"That's an Astral Wolf."
"They are still in existence?"
These were the first things Young thought as he stared at the clear visage of the werewolf that looked back down at him. His confusion was not for nothing however because they truly had been said to be wiped completely out of existence.
An Astral Wolf was a very unique specie of the werewolves and are actually considered to be the strongest and most powerful among every other werewolves. The reason why they were given the name astral was because these werewolves had a special ability whereby they would be able to bring out their wolf form from their body in form of a spirit while still keeping their bodies intact. When they transform, a substance usually spread from their body pertaining to the color of their wolf and then form together taking the shape of the beast. This method was very effective as they could actually use the wolf forms in fighting their enemies while they are somewhere else.
These wolf's even when just releasing only their astral forms were actually way more powerful than normal werewolves and even other unique kinds of werewolves. Their speed was more astonishing, their durability was top notch, their strength was on another level and their stamina was so that they could fight their enemies for a long period of time concerning the enemy they faced. They even became more stronger when they decide to fuse with the astral form and was a lot more worrisome.
The reason why Young had wondered why they still existed and why he was actually seeing one in this kingdom that seemed to be on a rampage certainly because it was the wolf's first time changing in a full moon was because of the day of the black blood red moon fifty four years ago.
The day of the black blood red moon was a day that all astral wolves was cursed to be slaughtered and completely extinguished or they thought so. At that time this astral wolves had actually formed a pack of almost a hundred since their numbers usually were not so many and had formed a kingdom for themselves. The leader of the pack at that time was known to be quite the blood thirsty one and would usually take his pack to slay villages, towns and even kingdoms. With their great strength, speed and abilities they could perfom which other werewolves could not do, they were already known to be troublesome when handling a number of two or three but then having a number of almost a hundred, they were unstoppable. Their days were one of terror and massacres causing the faved werewolves hunters to focus their attention in wiping them all out. However with their strength alone, it was completely useless and they ended up having a great loss in their side while the astrals seemed to be getting much better. The day actually came when the prayers of those terrorized were answered when the leader made a huge mistake that caused the complete wiping out of his clan.
The power and domination over people had gotten into his head and he decided to chase for higher planes. This had led to him carrying his army to attacking some witches which where actually unique on their own. Though they were tricky creatures, the might of the astrals were on another whole level and their beloved queen was killed in the fight between them with a lot of their kind while the astral wolves had meaner casualties on their side.
Desecrating their holy land by killing their queen and kind, the survivors tasted for revenge and immediately went to the hunters to give them a solution to their problem. At the night of the black blood red moon was when that solution manifested. The witches had joined together sacrificing themselves to make the beloved strength of the werewolves to be their weakness causing a red full moon on a plain night. This had caused the astral wolves to loose their abilities and facing the wrath of an army that exceeded them in numbers causing them to be slained mercilessly with the entire pack being wiped out completely. From that day onwards, the hunters had constantly hunted down every other astral wolves until they were no more.
A huge claw coming at him had Young snapping out from his thoughts and jumping out of the way as he swiped his sword in the air causing the wolf which had attacked with his other claw to withdraw. Young noticed that the wolf's speed had already passed what it was before as he landed while slashing out twice, both strikes hitting the wolf's claws. The wolf jumped back giving them space as he looked at Young with wonder.
Young noticed that the wolf's wound had already healed and his speed was faster than before which meant that the wolf was actually as strong as before Young had first striked him. One of the annoying thing about the astral wolves was that when they howl in a full moon, their wasted strength or injuries was restored back to full strength which meant that right now Young who had used a little bit of strength was weaker whereas his opponent was back at full strength. This was going to be an annoying fight for sure.
The wolf went on all fours which Young had bent his knees pressing his feet into the ground as the purple line in his boots glowed fiercely. A single breath passed before they both dashed out at each other immediately attacking each other.
Cank cank cank!!
The blades hit against each other as Young who was just a bit slower blocked and striked back skillfully while the wolf was striking continuously dodged some attacks while receiving some at the same time. The fight became bloody as Young's strike connected more and more while a few attacks scratched and injured him. He had been able to build up the freezing strike three times in the barrage of attacks with one missing and the rest hitting the arms and rib region of the wolf causing him to become more enraged. Young who had always fought monsters upon monsters in the black forest was actually not even putting the werewolf in his eyes as a threat though he was a little curious about the who the person who had the wolf was.
Young was about to use the fourth blue freezing ability as it enveloped the blade and he struck out aiming to give the wolf a straight cut from his head all the way down to his belly when the wolf all of a sudden jumped back and raising both hands brought them down crossing each other in an x causing a strange energy beam to tear through the air and colliding with the blue freezing attack, both of them canceling out each other.
Young paused a little as he saw the strange power. The werewolf after landing started throwing out his claws one by one. Young immediately went on full alert as he could immediately tell that though claws had the strange energy around them and their speed was that they would be difficult to dodge. He started to spin the sword in front of him while compressing a lot of energy into the sword. As he spun the sword, a massive amount of mist and dew started to rush out covering the blades tearing the energy in thee claws weakening the claws which collided with the spinning sword and was bounced back immediately fading away. The wolf was startled at the move while the mist covered the entire place as a blue light shone fiercely from Young's sword. Before the wolf could figure out what was happening, the mist was suddenly separated as Young appeared in front of the wolf in an instant, his sword raised up shinning so bright that the ground shook. Not giving the wolf a chance to retaliate, Young's blade quickly came down cutting from the wolf's shoulder to his waist which the full energy of the ability exploded into the wolf and was followed by a large groan of immense pain roared into the sky, the ground which had already formed a crater due to the fierce attacks before shattering more from the explosive energy from the sword. The wolf was tossed away flying far and hitting the ground a number of times before he collided into a tree breaking it instantly. Young stood there trying to control his breathing as the attack had also affected him causing injuries around his body with him now looking bloody. The wolf was in a worst situation as it even found it hard to stand up, the freezing effect was stronger than all the past ones and he could feel it freezing his insides almost touching the heart. The wolf panicked as he noticed that his healing was really slow and he immediately released a huge growl fighting the freezing effect. The shockwaves from the growl hit the freezing fighting it brutally and was slowly shattering it bit by bit.
The effect finally diminished after some time and the wolf staggered as blood began to rush out of his wounds while the healing process kicked in. However he was not given a chance to rest as it noticed Young running towards him with the sword covered with the blue energy once more. The wolf let out an angry and frustrated roar before swiping his claws sending out a huge amount of the strange energy that was about eleven feet long towards Young, shattering the ground and sending stones flying around as it fiercely moving at Young.
Young seeing the attack jumped away while sending out the blue energy which only dispersed most of the energy to slow it down before continuing forward. However Young had already dodged and continued moving to the wolf. The wolf sent out a growl again sending the shockwaves again which Young spinning in the air cut through easily as he brought out a dagger and threw it at the wolf which knocked it away. The wolf however found out that the dagger had been a distraction as Young appeared at his side bringing his blade towards his neck. He swiftly raised his hand to block the sword which pierced cleanly deep into the hand. Now the wolf was panicking, it had to now defend itself against Young's brutal attacks which either aimed for his heart or head. Young attacks were getting faster with every strike and the wolf could see that the energy was building up in the sword once again.
The wolf panicked and slightly fluttered causing Young's blade to stab his belly a few distance from the heart. The wolf became more enraged as he let out a huge roar sending Young flying backwards and spiting blood in the process as the waves caused his insides to go crazy. He bounced on the floor before stopping as he slowly stood up and wiped the blood from his mouth. He raised his head to see that the werewolf was planning on howling again and his eyebrow furrowed. He was too far and had no way to stop the werewolf so he instead spun his sword once more as the werewolf let out another ear splitting howl sending forth a massive amount of shockwaves tearing the air as the wolf slowly regained his strength. The blood thirst getting higher as he looked at Young like he was his meal. However by the time he was completely healed and had stopped howling, the entire air around began to be covered by a thick mist that seeped into his skin and sent chills all over his body.
Bringing his gaze down, he could see the blue light in the midst of the mist before it suddenly vanished. Not waiting, the werewolf immediately slashed his hands in an x form releasing the strange energy furiously while Young appeared attacking with the sword as both collided again. This time however, Young's blade cancelled the strange energy and continued to move onwards. The wolf did not know what to do no more, if he had thought he was a monster then he certainly did not know what to call the man fighting him.
However he had no time to lament so he threw out two claws one at a time and rush forward following behind. Young had used his sword in hitting away the first one then ducking to dodge the second. As he made to move forward, the wolf suddenly appeared in front of him throwing out a punch which he luckily dodged and swiped his sword upward cutting the wolf again. This time his speed suddenly went up and before the wolf could be given a chance to withdraw, Young had sent out five to seven slashes of his blade not stopping even for a tiny moment.
This caused the wolf to stagger backwards while growling again releasing shockwaves that pushed Young back. The wolf seeing his blood flow had lost it as he went all fours pressing his back feets into the ground so much that it formed a small crater. His mood and aura had changed flaring up yet looking so calm and Young had noticed this going on an alert mode. What happened next however, he certainly did not expect.
The wolf just moved a little and then disappeared. The next second was followed with constant slashes all around Young as claws scrapped and stabbed him all over. He was barely able to keep up a little with the speed dodging the attacks that will cause fatal damage to his body. He pressed his boots to the floor bearing the sharp claws tearing his body armor as the light beneath it emitted an eye blinding light and the next instant he was barely able to make out a claw coming at his face which he dodged and then swinging upwards but the wolf had moved escaping the attack and had returned to slash his left leg. Young seeing the situation only made a small groan before his eyes closed and everything became tranquil. His mind became clearer as he delved into the ethereal state.
Silence for just a second and then.
Swoosh!
Young had bent and dodged the claw aiming to stab into his chest and his hand before the time it took one to close and open their eyes in a blink was raised and swonged back down followed by the loud growl of the wolf. Young had stuck the left side of his face cutting from the eye to his fangs. Not given a chance to say jack, the blue light erupted from the sword as Young gave chase and strucked with immense strength that hit the werewolf in a devastating blow sending him flying and bouncing before landing flat on the ground. The werewolf just lay there for a moment completely stunned.
How had his opponent suddenly get him and gain the upper hand against him just not. Young was finally able to breathe, his entire body covered with injuries and blood. His armor had already been torn and his hair disheveled. Yet his face remained the way it always was, not a single expression to show the pain he felt at that moment. He had already used a lot of energy in this fight having released a lot of the ability in the sword which was in course a very draining process for the body.
Usually when someone over used the abilities from an enchantment constantly, they usually paralyzed for a while and could even die if they refuse to stop but Young even with all the wounds and strain was readying himself for another strike as the light enveloped the blade once more.
With his eyes forward, he dashed forward at the werewolf who had stood up and was running towards him once more.
They were already closing in and had leapt into the air with both aiming to finish the fight instantly when an arrow appeared from nowhere and stabbed into the neck of the werewolf. Young blade did not stop even seeing this instead going for the one place that will end this.
The neck.