
The sound of a fairly loud clattering of steps was heard, occasionally accompanied by the sound of dry twigs being broken by being stepped on. Yamamura and Yamarashi were running towards the meat storage room. Yamamura clasped his bow, while Yamarashi carried his father's dagger which was slung on his hip. They had asked Senshi to come along earlier, but were rejected. Not a new thing, because the fighting spirit of the boy had indeed died a long time ago. Black clouds flashed across the dark sky, occasionally blocking the Moonlight.
The two halted the footsteps in front of the sealed storage room door using a wooden board, then put up fighting horses. Yamamura gave off a white light which then turned into an arrow in his bow, while Yamarashi pulled out his dagger from the sheath.
"You see something, don't you?" yamamura asked as she spread her gaze in all directions.
"No, it seems like they are still on their way" Yamarashi's words were cut off. Both of his eyes put on a serious look. The sounds of a big dog's snarl were heard afterwards.
"Yamamura, they're coming!! Look at 11 o'clock!!" he exclaimed as he pointed at the several figures that flashed as fast as lightning among the trees.
After a few seconds, a flock of Dire Wolf emerged from the dark forest. Saliva soaked their lips and each pair of their eyes emitted a killing intent capable of making the feathers stand on end. Their numbers are pretty much.
"Come too." Yamarashi wears a smile that implies alertness as well as excitement.
"Oi, don't forget our plan!!" Yamamura.
"Don't worry about that" Yamarashi said. He turned his gaze back to the wolves while tightening the grip on his dagger.
"Well, come on up here you guys!!"
Accompanied by a growl, one of the wolves jumps up and attacks Yamarashi, but his neck is immediately pierced by a dagger, killing him instantly. Not wasting a chance, the second and third wolves also attacked. Quickly, Yamamura released an arrow in his bow. The arrow directly pierced through the necks of the two wolves at once. Another wolf prepared to pounce on Yamamura, but the golden-haired boy quickly jumped to dodge.
"Your reflexes are good, Yamamura!!" praise Yamarashi while continuing to stab the wolves that tried to finish him off using his dagger.
"You too!!" reply Yamamura.
The two continued to attack the wolves while jumping dodging the attacks. The large number of Dire Wolf left Yamamura besieged on the border line between the dark forest and Yamarashi and Senshi's home grounds, while Yamarashi was besieged in front of the storage room door.
"Their numbers are too many" Yamamura said. "Hey, Yamarashi!! Do they usually have this number?"
"No!! It's usually not this much, but their current numbers aren't as many as they were the night my father and mother died!!" yamarashi from a distance.
"That means they are spying on my arrival to this house, thus increasing the number of assailants sent in case," Yamamura said. Feeling challenged, the young adventurer grinned.
"They are nocturnal animals. I'm so intent on doing that."
The wolves surrounding Yamamura and Yamarashi growled, preparing to pounce. All the members of the wolf pack looked bloodthirsty.
"In this moment, they'll surrender when the leader is killed, won't they?" Yamamura muttered as he spread his gaze in all directions.
Three wolves attacked him at once. However, Yamamura nimbly jumped dodging, climbed a tree, and held on to one of the branches. He intended to widen his range of sight, and his efforts succeeded! His eyes caught the figure of a wolf sitting in the back line and protected by other wolf pack members.
Because one of his hands was holding a bow while holding on to a branch (he was holding on by wrapping one of his arms around a tree branch), Yamamura could not pull his bowstring. And so, as fast as lightning, he raised an arrow and threw it with his free hand. The arrow was successfully stuck on the neck of the leader of the wolf pack.
The Leader immediately fell down with blood rushing down from his neck. The wolves guarding him looked surprised and tried to wake up their leader, but failed. The attention of the wolves surrounding Yamamura and Yamarashi was immediately diverted.
"How about, wolves? Your leader is dead, so give up now!!" yamamura commands while jumping down from the top of the tree.
However, before the adventurer could step his foot forward, a wolf that appeared from behind the darkness had first bit his neck savagely. He thrashed, trying to release a bite, but the wolf's power was stronger. Within minutes, he died in a pool of his own blood.
Seeing his partner in such a condition, Yamarashi also exclaimed hysterically. Both of his eyes were wide.
"Yamura!!!"
He was about to approach his partner's body. However, some members of the wolf pack rushed to block him while growling, while others approached Yamamura's body to enjoy a night snack.
"Damn it!!!" yamarashi grumbled while biting his lips. His teeth were grinding violently.
"Why is everything like this?! Our plan should have gone smoothly!!"
"Now, Yamamura is gone. God fucking. It must be their next victim is me."
"Or .., maybe not."
Suddenly, a sly grin was engraved on the face of the teenager. The wolves that saw him immediately realized that something was wrong. However, before their brains could deduce what had happened, Yamamura's body had already turned into a hot fire that burned the body of their leader along with other wolves who were enjoying the body.
Quickly, the bodies of the burning Dire Wolf blackened, signaling that lives had left their bodies. The surviving wolves looked surprised.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the dark forest, a shadow leaped rapidly from one tree to another, then jumped down to the ground. The figure turned out to be the real Yamamura.
"Hehehe. You're fooled! That was just Pyro Clone. You guys must have felt you had the upper hand, right? Unfortunately, I have predicted your plans, and my predictions are one hundred percent accurate." The adventurer boy smirked cunningly.
"You are indeed great, Yamamura," inner Yamarashi with a smile. "Everything goes according to your plan."
To be continued
Author: Yak, somehow the strategy element in this novel becomes thicker and our MCs become more cunning. Is it because the author saw Classroom of the Elites and Battle Game in 5 Seconds?
(Readers: Lah. Who wrote it, how did it come to us? _-")
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