Dreamer

Realizing that blood has covered the ground where his sister was supposed to be sleeping at, Mathias can't help but exclaimed in horror as his mind is still not clear yet due to him just waking up from his sleep from the loud scream.

Crawling on all four, Mathias heads to the pool of blood with his uncertain eyes.

But his train of thought was interrupted by blood spraying onto his face from the side, this stunned his entire body before he slowly reaches for the blood on his face. Mathias looks at his bloodied trembling hands before he glanced to the side.

Now that his mind has come back from the dreamworld, he realized that the screams are unending.

On his side, he saw one of the people of the new group he just joined alongside his sister being lifted up from the ground already being ripped in half by a creature digging its claws through the man's torso.

The horror inside the man's eyes can still be seen even in death.

Mathias can feel his entire being shiver as the Werewolf that ripped the man in half looks at him with a devious bloodied grin, it makes his entire body go stiff out of fear. Despite having red eyes, the Werewolf is still way bigger than Mathias.

Even compared to a regular adult, Mathias is still smaller much less than an actual Werewolf.

"S-Sister...", Mathias unconsciously mutters lightly.

But just as the Werewolf smacks its lips in delight seeing a young and fresh meal ready to be eaten in front of it, a sharp blade suddenly burst out of its chest making it growl in pain. Blood once again splattered onto Mathias' body as the Werewolf struggles to reach whoever stab it from the back.

Looking at the big-belly man that stabbed the Werewolf from the back, Mathias recognized him.

It was Richard that stabbed the Werewolf using his silver sword.

"Run! Leave this place right now and run!", Richard shouted as he dodged the Werewolf's swipe before stabbing the silver sword again from another angle, he then twisted the sword before slashing it to the side.

Mathias watches as the Werewolf didn't die even after having half of its chest sliced.

"Run!"

Another shout came from Richard and snapped Mathias out of his daze, he then immediately stood up before turning around and started sprinting. Every time a scream resounded, he feel something stings his heart.

Now that he gets a good look at the situation, he finds that the entire camp was attacked.

Blood and gore decorated the night and depicted the picture straight from hell, it seems the camp was under attack by a pack of Werewolves that matches the group's number. Many freshly killed people are currently being devoured by these night crawlers.

Only a few were last standing, and they are slowly being overwhelmed by the pack of Werewolves.

Despite using everything he has to move his legs and get away from this place, a couple of Werewolves noticed him as they leaped towards him with their tongues protruding out like some unhinged feral beasts.

Mathias jumped forward, dodging one leaping Werewolf as it crashes onto a tree.

But before he can even stand back up and resume his running, another Werewolf already has its claws inches away from his face. In the nick of time, someone body-slammed the Werewolf from the side and they both rolled to the side.

Looking at the person that saved him, Mathias' eyes widened, "Sister!!"

"Keep on running, Mathias! I'll follow you soon enough", Bealey said with a dagger in her hand, it should be a dagger that belongs to one of the people here that she picked up. Despite having a dagger, fighting a Werewolf is still way out of her league.

The Werewolf bares its sharp fangs as it started to circle Bealey while dragging its sharp claws.

Claw marks were left on the ground as the Werewolf circles Bealey with its vicious red eyes fixated on her. Mathias wanted to run, however, another part of him doesn't want to let his sister fight that Werewolf which will only end badly.

Roar!

But it was already too late as the Werewolf already lunges at Bealey wanting to tear her apart.

Even though she was only equipped with a dagger in both of her hands, Bealey manages to dodge the Werewolf's advancement and stabbed it from the side with the dagger. Pushing with all of her might, the dagger went in deeper.

Glaring at Bealey, the Werewolf then swings its claws before hitting Bealey right on her abdomen.

Slash!

Upon being hit by the black steel claws belonging to the Werewolf, Bealey's body stiffen as her eyes slowly widened. For a brief second she stopped moving, and then out of nowhere, she vomited a mouthful of blood.

"B-Bealey!!!", Mathias shouted at the top of his lung seeing Bealey suffer a severe injury.

Although she tries her best to fight the Werewolf the difference in physical prowess was too much, the Werewolf is way faster and stronger than any human. Because of that, she was scratched right on her side deeply.

Thud!

Suffering such a powerful blow, Bealey falls to the ground while holding onto her bloodied side.

Mathias was about to jump in, disregarding any logical thought inside his head when he saw the Werewolf was about to finish his sister off. But quicker than he is, Richard came in and saved Bealey by blocking the Werewolf's descending claws.

Despite being quite fat, Richard's movement is very efficient as he cuts off the Werewolf's head.

Slash!

Upon seeing this Mathias immediately went over to his sister to check on her, he saw the right side of Bealey's torso is drenched with blood showing that the wound is very grievous. Looking at his sister in this state, his eyes started to get teary.

"Sister... Sister... Please be okay", Mathias mutters while shaking Bealey's body.

But surprisingly enough Bealey's body moved as she pushes herself to get up, she then looks at Mathias before holding his cheek with a comforting smile, "Don't cry, this is nothing for me. A strong boy like you shouldn't shed a tear like this..."

"I'm sorry to interrupt your moment, but you guys need to run away", Richard suddenly said.

Glancing to the side Mathias saw Richard holding the silver sword with both hands, ready to fight the Werewolves that are noticing their presence. While looking at this, Mathias can't help but asks, "H-How did these Werewolves gets here?"

"I don't know... but if I were to guess, the Werewolf that pursue you before is not a Beta"

"But it has red eyes, it should be a Beta"

Since Mathias clearly saw that the Werewolf chasing after them earlier has red eyes, he was pretty confused as to why Richard said that. It should be clear that it has red eyes, and on top of that it acts like a Beta outcast.

Instead of replying, Richard points to a Werewolf standing tall in front of him.

Following the direction where Richard pointed with his eyes, Mathias saw a Werewolf that is standing amongst a couple of growling Werewolves. Immediately his eyes were attracted to that particular Werewolf's eyes that are half blue and half red.

This Werewolf also looks familiar to Mathias, its gaze was familiar with the one chasing them.

"N-No... that one can't be the Werewolf from before, right?", Mathias mutters with a shaking voice, he doesn't want to believe it but the gaze really looks familiar. It makes his skin crawl realizing how this happened.

Richard nodded his head, "It's the same one, we're wrong to assume that it was an outcast"

"That Werewolf's eyes are half blue and half red, which means that the Werewolf really did challenge the previous Alpha and he won the fight. The only reason that its eyes were still red is probably that the fight is recent, and it's still in the transition process", he added with a frown.

Upon hearing this, Mathias sucked in a cold breast as he slowly backs away.

But soon enough his hand was suddenly grabbed by Bealey before she pulls him away, she intends to bring Mathias out of there despite the wound on her side that keeps dripping blood to the ground.

With a frail and weak voice, Bealey then mutters, "Let's go... we need to run"

"Sister, what about Richard?!", Mathias asked in a hurry.

Instead of his sister answering, Richard is the one who replies first as he glanced over his shoulder before giving Mathias a smile, "Don't worry about me, and don't blame yourself for what happened here. It's probably for the best..."

"Humanity is already doomed anyway in this world", he added before looking back to the front.

Mathias last saw Richard charging at the Werewolves with the silver sword in his hand as he was pulled away by his sister, he let out a battle cry as he bravely fight against the pack of Werewolves. A couple of tears escaped his eyes as he saw how Richard got butchered by the Werewolves.

Just like that, the group got entirely annihilated, leaving nothing but corpses and blood.

A moment later,

Even though the two of them managed to get quite far away from the camp, Bealey started to slow down as her expression already turned very pale. Mathias looks down and realized that her sister already lost too much blood already.

Only by the fuel of adrenaline and sheer will has she managed to keep conscious until now.

Even with those fuels that are burning inside of her, Bealey started to get slower and slower until her body eventually gave up and she fell to the ground with a thud, "Sister!", Mathias catches her before helping her lean on a tree.

Knowing that he needs to do something, Mathias darted his eyes left and right.

"Let's rest here for a while, the Werewolves should be busy eating. I'll try to find something to wrap your wound with", Mathias said before he intends to get up and start his search around the place.

But Bealey catches Mathias's hand, stopping him on his track before shaking her head.

With a weak smile, Bealey looks at Mathias's face with dear love as she caresses his face with her bloodied hand before she said lightly, "Don't... you don't need to do that. Would you just stay by my side and listen to me?"

"No, please... Sister, please don't die. I-I still can't l-lose you yet...", Mathias said, sobbing profusely.

Upon seeing Mathias's sad expression Bealey can't help but want to burst out crying, but she held it in for Mathias's sake, "I'm not going anywhere, do you really think this kind of wound would kill me? I'm fine... I just need you to listen to me"

Wiping the tears off of his cheeks, Mathias looks at his sister, trying to be strong.

Looking up into the night sky through the gaps of the tree branches, Bealey takes a deep breath before she opens her mouth, "During the last moment of our father, he whispered to me when you're busy crying. Father talked about his dream of a better world, he said that someday this world will turn and humanity will regain back the footing on this world. But despite being a dreamer, Father is also a realist"

"He knows that it won't happen in his time, or my time, but it might happen during your time"

Upon saying that Bealey gave Mathias a tender gaze as she remembered the words their father told her, she then continues, "Because of that, he asked me to do anything to survive, and also protect you no matter what. Someday there will be a savior that will turn this world around he said..."

Sob...

Sob...

Mathias can't help but cry as he heard what his sister is saying, the tears just come out naturally.

Gazing at the crying Mathias, Bealey reaches out her hand and rubs his head gently, "I feel guilty to father for not believing that anything would change even during your time, even now I still don't believe that anything will change. But I don't want you to be like me, I want you to cling to the hope that something will definitely change"

"At the very least, try to survive to see that change..."

"I love you"

Upon hearing the last words from his own sister, Mathias's eyes are already swimming in tears as a couple of droplets fall to the ground. But while hanging his head low, gripping both of his knees, Mathias saw blood flowing slowly before hitting his right knee.

Looking up at his sister, Mathias's eyes widened as his emotion broke completely.

"SISTER!!"