《The Coin of Fate》Chapter 32 the wolf
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"A God needs devouts, it needs their prayers and their actions, done as an offering to it. Those acts of faith give a God energy. This is why a God will do everything in its power to protect its devouts and to get new ones. The faith of the believers can be used by the God itself, by its Champion or by a special member of its religion. This special divine energy is used to change the reality, to create miracles."
-Bee May, the faery of knowledge
"Gods can do some neat things but, we faery are way cooler."
From the shadows of the forest came out a wolf, not a normal one, it was as tall as Little Wolf while on all four. His fur was as black as the night, it appeared as if it merged with the shadows themselves, his paw were enormous and its claws shone ominously. While it moved you could see his powerful muscles ripple through the skin even with the cover of its thick fur. The father-son duo heard the growling gravelly voice and turned towards it, when they saw what probably made that sound both looked surprised and shocked. Sidon stepped in front of Little Wolf, unlaced his spear from his back with his single good arm, he leveled it towards the monstrous wolf.
"Run son. I'll be fine." Said Sidon but, Little Wolf did not move. "HUNTER! Remember the rules! Obey your First Hunter! RUN!"
Little Wolf shook like a leaf, took a step back, gave his father a last look, then turned and started to run.
The monstrous wolf started shaking, it was rumbling, it was laughing?
"Yes, yes, yes! Run, hide, become prey! Let this Hunt begin!"
The wolf charged, Sidon moved in the way but the wolf ignored him, it just barreled through him, making the First Hunter soar through the air to meet the ground, hard.
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Little Wolf was running away, not as fast as he could but, at a brisk pace. While fleeing he kept picking up things that were easy to catch and eating them. He needed as much energy as he could gain and if what he ate gave more energy than what he spent by catching and eating it... Every little thing would help versus that wolf. He knew his father, Sidon would not fight to the death, Little Wolf never saw his father so scared before, not even when they were surrounded by the horde the day before. The First Hunter would buy as much time as he could then retreat, Little Wolf had to hide so he could ambush the wolf when it came looking for him.
Little Wolf found a place where the morning sun penetrated through the trees canopy, he walked with heavy steps to a tree and gave it some scratches with his claws. Then he looked around, pushed with his foot and jumped backwards, he landed on a branch high on the opposite tree. The light will show his tracks, he knew he left no smells behind so the wolf would look for traces in the woods, so he left tracks on purpose. When the wolf gets under him it will be focusing on the ground and then on the tree on the opposite side, Little Wolf created a perfect ambush for himself, he just had to wait and rest, standing still he would not deplete his energy and maybe gain some.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are!"
The monstrous wolf strode inside the clearing it was evident it was enjoing itself.
When it got close to the marked tree and started sniffing around, Little Wolf jumped, hugged the thick neck of the wolf, put his clawed feet on the tree in front of them and spun.
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CRACK!
Little Wolf felt the neck break. He jumped back and watched the wolf warily. Without Little Wolf's sustaining it the monstrous wolf crashed on the ground, unmoving.
CRACK!
The wolf's neck set itself into his original place. The wolf started getting up, it was breating hard... No, it was laughting.
"So the pup does have some bite into him. Hahaha. This will be short but fun."
The monstrous wolf's muscles strarted to wiggle, the bones cracked, the wolf got up on two paws, it became a wolf-man?
Little Wolf was surprised and lost the chance to act, the wolf-man thing, the thing did not let that fact escape it. The thing swept a claw toward Little Wolf, he ducked under it, the claw hit the hardwood trunk and cut through it. The wolf-man was strong but, Little Wolf was faster, they spun around each others, Little Wolf used his claws to punish the thing for every wide swipe or telegraphed bites. Little Wolf knew that his cuts were superficial at best but the wolf-man could bleed, if he could bled him to death... He still tried to hit the eyes or any soft vulnerable part of the monster's body. After what felt like hours but probably was closer to five to ten minutes the wolf-man was bleeding profusely and Little Wolf was thinking that the fight would not last much longer. The thing lunged with an extended claw, Little Wolf dodged and... The monster's other paw moved, Little Wolf did not expect that burst of speed and got hit on his chest. Little Wolf was sent flying, he broke through at least five hardwood trees, bounced on the ground and then came to a stop against a rock. Little Wolf felt his energy leave him, the hit was really hard and the flight did not help either, he felt his eyes flutter, it was hard to stay awake.
"I was made by my God to hunt and kill the bitch, do you think the pup would be able to defeat me? Play time is over, now you die."
The wolf-man rose to its full height, all the wounds that Little Wolf worked so hard to make disappeared like nothing ever happened. The monster started walking with pondered steps. Little Wolf felt panic for the first time of its life, he was sure he would die here, he did not want to die. His sight filled with red.
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The Cage
Mighty abominations and their more powerful gods dance between the galaxies in eternal migration, exploring, experimenting and playing. They leave destruction in their wake, heedless of the suffering of the sapients they slaughter, alter or drive to extinction as they toy with entire star systems for passing amusement. These monsters are called mankind. They are finally betrayed and defeated, but they cannot be killed. They are diminished and stripped of all memory of what they were, locked in a bottle reality on a false world called Earth. For thousands of years, mingled shards of their Broken Gods continue to chance across the cage that holds the species of their birth. The shards merge with suitable hosts to create empowered archetypes who awaken to supernatural Gifts and fractured dreams of a lost history. The greatest among them are magnificent heroes and villains: The Vigilante. The Mastermind. The Assassin. The Polymath. This is the story of their inferiors: The Beggar. The Homewrecker. The Gambler. The Henchman. The Miser. The Monster. Together, they will attempt to save the world, free humankind and escape the Cage. This will probably end really badly. *Cover art taken from internet source of free-use, uncopyrighted photos and images.
8 183LandFall's legacy
An 18 years old ojou san considered as the youngest martial art genius and master of other fields , found herself transported by an unknown item into an another world.Find out about her decisions as she embrasses her new life .
8 124Type: Hybrid.
A World in war. The super-potence called [Empire] was planing to conquer New York City where the rebels called [Architecture] were hiding. While the [Empire] tried a certain experiment, this failed, killing thousands of lives. Among them, there was a man with the failed mission of boycotting the experiment- Captain André Glass. By 'destiny's hands' someone picked him, a god, and gave him a second chance with a promissory note. The guy that named himself [Triania God] gave him the oportunity to move forward; and André Glass took it. -PS: Until later notice, this Original Fiction is in [Hiatus]. The Author(me) is focusing on his other Original Work, Magical Tournament until this finishes (and real life stops being a bitch)-
8 197The wisher
In a black world, that gives a feeling of emptiness, stood a man. After killing the final boss in the game. The world around him went black, and a girl came out of nowhere.she was like an angel. White-eyes, hair, and skin.She looked at the man with eyes devoted of feelings and asked him ""what's your wish?"".the man lowered his head and began to think.Thinking about his life, about how his parents died in the war and he never felt their love, how he was an outcast that no one wanted to get close to, throughout his life, he felt lonely.The only exception to his loneliness was his friend. he never met her in person. she was lively. he liked her if he was more honest with himself, he loved her. He already knew what he wanted as a wish, But she will hate him for that, he was sure of it.He looked up, straight at the eyes of the girl and said ""any wish?"".She answered with a nod.After a moment of silence, the man said with a hint of anticipation “then... Make this world and the real world into one. I want this kind of life to become reality. Give me a chance to live in the real world.""
8 168Fayre
Melissa Crawford thinks she's just a regular teenage girl. She goes to school. She has friends, boy problems, homework...you know, the typical teenage angst. But she couldn't be more wrong, for Melissa Crawford is not a mortal.Her adoptive mortal mother refused to give her up and hired a witch to erase the enchanting Faery child's memory, not realizing that things aren't that simple.You see, when she was a little girl, Melissa promised herself forever to her Leannan Sidhe (mate), a Fae Prince, and a promise to Fae is sacred. When the Fae Prince comes back to claim what's his, nothing will get in his way."Mortals are so arrogant. So utterly narcissistic to think that they are the only intelligence in this world, to believe their realm is the only realm, their way is the only way. "Many of you believe us fairies only exist in little kids' fairy tales. We are so much more than that. We exist, living in the Realm just a blink away from yours. A few wrong turns in the park or the forest and you're there. We sometimes walk among you, and you're not even aware of it. Believe me, we exist. Across the globe, your kind calls us and our realm by different names...but as William Shakespeare once said- a rose by any other name..."
8 110vent diary. ✓
❪ 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄 ❫ ━┅ where akito has a vent diary© -AZURESILK, 2022
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