later Kin started to move. "I will help to save him." Then the soldier who was protecting his friend answered. "I will protect you from that damn werewolf attack."
Kin turned his back on the fight taking place inside this hall and focused on releasing the soldier. The nails that were stuck through the soldier felt like they were moving due to Kin's power. As time went on, the nails became looser and finally, the soldier could be released. A few seconds after succeeded in releasing the soldier, Varulv's claw flew and stuck where the soldier had previously been hanging. Kin spun around, heart racing, to find the soldier who promised protection now lay unconscious, his arm severed. Pushing back a swell of panic Kin immediately carried two unconscious soldiers out of the hall. After successfully escaping the hall with two injured soldiers, Kin lay them down and put the medicine he had into the mouths of the two soldiers. Their bleeding began to stop and their facial expressions became better.
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