CHAPTER 99: FLAME

The moment the arrow took flight, shadowy figures began emerging from the forest. The Nyx pack was blissfully unaware of the omen of death lurking behind them as they climbed our walls.

I bet Selthia was salivating right about now at the feast I left for her to devour. The first omen of death came in the form of a giant jade colored snake.

Floki tore through the pack of wolves before any of them could even react. He swallowed a mouthful of them. The Nyx pack turned in horror and their faces paled when they saw the giant behemoth slithering behind them.

But before they could even react a sonic blast tore through the air shattering their air drums and to finish it off they were sliced in half by blades made of water.

Those of us with sensitive hearing were forced to cover our ears but the attack was mainly targeted at the Nyx pack.

Danzo growled in frustration before turning his attention to Floki and the others.

"Kill them all!"

The Nyx pack was forced to turn their attention away from the wall and instead directed it at the hundreds of skinwalkers that had come to take their lives.

I immediately ordered the Lycann pack to attack, trapping the Nyx pack on both sides. Danzo could do nothing but fight off the incoming wave of assault.

But amidst the chaos I spotted someone. She was standing on field of battle with her shoulders slumped and her eyes looking lifeless.

She didn’t seem to notice me. All around her people were dying but it didn’t seem to shake her one bit. What more, Floki’s ferocious jaws were heading straight for her.

She didn’t even react. It was as if she didn’t even care what happened to her.

"Take care of things while I’m gone" I shouted to Isabella before leaping off the wall.

I used the werewolves and skinwalkers fighting on the ground as stepping stone as I made my way across the battle field, towards Sylvie. I moved with speed leaping from one target to the next.

It was only when Floki’s fangs were inches away from her that she finally looked up to see it but even then she still didn’t react.

Floki’s fangs snapped at her but it was at the last second that I finally managed to save her. I shoved her out of the way causing the two of us collapsed onto the ground.

"Be more careful of you surroundings Sylvie you’ll get your self hurt" I said as I hugged her tightly to shield her from the fall.

Sylvie’s eyes widened as she stared up at the person who just saved her life.

"Lee?!"

She immediately wrapped her arms around me and hugged me tightly.

"Lee! Sylvie thought you were... Sylvie thought..."

She tried to speak but it was as if the words were caught in her throat.

"You don’t have to worry anymore I’m fine. I promised I would come back for you didn’t I?"

I tried to comfort her by stroking her hair but I couldn’t get her to stop crying.

"Lee, will you take Sylvie hunting... And wrestle with with Sylvie... And pet Sylvie’s hair..."

"I will don’t worry. But for now I’ll need your help fighting the werewolves of your pack. Can you do that for me Sylvie"

Hearing my request she nodded her head eagerly.

"Sylvie will do, but papa..."

"I’ll handle it don’t worry" I said stroking her head. Her tail and her ears seemed to react to my every touch.

"Don’t die Lee"

"I won’t"

"Sylvie won’t die if Lee won’t die"

"Then I’ll make sure I live for you"

"Promise?"

"I promise"

Sylvie smiled as I slowly released her. Her eyes seemed more lively as she made her way through the battlefield. She killed and slaughtered the werewolves of her pack without any hesitation. She was a sight to behold.

Most of them were in a state of shock. Their own moon princess had turned against them.

"Sylvie!"

Danzo roared in anger when he saw his own daughter slaughtering his men. His roar rippled through the battlefield as he turned his attention to the person closest to him, Floki.

Floki riding the wave of battle, set his sights on the alpha himself. Danzo didn’t react as he watched the giant snake slither towards him, trampling everything in its path.

His mouth agape wide as venom glistened his pointed fangs. Floki’s fangs snapped at Danzo but it couldn’t even pieces the alpha’s skin. Floki didn’t even enough have time to react after that because in the next second he was locked in the jaws of death.

Danzo sunk his claws into Floki’s scales shattering them like glass. Floki roared and thrashed in pain but even then he couldn’t escape Danzo’s clutches.

Danzo then proceeded to lift the behemoth of a snake off the ground. And as if like swinging a rope, he swung the massive creature towards the south wall.

Under the weight of such a giant snake, the entire South Wall was destroy in the aftermath. The towering wooden wall was reduce to nothing. Seeing this display of power from their alpha, every member of the Nyx pack began bursting with power as they tore throat the skinwalkers and werewolves attacking them. It was as if their strength had doubled.

There was a saying that a pack is only as strong as its alpha. Watching the Nyx pack react to Danzo’s strength, that saying certainly seems to be true.

They quickly overpowered the skinwalkers and werewolves of my pack. Even Selthia began struggling to keep them at bay. Their eyes were wild with determination as they worked like a well oiled machine.

The might of their alpha coupled with the full moon affecting their minds, caused them to go wild. They were almost like berserkers. They fought with wounds so severe you had to wonder if they were really werewolves or zombies

The ones close to death fought until their bodies finally gave out and their hearts stopped. After they fought their way through they set their sights on the demolished wall to now enter the village and wreak havoc.

Meanwhile those of my pack cowerd in fear even though they were the superior species.

I got a first hand glimpse at why the Nyx pack was able to conquer all the other packs in the region.

Just as the Nyx pack was about to enter the village and slaughter the innocent, something happened that flipped the entire tide of war.

Even I was momentarily left speechless.

"Is that the yokai?"