Finding You, Again
Again 18 - Fairway Rock

Waves came and went to hit the Duke's black hairy legs. Lui who was on her back was staring towards the front.

The determination to make his plan work, made Lui's face look fierce.

"I know your job is very important Bee, but don't push yourself too much. The wound on your shoulder hasn't healed properly" 

"I'll be fine Pace. It might sound a little strange, but I've never felt this confident in my entire life"

"Did besides giving you some of his powers, Sorrel also bequeath his strange nature?" Roan.

"That's a very wild accusation, and I hope it doesn't really happen" 

The duke shuddered at the thought of Lui being as weird as Sorrel.

They momentarily forgot the sorrow waiting on the ground and smiled together.

Roan is much better. Neither his shoulders nor his feelings.

He still spent several hours beside his father's body, when he heard Duke was about to lead the assault on Fairway Rock. Without a doubt he prepared himself. But especially for Roan, he would not carry anyone on his back. His shoulder has not healed one hundred percent.

Lui will be with the Duke when crossing.

Afterwards, quite unwillingly, the Duke had Lui ride on Farjad's back. And in fact Farjad was also very eager to refuse the task.

The reluctance was not because he disliked Lui, but rather because he was well aware, his life would be in danger, if something befell Lui later. He had to fight twice as hard for his life to be saved. Not only avoiding enemies, Farjad also had to avoid Duke's anger.

"We're ready!!"

Faust came to lead an army of Hunters, Dihyans and Pyre who led the imperfects not far from him.

The vampires, who are now only about ten, have lined up completely using their anti-solar costumes. They are led by Oulam, who has not recovered.

But he forced himself to come along, and the Duke passed his request without thinking. He will do the same if he is in his position. Oulam needs to do something to release Hazel.

Alva and his coven members did not participate in the attack. He found it more useful to help dr. Sidra is taking care of the injured. Dr. Sidra is certainly very busy with the number of casualties.

And the Duke did not mind it, the fire of Alva was quite useful, but Pyre would be more than enough to help them later.

"Bee, whenever you're ready" Duke said. After seeing that all the members of the troops he was waiting for had come.

Without wasting any time, Lui made a binding magic circle.

Seeing the blue circle, all warriors both from Blackmoon and other packs followed him transformed, then lowered their legs slightly, to make it easier for anyone who would ride them later.

They had all agreed to bring the imperfects and hunters across. Although some objected. Especially the werewolves of Shavarana.

They lost Alpha and Zhena simultaneously.

It made them lose their direction. But Duke's Alpha aura finally made them submit. Duke might not be able to command them with Alpha tones since they were not Blackmon warriors, but he could still kill them easily.

And as usual, Rigel of Celaine was also a little rebellious. But after weighing up he lost nearly two-thirds of his warriors, Rigel finally agreed. He also wants revenge.

He agrees that his warrior carries passengers while crossing, but Rigel himself refuses to take anyone.

It sucks, but Duke doesn't want to prolong the problem. After all the remaining Hunter and Imperfect numbers were no more than the werewolves.

The werewolf from Moonrise that only three people had left did not mind Duke's request. For Badira, the Duke actually wanted to ask Aygul for permission, but unfortunately it was impossible.

Aygul and Arana are seriously injured. The two of them have not been conscious since yesterday.

But it was fortunate that Akhtar agreed to Duke's plan. Although he could not follow this attack because he lost one of his eyes. His left face, heavily damaged, and his wound had not recovered.

This is a great loss for the Duke. The three of them are incredible fighters. He saw it yesterday. Aygul and Badira pack abilities are above average.

Levana represented by Kamaria, also passed the Duke's request easily. He lost Shashi, obviously Kamaria wanted to be part of the attack.

As soon as the werewolves changed, with Faust's example already rising to Farjad's back, his army and the imperfect followed him obediently.

At first they looked a little awkward, but then quietly held back. All this is done for something bigger. A little discomfort should be tolerable.

While Lui was concentrating, Duke opened up the Alpha mindlink very carefully, in order for only Farjad to be connected to her.

At the time with Roan, he did not need to do it, because Roan was already connected to his head, but later Lui would not be able to communicate with Farjad, if he did not open a mindlink with him.

"Farjad!"

"Y.ess!'" Farjad was immediately nervous to hear Duke's voice in his head.

"I opened the mindlink so that Zhena could communicate with you, got it?"

"I understand, Alpha."  Farjad was both honored and scared.

He knew not all werewolves could have a chance at being in Alpha's head personally, but he had to be always on guard, so as not to think of anything strange.

"Lock!!"

Lui is finally done. The dim blue light had already encompassed the Duke's black body.

"Hi, Farjad!" Lui greeted him cheerfully. He heard them when they spoke. But he had to concentrate, so he said hello after he finished.

"Discount?" Farjad was actually a little doubtful if Alpha and Zhena could connect through the mindlink even though Zhena remained human.

But his doubts were instantly wiped out hearing Lui's greeting.

"We have to leave soon Bee" 

The duke prevented Lui from chatting for longer. Their time is very narrow, because they have to chase the sun. They had to get to Fairway Rock before dusk.

"Good!"

Lui brandished her wand forward, and concentrated.

He would expend all his magic power to freeze the sea water as deep as possible, so that the ice was not easily swept away by the waves.

But unlike on the beach yesterday, this time Lui felt lighter. And at once Lui remembered the words of Dihyan. Blue flowers have an effect on their power.

With just a single swing of the stick and concentration, Lui saw the ice road quickly forming before her, according to what was expected. The road has a width of about five meters, long stretches splitting the sea water.

Lui did not instantly form it for thirty kilos, he would add it as they ran later, to reduce the risk of the road being destroyed halfway.

"How!!" 

The duke gave a cue, and he was the first to step on Lui's artificial ice. The ice was perfect, because intentionally, Lui made the surface rough, so that they would not slip easily.

The duke ran away freely, like an arrow, darting away from the others.

" You're amazing Bee!! Did I ever say you're so pretty when you're doing magic? And now I don't have any other compliments, but you've done a very perfect job" 

Lui blushed, "Pace, don't tease me. I have to concentrate or we'll all fall into the sea"

But Lui did not hide her joy at hearing the compliment.

"Just want to remind" Roan suddenly interjected.

"There's Farjad listening to you. I may be used to it, but don't you feel sorry for him?"

"Sorry!" 

Lui instantly concentrated on her staff while enduring the embarrassment, but Duke did not care, he instead laughed feeling Farjad trying his hardest to block his thoughts.

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With the average speed of a werewolf, a distance of thirty kilos could be reached in less than ten minutes.

But the short duration of that trip didn't make it easy, especially for Lui.

After a good start, Lui's job became even more difficult.

As the depth of the sea increases, it means increasing the amount of water that must be frozen by Lui so that the road survives the onslaught of the waves.

This job is draining. Moreover, he also had to make sure all the troupe had passed by, before he could let his ice get swept away by the waves. Concentrating on the front and back really tests its fortitude.

But clearly, without the help of Sorrel flowers, Lui would not be able to take them until Fairway Rock.

His work was almost done, he could already see the rocky island with his usual eyes. With a long breath for the latter, Lui exerted her magic power freezing the water up to the shoreline.

The duke stopped his run on the sand and turned to wait for another werewolf. He left them a long distance away.

"You're a great Bee. Rest after this. You must be tired"

Lui shook her head with her eyes still concentrating on the ice she was making. He's not calm if they're all not there yet. "I want to help you later!"

"I don't want you to get sick from pushing yourself too hard" Duke said.

"I'm tired, but still capable enough to summon the freezing fog a few more times" he argued.

Crispin and the Serbian Stray may not be affected by Lui's magic, but the rest of Crispin's army is still. Lui couldn't possibly just shut up knowing that.

"Bee, you've helped us enough"

But Lui ignored Duke's words, coming down from his back, walking closer to Farjad who had just arrived. He did all that, without breaking the binding magic on Duke. Lui's abilities had already grown considerably.

And for this time, Lui completely ignored the Duke's orders.

After greeting Farjad with a wave of his hand, alternating with Faust, Lui climbed onto Farjad's back.

Duke sighed feeling Lui's annoyance. His determined nature was rarely seen, but Duke knew that, if it was like that, it would be very difficult to bend Lui's intentions.

"Ck. I never imagined you guys could fight" Roan sounded astonished.

"We're not fighting!" 

Duke will not try to persuade Lui again, as Farjad is becoming increasingly giddy with the tension between the two of them.

Alpha Duke may not have said anything, but it was clear the quarrel was triggered by fears for Zhena's fate. His job is getting heavier.

Duke jumped on top of the coral and raised his nose into the air. The scent of dead fish greeted him from the west. As Dihyan reported, they were all in a cave.

After seeing the drone photos showing no life at Fairway Rock, Duke enlists Dihyan's help to lurk with his teleportation magic there.

And it turned out that Faust's estimation was correct, they were all sheltering from the sun in the cave located to the west.

Looking at the gray sky, it was difficult for the Duke to estimate when they came out. But he predicted it won't be long.

The duke beckoned for the troops to move westward.

The rocky terrain was difficult enough for those with two legs besides the vampire, but Hunter and imperfect apparently survived without complaining.

Some of them had been left behind because the situation was not a hundred percent healthy. But even with a sharp breath they managed to catch up with the inhumane.

Only Pyre and Dihyan were not affected by it all, they lightly appeared everywhere they were going. As now they preceded the Duke arriving around the mouth of the cave.

The cave turned out to be larger than the one the Duke had expected. Half of the mouth of the cave was covered in seawater that was starting to rise. But Duke didn't plan to enter, so it wasn't a problem. He would wait for them to come out and ambush him.

And they were lucky, because it only took about fifteen minutes of waiting, the sun was slowly sinking. Oulam and his troops almost simultaneously opened the mask they were wearing, and again vigilantly looked towards the cave door.

Duke opened the mindlink to the entire Blackmoon pack members to make them get the same view as his eyes. They should be on standby.

But a few minutes passed. The duke did not catch any movement from the cave door. His instincts immediately said that something was wrong.

And suddenly he felt a jolt accompanied by the cry of Dihyan.

"After!!!"

While cursing, the Duke looked back.

There formed a transportation magic circle like Dihyan's, but it was red in color. The Duke ran towards the rear row right then and there, considering Lui was in the rear row.

"Farjad, get away from that circle!!!" The Duke exclaimed in panic.

But Lui has her own plan.

Upon seeing the circle, Lui raised her staff, and how surprised Lui was as the seawater moved following the swing of her cane.

He had only intended to summon the fog to freeze, but the action had managed to exceed what was expected.

The enemy that had just emerged from within the circle, froze together with the seawater called Lui.

The water froze some of them.

The Inhumane who emerged from the circle after the water incident, regardless of their frozen companions, charged forward.

Luckily, Farjad obeyed Duke's orders, until Lui and himself left the center of the war safely.

Dihyan and Duke were the first to confront them. Mercilessly the two of them lunged, Duke with fingernails and fangs, Dihyan with his white sword.

"What kind of magician can teleport on such a creature?"

Dihyan nagged in annoyance. The duke only snorted hearing it, as he also did not understand.

They were annoyed that there were still witches left on the enemy side. They estimate all the witches were dead from Sorrel's attack.

Dihyan was even more annoyed, seeing that the enemy's magician could easily move troops from the cave to the shore.

The distance wasn't too far away, but human and imperfect witches shouldn't have abilities like Elves that could take others with them when teleporting. They can usually only carry themselves, like Alva and his covent.

They only made 3 magic circles, but it took two magicians to form one.

The teleportation magic they had seen just now, seemed to ridicule Dihyan's abilities as well as the entire white witch ranks.

But Dihyan was slightly comforted, upon seeing the progress of the battle.

The Alliance forces, which had been hit by the shock of the attack from behind, recovered quickly. The Imperfect Appoline once again displayed its prowess, their martial movements were highly trained and pliable, crashing and piercing the enemy without hesitation,

Faust along with one of the Hunters, bravely confronted the Serbian Stray, after his shot had partially destroyed the werewolf's ears, their swords swinging while occasionally dodging the sharp hooves of enemy attacks.

The lazy-looking Pyre moved, casually burning anyone who approached towards him. His blue-lit hands proved to be extremely dangerous. The enemy troops quickly learned not to approach him.

Crispin's remaining troops were mostly vampires, while the only remaining werewolves came from the Serbian Stray which numbered around twenty.

Duke would not be surprised if another werewolf Stray chose to run away yesterday. Egon's death must have scared them.

They wouldn't believe Crispin without Egon.

After about ten minutes of relentless pouncing and tearing at his opponent's body. The Duke began to feel that victory was on their side. The werewolves and vampires that attacked him were getting fewer and fewer.

It was still augmented by Lui and her new powers. With confidence, Lui continued to draw in a lot of seawater and froze it. And the target never misses. Lui just froze the enemy forces.

Its new ability calls and freezes water, giving it a different effect.

If using the mist Lui freezes the entire body with a short binding effect. With the water clot, Lui could only freeze the body part that was exposed to water, but the effect was much longer because they had to break the ice very hard to escape.

And Lui prefers it, because water is easier to control than shapeless fog.

"You have a very unique witch!!"

A cold voice that had not been heard for a long time by the Duke, blurted.

Followed by the black prowess that shot towards Farjad and Lui.

"Farjad dodge!!" 

The duke shouted at him with all his might, looking at Farjad and Lui who were standing by the boulder

Farjad jumped at a very precise moment.

KRAKKKK!!!

A split second later, the blond-haired vampire lunged at the boulder, breaking it apart.

Crispin planned to snatch Lui, but he was only able to catch the wind.

The duke darted, then stood silently in front of Farjad and Lui, who were now very pale-faced.

Lui never imagined.he would be the figure that Crispin would specifically target. The increase in his magic power, made his existence very prominent.

This was the first time Lui had seen Cripin at close range. He was even paler than Oulam, and obviously would not be able to disguise himself as a human with that face.

Lui could see the blood vessels running through her face were blackish in color. His eyes were pure red, as if confirming he was a bloodthirsty creature.

"He looks a lot worse than I remember" 

Duke agrees with Lui's opinion, Crispin looks terrible. Drinking the blood of an Elf did not make him more handsome.

"And I thought your chosen wife was human. Egon's information is unbelievable"

Crispin brushed aside the stone crumbs from his pants, then stood facing the Duke.

"Rubborn lice are disgusting!! Don't you dare approach him!" Duke swearing loudly.

"Pace, he won't be able to hear your swearing. Take a breath, and calm down. You said fighting with hot heads won't work" 

Lui warned from inside her head.

Lui was actually very scared, but she didn't show it. He's been through a terrible war yesterday, a cruel and creepy blonde vampire won't make him wobbly.

The Duke said, he calmed down. The enemy he faced was more dangerous than Egon. He cannot lose self-control.

Dihyan appeared with his magic next to the Duke, while tightly grasping his sword. He also realized Crispin was not a trivial opponent.

"I don't know if I should be honored or sad to see an Elf in such an unexpected place. Did you restore the spell generator yesterday?"

"No!" dihyan replied, politely.

"I suspect so too. You couldn't be here if you did. Whoever did it must be dead" Crispin said in a scornful tone.

He knew full well, what price an Elf would have to pay in order to stop the magic.

Dihyan's face remained calm, but his handbooks paled as he tightened his sword grip.

And all could not have expected, if Lui would have responded to Crispin's words, fiery.

His fearful face was no longer visible. Lui is furious, as Crispin mocks Sorrel's sacrifice.

Duke and Dihyan turned their heads in surprise.

Especially Duke, Lui had previously disliked the conflict, this was the umpteenth time she had seen Lui fight back, especially after the Kamaria incident.

Maybe being imperfect changes a little bit of his nature. And the Duke was even more fascinated to see it.

"Oh.. Yeah Go Girl!!!" Roan exclaimed in satisfaction of cheering Lui on. "Don't forget to slip a few swear words later"

Lui tries hard not to smile at Rona's words, as Crispin begins to look at her with interest.

"You're braver than you look, Ice Princess. I'll make sure you come with me later"

Confidently Crispin smiled seductively at Lui.

"In your dream a depraved vampire" Lui shuddered.

And the Duke couldn't hold himself back anymore, with all the nails out Duke lunging at Crispin. Of course Cripin dodged. His movements were smoother than all the vampires Duke had fought to this day.

He easily dodged the next attack. But Crispin flinched, as suddenly the prowess of the white sword blocked him. Dihyan attacked him without caring the objections of the Duke.

"This is not the time for knights. The creature had spilled the Elf's blood with a disgusting purpose. I won't let him off the hook this time" Dihyan said, as he stood up, preparing to attack again.

"This is for my brother\, vampire k*p*r*t!!" this time Faust preceded Dihyan.

After his shot missed, he swung both of his swords aiming for Crispin's neck.

But learning from Dihyan's surprise attack, Crispin becomes better prepared. He fended off, then grabbed Faust's hand, and threw it deep into the sea.

Upon seeing the body of the faust hovering helplessly, the Duke realized one thing.

Crsipin's army is over!!! Only he remains.

The members of the Alliance forces who still felt they could fight, started to move to encircle Crispin.

After Faust failed, it was Oulam's turn to lung with his sharp fingernails. But he is not a balanced opponent for him. Crispin easily catapulted him like Faust.

But everyone who was there, had already felt how the horror spread by Crispin. Now with pleasure, they cooperate to attack him.

The duke who could no longer prevent, finally joined in.

Some of his attacks managed to injure Crispin, the Duke could feel his nails scratching his body.

Seeing the opportunity when Crispin was busy dodging Oulam's claws, Duke managed to bite his shoulder and throw it towards Dihyan who was ready to welcome him with a sword.

Crispin dodged with a hair-thin distance. Dihyan's sword managed to scratch a long wound that ran from the cheek all the way to the chest.

Sensing himself being cornered, Crispin jumped onto a higher cliff. His hand swung in the air and conjured up space magic, just like the one Dihyan used to summon his staff.

"He can learn magic? How's it possible?" Dihyan exclaimed in disbelief.

Magic requires a relationship with nature and the life that exists within it.

Vampires are creatures of death that should not exist. Dihyan could not think of a way on how Crispin could obtain that ability.

In front of him, Crispin easily opened up space magic. Dihyan finally realized, if Crispin was the one who made the teleportation magic earlier. His magic ability was close to the Elf ability.

The thing that Crispin pulled out was not a stick, his right hand was now holding an object that looked like -----a glass jar?

With a squeeze of his hand, the jar broke and revealed an object that looked disgusting in Duke's eyes. It was reddish-black, like a dried organ.

"What is that thing?"  

But his head remained silent, no one knew what Crispin would do with the strange object.

It gave off an Elf scent, but then, Duke smelled a strong werewolf scent.

The most recent fragrance was smelled by his nose, making his eyes turn red with anger. Duke smelled the sweet scent of maple with a hint of vanilla that was very familiar.

The object in Crispin's hand contained Alpha Owen's heart, which had been forcibly removed from his body.

"Your father's heart?" peekik Lui's. He could not hold his mouth, was very surprised to hear the Duke's conclusion, and felt his anger flaring up.

The Duke did not answer him, because his head was beginning to be held in grudge.

"He's going to do unification magic!" dihyan said, with disdain.

Hearing Lui's exclamation, Dihyan immediately knew what Crispin was doing.

In the next instant, Crispin undressed, and formed a new magic circle. He then attached the heart to the chest where his own heart was.

All who were there looked in horror at how the heart was growing blood vessels, and began to cling to Crispin's body like an eight-legged octopus.

With a wide smile that looked crazy, Crispin raised his hand, and immediately his body changed.

Her wavy blonde hair was sticking out in all directions, and turned black. His pale face began to extend into the muzzle of a black-feathered wolf.

His hands and feet also began to change shape, growing claws like werewolves, but as if his transformation stopped halfway through, Crispin was still standing on two legs after the change was complete.

Black fur is also not evenly covered the body, on the chest, Crispin pale skin still looks smooth.

He looks like a half-haired werewolf.

"A very cruel magic!!" Dihyan spat with disgust.

"What happened to her?" Faust asked with widened eyes.

"He took the heart of each inhumane being, including the Elves, fused it together, then melted it with his own heart. That way he can get all the advantages of the inhumane" Dihyan explained.

"Duke, relax!"

Lui tried to appease the Duke, as the flames of vengeance spread rapidly through her feelings, upon hearing Dihyan's explanation.

Abel wrongly predicted Crispin's cruelty, he only thought the loss of Owen's heart because it was eaten, even though it had been kept for a more disgusting purpose.

The Duke was eager to attack him right then and there, but Lui's continued voice persuaded him to calm down, forcing the Duke to think more clearly. The creature will not be defeated with just a muscle.

But Crispin did not give them time to think.

As if flying, Crispin jumped high then descended quickly, eyeing the Duke with his feet. Duke jumped at the right moment. Crispin's feet hit the cliff, leaving a huge hole there.

Without giving a chance to breathe. Crispin again slid forward, and began his slaughter.

He attacks anyone closest to him. Quickly, the remaining alliance troops were left in disarray. Carelessly, Crispin threw lifeless bodies in all directions.

Roan received a kick that slammed his back into the rock. And after that, he didn't move anymore. The Duke did not even have time to worry and check on Roan, as Crispin again attempted to snatch him.

Crispin continued to launch relentless attacks.

Dihyan and Duke attacked him simultaneously. But lightly, Crispin outperformed the Duke's speed and counterattacked with a hand, trying to strangle him. But Duke dodged by kicking his leg.

His neck survived, but two long strokes were smeared on Duke's cheek, just inches up, and Duke must have lost one of his eyes.

Dihyan was not as lucky as Duke, he tried to fend off Crispin's kick, but when he looked down, Crispin managed to grab his left hand, and rotate it easily.

THE KRAAAKKKKKK!!!

The crackling of the broken bones and the screams of Dihyan echoed.

Duke lunges at Crispin, and manages to keep him away from Dihyan. Preventing Crispin from doing worse.

"Thanks" Dihyan grimaced in pain, his left hand now rolled uselessly. The duke sighed, as he lost one more ally, who was reliable in fighting.

Faust, who did not know the word fear, again tried to attack. This time with the help of Oulam, crashing Crispin from behind and side. And Crispin drove them away with a swipe of a claw like a fly.

About ten imperfects were left with Kamaria, with Pyre's help, trying his next fortune.

"Pace, I found a way to help. Stay where you are"

Lui suddenly called out to him. Still on Farjad's back, Duke saw them approaching.

"You shouldn't be here" Duke protested. Don't like Lui being too close to Crispin's fight

"Forget your worries and shut up" 

Duke was at a loss for words. Lui as imperfect even dared to tell him to shut up.

"I will slightly change this binding magic circle. That way, I can channel more Elf power for you" Lui explained as she pointed at the magic circle under the Duke's feet.

"I will remove the 'Gain' symbol (obtain) and will replace it with 'Bestow' (give). That way, I give a portion of more Elf power to your body. Your speed and strength will increase again"

The duke who did not particularly understand magic, nodded silently according to Lui's orders.

With a swing of the cane, Lui changed one of the symbols on her circle, and the blue light on the Duke's body suddenly became brighter.

"Lui, that's a brilliant idea. Wait a minute" Dihyan exclaimed with sparkling eyes.

He examined Lui's magic circle, and within five seconds, Dihyan made a nearly similar circle, but he changed the Blood symbol to Power.

Lui was almost offended, seeing how Dihyan did not spend a minute studying her magic circle, even making adjustments easily.

"Look!"

Dihyan had already turned his sword back into a stick. And following the swing of the staff, the circle merged with Lui's magic circle so that it became larger in size.

"Wggw...." The duke who was completely blind to what was happening, felt something invisible befall him.

But just for a moment, his body quickly warmed up and was extremely light. Dihyan managed to divide his Elf strength with Duke.

"Sorry, but there'll be more to come Get ready"

Dihyan, with one hand, made four similar circles. He sent two towards the imperfect who had been injured and sat not far away from them.

Lui knew the faces of those two imperfects. They are the recipients of the Sorrel blue flower.

And Duke again felt the pressure as Dihyan sent two other circles under his feet. Lui's circle grew bigger again.

"Feeling great?" Dihyan smiled satisfied to see his plan succeed.

The duke did not need to answer him, because in one jump he reached a distance of about thirty meters.

"Why didn't you point it at Pyre?"

According to Lui, Pyre had incredible strength.

"Because it's gonna get Duke killed. The element Pyre is fire. As for the two of us, it mostly uses the water element. Combining the two in one body would bring about tremendous power, but it would also slowly destroy the Duke's internal organs"

Lui immediately shut her mouth tightly. His brilliant idea turned out to be only short-lived. His knowledge was nothing more than the tip of Dihyan's fingernails.

That terrible explanation will be remembered for a lifetime.

"Well....Duke, you must defeat him in no time. Their magic was both very limited" Dihyan pointed at the two imperfects earlier.

Lui and herself might have lasted longer, but they both didn't.

"I understand! Farjad, take care of the four of them for me"

Leaving Farjad with an infinite burden of duty, Duke ran lightly over to Crispin.

The magnitude of the Elf power flowing in the Duke's body, no longer made him just glow blue.

Lui's blue mist, now containing small grains like golden-colored sand that sparkled beautifully. Duke looks very conspicuous in the dark of the night.

"What's that??"

Crispin noticed Duke's movements, which looked like a comet was approaching him.

"Something will bring death to you!!!" Duke exclaimed, without caring if Crispin did not hear it.

One of the imperfects who tried to attack, retreated in order, as the Duke began to open his mouth and snatch Crispin's hand.

Unlike before, Crispin shockedly pulled his hand away. He had not expected that Duke's speed would increase sharply.

A battle with more balanced strength begins.

The Duke happily saw how Crispin desperately avoided his claws. Their speed was the same, maybe even the Duke was faster.

His claws rarely failed to scratch Crispin's body. On Crispin's hairless chest, the Duke managed to keep three deep scratches.

In his head, the Duke did not relentlessly praise Lui for this brilliant idea of his.

"Pace, you need to concentrate, remember! As soon as possible. Dihyan said you should go after his heart immediately"

Lui sounded serious, reminding her of Dihyan's words. Ignoring all the Duke's compliments.

The duke was amused, having once again heard Lui's commanding tone. And glad to obey.

Crispin began to get angry because he often did not manage to evade Duke's attacks. But it was precisely the safest and the bite it was emitting, avoided easily by the Duke.

The anger was put to good use by the Duke. Emotions make Crispin's attacks careless. And the opportunity that the Duke was waiting for finally came.

After successfully evading Crispin's leg, Duke raised his front leg, and grabbed the terrible heart with a fingernail. The heart was spitting out black blood. Along with the painful scream from Crispin.

"THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!"

Black blood also gushed from his mouth. And that's the final sign of Duke's fight. After the body fell down, with its muzzle, Duke forcibly plucked out that terrifying heart. Leaving a blackened hole wound in Crispin's chest.

"How-you did it? How---you can--- get that kind of power?"

Stuttering as his throat was full of blood, Crispin looked at the Duke.

With concern, the Duke saw that Crispin's eyes were filled with envy.

Iri saw the figure of the Duke who glistened overflowed by the power of the Elves.

"Not all power must be obtained in a vile way. Sometimes you just have to fight with all your might, and that power will come to you from a source you would never have guessed"

Dihyan replied from behind the Duke. He appeared with Lui and Farjad. While dragging his broken hand.

Dihyan approached Crispin's body which had been ravaged. The transformation was half-finished, already detached when the Duke plucked out the heart of the patch.

As more and more black blood poured out of Crispin's mouth, she seemed to want to say something, but Dihyan did not give her a chance.

With a quick swing, Dihyan turned his staff into a sword, and plunged it right into the black hole of the former heart. Crispin's eyes went out instantly.

The Duke looked at him flatly.He was neither satisfied, nor happy.Only there was relief spreading throughout his body.

His grudge on Crispin somehow since when is no longer his top priority. He fought with the aim of protecting.

Protect Lui, protect pack, even protect human. And now he's relieved that the threat has gone. That'sthat's all.

"I'm so proud of you Duke. You manage to overcome your anger and choose the most important thing. The power to love that has taken you so far "

Lui who saw Duke still standing, hit his front legs happily.

"We made it-We made it" Lui whispered many times, from the mouth. While his mind, praised the Duke who no longer used vengeance as his weapon.

"Yes.......... You're a really amazing witch Bee. I wouldn't be able to do this without you" 

The duke closed his eyes, enjoying Lui's warm embrace wholeheartedly.

"And you're amazing too. I didn't choose wrong. You're the most dashing and powerful werewolf I've ever met"

Without embarrassment or blushing, Lui said that in her head very clearly.

The rush of happiness in Duke's mind, beyond the fireworks. Warm and comfortable.

But then he saw Farjad standing with his legs agitated.

"Oh. I'm sorry Farjad. I didn't mean to make you sick"

"Pace!! Why haven't you disconnected it?" Lui protested, while burying her face on the Duke's fur in shame.

He said all that easily, thinking no one would hear him but Duke, because Roan was still unconscious.

"Sorry.sorry" Duke immediately disconnected his mindlink with Farjad.

Without trying to hide it, Farjad breathed a sigh of relief. Because his terrible job was done.

"Pyle!!"

The voice calls from Dihyan, making their attention back on Crispin's body. Lui shuddered as she looked at the gaping wound on her chest.

Pyre appeared in front of Dihyan out of nowhere.

"Burn him, and this too!" Dihyan threw the artificial heart near Crispin's body, which was motionless.

Without blinking, Pyre carried out Dihyan's orders. The blue flames engulfed the body for several minutes.

The surviving and conscious members of the Alliance force, dragging their wounded bodies, approached the flames.

They stood still like Duke, watching the flames sway in the coastal wind.

"Good way dad" 

Duke smelled sweet maples and vanilla, from the smoke now rising toward the night sky.

"Goodbye Alpha Owen" Lui momentarily choked as she said it.

The Duke's emotions that flooded his mind were filled with memories of his father. Good memories and memories of how they fought. Memories that will always bring regret and happiness in the heart of the Duke.

"He's a wonderful father, and that's what we'll keep on remembering" Lui comforted him.

"Yes-I'll make sure of it"

The Duke sat folding his legs, and was followed by Lui leaning her body on the Duke's front legs.