Rebirth: Childhood friend of the heroine

Devour: As the name suggests, it's a skill that allows the skill user to assimilate any being around them who doesn't carry a will or the strength to resist. Although there weren't any living beings in the current era who were reported to have similar skills—until now, that is—from the recorded knowledge, one could only derive a single weakness of this skill.

Time limit.

Devour heavily tolls on the body of the skill user, given not only the remaining Soul Energy of the beings but their skills and remaining vitality is absorbed through this skill. As such, for a single mind to process so many things gravely affects the user.

Now how long can this specific wolf maintain this form, is a mystery. However, if they don't do anything then everyone here will surely die.

....

Alex gulped in apprehension as he gazed at the tall being that had transcended the form of a beast and entered the realm of a demon.

Its massive frame loomed over the treetops, its shadow swallowing the ground below. Its fur bristled like sharp needles, and its dark body seemed to devour what little light the sky offered. The air grew heavy with its presence, thick with a suffocating dread. Crimson eyes burned like molten embers, and a jagged mark etched into its forehead pulsed like a wicked third eye, seething with malice.

The creature's sheer existence oozed power, demanding not just respect but raw, primal fear. Amanda's face drained of colour as cold sweat dripped down her temples. Her legs trembled violently, ready to give way, and if not for her brother's steadying grip, she would have collapsed under the crushing weight of its presence.

And it wasn't just her; no one before the monster had faced something like this ever before. Even the strongest one, Eric, narrowed his eyes and removed his glasses.

This situation has turned ugly.

The wolf scratched its feet on the ground before raising its maw,

*OWUUUUUUUU*

A chill ran down everyone's spine as Eric muttered under his breath, "Here it comes..."

In an instant, four people vanished.

**DHAK**

Eric met the Wolf's claw head-on, using his bare hands to stop the beast in its track somehow. His feet dug inside the ground, the weight of the beast added to the enhancement skill it must be utilizing; Eric felt he might get overwhelmed.

On the other side, Edric moved to catch Amanda and David in his arms and bring them far away from the battlefield.

Alex mirrored the task and rescued Aborne before bringing the man to the other side of the mansion.

"Edric....!" Seeing Edric going, Amanda tried to stop him.

Edric just turned to look at her, his gaze holding those words which only Amanda could comprehend.

Tears rolled down her eyes, as the girl loosened her hold on his sleeve as she uttered, "Take care."

Edric smiled and after giving a brief nod, he returned to the battlefield.

"Goddamn...." Edric exclaimed upon hearing several blows ringing throughout the forest, but he was barely able to see anything.

Switching to his elven form, the teenager finally saw it—the clash between two monsters.

Eric's blood spear crackled with energy as he charged, tearing through the forest like an arrow. The wolf's massive paw slammed down, ripping apart the ground and sending shockwaves that flattened trees in all directions. Eric leapt over the impact, spinning mid-air as his spear extended, stabbing deep into the wolf's shoulder.

The beast howled, shaking the earth, and with a violent twist of its body, it flung Eric off like a toy. He smashed through a tree, splinters exploding around him, and hit the ground rolling, already springing back to his feet. The wolf didn't wait—it lunged, claws tearing through the air.

Eric ducked under the swipe and drove his spear upward into the beast's chest. Blood sprayed, but the wolf didn't slow. Its other paw came crashing down, and Eric barely twisted away in time, the shockwave throwing him back.

The beast disappeared, and the next time Edric spotted the beast, it was hovering over Eric, its maw open wide.

Before the man could have jumped away, ripples of sonic waves rained upon him.

"*OUUUUUUUUUUUUU*"

The sheer pressure of those sonic waves made Eric's blood spear disintegrate as the man clutched his ears to spare himself from the torture.

The earth around the man sunk in, a proof of the relentlessness the beast carried.

Eric gritted his teeth before a single drop of his blood transformed into a massive sword that pierced the wolf right in its chest.

The scene was out of a horror book where an airborne wolf was stabbed by a glaring red sword. Under the moonlight, the scene looked majestic.

However, Edric's daze was broken when Alex harshly pushed him from behind and shouted, "Find that dagger with me, you dumbass!"

Edric hurriedly nodded, "Yes! Dagger...wait, what dagger?"

Alex explained as he continued to search the whole place, "It's a silver blade dagger with brown leather wrapped around its handle. The alloy of that dagger prevents these mutts from regenerating."

Edric was startled to hear that. If there was such a thing why doesn't everyone have one such treasure?

But then, it was so useful, especially against inhumane beings, that it must be very valuable. No doubt why even the young master of the Steelhound clan doesn't have one either.

"Kukuku~do you think we would let you play around with that dangerous thing?" Edric and Alex instantly straightened their backs and glared at the still-alive wolf standing a few meters across from them.

The most concerning fact was that it had found the dagger.

Alex was about to take a step when suddenly, "Ah-uh! Take another step and I will devour this dagger."

Edric scoffed, "You know it's nothing but a lethal poison for you, right?"

The grey-haired inhumane shrugged, "Doesn't matter if it takes our lives. Until we can have our revenge against you...I will be more than happy to sacrifice my life."

Alex gritted his teeth; he needed that dagger at all cost or who knows how long it will take to take down that massive creature?

He was devising a plan when suddenly the wolf froze...or more like it was prevented from moving.

A stream of blood shot through its head and the beast was lifted into the air.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Alex and Edric watched in astonishment as the wolf got swung up and down; every time its body landed, a strong slam was heard along with a loud cracking sound.

The wolf was killed and healed several times before the dagger from its hand was snatched and was stabbed in its back—ceasing the life of the beast in an instant.

Once the wolf was thrown away a woman appeared from the shadows, while smiling at Alex,

"Hello, Darling~missed me?"

Edric, who was just beside Alex, nudged him as he asked,

"Bro...tell her I already have a girlfriend."

Alex rolled his eyes.

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A/N:- Thanks for reading.