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  Chapter 15: Fenrir

  {I finally found you, Child of Creation.}

  To my right stood a massive wolf, its bck fur rippling like living shadows, eerie red sigils glowing faintly across its body. Its crimson eyes locked onto me with an unnatural iy.

  The mere sight of it sent a shudder down my spine—something deep within me recoiled in disgust. This creature’s presence alo fually wrong, as if it existed in plete opposition to everything I was.

  I barely had time to process my revulsion before the etal against cw rang out like thunder.

  G!

  Lay and Will were already locked in battle against the beast, their ons colliding against its monstrous limbs with forough to shake the ground.

  I hadn’t evehem move.

  They had reacted in an instant, intercepting its attack before it could reach me. If not for them, I would have been dead before I could even blink.

  Lay and Will broke away, nding a few steps back, their bodies tensed and ready. The wolf remaiill, watg us with the eerie patience of a predator studying its prey.

  "It’s the monster with the ability. Step back, Elian." Will’s voice was low, trolled—but I could hear the underlying tension in it. His grip on his sword was firm, his eyes never leaving the creature.

  Lay, standing beside him, was equally on guard.

  Wait—the oh the ability?!

  This doesn’t make sense.

  That thing was supposed to be on the west side of the dorm! The only reason I even dared to step outside was because we knew for a fact that the monster never left its territory. The entire west zone was forbidden, a no-go zone for everyone.

  The only reason people would even approach that side was to make sure the wolf wasn’t moving closer to the dorm.

  So why…?

  Why is it here?

  This is bad. Really bad.

  Will and Lay are strong, but not even they have ever tried to ehe west zo was deemed too dangerous. And now, the monster had e to us.

  Then, as if the situation wasn’t already spiraling out of trol—

  [Urgent Mission: You have entered your first divine presence. A being blessed by the divi of destru: Fenrir. As the future god of creation, you are fated to csh with such a being.]

  [Mission: Prove your existence as a being of creation and vanquish the beast of destru.]

  [Reward: 20 Divine Essences, ???]

  My breath hitched.

  F-Fenrir?!

  This ’t be real. You mean Fenrir? The Fenrir from hology? The one who destroyed the world?!

  I khe Divine System was beyond prehension, but… are you tellihat the gods from mythology are real?

  No—wait, more importantly, you wao kill a beast blessed by something like that?!

  Are you insane?!

  Even if this ossible, even if I somehow survived, I don’t even know what to do with the reward.

  And then—

  A deep, resonating voice slithered into my mind like a whisper ced with venom.

  {Hooo… a human with the blessing of ons… and a phoenix, is it? HOHOHO. You indeed found good allies, chosen of creation.}

  The wolf exuded a suffog aura, thick with malid weight enough to press down on my very soul. My knees buckled slightly uhe sheer pressure.

  I gritted my teeth. This aura— it was more than just power. It disgusted me.

  It wasn’t fear. It wasn’t intimidation. It was something fually repulsive, like looking at the absolute opposite of everything I stood for.

  "W-Who are you?!" Lary’s voice cracked, his entire body trembling uhe weight of the beast’s presence.

  The voiside my head chuckled.

  {Hmmm… the other two are quite… uing. But I should introduce myself heless.}

  {I am the one who once destroyed the world. The very meaning of destru itself.}

  {You may know me as Fenrir.}

  {Despair, mortals, for you now face the one who carries my blessing.}

  And as if to prove the cim, the wolf threw its head back—

  "WWAAAAAAARRRF!"

  A howl unlike anything I had ever heard tore through the air. The very grouh us trembled.

  {Now show me, human who opposes my nature. Are you worthy to stand among the pilrs of this new world, or will you fall before your journey even begins?}

  {Each being of creation starts weak… but holds the brightest potential.}

  {Now, show me.}

  {Show me if you prove yourself worthy of that potential. Show me how you will defy fate even in your weakest moment.}

  I could feel it. The weight of his words.

  Lary and Mike were frozen in terror, their faces drained of all color. They uood exactly what was happening.

  This wasn’t just some powerful monster.

  We were fighting something touched by a divine being.

  A god.

  Even Will and Lay—our stro fighters—might not be enough.

  A flicker of heat suddenly filled the air.

  I turned just in time to see Lay's aura ighe very air around her ing with intense heat, her presence burning like an inferno.

  A rush of wind hit my face as Will unleashed his own aura, the pressure around him densing.

  His power was terrifying. I had rarely seen him go all out, but when he did…

  Will grinned, his eyes gleaming with excitement. “So this thing is blessed by Fenrir himself, huh? Iing.”

  Lay's voice, however, was calm and unwavering.

  “God or demon, it doesn’t matter to me.”

  Her violet eyes burned with unwavering resolve.

  “I promised to protect Elian.”

  She raised her spear, fmes dang along its length.

  “And no single wolf is going to make me break my word.”

  These two… But they’re right. We ’t give up here. I’ve worked too hard to give up now. I’ve hoped too much to let it all end like this!

  Will coated his sword in a dense purple aura and dashed toward the gia at high speed, bringing his on down in a devastating arc. The wolf tered, its enormous cw cloaked in an eerie bck aura. The two forces cshed, sending a shockwave through the battlefield. The sheer impact left a small crater in the ground, but for the first time, the beast flinched.

  Lay didn’t hesitate. Without wasting a sed, she dashed to the wolf’s fnk, her entire body surrounded by a red-hot aura, her spear radiating intense fmes. With precision, she thrust toward the beast’s ribs.

  The wolf reacted instantly, whipping its long tail, now cloaked in the same bck aura, to intercept her strike.

  BANG!

  Even from where I stood, I could feel the sheer heat of their exge. The beast recoiled slightly, its fur singed from the intense fmes. It felt pain. That roof that their attacks were effective.

  All three of them backed away, momentarily reassessing the battle. Lay and Will exged a gnodding in silent agreement before charging in once more, their faces set with grim determination. This wasn’t going to be easy.

  As their battle raged on, I struggled to keep up with their movements. They were moving at insane speeds, faster than I had ever seen before. Red and purple streaked through the battlefield, colliding against the massive bck wolf. It was fast, but due to its sheer size, I could still track its movements.

  By fog, I could just barely follow Lay and Will’s as. At first, it seemed like they had the upper hand, nding multiple strikes, their attacks relentless. But looking closer…

  Something was wrong.

  Despite the repeated blows, the beast showed barely any signs of damage. Every time an attack should have ected, it would shield itself with that strange bck aura at the st sed. This wasn’t just defehis was something else entirely.

  Is this its ability? Some kind of ultimate prote?

  Mike, positio my side, tried to assist with well-pced arrows, but he was clearly hesitant. His shots weren’t nding. The battle was too fast, too chaotic. He couldn’t risk hitting Lay or Will. It wasn’t his fault—he simply wasn’t used to fighting at this level.

  Not that it mattered. The beast wasn’t even looking at him. Every time an arrow got too close, it casually deflected it without even sparing a gnce.

  And me? I stood there, sword in hand, but pletely useless. I wasn’t strong enough or fast enough to make a differehe same applied to Larry, who could only wat silent horror.

  “G! G! G!”

  The relentless battle tihe g of metal against the beast’s defenses ringing through the air. Then, something shifted.

  The wolf had grown tired of pying.

  “AAAARRRFFFF!”

  With a deafening howl, it unleashed a shockwave that sent both Lay and Will staggering backward. For the first time, I noticed it—small wounds on both of them. Minor cuts and bruises, signs of a fight that was beginning to wear them down.

  What is it pnning now?

  The beast growled lowly, then eled its sinister bck aura into its cws. A bad feeling surged through me.

  Lay and Will tensed up, immediately reizing the threat.

  Then it attacked.

  With a single swipe, the bck aura expanded outward, sshing toward them at frightening speed. It wasn’t a physical attack—it ure maion of its power.

  Will reacted instantly, gripping his broad sword tightly as he i with an overwhelming surge of purple energy. He raised it to parry, but even he wasn’t prepared for the sheer force behind the attack.

  Lay, oher hand, didn’t even attempt to block. She knew she couldn’t. Instead, she poured every ounce of her ability into her body, f her legs to move at their absolute limit.

  The results?

  Will barely mao deflect the attack, but the force of it sent him skidding backward. He finally came to a halt after carving a deep trail into the ground, his breath heavy. A g his on made my stomach drop.

  A k of his sword was missing.

  It had cut through his aura.

  Lay was slightly less fortunate. She had dodged—but not fast enough. A fresh ow marred her side, crimson staining her outfit.

  Behind them, the earth was scarred with deep, cw-like markings, the lingering remnants of the beast’s attack.

  This is bad, isn’t it?

  I ched my fists, frustration bubbling inside me. I had assumed the wolf’s ability urely defensive, but no—it could be used offeoo.

  And there was one more thing.

  Lay’s wound.

  Unlike normal injuries, it wasn’t healing immediately. It wasn’t closing up like it should. Was this part of the beast’s power too?

  Damn it. I’m here, watg it all happe I ’t do a damn thing!

  Why have I everaining?!

  Why am I still so weak?!

  I’m freaking useless!

  Then, Will broke the silence:

  “Hahahaha! This is the kind of fight I’ve been craving!” He grinned wildly, his eyes gleaming with exhiration. “I guess I uimated you, little wolf. Alright, I’ll stop holding bauch then.”

  Was this guy a plete battle junkie?

  As for Lay...

  "I’ve had enough of your barking, you oversized dog. Now, let’s see how well you howl while burning alive." Her voice was low, seething with fury. This wasn’t just ahis ure, unfiltered rage. Was this really the same Lay I knew? She was dht terrifying right now.

  “Ready for round two, Lay?” Will asked, still grinning like a madman.

  She didn’t answer verbally, just gave a sharp nod, her violet eyes burning with determination. The trast between them was almost ical—Will was ecstatic, eager for the challenge, while Lay radiated uing fury.

  Then, everything ged.

  The sheer iy of their power g sent a powerful shockwave through the air, knog me off my feet. I barely mao brace myself, but even then, my breath hitched at the overwhelming pressure.

  The wolf howled in rage, its deep, guttural cry vibrating through my bohen, in a fsh of darkness, it unleashed two crest-shaped waves of bck aura, slig through the air with terrifying speed.

  Will reacted instantly. He met the attack head-on, his raw, trated aura pushing against the sinister energy. With gritted teeth, he held his ground, straining to parry the force before finally redireg it just in time to prevent his sword from being devoured by the corruption.

  Lay, oher hand, refined her power within herself, eling every ounce of her ability into speed. She dodged with an elegahat seemed almost supernatural, slipping past the attack by mere inches.

  Then, they terattacked.

  The bck aura surrounding the wolf’s cws intensified, growing twice as dense, crag with an ominous energy.

  Will’s voice rang out: “True Edge.”

  A shift in the air—his sword, once coated in raw purple energy, refiself into something far deadlier. The aura stretched outward, doubling the length of his bde, but it wasn’t just about size. It was sharpness itself, an edge honed beyond human limits, as if the very cept of cutting had been densed into this sieique.

  But damn... his naming sense was terrible.

  Then, Lay.

  “Surging Phoenix.”

  Wait, what?! Was she... copying my teique?

  No—it wasn’t just a copy. It erfected version, ohat put mio shame. The sheer precision, the mastery over her ability... She was pressing her energy so effitly that she could release not just one, but three trolled explosions at once.

  Holy shit.

  She figured that out just by watg me? I wasn’t mad at all—if anything, I felt proud. It was her ability, after all. But her level of trol, her efficy... it was leagues ahead of mine.

  I held my breath as the final csh approached.

  e on, you two—you do this!

  BOOOUUUM!

  A blinding scarlet explosioed before my eyes, swallowing the battlefield in a violent inferno. The force was deafening, the heat so intehat even from a distance, I felt my skin prickle.

  As the smoke slowly cleared, my heart pounded against my ribs. Did they do it?!

  I squihrough the fading fmes. The massive wolf y sprawled across the ground, its thick hide covered in deep, brutal wounds. One side of its body was pletely scorched, the other sliced through with a massive, still-sm gash.

  They... they won?

  A wide grin spread ay face. I took a step forward, ready to rush toward them, but—

  A heavy arm shot out in front of me, stopping me in my tracks.

  I turned, fused, only to see Larry standing there, his brows furrowed in deep .

  “It’s not over yet,” he muttered.

  His words sent a chill down my spine. I quickly turned my gaze back to the battlefield, studying the se more closely.

  Will and Lay were still standing... but they were injured. Bleeding. Their breaths came ragged, their stances slightly unsteady.

  And the wolf... its eyes were still alive with fury.

  What now?

  It was over, wasn’t it? They just had to finish it off, right?

  Then, before I could process what was happening, the monstrous beast let out a pierg, guttural howl—a sound so deep and raw that it rattled my very soul.

  The bck aura that had coated its cws suddenly expanded, growing into something far more sinister. It spread outward, engulfing Lay and Will in an ominous, shifting domain of darkness.

  The dark mist slithered toward us, ing closer, swallowing everything in its path. I should have backed away. I knew I should have. But... if I moved, I wouldn’t be able to see them fight.

  And I refused to look away.

  I ched my fists, f myself to stand my ground. This was the least I could do while they risked their lives.

  A movement caught my eye. Mike.

  He hesitated, his face twisted in uainty. Then, after a moment, his gaze lowered, and he whispered, “Sorry.”

  Then, he ran away.

  I didn’t bme him. But what surprised me was Larry. He hadn’t flinched ohe eerie bck mist curled around him, but he stood firm, eyes locked onto the battlefield with grim determination.

  As the darkness fully engulfed us, my vision adjusted, revealing the se within.

  The wolf—it was healing.

  My stomach dropped. No. No, no, no—

  And worse? I felt... weak.

  Something was draining me.

  I tried to move, to shake it off, but my limbs felt heavy, my energy being sapped away by this cursed aura. I wasn’t the only one feeling it, either. Lay and Will, even in the middle of their fight, were slowing down, their movements just a fra less sharp than before.

  This thing... whatever it was...

  It wasn’t do.

  And we might not make it out of this alive.