Chapter 14

The two Alphas howled and as a single mind five wolves attacked Elisabhet while another five attacked Mahel, instead the two Alphas sat on the sidelines as if waiting for the meal, they believed it was an easy hunt, they did not know how wrong they were,

-Elisabhet we don't know what their powers are, at least you don't know it, I already guessed it, but since you have to improve I won't say anything- Mahel said with a slight sadistic smile

-But how, why? You're a bastard asshole-

-I know-

Mahel snapped his fingers and, the wolves jumped to bite him but three of those five wolves fell to the ground with their heads severed, blood dripping from Mahel's right arm, but that was not his blood, then he looked into the eyes of the remaining wolves, which they stood still, trembling to yelp, awed by Mahel's display of power.

Elisahet, on the other hand, with the sword unsheathed, took the position that Mahel had taught her, that is, with the left leg to read me and the sword on the flank with the blade towards the enemy and waited for the wolves, who did not wait, two wolves jumped towards while the other three ran around her to encircle her, Elisabhet sprinted hitting the two wolves with various blows, one falls to the ground, dead, while the other landed heavily on his side, breathing heavily, he was not agonizing but was paralyzed, Elisabhet she looked at him trying to figure out if he was dying, making sure he wasn't dying, and with a smile on her lips she got back into her position, she didn't want to kill animals that didn't make her male, and waited for the wolves contract.

Mahel instead wasted no time, he sprinted at high speed towards the black alpha with his hand folded into a claw, the wolf looked at him with a bored air and disappeared from the sight of Mahel, who braked abruptly, looking for the wolf, saw him in front of him with wide open faui, vivid flames danced between his teeth, then like a breath, a sphere of crimson fire was fired at high speed towards him, Mahel smiled and shocked his fingers, the sphere of fire shattered like on an invisible wall, then pointed a finger at the wolf, the shadow of the aforesaid detached itself from the ground wrapping the body of the wolf, binding it, squeezing it and suffocating it.

After a few seconds the Wolf fell dead, strangled by his own shadow, then Mahel turned to his group of wolves, repeating the spell, the Lup remained sitting on the ground docile, waiting for a far less terrible end than the "human" one, finally he turned to the other Alpha who in the meantime had sprinted towards Elisabhet, who with quick blows had killed all the remaining wolves, she saw him out of the corner of her eye, she did not move, she raised her left arm upwards, she began to murmur a spell, Slowly a strong wind began to blow, the Alfa stopped to study the girl, the wind became stronger and stronger. then he pointed his hand towards the Alpha, some blades of wind went towards the Wolf, hit him mercilessly, killing him instantly. Elisabhet panting turned smiling towards Mahel, clenching his fist in victory, Mahel instead with a truce look and said simply:

-It took you too long to cast the spell, thank goodness this Wolf was stupid so you were lucky-

-Yes but you never say anything positive-

-It seems obvious to me, especially after you left that wolf alive there-

-Yes but in the meantime he wouldn't have done anything, come on-

-It could reproduce, kill it-

-What ... is not possible-

-Kill him- and lit a cigarette

Elisabhet turned trembling, drew his sword and approached the wolf, the wolf looked at her with his sad black eyes, his flame was weak and trembling,

-Mahel I can not do it ... why? He's not attacking us why should I? -

-For two simple reasons: one could form a new herd, creating problems for both animals and humans, two when you do a job you have to do it well, this is well established-

Elisabhet swallowed several times, then took the sword in both hands, and tried to pull Mahel away from the wolf, mahel who was expecting such behavior from Elisabhet stepped back and dodged the blow with extreme ease

Then Elisabhet with his face streaked with tears said, and with a trembling but harsh voice

-Mahel you are a cruel, malignant, cynical being, Mahel you are not human, humans also have a passion for beasts, when they have to finish someone they hesitate, you do not have these instincts, you cannot be a human, - and shouting- YOU ARE JUST A MONSTER! -

Mahel instead smiled in his sadistic and cynical way, removed the patch from his right eye, his eye red as blood looked at Elisabhet and with a mocking tone said:

-And you, did you only notice it now? You are really a fool, indeed you are not stupid, no you are just blind and deaf, you have seen who I am but you refuse to see the evidence-

-What I saw does not make you a monster, a monster is who does not cry, who does not feel sorry and who does not feel remorse, -

-And you really hope that I feel these things- but strangely his smile wavered for a moment, only for a moment not even Elisabhet noticed.

Elisabhet, on the other hand, still with tears in his eyes said:

-I was hoping, I know what I saw I saw you crying at the inn, but I also saw the corpses of the bandits, you killed them without any mercy, they were on the ground unarmed, I saw what wounds they had, the first were not fatal, but you without hesitation killed them, this is the behavior of a monster-

Elisabhet looked at him with mute contempt, saw him approach the wolf, then disappear and finally reappear with the dagger full of blood, he said nothing and did not turn around, he knew what he had done, he did not feel the warmth of the Wolf's magic flame.

Then he saw something unexpected, the sky was clear and cloudless, but as Mahel flew a single silver drop fell to the ground, a silent response to his action, a mockery of what he had said.

A monster cannot cry.

Muninn was eating some seeds, pecking on the ground with a bored look, then slowly turned to the right, there with a silent and light step, there was Mahel with a completely neutral expression with his right arm covered in fresh blood,

-I see you've completed the mission-

-Don't play dumb Muninn, you already knew that, you know everything right? -

-You learn fast-

-Already....-

-So Elisabhet tried not to kill a Wolf, but you, efficient to the last, you killed him and now she despises you, right? -

-Tsk ... what a nuisance, right, but now we have other problems, they've been watching us for a while-

-I know-

-So you know who I am? -

-No ... this is weird, I can't remember-

-You are useless Muninn, I'll have to find out for myself, but I already have suspicions, let me try-

Mahel then turned to his left and in a neutral, lifeless voice said:

- "Man fights, kills in battles, animals hunt, but when they die the shadow of the crow, it persists on them" -

After this sentence, Mahel waited a couple of seconds, from the bush shadows appeared, they approached Mahel, they were five indefinite humanoid beings, their faces were covered, their mouths, chins and necks were covered with bandages, they were all dressed with a black suit: light armor under a white shirt, a jacket up to the calves, black fabric trousers and dark leather boots, the particular element, however, was a small raven feather sticking out of the inside of the jacket .

As soon as they arrived a couple of meters from mahel, however, they knelt suddenly with the face turned down and with the right hand, also bandaged, resting on the chest, after a couple of seconds the humanoid in the center stood up and with a female voice said:

- Captain, we finally found her-

-I see it, tsk ... what a nuisance, how we did-

-We have heard of his exploits sir, the noble, the bandits and the undead of Captain Milin-

-Mmmh I also taught you too much-

-mahel but who are these? - Muninn asked

-These are some of my crow men, we were "the shadow of the crow", we were the rotten part of the crow, at least one of the five-

-We are no longer part of the crow-

-So why are you still wearing that uniform-

-This is not the crow's uniform, this is our team's uniform-

Mahel took a cigarette, and looked at them, get up you've never behaved like this outside the missions-

The girl who had spoken, then took off her bandages, a girl with short blond hair, dark eyes, and a very white smile, and a small scar on her left eyebrow, all took off the mask, to the left of the girl, an elf long silver-haired smiled sarcastically as a Foxman scratched his ears, instead to the girl's right a human in his thirties was sharpening a badly damaged knife while a green-skinned half-orca drank an iron flask from an iron flask. amber liquid.

-We see Mayra looking at the blonde girl, Elsionh the elf-who made a gesture of greeting typical of his culture, Jeng the fox-man- who growled in a friendly way-, Ricliam- and made a gesture of greeting to the human, who answered - and finally we meet again Isabhel - he said looking at the Mezz-Orca, who clenched his fists in greeting - You are a nuisance, but okay, I'm not saying I missed you, but I had a slight sense of nostalgia for those challenges of drinks that you always paid for, meet the crow Muninn-

"Hey Muninn," Mayra said

"What an honor to meet you sir," Elsionh bowed

-Mmmmh ... yum- Jeng said, licking his muzzle

-Always summoning first-level magical beasts ... hello- Ricliam muttered, like an old man

-Ooooh how cute- Isabhel said exclaiming, running towards the crow, but Mahel with a small jump dodged the girl, who for the momentum fell on her face to the ground,

-I see that you have not changed at all Isabhel, always obsessed with feathered beings of various kinds-

-How obsessed with feathered beings! - Muninn exclaimed- Get her away from me! -

-Noooo, let me caress you, beautiful crow, touch those super soft feathers-

Mahel then took Muninn on the right shoulder and walked away from the girl, still lying on the ground, with a very annoyed expression on her face, while Muninn stared almost frightenedly at Isabhel who continued to stare at him with eyes full of desire.

-Isabhel stay calm- and Ricliam took the girl who was practically half a span taller than him by the collar, but he had no difficulty- you know that Mahel and therefore everything about Mahel should not be touched, at least by you-

-Mhf- Isabhel snorted- why me? Always me, only me! Mhf! -

-Don't worry Isabhel- Elsionh said in a seraphic way- one day, maybe, you can caress him-

-Now enough guys- Mayra exclaimed- now to celebrate let's go and try to get him drunk-

-Yesss! - shouted Jeng- beer, wine, meat, women-

Everyone turned to Jeng looking very puzzled

-Jeng have you already drunk? -

-Of course not-

-Sure-

-Yes...-

-Really?-

-... But shut up, you're not my mother-

Without any response Mayra approached and with the force of ten orcs punched them in the muzzle making it fly ten meters away, Jeng landed with a dull thud, jumped up, and with a fluid movement, he drew an oriental sword, a katana with a white sheath with red designs with an extremely sharp blade with various engravings on the blade.

-What the fuck Mayra, do you want to fight? So come on-

-If a jerk Jeng, you know about Mayra's strength, yet you want to challenge her- Ricliam shouted

-I don't think it's a good idea Jeng,- Elsionh said quietly

-Yes! cask, cask, cask, cask, cask- sang Isabhel

In all this Mahel watched from a good distance, in a very annoyed and perplexed way, while with a cigarette he made smoke rings in the air

-Guys put your guns back, let's go to the club, I want my usual money-

Jeng then, still looking at Mayra, put the sword back in its sheath

-Okay but see you next time, I'll fuck your ass bitch-

-But really?-

At that answer Jeng began to growl, but stopped immediately as soon as he looked at Mahel

-Well ... you go guys it's time to go- said Mahel

-Yes go guys- Ricliam exclaimed- finally we drink-

-Yes! drunk, Isabhel yelled

-But not too guys, we're always a team of professionals- Elsionh said

-Don't spoil the Elsionh atmosphere, you drink it- said Jeng stretching

-Shut up Jeng you've already drunk too much- said Mayra adjusting his gloves

And all together they headed towards the city, ready to try to get drunk, in vain, Mahel, who with a whisper, but with a smile said:

-Tsk ... what a nuisance-