Wolf in the Forest

The trees seem endless as we venture deeper and deeper through the forest.

The directions left by our teachers were becoming less and less frequent than before and because of that, we had a harder time figuring out where to go.

It has probably been 4 hours since the exam started and we had been walking non-stop.

"Let us take a breather" Kyle was pleading to Mellissa

"No, we have to keep going, you can either stop being a baby or keep going" Mellissa heartlessly replied.

"But!"

"Wait do you feel that?" I interrupt Kyle as I concentrate to have a better idea of what I was feeling.

"What?" Warren asks me out of concern.

"It's a very powerful presence" I reply to him.

"I feel it too, it probably belongs to a teacher" Mellissa backs me up.

We all start walking again towards the presence.

"We're getting closer" Mellissa whispered to us.

We slowly and quietly approach the presence.

What we saw horrified us,

A man wearing a teacher's uniform was on the ground, wounds were present on his body and he was barely breathing.

"R-run!" He shouts to us,

We then hear something amidst the trees,

"Oh, my, what do we have here" A Figure could be seen sitting on top of a branch.

It wore a mask bearing a huge devilish smile, and bloodlust was present in its eye.

It was wearing a trench coat covered in blood.

It then jumped down from the tree and let out a terrifying howl.

All 5 of us stood still and were unable to move from the terror it emitted.

I quickly snap out of it and put my hand on my sword.

Claws then grew from its hand and started walking towards us.

"R-run, It's a wolfman, you have to escape" The teacher spoke to us weakly, it was evident that he was losing strength.

"I will give you a choice, I will allow 4 of you to escape and I promise to not come after you, but that girl has to stay and be my lunch" The Wolfman then said to us with its voice that gave me shivers.

I look at Mellissa, fear was present in her eyes but she maintained her posture.

"Li-listen, we just need to work together, we ca-"

Mellissa was about to say something but it was interrupted by Kyle as he ran away without even looking back.

"That cowardly basta-" She was about to swear at Kyle but a loud noise stopped her from saying it,

It was Chris, he screamed like a little girl as he ran after Kyle.

"I'm sorry, Mellissa" Warren then said to us as he quickly ran away too.

I look at Mellissa as she falls to her knees, despair was slowly being visible on her once cold face.

Honestly, after the horrible experience, I got for my selfless act in my past life, a part of me wanted to run away too, a part of me wanted to just abandon Mellissa and save myself the trouble.

But I know deep inside of me, that if I run away here and now, If I turn a blind eye, It will forever haunt my dreams, and won't get a good night's sleep ever again.

I mean how could I, who was 30 years old mentally, abandon a 15-year-old girl who barely had her life started.

I close my eyes and regain my composure,

"I won't achieve a peaceful life if I run here," I thought to myself.

I open my eyes and secretly gathered my Aura inside me.

I scan the teacher on the ground and see that he was losing blood.

I see the Wolfman slowly walking towards us.

I see drool leak out of its mask as its gaze is centered around Mellissa.

Not caring about anything else.

(SWISH)

I perform a greater longsword slash at it.

It was a clean hit on its face but I doubt that it killed it.

I made sure the Aura I released had a lot of force but I had to sacrifice some lethality.

This made sure that it was knocked back by quite a distance.

I used this opportunity to quickly approach the teacher and put him on my back.

"Mellissa!, LETS GO" I screamed at Mellissa which seem to pull her back from her despair.

We then quickly run as fast as we can

"YOU FUCKER!!!" I hear it scream from afar

I did not bother to look back and keep running.

"YOU BROWN-HAIRED BASTARD"

"I WILL FUCKING RIP YOU APART"

I hear it curse from a distance and its voice was noticeably getting closer.

"Mellissa, carry the teacher, I will try to lure it away"

I say to Mellissa while we were running.

"Huh?! But that will be too dangerous!" She tried to change my mind but I know that sooner or later that Wolfman will catch up to us.

"Don't worry I have a plan" I reassure her

We stop for a bit and she then reluctantly carries the teacher as I made her go a different way

"COME AND GET ME DOGGY" I scream at the top of my lungs

I run in the opposite direction where Mellissa ran.

I hear a howl in the distance,

I hear it getting closer and closer.

I then stopped in my tracks and look behind me,

Not long after the Wolfman was in my sights.

The mask it wore was no longer there it probably got cut with my surprise attack.

Its face was hideous, It may have wolf claws but its face bore a face of a very ugly man,

"YOU FUCKING BITCH, YOU WILL PAY, I WILL ENJOY RIPPING EVERY SINGLE BONE FROM YOUR BODY" The Wolfman shouted at me with clear rage and bloodlust present in its eyes.

It then pounced at me, I barely dodged it and starts swinging my sword, none of my slashes could cut its thick fur.

"IS THAT ALL YOU CAN DO?"

"Tsk" I click my tongue

A dance of sword and claw was happening between me and the Wolfman, I know that if I don't do something my new life will end here.

Sword Chant was a skill I trained for my whole life in my past life but couldn't perform it because I lacked the Aura, I remember training every single day in my past life so I could at least be able to perform one Sword Chant.

Sword Chant can be done by sacrificing a bit of your blood merged with aura and reciting a poem to perform a devastating strike or maybe even sometimes a flurry of strikes.

The only downside of learning this skill is that unless you are the creator, you can only recite the same poem and technique once, so every time you want to use a Sword Chant, you have to find another technique.

I remember reading every Legend back then in my old life that shared their Sword Chant with the world.

I know how to perform a Sword chant by theory but now I am about to perform one in the field.

The Wolfman then uses his legs to kick me away, my body flies through the air only to be stopped by a tree.

I hear my barrier shattering from the impact.

I assess my condition, blood was flowing through my mouth and nose.

Without the barrier cushioning the impact, my bones should have been broken by now.

I see the Wolfman walking slowly towards me with a huge grin on its ugly face.

*cough* *cough*

I cough out some blood to the ground, as I gather my remaining strength to stand.

"I must succeed," I thought to myself

"Just give up, you will die here today" The Wolfman looks at me thinking he already won.

I prepare a different stance, I point the longsword at him, and I closed my eyes.

I imagine the blood and my Aura merging,

"Well, then don't mind me while I EAT YOU"

The Wolfman then pounced at me.

" Thy not despair because of fear, for the will of a man beats any cruel beast who attempts to conquer it - The Sword of Hunter Zayne"

I swing my sword and hear the sound of flesh being sliced.

I open my eyes and see that the body of Wolfman was cut cleanly in half.

"Wha-, how?" There was clear confusion present in its eyes as its body starts to fall apart into two pieces.

The Wolfman died a cruel and horrible death in front of me.

I then felt extreme pain afterward,

"FUCK" I shout in my mind

The aftereffects of Sword Chant are always brutal on your body because you are forcing the Sword technique of somebody else on your untrained body, and that somebody is just not anybody but a fucking Legend.

I grit my teeth and endure the extreme pain I was feeling and started to cough more blood.

I then start to hear someone from a distance.

"KAYN!" I see a beautiful teacher from afar

It was Ms. Melinda

"Thank god" That was the last thing I remember saying before losing consciousness