2.28 Climbing up - Part 3

"Enough chit-chat human. Let's start." With those words Fenrir charged straight towards me.

'Right how I wanted,' I thought. I was trying to provoke him, and since he was the prideful type, it was easy.

While he was charging towards me, he used his claws to attack me with a wind slash. Despite the speed, there was still some distance between us. And that distance gave me enough room to dodge that attack by ducking.

I enhanced my hands and legs using physical enhancement, and charged straight towards him after dodging the attack. This was my own version of counter against the classical— long-ranged attack followed by a physical close-ranged attack strategy.

It tried attacking me with its right claw. But before it could reach me, I grabbed the claw with both of my hands and spun around pulling it. The wolf lost its momentum so I was able to lift him in the air, but he was heavy. I moved my left leg behind to support the weight. And then used the momentum gained from the spin to throw him towards the wall.

"Go Nara go!"

"Beat him, darling."

'Man, what's with all this cheering. I can imagine Arica being like that, but Princess Anna too?" I thought when I saw them cheering. Despite being in the midst of a fight, I got enough time to look around.

"Well, are you satisfied yet? Am I worthy enough for you?"

"HA! this is nothing."

With those words, he came charging straight towards me again. With the similar strategy, but this time, he was using its fangs instead of limb.

'So, you are the type who only learns after getting a beating, huh?' I thought as I dodged him again.

This time I created a medium sized Wind-water bomb on my left hand. And when it was busy trying to eat me, I dodged its fangs, slid between its legs, and blasted the wind-water bomb on its ventral side.

"Phewww!"

'Man, that fur is sturdy,' I thought. The attack was strong enough to throw him out of balance, but there was no notable damage in his body. He rolled once, but raised himself back again. Just like how dogs raise themselves quickly after falling on their back.

"Are you done yet?" I asked while preparing the bigger version of the wind-water bomb in my right hand. I wanted to avoid hurting him, but with the way it was going, this would never end.

"Far from it."

"Man, just give up already. Look, even the audience stopped cheering. People are getting bored here."

"STOP MOCKING ME!"

"Guess, I will just have to fix you up later. I have some questions for you after all."

I was close so he tried attacking me with his fang as he turned around. This time, I didn't try to dodge or hold back. I moved to the right and blasted the Wind-water bomb in his left jaw.

The impact threw it towards the wall where it collided and fell. The attack ended up breaking one of its fangs along with its upper jaw.

Despite the condition he was in, he was trying to stand up again. He was able to raise its head, but only for a few seconds. After that, he just laid there breathing heavily like an injured dog.

"Man, you are so stubborn," I said while walking closer to him. "So, does healing magic even work on you?"

He didn't say anything and just kept staring at me. It was only after I reached closer, I realized that its wounds were recovering themselves. When I saw that, I instantly closed my eyes and checked the mana flow to see what was happening.

'Woah! Is he immortal or something?' I thought seeing him absorb the surrounding mana and healing his injuries at a phenomenal rate.

"Well, I guess I don't need to heal you. But if you still want to continue, I will have no choice but to kill you," I said in a serious tone.

"No, I have been defeated."

"Finally..."

I sighed in relief. If he had been stubborn even after this point, I was planning to use my dark flames. I had no idea if I would even be able to unfreeze him, but it was better than killing him— I guess.

"So, can we get going now?" Princess Anna, who was listening to our conversation, asked.

"Wait, I still have something to ask him," I replied.

After hearing those words, the girls came towards us, and we all waited for the wolf to recover. It took less than five minutes for it to recover completely.

"Ask what you want, I shall answer you once as your reward."

'Man... Still so prideful...'

"Well, then tell me about the most powerful being in this labyrinth."

Fenrir sighed after hearing me. He then took a long breath in and started speaking again.

"I was hoping it would be something similar. Well, I have no problem telling you that since she is somewhat similar to you."

"Similar to him?" Princess Eliane asked in a surprised tone.

"Yes, unlike us labyrinth dwellers, she is not a part of this labyrinth. But nonetheless, she can control the flow of mana inside the labyrinth. One thing is for sure though, she is one of the most powerful creatures in this world."

"Okay, do you know anything about her powers?" I asked since charging straight in without knowing that can be disadvantageous or even dangerous.

"Unfortunately, that is all I know."

'Well, looks like he isn't lying,' I thought as I turned around. What he just said was making me more and more worried about Marina.

"Okay guys, it's time to get going," I said after looking towards others.

Everyone nodded in agreement after which we took the path that Fenrir was guarding. The path was similar to the ones we came from but the density of mana had increased significantly. And because of that, the Lightstone crystals on the walls were signing brighter than before.

"Hey Nara, do you think we are almost there?" Princess Anna asked as we were walking.

"Yeah, we are almost about to reach the upper region."

Next chapter: Climbing up - Part 4