Isha looked at the skeletal wolves in disbelief.
'How is she .... No, who is she?' Isha asked inwardly.
She shook her head, dismissing her thoughts, recovered from the blow, and resolved to focus on the battle first.
"First, the abnormality!" Isha remembered the mutated wolf and walked towards the Violet.
'They are quite good....' she thought looking at Vinny, Katline, Katharine, Violet and the damage on the mutated Wolf.
AAWWWOOOOO
"Sh*t, it was not alone?" She mumbled and took out the katana which Eshwar gave her as a gift.
"Ice blood katana huh...." Isha mumbled with a slight smile.
SWISH (4x)
To test the handle pressure and movements, she slashed down diagonally twice, horizontally once, and vertically once.
GROOOWWWLLLL
A loud growl was heard from a distance, where mutated wolf was spotted at first.
RUMBLE
It was a narrow space that could easily fit two fully armed bulky men side by side. Hundreds of mutated wolves poured out of the gap, growling and roaring loudly, echoing throughout the cave.
AAWWWOOOOO (5x)
ROOOAARRRR (4x)
GROWWL (4x)
"Well, I believe retreating is the best option, but I'm not sure I can outrun them..." Isha mumbled because she had seen how fast the previous wolf was and that one appeared to be the weakest.
"Grr..." a five meter tall mutated wolf stepped forward.
"..." nobody spoke a single word and stood guard.
"Grrr.... Humans grrr.... Which 'God' do you worship grr?" In a respectful tone, the mutated wolf spoke in a human-like, hoarse, and half-low roar voice.
"...." Everyone in the room was taken aback when they saw the mutated wolf speak.
"Grrr....my name is Kvasir... Grrr.." Kvasir introduced himself.
"..... I'm Nihi- Nhifrogr, which 'God' do you serve Kvasir?" first to speak was Vinny.
'And, who is this Nhifrogr exactly?' Isha asked inwardly, knowing that if no one came from the outside to help, they would most likely die horribly because she didn't feel anything from Kvasir while all the other mutated wolves gave off a menacing aura.
'He is far too powerful for any of us to confront. And because the strongest wolf in a wolf pack becomes the alpha, this Kvasir is the strongest among the hundreds of wolves.' Isha pondered.
"Grr.... You! How dare 'you' speak with a servent of a 'God' Grrrraaaa." Kvasir roared at Vinny and glared at him.
"What do you... Ah! Hahaha, f**k....." Vinny mumbled and turned his head to look at everyone present with a guilty expression.
"..... I'm sorry guys, but.... we're f**ked..." Vinny announced.
"Grrrraaaaa, I'll kill you human!" Kvasir glared at Vinny and poured out a powerful killing intent that was dark red in colour and flowed like water from a burst dam.
WHOOSH
Isha stepped back in fear as cold sweat trickled down her brows, while others fell to their knees as their knees became weak or fainted.
Only Isha and Vinny remained standing and trembling, while Violet, Katharine, and Katline went limp and other students fainted with a puddle of discharge below them.
"Grrr.... Your very existence is a disgrace to the gods, human..." Kvasir glared at Vinny, then appeared in front of him and kicked with its hind leg.
BAM
Vinny flew back like a broken kite and hit the wall with a loud bang.
BANG
"Ukh.." Vinny coughed out a mouth full of blood and slumped on the ground.
"...." Isha, who had witnessed everything, was at a loss for words.
"..... Recovery..." Violet mumbled as she buffed Vinny with a blank face as tears streamed down her cheeks non stop.
'F**king... This dumb bit*h.' Isha cursed at Violet inwardly.
"Grrr.... Humans... Are you with that 'disgrace'?" Kvasir glared at everyone in the room before returning his gaze to Isha.
".....Grrr.." Kvasir took a step back and looked at Isha, terrified.
DING
The system sounded, but she wasn't paying attention because she was too focused on Kvasir. He came to a halt when he noticed Isha's trembling hands and grinned.
"Grrr... You haven't grrrr.... realized yet? Even grrrr..... when you're soul is almost healed?" Kvasir snickered at Isha, mockingly.
'What happened to my soul? What have I not realized? Does it have something to do with my curse? Curses are related to souls, aren't they?' Isha racked her brain trying to find a connection, so that she can finally be free from her curse and try to leave a normal life.....
"If it is something related to the curse...." Isha mumbled involuntarily.
'I- I can't afford to waste this opportunity to learn about my curse or soul.....' She had finally found a way to be happy for once, she had researched everything related to curses in order to cure herself, she had grown stronger and reached rank-A on her own without the assistance of anyone else.
She dropped out of the academy in her second year because she had discovered a herb that could cure curses, so she went to Sector One alone to find that herb, which turned out to be a dud.
"You! Will answer my questions!" Isha roared, stopped shivering and gripped the katana.
"Arise!" Isha roared again.
Ten shadowy creatures protruded from her shadow, each wielding a sword similar to her own and charged at Kvasir.
"How?" Katline mumbled in disbelief.
Isha cast a glance at Katline, who was dazedly staring at the shadows. It was the same trait Katline had, but much more advanced.
'Now, you understand how shocked I was?' Isha asked inwardly and dashed at Kvasir.
"B... Guh... B-Buff." Vinny mumbled while groaning in pain.
Isha was enveloped in a bright golden hue, which temporarily increased all physical and magical abilities by a full rank. Isha felt a surge of strength from her core, but she dashed with her newfound strength without pausing.
"Grr.... You are disgrace to the gods, grr... Receiving help from humans...." Kvasir sneered at Isha in a low tone.
"For a being, who was even respected by gods...." Kvasir scoffed at Isha in a buzz like tone.
CLANK
Isha appeared in front of Kvasir and slashed down vertically. Kvasir slapped the katana to his left like a bug, knocking Isha off of her balance.
"You're pathetic!" Kvasir said with a smug grin and punched out at Isha's abdomen.
'If your body can react, why dodge?' She recalled Eshwar's class and the demonstration with Katline.
She clenched her teeth, gripped the sword, and slashed horizontally at Kvasir's neck. Kvasir jumped back immediately, but Isha only cut air and fell back butt first from a loss of balance.
"Maybe it really works that way... only for the strong though.." Isha mumbled in disbelief.
"Grrrr.... How dare you insignificant...." Kvasir roared, appeared right in front of Isha and punched her stomach.
BAM
"Ukh.." Isha flew mid-air before getting punched in her face.
BAM
"Guh.." Isha coughed out blood and flew back towards the wall while spinning like a top.
THUMP
PUFF