Zoom!!!
Rex shot backward, avoiding another lethal pounce of the Alpha wolf. This was the third time he was repeating this movement. He could barely follow the movements of the wolf. It's abilities were very much above the capabilities of the other two wolves that had been attacking him.
The alpha wolf following another miss, paused its advance as it studied Rex with malice-filled scarlet eyes. Like the predator it was, it began a slow deliberate circular march with Rex at the centre.
Rex was barely holding his stand, the bleeding from the bite had stopped, but the pain was still very much active.
"Grrrrrrrr"
A deep guttural sound escaped from the mouth of the Alpha wolf, the two other wolves moved in response. They joined in a slow, circular stalk around Rex.
As the bestial creatures continued their circular march, with an intended effect of thoroughly intimidating their prey, an act to break its will. It unfortunately elicited the most unexpected reaction.
"Hahahahaha!!!"
Rex's laughter echoed in the dense forest. His expression was an exact copy of the facial expression his instructor bore when he chastised him. The wolves felt the atmosphere change. The maniac laughter made them feel like the prey in the situation that was unfolding.
"Hooowwwlllll!"
The Alpha wolf howled, it's action scorched up all the cowardly instincts that were taking root in the heart of the wolves. It was certain of it's attack, their prey was already in a ripe condition. The perfect condition for a satisfying kill. It was slightly confused as to why its preys behavior scared it. But it was going to end its hunt now.
As strength seeped out of his body, Rex had come to a conclusion. If he failed he was going to be banned from Cosmic Ascendane. An action he would regret forever as the decision was made by him. But he won't ever forgive himself if he did not give it his all to prevent this from happening.
As he came to this conclusion, he felt his resolve strengthened. A sort of calm took shape in his heart, calming his nerves and aching muscles. The calm felt so euphoric that he couldn't resist laughing out in pure delight.
His gaze locked with the Alpha wolf, it might be his imagination, but at that moment he saw fear hidden deep within it's scarlet eyes.
His exhaustion was still very much there, but he was feeling a new form of strength spreading from his heart to every breadth of his body. The energy filled him with a sense of lethality. His brain was not spared, as he locked gaze with the wolf, he could feel an instinctual awareness of where to strike to deal the most damage to the wolf.
As the boss howled once again, Rex's mind was filled with one burning desire. He was going to end these wolves no matter what it took. Even if his quest were to end before it even began. This Mini-Pack of wolves would end it together with him.
"SEVEN MOVES"
Rex declared to himself.
Not minding his aching and tired muscles, he was going to unleash seven moves with the peak---est of execution he could currently deliver.
'BOOOOOM'
The Alpha wolf dashed forward, as if it understood his intentions. Synchronously with the Alpha, the other two wolves dashed towards Rex.
Rex trained his focus on the Alpha wolf barely catching a glimpse of the other two dashing wolves in the ear of his sight.
The wolves pounced at Rex together, an action aimed at giving him the least opportunity of escape, but ended up giving Rex the most leeway.
With Rex's mind still in overdrive, he easily inferred the path of their flight and positioned himself in such a way that they all shot past him.
"ONE"
Rex counted down in his mind, this dodge had taken enough mental calculations and precise body control to be counted as one.
Rex still kept his eyes on the Alpha wolf even after the dodge, it easily countered the extra momentum of it's miss and was quickly dashing forward again towards him.
"TWO"
Rex nimbly rolled forward, barely avoiding another lunge from the Alpha. His roll had not even ended, when he noticed one of the wolves, that had cranked itself upward, to dig its claws into his body as he rolled towards it's target point.
"THREE"
Rex using his hands forcefully ended his roll, using the extra momentum from his roll, he pivoted, performing a low kick, that swept the ambushing wolf off its feet.
"FOUR- - -FIVE"
With a forceful thump using his hand as an anchor, Rex was back on his feet. The Alpha was just recovering from its missed lunge, but the second of the wolf pack was within melee distance with an overly outstretched jaw.
"WHACKK!!!"
There was a union of an outstretched jaw and a kick, the receiving wolf whimpered as it slid across the forest floor. "AHhhh!" Rex gasped in pain, the kick had sent a jolt of pain towards his hip. He was really pushing his limits. Reorienting himself, he noticed that the Alpha wolf was almost within melee range. He had told himself seven moves, but staring at the Alpha wolf, he simply wanted to rest.
"TWO MORE, TWO MORE"
Rex chanted in his mind, he could feel his calm and lethality return with each chant. The Alpha wolf was less than 100 meters from him. It had paused its advance as it studied him with deep-seated aggression. Its aggression was so great, Rex could feel his demise in its gaze.
The alpha wolf shot forward towards him. It was not opening its jaw or running in any motion that denoted its intention. It was on a straightforward path to Rex. He focused all his attention on it, his mental calculations were pushed to its limit as he readied his pose, awaiting any movement that would betray the Alpha's intention.
None was shown.
"SIX"
Rex punched forward in a bid to intercept the rapidly advancing wolf, as his fist made contact, he did not feel the satisfying wrath of his hit. His fist simply phased through the wolf as its figure turned ephemereal at that instant of contact.
Rex barely had a moment to take in the unique occurrence, when the Alpha wolf dashed into him with the full brunt of its charge. Its figure no longer ephemeral. Rex was sent flying backward, ending his brief flight with a brutal impact on a thick-stemmed tree.
"HEALTH LEVEL: CRITICAL!"
The feminine voice sounded loudly.
"I could swear I felt a bit of concern there, or is it just my imagination". Rex rebutted to the feminine announcer. His mood was not as jovial as his words. He could feel every fiber of his being been saturated by that calm energy. It was almost a certainty that he was going to lose, He had not even succeeded in taking down even one of the wolves.
Rex slowly pulled himself into standing, using the tree as support. Each movement sent pain shuttling all across his body. He was going to lose a lot with this defeat, but he could not take it at all if he could not at least leave a lasting damage on the subject of his fall.
As Rex stood. His eyes locked into a stare with the Alpha. The atmosphere stood frozen by the lethality, hate and rage in their gaze. He could feel himself gaining a form of control over the lethal energy that pulsed within him. He could feel them slowly responding to his desire.
Slowly and increasingly, he could feel the cool energy flowing from all across his body to his right hand, his dominant fist. His eyes were so focused on the Alpha wolf to notice the dim wavy purplish flame that had coated his right hand or the fact that the ink markings had fully spread to his right hand and had taken a bit of a purplish tint.
'BOOOOOMMM'
The Alpha wolf dashed forward again, every single leap of it, increased the pace with which the cool energy was accumulating within Rex's hand. In mere moments, it was almost within melee range.
'Swooshh"
It jumped forward, its intention bare. It action was aimed at pinning Rex downward. But in his cold lethal desire, Rex couldn't care less.
"SEVEN"
His fist shot forward, he could barely register its movement before it made contact. The Alpha wolf was pulling the same stunt again. Its figure was already blurry as it switched into an ephemeral phase. But its stunt barely made a difference as Rex's fist, coated in a purplish glow still made contact with it in its ephemeral form.
"Swoosh"
At the moment his fist struck the ephemeral Alpha wolf, an arrow slid into its shadowy body. As Rex's fist struck the wolf, it was forcefully pulled off its shadowy phase, with a large chunk of its skull shattered from the force from Rex's empowered fist.
"Huu- - -Huu - - -Huu"
Rex panted as the Alpha wolf's body chaotically shot backward, smacking through trees and dense foliage.
"SKILL AWAKENED: RAGEBORNE"
The voice of the feminine announcer sounded divine as he fell on his knees, but that was not the only announcement the feminine voice had to give.
"LEVEL UPGRADED". Its voice sounded again like a distant whisper as Rex broke into his learned maniac laughter.