Part 4
By the time the second squad took to arrive at the lake front of the Stymphalian’s nest, it was already well into the wee hours of the night. Lifting their heads to survey the night skies, they basked in the radiance of the full moon’s glow.
“With this amount of moonlight, it won’t be that difficult for our hunt at all.”
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement to Woldo’s opinion. But they did not drop their guards. The carnivorous Stymphalians liked to feast on fish and meat and a blunder within close range would surely wipe them out with a breath of its poisonous exhalation.
Hence, there were three ways to attack.
The first would be to attack without any restrains.
The second would be to launch a ranged attack out of the range of its poisonous breath.
And the third would be to “Imitate the legends”.
The second squad split into smaller groups according to their realm of expertise while heading directly towards the nest of the Stymphalians.
The werebeasts, who were adapt at surprise attacks were to lead the front to throw their enemies into chaos.
“—Okay. Quick, hide your presences.”
A couple of them started to suppress their ferocious intents while muting their footsteps as they walked along the water’s edge. And there were others who used the camouflage colours of crawling insects to hide themselves.
Just as the various individuals employed their own methods of stealth— a sudden whirlwind swept through their ranks.
“Wha, what’s happening……!?”
A whirlwind that rotated like a hurricane.
Although it was an intense wind that would easily sweep humans off their feet, the werebeast hunters utilised their own unique abilities to stand their grounds with much difficulty.
But that sort of move at that moment was a considerably bad choice.
“—So this level of attack is insufficient to turn you guys back? I see.”
“Wha, who’s that?” Walking to the front, Woldo bristled his ears while roaring at the voice that sounded like a young girl.
Being a player who have had hundreds of battle experiences, he had been alert for the appearance of the opponent who had defeated the advance party. But he did not believe that his opponent is a mere girl and speculated that it might be some sort of illusory or brainwashing Gift that portrayed the opponent as a young girl.
(For an actual player to stand in the way of others? That is such a despicable player…… Witness how I tear your disguise apart! )
Crouching down, he levelled his daggers before him in a combat stance. The spring like curvature of his physique was definitely that of a predatory beast.
The stance was clearly a sign of complete alertness on Woldo’s part.
However, upon seeing the young girl’s appearance that accompanied the whirlwinds, Woldo was dazed for a moment.
“Sorry, I will not allow you guys to attack the Stymphalians.”
Seeming to walk on air, the young girl descended from the skies by whipping up a whirlwind. And what surprised him so was that the source of that power was clearly from that young girl before himself. A fact that would be difficult to stomach in a short time.
Looking to be of an age of fourteen to fifteen, the short-haired young girl announced her name without any change of intonation in her voice while her sleeveless coat fluttered in the winds.
“I’m Yō Kasukabe of [NoName]…… . If you are defeated by me, I hope that you guys will depart from here obediently without the intention to launch another attack on the nest anymore.”
“—……”
The male werebeast narrowed his sharp gaze before—casting aside his dagger into the waters to stare at the full moon.
“That’s really surprising. I wasn’t expecting a direct challenge. And here I was thinking that it’s just another despicable player who wants to interfere.”
“……”
“I’m Woldo Focas, Vice Leader of [Five Claws]. —This challenge, I will accept it, ojou-chan!!!” Ending his words with a loud shout, the appearance of Woldo Focas started to undergo an intense transformation. With his eyes upturned to gaze upon the moon, it absorbed the droplets of moonlight that trickled down from above.
His skin started to grow a coat of grey fur while sharp claws replaced fingers and looked capable of rending through boulders.
Capturing the sight of the transformation before herself, Yō muttered in self confirmation.
“A werewolf….. that’s surprising. So he wasn’t a normal werebeast then.”
“Ooh! It’s a spiritual power that has been inherited over seven generations, it isn’t even close to the power of the progenitor—!!”
Having transformed fully to have a wolf head as well, Woldo leaned forward to start his straight dash towards Yō.
And Yō did not take off to the skies, but merely welcomed the direct confrontation.
At the moment when fierce sparks were emitted from both sides—-a sorrowful wail came from the squad that continued their advance into the lair.
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