Doomsday Pillars

The situation just kept on getting worse. The Firebirds and the Triad’s path of escape were cut off. And with each passing second, the number of wargs kept on increasing.

Fenrir, guarding the passage to exit, walked from left to right in front of Christina not seemingly in a hurry to attack. As if it was toying with its prey during its hunt.

"We’re completely surrounded," Nam said as he stood beside Christina.

Not only were they unable to defeat the Alpha Fenrir, it seemed all was lost because they couldn’t escape with more than 100 wargs filling the room. Nam clenched his fist feeling regret while blaming his cockiness and said, "I’m sorry, Ms. Christina. This is my fault."

Christina took a deep breath trying to find a way out but nothing came into mind other than making a last stand here. Her eyes landed on the strange bracelet and said, "15 minutes! That’s all the time we have left. I... don’t know if it will actually transport us back to our world, but this is our only hope!"

"Very well!"

15 minutes didn’t sound like a long time, with the current situation, however, it felt like forever especially when the Firebirds and Triad only had several fighters capable of fighting. The machine guns’ ammunition and grenades were also used up and only a few sharp weapons were available. Hence, many fighters were forced to fight using their bare hands.

"Everyone, tight formation! Close ranks!"

"Ready!"

"ATTACK!"

Waves of attacks were executed by these wolf-shaped monsters, making sure to take turns.

Pa! Pa! Pa!

ARRRGHH!

As time passed, the wargs pulled out the Firebirds and Triad fighters one by one out of formation before proceeding to feast on the defenseless fighter.

The screams resounded in Christina’s mind as she recalled the same despair they had felt when the first sign of Doomsday had arrived. Tears fell down her cheeks. "No! No! No!"

Even without the Alpha Fenrir’s intervention, it seemed like they wouldn’t be able to last more than 10 minutes.

Chicken screamed in pain when the defensive formation loosened and a warg managed to grab his leg and pulled him out of the formation. Nam heard Chicken’s cry and immediately lunged to try and save his sworn brother.

Baammm !! Baammm !!

Nam punches threw the beast dragging Chicken a dozen meters away only for the other wargs to show up and take turns to pull out Chicken every time one of them was killed. Eventually, the wargs tried to attack Nam too, making Nam unable to save his brother no more.

AAAAAAAARRRGGHH!

Only 5 minutes had passed and just half of the fighters remained.

Despair hit everyone. But a sharp sound and bright light-filled a corner of the room.

Kaaabooommm! Kabooommm!

Tratatatatatat Tratatatatata

The explosions and machine guns’ roars grabbed Christina’s attention and as she looked around, she noticed an old man and a beautiful long-haired woman cutting through the sea of wargs making their way straight toward them.

"It’s Corrie! Inspector Tang! Reinforcements are coming everyone! Stay strong!" Christina shouted.

Corrie was heavily injured when they had left this morning, but she seemed to be almost back to prime state a few hours later. Since humankind started consuming spirit stones and broke through normal limits, the body’s cells’ ability to regenerate had accelerated. The beautiful, long-haired woman Corrie brandished her cleaver, splitting the wargs blocking her way into two.

SPLLAATTT!!

"Sister Christina! Come here!"

The two groups were about 20 meters apart, but dozens of wargs were blocking them. Fortunately, the explosions and the rain of bullets helped immensely to pave the way for the two groups.

Christina grabbed the machete on the floor from one of her fallen comrades and summoned her special ability. The machete erupted with flames and burned the warg closest to her. Christina raised her machete and attacked in a circular fashion like a dance before saying, "Forward!"

Maxine and Nam ran behind Christina but Nam’s gaze remained focused on the Alpha Fenrir. He was sure that Fenrir wouldn’t let them go.

And as Nam had expected, the Fenrir, who had been standing still, flinched and prowled toward the fighters who had just arrived.

"Careful!!!" Shouted Nam.

Inspector Tang immediately ordered the entire armed forces to focus fire on the Alpha Fenrir. Even though the rain of bullets was not able to injure the alpha, it was enough to put a stop on its tracks and make it dodge.

Inspector Tang then threw two grenades he was holding.

KABOOOMM! KABOOMM!

The explosions managed to knock down the Alpha Fenrir.

"Hurry up! That’s the last grenade!"

Because of that brief window, the remaining fighters managed to make their way to the reinforcement group in front of one of the passageways. But after Christina’s final fire machete strike, she fell to her knees and her vision became blurry. She ran out of energy. Maxine carried her while Corrie protected their backs and hacked away the attacking wargs wildly.

Nam was the first to appear in front of the inspector, but he stared at the inspector with a mixture of joy and shame. Their last conversation had ended with him calling the inspector a coward.

Nam looked at the inspector and muttered, "Thank you..."

Even though it was close to a whisper, Inspector Tang heard it and understood the sincerity of Nam’s gratitude, but his smile suddenly changed when a blue light behind Nam flashed in the smoke.

"What is that light! No!"

The blue light became a beam heading toward them and a violent wind followed.

SSHHHHHHH

Inspector Tang pushed Nam away but he, himself, couldn’t avoid it.

Christina and Maxine could only watch the energy beam crash into the passageway with the dozens of fighters gathered in front of it. The other fighters who were standing nearby were also pushed by the fierce wind and fell.

ZZZZAAAPPPPPP!!!

"!!!"

The wind in the hall became chilly as the violent wind dispersed. The temperature in the hall had dropped as they could suddenly see their breaths.

"Get down!!!" Christina shouted as she saw the people near the passageway covered in ice.

She couldn’t understand what was happening when the strange bracelet flashed a small light and a message appeared in her mind.

[Ice Breath - Fenrir’s ultimate skill]

The dozens of fighters turned into ice sculptures and the passageway was blocked with large chunks of ice.

Christina and Maxine stood dumbfounded. They had never expected that the Alpha Fenrir would be way out of their league.

Corrie and the other fighters who were blasted away slowly rose to their feet all filled with unbelief. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"AARRGGHH!" Nam’s scream broke the other’s trance. His entire left hand was frozen along with a stabbing pain on the inside that kept on reverberating. He turned to look at the ice sculpture of the old man who had saved him. Inspector Tang had pushed him to save his life.

Nam shouted once more and everyone could feel his anger and helplessness while the Alpha Fenrir crept toward him in a relaxed manner. The being that wasn’t their opponent to begin with.

Even Christina stood motionless. Thoughts of how ridiculous this mission was kept circling in her mind. Did the extraterrestrial pillar only send them all here to die?

Tap Tap Tap Tap

Fenrir towered over Nam who had lost all hope and grabbed him.

"AARGGGGGHH!!!" Nam’s frozen left hand shattered and its pieces fell to the floor. The man whose body was able to withstand a black zombie’s attack now looked like a soda can being easily crushed by the Fenrir.

KKRRAAKKK

The sound of Nam’s bones cracking pulled Christina from her trance. She took Maxine’s two iron rods and advanced to attack.

AAaRRRGHGH!!!

"Sister!!"

Corrie and Maxine both ran after Christina ready to support Christina in any way they could.

Christina had managed to stab the Fenrir twice, but the Alpha Fenrir had learned from it and wouldn’t let that happen again.

Fenrir let go of its broken prey and pounced toward Christina.

Tap Tap Tap Tap

The two were a meter apart as Christina summoned the last bit of her strength and swung the rods at the Fenrir.

SSWWIISSSHHH !!

But Christina just hit the empty wind.

"!!!"

Fenrir had leaped over Christina and targeted the two women following behind.

Christina’s expression changed rapidly into fear and as she turned around, her heart fell out of her chest

SPLAATT SPLLAATTT

The two strikes of Fenrir’s claws completely slashed Corrie’s neck and Maxine’s chest ...

...

A deadly attack ... Corrie and Maxine, her two siblings fell limp with full eyes on Christina ... even in this condition both of them still worry about her sister’s safety.

...

"Sister ... Savveee ... yo..ur ... self ..."

Sorrowful tears flowed from Christina’s eyes. She reached out and tried to scream, but her voice couldn’t escape her throat.

The beast grinned and looked at Christina directly. It raised its claw; licked it with joy before inhaling and letting out its excitement.

HOOWWWLLLLL!!

A cry of victory.

Christina’s legs lost its strength.. she drops the rods on her hand.. as she lost all will to fight.

Tap tap tap Tap

The wolf crept up to Christina, who had a blank expression, opened its jaw stained with the blood of her sisters before grabbing her shoulder.

Inch by inch, the jaw of the Fenrir closed on her head. Its chilly breath touched her and she could feel her cheeks slowly freezing. And then... Blood splashed all over the floor.

The bracelet on her hand glowed again and transmitted a message.

[Frost Bite - Fenrir’s Ultimate skill]

Christina’s body instantly covered with ice and she starts losing her consciousness