Cayden, the younger brother, was the furthest behind and so the ice wolves had caught up to him first,
attacking wildly.
Only a few hundred wolves had managed to reach him so far. But once they started their attack, they
would fight to death with utter disregard for any life, even their own.
Cayden's temper was short and having so many wolves pounce at once had sent him into a fury. He
turned around fast and faced them all head-on.
He was much more powerful than these wolves. None of them on their own were a match for him. He
gripped a long spear tightly and waved it around swiftly. The overwhelming amount of spear shadows
stirred up ice and snow all across the sky, creating a terrible weapon against his foes.
Before long, he'd stabbed through several heads and killed numerous ice wolves.
He continued his fight back with the long spear in hand, vanquishing one wolf after another.
With only a few maneuvers, he'd killed more than two hundred of them. He seemed to have the upper
hand, before the other wolves caught up and swarmed on him. They approached him slowly, about to
completely surround him and drown him beneath their attacks.
"Cayden, do not fight them. Run!"
Anakin cried out anxiously to his younger brother.
"Now is not the right time for that.
Don't act impulsively!
Cool your aggression. It doesn't matter how powerful you are, you can't defeat so many of them.
Get out of there right now!
Before it's too late!"
Anakin bellowed his warnings again.
"Are you out of your mind? Are you trying to get yourself killed? Why would you provoke those mad
creatures?
Run before you're destroyed!"
yelled the water source beast, adding his voice to the cries.
More than a thousand ice wolves then arrived, packed densely around Cayden and surrounding him.
In fact, with his strength, defeating them wouldn't be too difficult. But there were still a ton more rolling
over towards him like a black ocean of death.
Once they all made it to him, his strength would mean nothing. He'd be doomed.
Cayden began realizing the predicament he was in and the disadvantage he would be at if he fought
any longer. He decided not to keep the battle going. He swung his long spear around in a circle, forcing
the surrounding wolves back, turned on his heels and rushed away to escape.
The wolves would not let him get away so easily though. One after the other, they charged at him, rabid
and crazed.
The spear he carried held a terrible energy and continued killing ice wolves as it willed. Every swipe
and stab of the spear killed dozens of the creatures. Hundreds of them had been killed in what seemed
an instant.
But it was far from over as more and more ice wolves continued darting over.
They pounced on him, their eyes red and without fear of death.
Only now did Cayden come to see how difficult escape was going to be.
With more and more rushing madly at him, the number of wolves surrounding him had reached around
five thousand.
Not to mention the other ten thousand that had gathered nearby.
"Cayden, run!"
Anakin gritted his teeth and rushed back to his brother's aid. He stood in front of him as a shield and
began attacking with all his might.
"Let me take care of these ice wolves.
You should get out of here,"
Anakin shouted to his younger brother.
"You don't have to worry about me, big brother. Just run. You're faster than I am.
I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I was too reckless.
Allow me to stop them. Take Austin and save Braden!" Cayden replied sincerely.
He had finally realized the dire situation he was in. He could not help but smile bitterly, knowing what
faced him.
He regretted his carelessness in turning back to challenge the wolves. If he hadn't done that and simply
kept running ahead, he might have gotten far away from them and not have been trapped into this
desperate pickle.
"If you two don't get out of there fast, your chance will be gone!"
shouted the water source beast.
"Water monster, run!
You'll be in big trouble yourself if you don't get a move on!
This is none of your business. Go!"
Cayden screamed back.
"You've had a bad temper your whole life, but I never expected it to get you in this sort of trouble,"
sighed the water source beast, while sighing and watching the ice wolves rushing at the brothers.
He knew Cayden was not strong enough to escape them.
"Forget it!
I fought with you three brothers all my life. It's fate that we become such frienemies.
Today, I will fight alongside you."
He hesitated a moment before turning around and rushing to stand side by side with Anakin and
Cayden.
"Water monster!
Why do you..."
Cayden was a little touched and grateful for the beast's sacrifice.
Even more wolves had come to surround them by now, packed tightly together around them, a wall of
black fur and red eyes snarling.
Every single wolf charged with all their strength. Both brothers and the water source beast all
unleashed their astonishing power, quickly killing a large number of them.
But it wasn't enough, as more of them just kept coming.
They were surrounded by an ocean of ice wolves in the blink of an eye, with only more galloping over
from behind.
Looks of fearful desperation overtook all three of their faces.
Then.
All of a sudden.
A mysterious figure flashed by.
"You three get as far from here as you can, as fast as you can. Allow me to take care of this!"
Austin appeared out of nowhere and stood between them.
"Austin!
I thought you'd gone. Why did you come back?
It's too dangerous. You should go.
We can handle them by ourselves,"
Anakin said when he saw Austin beside them.
"You three go. Let me stop them. I'm much faster than you. Trust me. I'll be able to escape, easier than
you could!"
Austin said again.
He did not hesitate to get to work.
He took out a large amount of sacred fire from the Fire Bead, forming a sea of fire to block off the ice
wolves from every direction.
They weren't very strong and were afraid of the powerful sacred fire, quickly jumping out of the way.
"Austin, don't push too hard!
You need to get out of there as soon as you can. We can hold them off while you escape!"
Anakin called out.
"Hey, human boy, are you tired of living? Even the three of us don't have the confidence to defeat all
these ice wolves. How then do you think you're going to resist them?"
yelled the water source beast as he fought back against the wolves' ferocious attacks.
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