Chapter 425: Surrounded

As soon as he left them, Ava's head popped out of his shirt while clinging to Theo's shirt, assessing the situation. She thought the situation wasn't that safe because of the number of people in this area.

"So, where are we going, Ava? The missions I chose are related to both places." Theo furrowed his eyebrows. "Because we have no group or whatsoever, we can freely move from one place to another, so I will let you choose our first destination. My right hand represents the Sinx Forest while the other represents the Eion Plain. Which place do you wish to visit?"

Seeing Theo raising his hands, Ava looked at both of them for a moment before pointing at the right hand. "Kyu!"

"Okay. Let's go to Sinx Forest." Theo chuckled.

Since he was already in Sinx Forest, Theo went around this place according to Phyrill's information, making his way to his first mission.

Mission: Kill five Atrocious Wolves and get their Vampiric Fangs Cards (Repeatable).

Level: 300

Reward: 2,500,000 Zils

He almost reached level 270 because of that huge group, so he thought Atrocious Wolves wouldn't be that much of a problem.

It took Theo one hour of running to reach his destination. The place where Atrocious Wolves lived was quite a horrible place. The tree population was quite dense and each tree trunk was as big as three Theo gathering up.

The ground was filled with dry leaves, roots coming out of the ground, and various colored vines.

"Atrocious Wolves can walk with two feet or four feet depending on their needs. With this feature, they are able to maneuver in this forest without a problem." Theo thought for a moment. "Tell me if they are nearby, okay?"

Ava nodded, came out of his shirt, and stood on top of his shoulder like usual.

It was only three minutes before Ava pointed at their right, locating the wolves. However, Ava also added several punches and jumped. "Kyu!"

Theo got the gist of what she was talking about and raised his spear, moving to the right. "Are their ears that good?"

"Kyu!" Ava nodded without hesitation.

"But we had encountered many monsters even before this and they didn't come after us."

Ava sent a few punches again. "Kyu!"

"Because they are at war? They are attacking every single living creature other than their own kin?"

Ava confirmed it and let out a sigh. "Kyu."

When Theo was about to answer, a shadow appeared in the corner of his eyes. Theo clicked his tongue and started looking around while releasing his Awareness.

He soon realized fighting in this place wasn't as easy as he thought. The dense forest limited his vision, giving the wolf a huge advantage.

His heart began to race as he observed everything with his Awareness, only to raise his head.

The wolf already leaped off the tree and pounced at him. The wolf's claws glowed in blue as it released a single strand of water.

Theo furrowed his eyebrows and raised his left hand, using his Telekinesis to disperse the water.

'A water wolf?' Theo frowned before his heart skipped a beat when he saw the wolf jumping in another direction. 'There is nothing that can be used as its foothold…'

Theo couldn't understand how the wolf could do such a thing, but he still confronted the wolf head-on. He thrust his spear, not letting the wolf leave.

Seeing this, the wolf opened its mouth and released a small breath of water to stop it.

However, Theo continued using his Telekinesis to disperse them again before Ava jumped off his shoulder.

"Aooo!" Another brown-colored wolf came out of the woods, trying to pounce Theo.

Planning to stop him, Ava kicked the wolf where it fought back with its claw.

Ava released her lightning while the wolf shot out his water.

The lightning spread on the water's surface, so the wolf instinctively stopped the water supply to avoid being hit. At the same time, the wolf changed its attack pattern.

Its four feet glowed white as it leaped to the side, avoiding Ava.

Not wanting to be outdone, Ava released her lightning before spinning her body to release a small lightning ball, shooting the wolf.

The wolf waved its paw and deflected the lightning ball, but Clone Theo appeared behind it, slicing the body.

Things went smoothly as Clone Theo even said, "Good work."

Ava smiled as she was proud of this work before raising her foot. "Kyu!"

Clone Theo and Ava spun their bodies at the same time as they found another two wolves trying to kill them from behind.

Clone Theo used his spear's handle to block the wolf's claw while Ava hit the wolf's paw with her own foot, trying to see who was stronger.

"Kyu!" Ava widened her eyes when more and more wolves were coming at them. She wanted to warn Theo, but the moment she turned around, the wolf used all its strength to blow her away.

Bam.

Ava crashed to the ground while Theo glanced to the side, calling her name. "Ava. You alright?"

Since the ground wasn't that dry, there was no dust kicked up. Theo found Ava standing back like nothing happened, but he could see Ava's angry face.

She released all her lightning that somehow turned the ground where she crashed into a crater. Leaping off the ground, Ava arrived right in front of the wolf in an instant.

"Ao—" The wolf was surprised by Ava's speed and tilted its body to the left, but Ava managed to hit the side's belly, creating a half-circle wound on its belly.

As nothing stopped Ava, she eventually crashed to the tree and her lightning shredded the trunk apart. The tree began to fall down as a "Bam" sound echoed inside the forest.

"Kyu!" Ava puffed her cheek as she looked at her body that was covered by mud. "Kyu."

She was angry because she couldn't stand on Theo's shoulder anymore if she were this dirty. Unfortunately, that anger made her forget to warn Theo as three more wolves landed on top of the broken tree.

"Aoooo!" The wolf howled, letting its presence known.

"!!!" Theo glanced to the side before noticing all the presence surrounding them.

Wolves after wolves made their appearance as they glared at Theo and Ava with their bloodshot eyes.

"…" Theo assessed their situation while muttering, "We're surrounded."