Chapter 59 - The Massacre - Part 1: The Flame Wolf

-< Status >-

-> [ Dead ] <-

That was the only thing mentioned in its status. Nothing else, no name, no age, no rank, nor any skills.

Shin was bewildered by it. Surely he had seen many dead beasts, he himself had hunted many.

But he never once saw their stats after they were dead. In fact, he never got the need to do it.

What else was left to say? Shin was already near the large flashy red light and now he was certain that something had definitely happened.

He walked further only to reach the boundary of the terrain. As mentioned earlier, the boundaries could be identified with some distinct signs and here there were boulders that were placed.

Shin identified them almost immediately. Unfortunately, he couldn't see the other side because he was quite small while the boulders were large.

He jumped on the boundaries quite easily but right after that, he couldn't move even a single muscle of his body!

"What the hell is this?"

Right in front of him, he could see the land catching fire. To be precise, everything in front of him was engulfed in flames.

*gulp*

He turned his head here and there and widened his vision, but amidst it, he couldn't find anything. The only things visible were the flames, the red hot flames were burning with such vigor that they made hell right in front of him.

"You are kidding me right?"

Even though he wasn't amidst the flames, e could feel the heat getting into him. When he was approaching the area, he could feel the temperature rising. It was quite inconvenient for him but he didn't think about it because at that moment all he wondered was about the clan!

"Please tell me that this is a dream...", he hoped for it to be a dream but unfortunately enough it was reality.

Everything in front of him was burning down completely and was turning into ashes.

His eyes were shaking just by looking at the scene. He started to sweat profusely.

Why? Because he was scared to lose all of them?

Well, that was partly the reason but in reality, he was traumatized too. 

When he was way too younger, he was exposed to fire in a somewhat similar manner. The fire had basically surrounded him at that time and he escaped narrowly. Well, the original body died just because of the heat and that was when Shin took over it!

Whatever may be the case, his body remembered the fear. Even without realizing he was trembling at the sight of the fire.

"System..."

"Search for survivors..." 

'Ding'

[ Do you want to search the survivors from Biola Clan? ]

"Yes..."

'Ding'

[ Command Accepted ]

[ Searching... ]

'Ding'

[ No survivors found in 500-meter radius ]

"..."

Shin was at a loss for words. He could hardly believe what he was hearing from the system. Of course, he didn't even care about reading the texts because all he could see in front of him was the fire!

"Then, search for survivors from the White Wolf Clan...", that was the last thing that Shin asked for.

He hadn't developed that great of a bond between them, but surely he loved seeing all of them happy.

How long had it been anyway since he had joined them? 2 days? 3 days?

Whatever it may be, he was a bit emotional at the moment.

'Ding'

[ Command accepted ]

[ Searching... ]

'Ding'

[ 3 survivors found within the range of 500-meters ]

[ One lies 200 meters to the north, another lies 300 meters to north-east, the last one lies 400 meters to the northwest and 10 meters above the ground ]

When Shin heard those texts, he licked away his tears almost immediately.

He wanted to save those three members at all cost.

He rushed almost immediately as per what the system had said but unfortunately, he had to stop as soon as he entered the area that had caught fire.

It was way too hot for him to walk any further. If he couldn't bear the heat, all the remaining three members would also end up dying.

"Damn!"

"What do I do?", he was trying to find a way via which he would be able to save them but unfortunately the time he took to wonder caused the death of one of those three.

'Ding'

[ One out of the three survivors is dead ]

[ Researching... ]

[ Two survivors found within the range of 500 meters ]

[ One lies 300 meters to north-east and the other one lies 400 meters to the northwest and 10 meters above the ground ]

'Damn...'

Shin blamed his own lack of experience due to which another one of the lives was lost.

"I don't care what happens to me..."

Well, that wasn't completely true. More than them, he cared about himself.

Indeed, he didn't think twice about saving them, but he was much more self-conscious about himself.

'Ding'

[ You have used the skill Dash ]

[ You have used the skill Heal on yourself ]

He ran with all his might and reached near the wolf who was towards the northeast.

"Hey, are you alright?", Shin asked.

Well, it was no time to ask. Each and every moment was precious. Luckily enough, he found the wolf still breathing and thus he rushed back as fast as he could and arrived at the boulder.

"Rest here! I will grab the other survivor...", Shin said in a low voice.

The wolf was barely breathing. More than half of its body had burnt marks. Needless to say, its fur had been burnt too.

"Wait..."

"Listen..."

Shin was preoccupied with saving all of them that he didn't even get the time to heal the wolf.

But right before he went to save the other one, the previous wolf stopped as if he had to say something. At this moment he started to use the skill Heal on the wolf.

'Ding'

[ You have used the skill Heal ]

"Yes?", Shin asked.

"They..."

"They..."

"They betrayed us..."

"They orc.h.e.s.trated the massacre!"

"They betrayed His Highness, Kira..."

"Revenge..."

"Please, get revenge for us...", just after saying this the wolf passed away.

"Hey!"

"Hey! Wake up!"

'Damn, what happened to him now?'

'Ding'

[ You have used the skill Heal ]

"Hey! Speak! Who were they?", he continuously asked but there was no reply.

"Don't tell me..."

When he tried to check the status, it again showed just one thing 'Dead'.

-< Status >-

-> [ Dead ] <-

"Dammit!"

He could see that the wolf also had severe burns on his body. Of course, he had been using Heal on him, but it seemed like the healing couldn't keep up with the burning power of the flame.

It was probably some special sort of flame.

"Damn, now how do I save the other one..."

"It's the farthest one, it will also get burnt if I try to save it while trying to heal myself..."

'What do I do?'

'System, please help me!'

'Ding'

[ Advice: The system advises the host to use the Skill Transformation to transform into the 'Flame Wolf' ]

"..."

To be continued...