But it was too late for Freele to stop Trenk. She was able to turn her tempest on some of the wolves. However, would that be enough to stop all seven wolves bounding for her brother-in-law? No.
Creech, creech!
Trenk's sword parried two of the lunging wolves. He also unleashed another volley of shadowy orbs to distract the other wolves.
At the same time, multiple streams of icicles were thrown at nearly point blank, making it impossible for them to collectively miss their human target.
Suddenly, the fiery essence surrounding Trenk exploded outward, breaking more than half of the icicles. Trenk groaned and yelled as he tapped into his deepest essence reserves to avoid grave injuries. But while only a few icicles still managed to cut into him through the fire, ice-coated claws stormed through the raging fire essence with less trouble.
