Chapter 1744 - 1030: Young Wolf Shif (2)

The abyss monsters erupted in a dazzling display of blades and swords, accompanied by waves of air mixed with the sword light scattering in all directions, and all monsters affected momentarily ceased their actions.

In the center of the battlefield, Maru and the young wolf stood back-to-back, she flicked the remaining blood off the blade with a snap of her wrist, while the young wolf howled upward.

"Swish——"

The abyss monsters that were standing as if frozen a moment ago, started to fall like cut weeds, one after another. Within two seconds, no monsters were left standing.

"Hmph...."

Maru closed her eyes and let out a skilled master’s light hum, slowly sheathed her sword.

Then, her eyes sparkling with stars, she rushed up to the group animatedly asking, "Wasn’t I cool just now, wasn’t I cool, did anyone capture that moment on camera, anyone?!?"

Tami shrugged helplessly and shook his head.

Maru looked as if she was struck by lightning, turning ashen and crumbling to the ground.

"Awoo?"

The young wolf walked over slowly, curious about why Maru suddenly fell.

"Haha, isn’t it quite cute up close?"

Tami reached out to pat the wolf’s head, but it stretched its legs and jumped back, then snuggled up against Maru, causing her to flip over like a salted fish.

"Did I get disliked?" This time it was Tami who looked as if struck by lightning.

The young wolf opened its mouth and presented a ball of light to Maru, looking at her expectantly with its tail wagging slightly.

It seemed to have relaxed after getting out of the dangerous situation and had a good impression of the adventurers in front of it.

"Thank you, there’s even a light point to pick up!"

Maru was about to pick up this token of gratitude from the young wolf.

"Caw!"

From the pile of bodies, an abyss monster suddenly let out a strange cry. An abyss monster that only had its upper body functioning suddenly lunged at the adventurers.

The closest to this abyss monster, Chaos, casually raised their magic wand, instantly condensing the black abyss atop it. A dark bomb instantly crashed onto the monster, shattering its already fragile upper body.

"Hey, Chaos!" Tami couldn’t help but yell, seeing Chaos using the dark bomb again, "Didn’t I tell you not to use it?!"

"I just instinctively wanted to test it...." Chaos immediately felt apologetic and scratched their head, as Tami’s reprimand was undoubtedly looming next.

However, at this moment, something even more unexpected happened.

"Wooo——"

The young wolf shook off its previously relaxed posture, shifting to a reactive stance and eyeing everyone, body tensed and ready to attack at any moment.

"Hey, what’s wrong with you?" Maru hadn’t realized what was happening and was about to soothe the young wolf but nearly got bitten in the process. She quickly drew back her hand.

Seizing the opportunity, the young wolf howled and bolted into a shadowed alley.

"Wait a minute!"

Maru quickly got up and chased after it, but by the time she reached the alley, the young wolf had already vanished, disappearing without a trace.

Returning to look back, even the ball of light the young wolf had left on the ground had disappeared.

Maru was stunned for a few seconds, recalling the young wolf’s endearing demeanor, frustration bubbling within her as she turned angrily towards the abyss monsters.

Blame these monsters, scaring away the little wolf that was getting close to her!

I’ll tear them to pieces!

Tami suddenly paused mid-lecture, glancing at Chaos apologetically admitting mistake, then at the place where the young wolf disappeared. A thought suddenly occurred to him.

Could it be that the dark bomb Chaos used scared the young wolf away?

When he shared this thought, it surprisingly gained unanimous agreement from everyone.

It must be said, Tami’s way of thinking is truly suited for the Sain Dungeon. Hearing these words, it was clear how well it fit into the Sain Dungeon’s style of behavior.

"If you dare use the dark bomb again, I’ll report to the captain!"

This time, Tami directly invoked Luluwo to pressure, with Chaos raising both hands in surrender, assuring he would no longer use it.

Only Maru’s injured world was reached.

She couldn’t get over the place where the young wolf had disappeared, wanting to know why.

Because until the young wolf ran off, she hadn’t managed to even pet it once, it was such a shame and regret, that furry head must have felt so good to touch.

"Forget it, luckily there’s still a memento left.....there was a big ball of light, right!"

Turning her head sharply, only to find that the ball of light the young wolf had just placed was also gone.

"Seems like it took it along when it left." Tami said.

"How could this happen..."

Maru, despairingly sank to the ground.

"Chaos, even if not for ruining a teammate’s wish, I need to criticize you this time," Tami said, turning his head with a stern face: "Your sudden action directly deprived us of potential story developments, that young wolf obviously had more details to uncover, but now can’t be found..."

He said quite a lot in a series, so much so that everyone present took the time to rest and completely recover their strength.

The young wolf’s departure was indeed regrettable, and as members of the Skyrim Strategy Group, Tami and others naturally valued such potential unfolding stories more, hence more resentment towards Chaos’s actions.

However, since the young wolf had already fled, nothing more could be done, unless it also fell under the redeeming effect of the Star Tear Drop, otherwise, if there were hidden storylines behind the young wolf, they could only inform other members and have them explore.

"But, Artorias’s title is Wolf Knight, and we’ve just encountered a wolf using a sword, they seem connected no matter how you look at it?"

Not to mention, the sight of the young wolf wielding a longsword in its mouth evoked associations with the wolves of the Fran Undead Team.

Thinking further, it’s connected to the Ancient Wolf of Fran and the great wolf Shif.

Unfortunately, Tami and others hadn’t delved deeply into the research on the Fran Undead Team, and couldn’t recall the appearances of those wolves. Suffice it to say, to many, animal appearances hardly differ.

Thus, naturally, they overlooked the familiar elements in the young wolf.

They continued battling abyss monsters while exploring deeper into Ulashiro. The deeper into this town they went, the more they could feel the pervasive abyssal aura.

The increasingly intense abyssal aura gave a clear sense that they were nearing their ultimate goal this time - the Master of the Abyss, Manus.

Presumably, they were getting closer to the large pit leading into the abyss.

The abyss monsters grew progressively stronger, even some mutated creatures emerged with limb mutations, and new monsters appeared within the abyssal black sludge.

It was also at this moment that they discovered something unexpected among the monster pile.

"Am I seeing things, are those humans?"

They discovered a large number of surviving humans in a building!

Dozens were huddled together in a small room, covered by a wave of white, keeping abyss monsters at bay.

And the source of that white light was a familiar-looking silver necklace.

It was none other than Artorias’s necklace!

"Let’s go check it out."

The survivors were being attacked by monsters; even with the protection of the silver necklace, they couldn’t hold on forever without being breached.

Tami and others rushed over, eliminating all the monsters, and the silver necklace’s protective light subsequently vanished.

"No need to worry, you’re safe now."

Tami said as he picked up the silver necklace from the ground, confirming it was indeed Artorias’s.

"Why is it here?"

"Awoo!"

A familiar wolf howl sounded, and they looked over joyously, finding the runaway young wolf suddenly reappearing before their eyes.

However, this time, the wolf’s eyes showed hostility.

As though viewing them as a group of bandits!