Traveling through The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

Chapter 109: Bloody Battle with Wolves

That wasn't a howl of fear at all, Schooner was summoning the wolves!

We are still late. The other hunters who participated in the Blood Moon Hunt have lost their fighting power. Skuna doesn't need help. This guy must have noticed us early, so he summoned the wolves in the distance in advance. Now the timing of these beasts is just right. We will be held back by the wolves, and he can continue to enjoy his dinner.

"I'll hold him back, you protect the adults!"

Lydia was the first to react. She jumped over Hayou and rushed towards Schooner with her shield raised. The werewolf was not to be outdone and rushed forward with his hands and feet. The two of them collided with a bang. The loud noise stunned the wolves who came to the feast for a long time. Schooner stood in place, and his upper body shook several times before he stabilized. Lydia retreated six or seven steps, but she quickly hid her long sword behind her shield and got back into position. The two slowly approached, keeping a distance of two steps, confronting each other, but neither was in a hurry to attack.

"Aigis, run!"

Hayou shouted to his cousin. The female cat hesitated for a moment, looked at the male cat lying on the ground, and carefully moved forward a few steps, apparently wanting to bring her brother out as well. Hayou was a little anxious, but he didn't dare to warn again, for fear of being a warning to the werewolf, so he could only hope for his cousin's stealth ability.

Lydia had a blank expression on her face, and she moved slowly, attracting Schooner to turn his back to the little cat girl. Aigis moved very gently, and although her legs were still shaking violently, she still quietly approached Lachlan who was lying on the ground. If she moved a little further, she could grab his hand. Hayou couldn't continue to pay attention to her cousin's situation. Several wolves had already emerged from the woods and rushed up with roars. Eric swung his spear and blocked Angie, while Hayou covered the other side of the team. Angie and I used our range advantage to attract the attention of the wolves, giving priority to Lydia's safety so that she could concentrate on dealing with Schooner.

“Aigis!”

Hayou waved his shield, slapping the wolf that pounced on him, but he kept glancing at his cousin. Suddenly, Skuna turned his head, opened his bloody mouth, and bared his teeth at Aigis behind him. The little cat sat on the ground, mentally collapsed, and cried. The prey that was knocked down by fear was the most delicious. Skuna seemed to be eager to gnaw on the bones of this little cat.

Lei Mei moved. She took advantage of the werewolf's turning back and leaped forward, smashing the opponent's chin with her left shield and stabbing the waist with her right sword. Schooner did not turn back, but took two steps to the right and forward, dodging all of Lydia's attacks in one fell swoop, which exposed Lei Mei's entire ribs. The werewolf was not done yet, and grabbed Lydia's waist with her backhand. Lei Mei missed the attack and quickly put away her shield to block. The two fought back and forth.

The wolves gathered more and more, and they cooperated very well. Some of them pretended to attack from the front to attract the attention of Hayou and Eric, others attacked from the flanks, waiting for an opportunity to attack me and Angie, and some bypassed us to harass Lydia. Angie was concentrating on cleaning up the small fish around Lydia, but this made our defense power insufficient. The wolves actually began to adopt the wheel tactic, moving around non-stop, and immediately running away when they missed a shot, continuously consuming our physical strength and arrows.

"Hayou! Get your cousin over here! Quick!"

Several wolves were already approaching Aigis. If the female cat didn't move, she would end up crying in the wolves' stomachs.

Angie was a little overwhelmed to protect Lydia, not to mention Aigis who was further away. Moreover, the wolf pack's fake and real attacks caused us to waste a lot of arrows. At this moment, I dared not to shoot recklessly. The ammunition had to be saved for the big guys to exert the greatest power. I drew out my spear, knocked over the two wolves beside me, and urged Hayou to save people. This guy was half-hearted around me, which would kill people. It would be better to let him get the female cat back. Even if she couldn't help, at least she had a bag of arrows hanging on her waist.

Hayou roared, raised his shield and rushed out. We were one man short, and the pressure increased dramatically. The wolves soon discovered Hayou's intention. Three wolves blocked the front road, and one wolf rushed over to attack. Hayou stood in horse stance, slapped the shield in his left hand with a sound of wind, and stabbed the wolf's head with his long sword from above the shield in his right hand. The wolf was prepared, and used its four claws to push against the shield, turned its head and drilled back into the wolf pack. Hayou was staggered by the kick, and the long sword missed.

"Hayou, be careful!"

The first wolf's attack tricked Hayou into blocking and counterattacking, but the real attack came from his side. Another wolf opened its mouth and pounced on him. Hayou lowered his right shoulder and took advantage of the situation to hold the long sword in reverse, hiding the tip of the sword behind his elbow facing the wolf's mouth, but he did not fire it. He waited until the other party had jumped into the air before he suddenly thrust out and stabbed the unfortunate guy directly into his throat. The three wolves blocking the road rushed forward, and Hayou had no time to withdraw his weapon, so he had to retreat to my side with the shield as a cover.

After an assault, they failed to break out of the encirclement and only killed a wolf, but lost the sword. This was really... Hayou's cat face was full of embarrassment.

"Locke, this won't work, find a solution!"

What can I do?

The wolves have all walked out of the woods now. There are about 30 of them, and they seem to belong to three wolf packs. The three alpha wolves are big guys with gray hair. One of them is blind in one eye, and his fur is quite mottled. He looks like an old wolf. The other two are in their prime and are very strong. The alpha wolves did not attack themselves, but hid not far from Schooner, commanding their men to attack with low roars. No wonder these beasts are playing tactics, it turns out that there is a leader supervising the battle.

The wolves approached again, and Hayou stretched out all the claws on his right hand. After this kid lost his weapon, his fighting style changed completely. He spun his body gracefully in a dance-like manner, using his sharp claws to leave wounds on every wolf that rushed up.

"You little cat! You have this skill, what the hell were you doing before?"

Eric was a little stunned. He had been stabbing at the wolves with his spear for a long time, but he couldn't kill many of them. This guy had knocked down so many of them with just his claws. Is it really possible to fight like this?

"Very tired, okay?"

The wolves retreated temporarily, and Hayou also stopped, the hair on his face was wet with sweat. He blinked at me, of course, this time it was purely because the sweat flowed into his eyes. However, since the guests are all here, I just happen to have a big treasure here, I want to take it out and let everyone appreciate it.

"cover me!"

Hayou barely raised his shield to protect my body, and Eric blocked me from the side with his gun. I grabbed the gun with one hand, chanted a spell, and a purple ball of light condensed in my left hand. With a snap, a little fire man appeared in the wolf pack, and the air was immediately filled with the smell of burning pig hair.

The wolves around the fire element howled and fled, causing more wolves to have their fur ignited. The little fireman stared at the empty space that suddenly appeared beside him for a second, twisted his graceful waist, and faced the biggest enemy - Skuna.

"call--"

The fireball whizzed towards him, and Skuna ducked. Levi would not miss such an opportunity, and her shield slammed heavily on the werewolf's head, and her long sword stabbed straight into her waist. Skuna raised his claws to grab the sword and pulled hard, and Levi hid to the flank. The werewolf's middle door was wide open, and the second fireball flew directly into his arms. Skuna howled in pain and let go of the long sword, leaving a shallow and long wound on his left palm. He suddenly accelerated, knocked Lydia away, and turned to pounce on the fire element. The little fireman moved flexibly, and the wolves retreated wherever he passed.

"Now, hurry up!"

I kicked Hayou on the butt, and the stupid cat finally woke up. He fought his way through the wolves, jumped to Aigis, grabbed his unconscious cousin, threw him on his back, and pulled Aigis up from the ground. But after all the trouble, the retreat route had already been blocked by the wolves, and the three cats were quickly forced into a corner.

The three wolf leaders calmed down from their initial panic and howled. The wolf pack regained order and even began to surround the fire element, limiting its movement space, and eventually forced it to face Skuna head-on. Although the fire element had protective skills such as the flame cloak, it was not a melee summon. Skuna took on the scorching heat wave and knocked it to the ground, and then used the classic left and right punches to output. Poor little Fireman, from showing his power to lying flat and getting beaten, he couldn't even last five minutes.

The firelight dimmed, and the fire element disappeared in the crackling purple light. Led by Schooner, the wolves howled, shaking the entire canyon and frightening everyone who heard it. Aigis, who had just stopped crying, collapsed again and couldn't move his feet. Hayou was anxious but had no way to help. Fortunately, they didn't feel proud for long. With a loud bang, the explosion of the fire element knocked the werewolf over, and also took away four or five wolves that were too close.

Schooner, who had always been in the upper hand, suffered a series of losses. The hair on his belly was burned off, revealing his dark and strong abdominal muscles. At this moment, he was already furious. He looked around and soon locked his target on me. I was also surprised. This guy obviously did not lose all his rationality. In a short time, he analyzed that I was the culprit who summoned the fire element. After a short rest, Lydia rushed up and launched an attack, successfully attracting the werewolf's attention. However, she lost the help of the fire element, and was suppressed by Schooner again after a few moves, and fell into a disadvantage. Fortunately, she had a short period of respite, and did not show any signs of defeat for a while.

I am very discouraged and even regretful after this battle. If I had accepted Danger's suggestion and brought a team of soldiers, I would not have fallen into such a difficult situation. Although the wolf pack suffered heavy losses, most of them were only injured and did not completely lose their fighting power. They quickly regrouped under the organization of the three alpha wolves. Our original plan was to use more people to fight against fewer people and surround and attack Schooner, but now we are divided into three groups by this large group of beasts. The most terrible thing is that all three groups are at a disadvantage. It is hard to say whether they can protect themselves, let alone help each other.

Whether it is Hayou's claw dance or my fire element, they can only make up for a little disadvantage in a very short time. If I can summon an ice element, it will be great. That thing is big and can slow down the enemies that are besieging it. It is a good tank. Unfortunately, my mana is not enough to cast magic of that level.

I'm still thinking of other ways to defeat the enemy with fewer people, but it all comes down to timing, location, and people. Forget timing, Hircing has started the Blood Moon Hunt, and the werewolves, as Hircing's people, have the advantage of timing; as for location, this narrow valley does limit the spread of the wolf pack, and has allowed us to hold on until now, but this terrain is also not conducive to us maintaining our formation, so we were divided and surrounded by the enemy; as for people, we've been cut into three parts, so what's the point of fighting!

but……

"Eric, where's your rose? The one you won drinking."

"Did not bring!"

Didn't you bring it? You didn't bring something so important?

"I didn't expect Ella to let me... and I didn't go back to Yuevaska... and..."

"Alright, stop it! Listen to me, we can't hold on like this, why don't we attack?"

According to legend, at Thermopylae, 300 Spartan warriors launched a desperate charge despite being attacked from both sides, and even reached the throne of King Xerxes. Although they were eventually annihilated, it was better than being killed by wolves. Besides, I don't expect to kill Schooner with a single charge. As long as we can meet up with Lydia and Haiyu, and use their shields as cover, we can find a way to withdraw from the battlefield.

"Kill the leader wolf, Locke! Let's kill the blind leader wolf first!"

"Pick up Lydia and Hayou, and we'll retreat to the temple!"

The temple is located on high ground. We can defend it as long as we block the door.

Eric suddenly exerted his strength, thrusting his spear left and right, cutting a bloody path. While I was protecting Angie, I was also looking for an opportunity to sneak attack the blind wolf leader. The little sister had already shot all her arrows, and she took my quiver and hung it around her waist. Hayou had already stabilized Aigis. This little cat girl's archery skills were not bad. Although she was not as good as Angie, she was definitely better than me. With Hayou covering her, the brother and sister quickly knocked down three wolves. But Hayou was not at ease either. There was a lot of blood on his body, and I didn't know whether it was wolf blood or human blood.

"Ouch——"

Seeing that we suddenly turned from defense to offense, the three wolf leaders howled to the sky, and the wolf pack moved quickly. The encirclement was tightened at first, but then spread out under Eric's divine power. During the period of tightening and loosening, the blind wolf was exposed to my attack range.

A flash of cold light came first, and then the gun shot out like a dragon.

The distance was still too far, but the opportunity was fleeting and I couldn't afford to hesitate. The blind old wolf was caught off guard and was nailed to the ground by my gun, screaming in pain. The wolf pack was shocked by the scream and hesitated for half a minute before the remaining leader led them to surround me. The spear was stuck in the one-eyed wolf's body, making it difficult to move. I was attacked by four wolves in turn and was soon injured. Fortunately, the quality of my leather armor was pretty good, so I didn't suffer a fatal injury for a while.

Schooner also noticed me. He forced Lemei back with a few moves and immediately rushed towards me. Angie didn't hold back and all the arrows poured out at the werewolf. Schooner protected his head with both hands and charged desperately. Angie's bow and arrow could only slow him down slightly. I didn't have time to be afraid. I threw away my spear and turned to run. However, I tripped over the wolf corpse under my feet after running a few steps. Under the crimson moonlight, the huge werewolf soared into the air, and its claws glowed with blood.

"grown ups!"

Lydia made a sideways dive, she stretched out her arms as far as possible, expanded her defense area, and barely blocked me. The sound of bones breaking was clearly audible, and both Lydia and I were knocked away by the werewolf. Angie's quiver was also empty, and the hand holding the dagger was trembling.

"Ouch——"

The werewolf's mournful howl echoed throughout the canyon.

Luo Ke, you idiot, there are only three hundred warriors left, you are a joke!

It’s over…