"Eh…"
"Eh…?"
"Then why…"
"Why must you eat me?"
Harlen asked the werewolf leader ahead of him.
But the werewolf leader didn't answer Harlen's question.
Instead, the moment he finished speaking, the leader once again charged toward him at lightning speed.
Harlen saw that he had no time to bend down and dodge, thus he could only choose to jump backwards.
Due to his forceful and sudden jump backwards, he stayed in the air for almost three seconds before landing on the ground.
Seeing that Harlen's backward jump had allowed him to avoid his claw attack once again, the wolf leader immediately followed in close pursuit.
The werewolf leader eyed Harlen while he was still suspended in the air.
The next moment, it strongly pushed off on its muscular hindlegs.
A powerful impact drove the werewolf leader toward Harlen, who was still in mid air.
Looking at the insanely fast speed the werewolf was travelling towards himself, Harlen prepared to retaliate.
The moment his feet touched the ground…
He held out his arms and picked up a couple of tiny pieces of broken wood from the empty wine barrel that had been shattered by the alpha werewolf.
Then, he threw the thin wooden strips towards the werewolf leader.
But this time, Harlen threw the tiny pieces of wood with a little more force than the first time he did.
The alpha wolf who was still charging toward Harlen belatedly saw the wood strips thrown towards his direction, and quickly swiped with his claw to knock the wood strips aside.
However, due to the speed of the tiny wooden strips flying, he could not manage to repel all of the flying wood strips.
Some tiny wooden strips slid across the surface of the wolf head's skin, cutting open several small wounds.
There were even some tiny wooden strips that were deeply inserted into the wolf's head.
Bang!
In the hall, there was the deafening sound of an object being shattered.
"Haa~"
"Hoo~ Haa~"
The werewolf leader was panting heavily in the pile of dust and wall debris that had been kicked up by him.
"Ha… ha… ha… ha…"
"I have already strengthened myself and obtained such strong bodily functions."
"But I still can't touch you."
"This really makes me… excited!"
As the werewolf leader spoke, he pulled out the tiny wooden strips that had been deeply inserted into his body and threw them on the ground.
"So…"
"I'll release it at full power too."
As he spoke…
The werewolf leader raised his sharp, cold claws and once again plunged them down.
"Ah!"
The werewolf leader cried out in pain as his thigh was pierced by the sharp claws.
It was just a short shout, and he immediately shouted out in his raspy voice.
"Berserk Magic: Speed Amplification."
Just like its name, it was a spell that increased speed.
It could also be used directly without blood, but the effect would multiply manifold if one activated it whilst bleeding.
The speed increase was calculated according to the amount of blood lost, and its side effects were the same as the Blood Desire spell.
Death from excessive blood loss was a hurdle that could never be avoided.
With that, the werewolf leader pulled out the sharp claws that had sunk deep into his thighs.
Instantly, his legs went weak and he almost knelt in front of Harlen.
However, the werewolf leader quickly stood up straight.
The effect of the speed increase was also beginning to show.
"Hoo~ Haa~"
The werewolf leader took a deep breath before letting it out again.
"Alright, let's start over."
As soon as he finished speaking, the werewolf leader vanished on the spot.
This time, there was no sound nor indication of his movement.
Harlen watched as the werewolf leader disappeared, and started to raise his guard, watching his surroundings warily.
Still…
Just as Harlen turned back to check the situation behind him…
He realized that a pair of large bloody red eyes were staring intently at him.
The moment they locked eyes…
Harlen quickly sidestepped, and a roundhouse kick followed up.
However, when hisleg was only 0.001 centimeters from the werewolf's waist…
The werewolf leader disappeared once again.
In the short span of 0.5 seconds…
Harlen's kick was still hanging in the air, but he already heard the hoarse and raspy voice of the alpha wolf behind him.
"How is it?"
"Am I very fast?"
"Are you unable to keep up with my speed?"
As he spoke.
The alpha wolf even blew a breath of foul air towards Harlen's ear.
Harlen quickly retracted his kicking leg.
Then, he turned around and struck out with his elbow.
In the end, he missed again.
The werewolf leader once again appeared behind Harlen.
"What the hell are you—"
"That really surprises me."
"Your speed has actually increased to such an extent."
"I'll give you a thumbs up."
Harlen straightened back.
He gave a thumbs up to a dark corner in the hall.
The werewolf leader was hidden in that corner, ready to attack and swipe off Harlen's head.
But seeing Harlen's unhurried manner, without a sense of fear in his expression, as well as the sarcastic thumbs up, the alpha wolf was immediately incensed.
The blood in his body began to boil with anger.
Then…
His anger burst out from inside him!
"You brat!!!"
"Don't look down on wolves too much!!!"
"Die!!!"
The werewolf leader was so angry that he could no longer bear it.
He disappeared from Harlen's vision once again.
But this time.
Harlen had his earlier experience.
The moment the alpha wolf vanished from his eyes, he immediately turned backwards, kicking out.
Swish!
"Phew, that was close!"
A gust of wind blew past.
Then Harlen withdrew his leg.
"Well… I think I scraped him a little."
Harlen said casually.
Suddenly…
The alpha wolf's voice sounded in the hall again.
But this time Harlen did not look in the direction of the werewolf leader.
Instead, he stared at the leg that he had kicked out and retracted.
He thought to himself: Did I… just… kick that wolf's… crotch?
Just as Harlen was wondering where the hell he'd kicked.
The Werewolf leader said in a painful tone,
"You… you little… Hiss!!"
"Ah!"
"You brat!!!"
"I really must… kill… you!!"
"Hiss!"
The werewolf leader's tone sounded feminine all of a sudden.
Harlen apologized.
"Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose."
Then he added,
"As a man, I understand your pain."