" My life is so hard already as I have to fend for myself while out hunting but now I have to put my life on the line and for what?" Timeless was agitated by the circumstance he found himself in.
Back on the balcony of the Takhiri castle when discussing with Marcus of the frost clan, he was given two paths to choose from and the first one being to join the frost clan while being promised immense benefit and no expense spared in training with the other option being 3 wishes from him.
The first path wasn't even an an alternative as he would have no freedom of his own if he chose such a path, while the second path seemed even more tricky than the first, rushing to agree might prove to be his undoing so he asked for more details.
After getting a clear detail from the frost clan leader on the subject, he had no doubt this was the best of the two as he only needed to accomplish 3 tasks none of which would go against his conviction or moral values.
His first task was enabling the safety of Guinevere on the expedition much to Timeless confusion as he was only a mortal rank, his puzzled look only garnered one word from the frost clan leader "I'm making a bet with fate".
"Fate huh, such an insane man" he cursed while creeping ever closer to the battle zone, he was confident in his abilities to flee with skyslicer at least so this was an acceptable circumstance, or else he wouldn't have accepted even if threatened with death.
The battle was still ongoing with neither side faltering in their attempt to gain the upper hand in the battle, it could be said to be a comic battle at this point as the expedition team was keeping a safe distance while the silver frost bears conjured ice walls to block an incoming attack while countering with their frost skills.
"This is just prolonging the battle we need to end this charade, they are nothing special, advance!" kelvin roared and the team adhered to orders not even Guinevere could do much to change the outcome of such a battle while fighting that way so she supported kelvin's decision to charge head on as she was already itching to slice these bastards up anyway.
"A Frontal assault, those idiots!" Timeless was speechless at this barbaric tactic being employed, he felt it would have been better if they employed a divide and conquer tactic from the start but who was he to talk about warfare tactics with members of clans as big as theirs?
Soon enough he could see the reason for their direct charge though as an archer fired an arrow from the back line into the midst of the silver frost bears who didn't bother dodging due to it not being fatal to them as the team charged on but that would prove to be their undoing.
Boom!
An enormous sonic sound erupted causing the silver frost bears to become disoriented.
Timeless was also caught off guard as he felt his head buzz, "what kind of beast soul was that?" he wondered. he's never heard of humans creating such a weapon before so it must be those one-time beast souls he's heard off.
Now everything made sense to him the employment of the formation to test the abilities of the silver frost beast, the act of charging in like brutes that were on a suicide path, all of it was for this one moment.
"Humans surely remain the most cunning of creatures" Timeless mumbled still dazed by the sudden development. A while ago the silver frost beast was at an advantage and now all of a sudden it flipped 360, even he didn't foresee it coming.
The battle was almost concluded at this point though as the expedition team wasted no time in launching their attacks thereby causing bloody wounds that were life threatening.
"Die you, bastards!" Guinevere swung her sword with such force ending one of the silver frost bear's life, which in turn caused the other two to be at a further disadvantage.
Growl!
Staring at Guinevere with a vicious look, the silver frost bear closer to her had a look that seemed to say it wanted nothing more than to tear the bastard that murdered his brethren to shred.
Timeless felt it was strange though as they didn't have any reaction when the others died, it seemed this one meant something to them.
Suddenly gaining a sudden rise in strength probably due to their rage they attacked relentlessly using every claw, elemental attack, and bite force they could muster but the struggle was futile as they soon succumbed to their fate another falling in the process.
The last silver frost beast received a massive slash and fell down afterward much to the team's relief.
Guinevere still raging on was stabbing the already dead frost bears to vent her anger and upon getting to the last one, was planning on doing the same thing when she saw a smile appear on the face of the silver frost bear.
" It was playing dead the whole time?" she exclaimed
Too close to the beast and already letting her guard down she felt a sudden crisis.
"Nooooo, Guinevere!" Luoyang screamed out
"Is this it for me?" Guinevere wondered with unwillingness in her eyes.
Swoosh!
A dagger connected with the skull of the silver frost bear who was already on its last leg, with shock written all over its face as it lost consciousness and with a thud, it fell with its eyes widened.
Standing on top of the beast looking like a God that stared down the mortal world, he looked at the stunned princess of the frost clan and said
"This is where we part ways".
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