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Chapter 16 - The Wolf’s Last Stand

With each step Apatura took, a beautiful small butterfly appeared. She created the silhouette of a butterfly, a massive butterfly the size of an average-sized car. The pink silhouette mesmerized Iris; her eyes brightened as she saw a beautiful creation.

"Apatura… you're amazing." Iris whispered, her voice trembling with a mix of admiration and fear.

Apatura's eyes narrowed as she focused on the wolf, her wings shining brighter and brighter for each body part she completed.

"This is the first step," Apatura said, her voice unbothered with hints of determination. "Watch carefully."

The wolf calmly looked at Apatura, creating the silhouette of the butterfly, instead using the time to concentrate as much energy into its horn. The horn increased in size by ten percent, alerting Iris. His fur color became darker and darker until the different colors united.

Iris covered her mouth when Apatura finished the silhouette; a large number of the same colored butterflies as Apatura appeared, flying up to the sky before disappearing.

Zap! Zap! Zap!

In a split second, Apatura took one step, completely evading the lightning attacks. She looked down, seeing how the ground began showing signs of lighting. She senses an explosion, leading her to jump.

Boom!

The wolf ran, closing the gap with Apatura, before he began his barrage of attacks.

Apatura, seeing the attack, returns to where the butterfly is located.

Boom!! Boom!

Apatura extended her blade, creating the pattern of her wings on the ground, her strength increasing. Simultaneously, she dodged the many attacks of the wolf. 

The wolf lowered its size, becoming a smaller animal. Its horn became denser; however, its speed was not affected.

With its smaller size, it can now attack with more power and speed. Landing attacks left and right. Sending Apatura to use her blade to defend against the wolf's attack.

The butterfly movement allows Apatura to move freely through the zone. She quickly travels almost instantaneously through the zone, sending many power attacks at the wolf.

The wolf deflected her attacks by biting her.

Zap! ZAP!!

Apatura gets sent flying, not before sending a powerful blade inside the leg of the wolf.

She raises her wings, flying immediately toward her zone. The wolf sees this, causing it to increase in size. Creating a large dark cloud on its horn.

Boom!

Apatura is now trapped in a zone of many different shadows. Three large wolves with about thirty normal wolves, all showing extreme bloodlust.

Apatura, feeling more desperate, launches herself at the wolves to try and get everything over.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

Her extermination begins. The wolf has no chance to recover. The large wolves are all simultaneously launching attacks toward her; with her speed, she can evade most of them and deflect the others.

"Aaa!!" Apatura's blade radiates pink; she sees a large row of wolves all perfectly lined up; she launches herself, causing all of the wolves to get immediately terminated.

She reached the wall; her barrage of punches caused the barrier to break.

Zap! Zap! Zap! Zap!

Apatura gets hit with massive attacks. She couldn't predict the attack. Her body is on the ground, she grabs the dirt, feeling the grass on her hands. Taking a deep breath, her eyes lose all color, becoming pure red.

Zap!!!

Apatura stabbed the ground with such power that the following lightning exploded to a large radius, causing her little to no damage.

Apatura's flying speed increased, flying in many directions at a high speed, evading the many lightning attacks and swipes the wolf was launching, only for her to counteract with many small-scale attacks.

Apatura reached the wolf's head before he even noticed; feeling fear for the first time, he let out an even more powerful howl.

Auuuuu!!!!

"Apatura!!" Iris screamed before her body immediately passed out from the potency of the attack, her ears suffering heavy damage. 

Apatura is nowhere to be seen; the wolf looks around trying to find her, but there is nothing, not a single piece of evidence of Apatura. However, his gut tells him to launch a large-scale attack.

With his now supercharged horn, the wolf closed his eyes, his entire body trembling, all of his muscles contracted.

Slash

Thump!

Apatura appeared standing on top of the horn shattered into pieces. Her blade was covered in a deep, dark fog with hints of pink.

The energy exerted by the wolf into his horn suddenly returned to its body, causing its body to go into overdrive; he needed a way to expel the energy. 

The body of the wolf began inflating; its body reached double its size, the fur of the wolf transforming into a deep, dark red fur.

Apatura quickly flies away, passing to carry the passed-out Iris.

Boom!!!!!!!

Apatura is sent flying; her wings can't beat the extreme pressure, and the trees all simultaneously begin falling. 

As her body is flying, Apatura tries to regain her control, putting strength into her wings, until she finally manages to stop flying. 

Apatura descended to the ground, carefully placing Iris on the ground. She retracted her wings and antennas. Taking a deep breath, her body exhausted. 

She looks at Iris, her body becoming paler and paler. Apatura quickly touches Iris's forehead; she reacts with her hands at the touch, her heart racing. She had never felt such a cold body.

Phwwwwwht

The white fog appears once again. The mysterious creature sinisterly looks at the tired Apatura. The smell of rot engulfs the entire forest and sticks to Apatura's skin.

"That girl has only one more day to live." The creature said, in a disturbing voice.

Apatura took out her wings; however, their size decreased. "Didn't you say that we have ten days!!"

"Yes but she exerted a large amount of energy to not disturb you. It is surprising and very dumb for her to try to suppress her feelings." The creature's voice deepened, "You were the main reason. If you didn't fight the king wolf, she would have lived longer, but all of that internal damage inside her is too severe." 

"Can you save her?" Apatura said defeated.

The creature smiled, "I don't know… But if you accept the contract we formed, then we might have a chance to save her." 

Apatura, filled with rage, bit her tongue to try and think clearly. Fuck! Why?! Why?! Why did those traitors sell me as a slave?

"Also, that was a beautiful dance. I would be happy to see the heir of our kingdom learning it plus our clan's fog. Will he be worthy of everything?" The creature's sinister voice sent a shiver down Apatura's spine.

Apaturas's face contorted in anger; she wants to kill him; however, Iris will be in danger.

"..." 

Boom!

Apatura released a strong amount of pressure; she reached the face of the creature, her blade out, ready to kill.

Slash!

Thump!

The creature's arm dropped, a black blood fountain; the creature's face was ready to kill everyone, ready to disagree with the leader. 

"Ahhh!!!!" The creature let out a large scream, taking out its blade and launching itself towards the grinning Apatura.

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