Rex’s body trembles as he looks at the figure in front of him, absolute anger within him slowly awaken from its slumber.
He doesn’t know if it’s the hatred buried within him or the Lunar Blessing, but either way, it is not far away from exploding.
Zegrath is standing right in front of him with an ugly expression, Zegrath’s bloodthirsty look bore a deep hatred towards Rex or rather, humans.
Zegrath grinds his teeth, “What are you? Why do you have our scent!”
Hearing this, Rex smiles evilly, “I don’t know what you’re talking about, but maybe it’s because I just killed one of you?”
“IMPOSSIBLE!!”, Zegrath denied it immediately.
In his eyes, Rex’s power is not even comparable to an Omega like him, let alone to the other Werewolves.
Rex notice Zegrath is already itching for a fight, his eyes glisten as he sees Zegrath’s stats,
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Race: Werewolf – ????
Power: Peak Rank Four – Night Crawler
Mental: 55
Strength: 120
Agility: 72
Endurance: 80
After seeing Zegrath’s stats, Rex felt confident fighting against him.
Rex’s current power is around early and mid-rank four, it is way lower from Zegrath but adding with the lunar blessing 100% increase he got, he can stand toe to toe with peak rank four or even early rank five!
Zegrath with only peak rank four power will not be his match if there are no mishaps.
“You damned humans!! I WILL KILL YOU!!”, Zegrath roared, he musters his power and lunge towards Rex.
Swoosh!
His speed is fast, at least as fast as Rex.
Rex didn’t stay idle, he also lunges towards Zegrath with a white hue on his right hand as he sent a punch.
The fist is just a couple of inches away from Zegrath but suddenly Zegrath tilted his body to the side, the attack misses completely throwing Rex off balance.
Taking advantage of Rex’s carelessness, Zegrath swings his claw and scratches Rex’s chest.
SLASH!
“Arghh!”, Rex grunts in pain.
Because of underestimating his opponent, Zegrath manages to land a hit on Rex.
ROAR!
Rex roared before he dashes towards Zegrath,
This time, Zegrath welcomed Rex’s punch with his.
Looking at this, Rex smiles brutally knowing that his strength is way higher than Zegrath.
BAM!!
The fists collided sending shockwaves to the surrounding, the clear winner was evident as Zegrath flung away like a broken doll before crashing to the nearby house.
The claw injury on Rex’s chest is starting to heal, whilst Zegrath recovers from Rex’s attack.
They both stare at each other hatefully before resuming the fight,
It is becoming even more brutal, they both slash, bite, and punch each other without even bother dodging. The fight shows how much they despise each other, they face the attacks head-on.
BAM!
Rex got punched on his face, although his punch is stronger it is still heavy.
He got dazed for a moment,
Zegrath didn’t let go of this opportunity, he flashes and stabs Rex again on his stomach making him spit blood.
SLASH!
Before Rex can even recover, he saw a fist flying to his face from below.
BOOM!
His world is spinning, ‘How could I lose to him? He’s fucking weaker than me!!’, Rex thought in anger, he’s currently engulfed in anger.
“YOU BASTARD!!”, Rex shouted, his body bulge with muscle there is a blue current suddenly appeared around his body.
Zegrath can feel the increase in power, ‘Human skinned Werewolf, and an Awakened too?!’
Rex flashes from his spot, out of nowhere, a fist landed solidly on Zegrath’s face.
The punch was heavier than Zegrath anticipated, it becomes at least 20% stronger than before! He spits a mouthful of blood as he screeched away.
Rex’s eyes burned with anger, he approaches Zegrath who is lying on the ground.
He sits on Zegrath’s chest before starting to pound Zegrath, “YOU!!”
BAM!!
“WEREWOLVES!!”
BAM!!
“KILL!!”
BAM!!
“MY PARENTS!!”
BAM!!
Rex keeps pounding Zegrath who lies helplessly on the ground, the pent-up anger in his heart starting to pour out of him.
“HOW DARE YOU!!”
Rex intertwine his hands together, he clenched it hardly and swung them down aiming at Zegrath’s face but suddenly something unexpected happened,
BAM!!
The punch that supposed to land on Zegrath’s face suddenly got held by him,
It stopped mid-track, Rex wanted to pull it back but Zegrath held it strongly as if Rex’s hand was held by a giant so strong that he can’t move an inch.
“Kill your parents?”, Zegrath said slowly, his body suddenly emits a red aura.
The red aura is different from the red aura Jarvald has, it is darker and more evil than anything Rex has ever felt before.
Feeling the changes on Zegrath,
Rex jumped backward creating distance between them, he widened his eyes in shock.
He saw Zegrath with an overwhelming dark red aura, ‘What happened? How come his aura is rising by the seconds?’, Rex thought.
Zegrath’s aura keeps rising, his peak rank-four power suddenly jumped! He even enters early rank five!!
“How dare I? HOW dare I? HOW DARE I?”
BOOOM!!
Zegrath sent a shockwave of aura that almost pushed Rex back, the aura behind Zegrath suddenly turns into a dark red figure.
The dark red figure is huge, it has two horns coming out of its head, its head is on fire and its body is covered by its two huge wings. It looks like a demon-like figure that came out of the seventh hell itself.
‘What is that?!’, Rex thought in surprise, he didn’t expect Zegrath’s sudden rise in power.
The dark red figure eyes opened slowly, its eyes then landed on Rex blowing a chilling wind towards him.
“YOU HUMANS ARE THE ONES WHO MASSACRES OUR KIND!! MY BROTHERS!! SISTERS!!… MY PARENTS!!”, Zegrath shouted angrily, blood tears started to come out of his eyes.
He looks devastatingly sad before he continues, “1000 years!! for 1000 years I have endured this hatred!! I WILL DEFINITELY KILL ALL OF YOU HUMANS!!”
BOOM!!
Zegrath’s aura exploded sending shockwaves to the surrounding, it’s violently rushing towards Rex like an endless tide of hatred.
Rex’s eyes turn bloodshot, he turns deaf ears towards what Zegrath said as his aura started to rise also.
The scene where his parents died miserably was clear, he didn’t forget one bit of it.
The red aura emerges from Rex’s body, the aura becomes even more intense as it turns into a huge Werewolf-like figure that brings devastating pressure.
Rex’s aura is like an eternal flame of hatred burning violently while Zegrath’s aura is like a chilling hatred that is waiting for the right moment to explode.
Both ferocious aura clash violently,
BOOM!!
The demon figure opened its wings spreading it widely, the wind destroyed the houses around instantly.
Rex didn’t only let it happened, the Werewolf-like figure behind him opened its mouth and roar menacingly sending another wave of aura that destroys the surrounding.
ROAR!!
Rex muster all of his strength, he even circulates the lightning mana inside his body and concentrates it into one last attack.
His claw shines with a red aura, the electric current started to blitz around his claw violently.
Rex also uses his Pure Brace of Moonlight skill, his body becomes bulkier and stronger after getting the moonlight energy from the surrounding.
The mask on his face unable to take the energy he emitted as it split into two, Rex’s face can be clearly seen by Zegrath.
On the other hand,
Zegrath looks at Rex’s face intently before he also prepares for an attack,
The red aura around him starting to move violently around him, it is like an excited child that is given candy for the first time. It hovers around excitedly before a circle red halo appears behind him.
He looks like a god looking down on humans,
A reddish tattoo appears on his chests, it looks like a straight line and it is emitting powerful energy.
They locked gazes, it is filled with immense hatred.
Time seems to stop as they gaze at each other,
There is nothing more important than the enemy in front of each of them, their eyes flash with determination.
They steeled their hearts, no matter what one of them will die this day.
Rex clenched his jaw as his legs muscle contract,
So do Zegrath who is preparing himself to launch his attack,
Just as they wanted to rush towards each other, green smoke and a black shadow flashes arriving on their backs.
The green smoke hits Rex’s aura dispersing it completely while the black shadow also disperses Zegrath’s attack.
Rex and Zegrath were shocked, they looked at the person on their back who is holding them.
“GREEN MESSENGER!! LET ME GO!! I WILL AVENGE MY PARENTS!!”, Rex roared in anger, his heart can’t just let Zegrath go without even getting his attack.
At least he must try and kill him, even if it costs his life.
The green messenger sighs and said, “Stop it, you will both die. Live another day, besides the guilds will be here any second”
The same goes for Zegrath,
“BERTOLF!! LET GO OF ME!! HUMANS MUST DIE!! I MUST AVENGE MY FAMILY!!”, Zegrath struggles to break free like a madman, his eyes turn red in anger.
Bertolf held Zegrath firmly, “No Zegrath!! The humans are approaching, even if you win against him you will die at the end!”
“I DON’T CARE!! I WANT TO KILL HIM!!”, Zegrath shouted, he doesn’t care anything but killing Rex.
Zegrath won’t stop struggling, it’s like he’s possessed by a demon.
Without having any other choice, Bertolf hit the back of Zegrath’s neck making him faint instantly.
Rex who hears what the green messenger said finally able to calm down, he stops struggling as he looks at Zegrath with hatred one last time trying to remember his features.
Bertolf glance at the Green Messenger, he scoffed before leaving the place.
Not long after, the sound of an army marching can be heard from afar.
It is most likely the guilds battalion taking over the city, cries of Supernatural that has lost their leader was heard.
‘If that Werewolf survives, then what about Brutal Grey?’, Rex thought before he looks to his back.
There is no carcass of the Brutal Grey meaning that he escaped again, ‘How lucky, that Werewolf is surely stronger than Brutal Grey’
After that, the Green Messenger and Rex left Zrolis City immediately,
They went to the back entrance and headed towards where Dave and Liliya were, the sun is almost out.
Rex’s uniform is already tattered, even his crow mask is broken.
He felt weak, he exhausted everything he has to use that final attack but all got canceled by the Green Messenger.
It clearly shows how huge the difference between the Green Messenger and his was,
Liliya is already sitting under a tree with steady breathing,
Dave is currently tieing Calidora with a special rope that is still unconscious, he glanced at the Green Messenger and can’t help to straighten his back.
Looking at the Green Messenger, Liliya widened her eyes in admiration, “When did the Green Messenger get here? You should’ve told me”
“Well, when you left us. We got attacked by a Cursed Creature, thankfully the Green Messenger saved us”, Dave replied, his body is trembling when he remembers the Cursed Creature.
Liliya makes an O with her mouth, “Thankfully I didn’t encounter it”, she said wryly.
Her statement makes Dave cursed her in his head, ‘You should’ve been there! It’s so scary I almost peed my pants’
The Green Messenger then clapped his hand, “Okay, you can all go back and report. I won’t be accompanying you, see you soon”, he said before he glances at Rex.
He approaches Rex, “Are you an Awakened?”, he whispers coldly.
Hearing this, Rex was stunned as he wrecks his brain to think, “No, it’s an Elixir I got from the university treasury. It is my last-ditch item that I save for cases like this”, he lied.
Green Messenger studies Rex’s expression,
Rex started to sweats a little under the Green Messenger’s gaze, “Oh, I never knew that. Goodbye then”, he said, giving one last weird look to Rex before turning into a puff of green smoke.
Rex sigh in relief, he then thought, ‘How convenient is that skill, he can basically go anywhere with that’
The three of them finally can get back,
After the Green Messenger left, Rex tells them what he saw in Zrolis City.
From the fight between rank six Werewolves, the human battalion that got ambushed, and even the Dark Mooncress he tells them all of it.
Except for the Dark Mooncress part, he lied and said the Werewolves got the Dark Mooncress before him.
Rex felt complicated, Although he got half of the Dark Mooncress that Werewolf he fights called Zegrath also got half.
He’s unwilling and there is still lingering anger inside him but it’s already in the past, Rex is not the type to dwell in the past but her parent’s death is the only exception.
‘At least I got half, that’s better than nothing I guess’, Rex thought, putting the uneasiness on the back of his head.
What Rex really wants now is to go back to Ochyra University, and rest for a little bit and probably ask Adhara to cook.
Even thinking about it already makes him drool, “Alright let’s head back!”