Year 0002, The Imperium
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Snow as far as you can see, the residents of Maya Village are sitting by the fire, while some are already utilizing the newly built mezzanine.
They are already two months into the winter season with nothing much to do inside but wait for the winter season to pass.
They have a lot of food supply anyway; now they only needed something to do to pass their boredom.
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While at the outskirts of Maya Village, four-legged beasts were prowling outside the village walls.
They have finally tracked down the scent of their dead, and it all leads inside this village.
For months on end, this group of Grimfangs has searched endlessly throughout the entirety of the northern parts of the Lonelywood Forest.
They even have to pass by the territories owned by other wolf packs, which are as protective of their own territories as they were.
And they knew not to anger them; luckily, though, the Grimfang who was tasked to lead them was an old trusted veteran.
That has been with the Chief since their split-off with the dominant coalition of wolf packs in the North.
And he was as wise as he was old, as to pay respect to the wolf leaders of the area.
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You see, 'Grimfangs' have a very powerful ability, and they have utilized it very well in this task of theirs.
And this ability stems from their sense of smell, which could apparently tell the information that they need towards the intended target.
And another ability of theirs is the pheromones in their urine, which is unique for every wolf pack.
And they use it to communicate with their packmates by leaving them the information that they need to convey.
The already fallen Commander Grimfang was smart enough to leave traces of where they had been.
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Although the tracking party had to make many stops because they were confronted by the other Grimfangs, who felt threatened by their presence in their territories.
What would have taken a week to resolve has taken months instead.
As they have to fight off skirmishes here and there from the more aggressive Grimfangs who can't be reasoned with.
But luckily they managed to reason with the majority of the other wiser Grimfang leaders, so it had not blown into a full territorial war.
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Right now there are fifteen Grimfangs that are stationed in the outskirts of the village, ready to attack at a moment's notice.
Since the chief had given authority to this old veteran to deal with any scenarios that would arise.
Right now it was pondering whether to trample this village right now.
Or go back to their own territory to report to the chief on their findings and bring more reinforcements if needed.
A moment later, the veteran expert Rarity Soldier Rank Grimfang has made its decision: they would need to test the strength of this village.
And would retreat afterwards if it felt that it was capable of contending with the troops that were with it.
With a powerful howl, four Average Soldier Grimfangs and one Advanced Soldier Grimfang with average levels of 7 began to move forward and begin their assault on the village.
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The one tasked with leading began sniffing the place.
There were different smells in this village: weak and strong boarats, rabbiets, and humans.
It was late to notice, but there is one powerful entity that is in one of the further houses in the village.
It was also surrounded by other weak to less powerful entities.
And those seem to be the only ones that are currently in this village.
The leader was confident that they could maul and kill every single one of them.
It tried to howl again, but suddenly a hurling spear was thrown inside the house.
* Puiiikkkk
It didn't even manage to react; the leader was dead upon impact.
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August and the team were alerted by the sudden powerful howl outside the village.
It sounded like a war cry of some sort. A moment later, when they looked outside the windows, Grimfangs began scaling the wooden wall, and the next moment they had landed inside.
August began shouting orders to his team, which consists of Erik, Bren, Gel, and Betty. (Team 1)
While he made Uncle Jonathan the leader of the other team. (Team 2)
While Aunty Theressa and her kids were told to hide in the root cellar.
Team 1 was the main assault force; after they quickly changed their clothing into their battle gear, they headed outside.
Team 2 was tasked as support and would protect the house in case there were stragglers that would manage to get past Team 1.
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August picked up his spear and lobbed it towards the stronger Grimfang.
It hit it directly on its head, instantly killing it; he gave no time to the other four to react.
He drew his bow and arrow and launched several towards the shocked and distracted beasts.
* Swish, swish, swish, swish.
Four arrows were quickly drawn and launched towards their intended targets.
* Puik puik puik puik
All the arrows had hit, though two of them managed to evade just in time, avoiding being hit on their vital organs.
Which did not kill them instantly, and soon enough other arrows were sent in their way from a different direction.
Although the two of them were still barely alive, and the other two who managed to evade were bleeding profusely, they would now soon all be dead.
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Erik, after getting into an advantageous position, also has drawn his bow and launched his arrows towards the exposed parts of the distracted beasts.
Killing the two mortally wounded wolves who were still barely hanging on to life, instantly.
While adding additional arrow wounds to the still-active Grimfangs.
The wolves tried to escape, but they couldn't. August was too quick to lop off their heads.
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After they dealt with the wolves, August rushed towards the lookout tower.
He felt that it wasn't over yet.
When he got on top of the tower, there he saw in the distance, hidden in the woods, many eyes that lurked around.
He clenched his fist; this is going to be a long day for them. He got excited and worried at the same time...