The crystal wolf stood majestically, eyes flashing with bloodlust as it gazed at the dwarfs. Giving a big sniff of the air, it could sense that these fleabags had stolen its children right from under its nose and must be slaughtered for this transgression.

The wolf screeched full of rage and charged straight at Urist full of killing intent. On the dwarfs' side, Urist held his ground and readied his hammer with a slight regret of not having a shield.

Its size is no joke, standing over four feet high and seven feet long. I guess being made out of pure crystal the weight should be an easy 300 pounds if not more. If it tackles one of us we’ll likely break a few bones if not crushed outright.

When Urist thought about this, he regretted not taking any fighting classes in his past life. One of the reasons being that at the time, his hands were useless at doing anything constructive.

These thoughts were thrown away, as he had more pressing matters to deal with. Such as this crystal wolf climbing up the hill with the intent to slaughter them. The crystal wolf bared its fangs and jumped at Urist who was assessing it with wary eyes. He was ready for the beast and used his strength to smash its head away with his trusty hammer.

Small chips of crystal fell away revealing some carbon fibers. Still, this strike was nothing for the beast as it regained its footing and swiped a paw at Urist in quick retaliation. He dodged out of the way mere inches away from having his face ripped off.

It was at this time that Urist yelled, “Now! Surround it! Cover each other and make sure to attack when there is an opening!”

Following along his plan, the dwarfs readied their picks and hammers as they moved into position. The wolf snorted coldly wasn't just going to allow them to surround it without a fight. Opening its jaw wide it lashed out at Uroa with the intent to rip her throat out and escape the encirclement.

Unicy didn’t dodge out of the way and held her ground preparing to hit the wolf head-on with her pick. Before the two could clash, Arben roared from the side smashed into the wolf's stomach. His immense strength allowed him to throw the wolf up a few inches and cracked its underside.

Although cracked, the crystal wolf seemed to be unfazed by the damage as it tried to lash out at Unicy again. Only to be once again stopped by Urban who aimed at the wolf’s neck with his hammer.

The strike caused the wolf to fall forward stripping more crystals off the beast. Still, the beast quickly stood up unaffected by the blow and charged again.

And like this, a battle of attrition began between the two forces. The wolf would try to attack and one of the dwarfs on the other side would hit it. With each hit, more and more crystals fell off the wolf revealing its tight carbon fiber muscles underneath.

Despite losing its skin the wolf didn't lessen its movements. On the dwarfs' side, they were exhausted drenched in sweat. They had been fighting this thing for twenty minutes already but the thing wouldn't fall.

No matter where they hit it, it got back up like an undying creature. Urist mind was working overtime trying to figure out how to kill the creature.

At this rate, they would be the first ones to give in. Right now he was so hungry that his vision was getting affected. They needed to kill it before they became exhausted which wouldn't take long happen, at most a few minutes.

It was either life or death and extreme hunger that he figured out what to do. Finding his resolve, Urist readied himself waiting for the next time one of the dwarfs smashed it down. When he saw the opportunity, he pulled the flames from within himself gathered it into his hands and let it fly forth in a stream of fire.

He didn't spare his flame sending it all but a small flicker of flame in his body. Sending a massive gold fireball at the crystal wolf. Sensing for the first time danger it tried to doge only to be stunned by Unicy's pickaxe.

The wolf was now held in place was hit by the fireball and the beast started to scream. The massive fireball on contact grew at an explosive rate. The heat grew so hot the dwarfs had to distance themselves from the flaming hellstorm.

Urist smiled that his hunch worked and smiled at the dwarfs that returned to his side.

“Nice thinking boss!”

“As expected of the boss!”

“Heh. It was nothin guys. Come on let's go h- UROA!”

Urist smashed into the soil with his last ounce of strength and rushed at the confused Uroa. She hadn’t noticed that crystal wolf wasn’t dead and was charging at her with the intent to kill only a few yards away.

“Eh?” She slowly turned towards the wolf in confusion.

She’s not reacting fast enough. I’ll have to risk it all!

Gritting his teeth Urist muscles bulged full of strength as he used everything he had for another sprint. Roaring at the top of his lungs Urist managed to reach her and push her out of the way just before the claws descended.

Urist tried to block the attack with his hammer handle but the wolf smashed through it easily thanks to his lack of strength dragged across his chest. But it wasn’t done, the wolf used its weight and landed on Urist trying to bite his throat. Roaring at the top of his lungs Urist dug deep and used whatever strength he could gather to hold back the burning inferno.

He pushed it’s neck back not caring if his hands were horribly burned in the process. At this time the dwarfs had finally reacted and smashed into the wolves side knocking the beast off of Urist to which they quickly dragged him back out of range.

Unicy and Arben held the defense ready for the creature to attack again. Only it seemed that this time the wolf was down for good, burning under crazy heat. On the other side, Uroa was assessing the damage of Urist’s body and breath a sigh of relief.

She was expecting third-degree burns from Urist since he was in contact with the flames for such a long time. The only wound he had was the claw slash across his chest. She breathed a sigh of relief after hurryingly cleaning up the wound right then and with Rat as her assistant.

She judged that the wound wasn’t deep enough to reach the bone to the intestines. Getting out her needle and thread she was about to sew up the wound when Urists hand flashed out and caught hers.

“Boss what are you doing?! Stay down you are wounded and I need to treat you!”

“It’s not that bad. Treat me after I eat that flame, it’ll be a waste to not use such a limited treasure.”

“What?! are you insane?”