Immediately afterward, the vicious beast radiating dark golden light charged out of the rift with a roar.
"ROAR!"
The Golden Wolflord unleashed a bone-chilling roar, its ferocious wolf-like head swaying through the air.
Its body resembled a gigantic centipede, with overlapping joints covered in hard scales. Three dark-golden wolf heads surrounded it, each radiating an ominous aura.
"Captain Eula, if we run now, we’ll be deserters! We’re staying to fight alongside you!"
One of the Reconnaissance Company members gritted his teeth. Although the sword in his hand trembled slightly, his gaze remained exceptionally firm.
"That’s right! How could we possibly abandon you at a time like this?!"
The other members drew their weapons as well, preparing for battle.
After going on so many missions with Eula, they had long since realized that their captain was merely sharp-tongued but soft-hearted.
Their old prejudices against her had already faded away.
"You..."
Seeing everyone willing to stay beside her even now filled Eula’s heart with warmth.
"ROAR!"
The Golden Wolflord was clearly enraged by these ant-like creatures.
It felt as though it had been looked down upon.
The three dark-golden wolf heads left trails of afterimages as they viciously lunged toward the group.
"Get back!"
Bang!
Eula violently swung her greatsword.
Her azure Vision flashed as a blast of freezing frost erupted outward, shattering one of the wolf heads on the spot.
Rip!
But the lingering force of the attack also tore through her sleeve, leaving several vicious wounds that throbbed with pain.
Corrosive power began spreading through the injuries.
The burning agony drilled straight into her bones.
Eula instantly realized that these bizarre attacks absolutely could not be taken head-on.
"You can’t withstand this Corrosion! Staying here will only force me to divide my attention protecting you. Get back to the city and inform Acting Grand Master Jean! I’ll hold it off here!"
Eula shouted in a tone that allowed no argument.
"But..."
"That’s an order! Go!"
Eula’s gaze became sharp and commanding.
The undeniable authority in her voice made the team members tremble.
"Then... Captain Eula, you have to hold on! We’ll bring reinforcements!"
They gritted their teeth, turned around, and sprinted toward Mondstadt.
Eula watched them disappear into the distance.
Then, suppressing the intense pain in her arm, she solemnly stared at the enormous creature before her.
If a monster like this reached the city, Mondstadt would truly be finished.
The situation was extremely unfavorable for her.
As a close-range fighter facing such a fast and agile flying opponent, her greatsword was painfully cumbersome.
"ROAR!"
The Golden Wolflord suddenly whipped its enormous tail around.
A massive cloud of corrosive dust swept toward Eula.
She performed a nimble backflip and narrowly avoided it.
This beast was clearly far smarter than its in-game counterpart.
Its enormous jaws opened.
A dark-golden beam of destructive energy blasted straight toward her.
Bzzzt!
Eula reacted instantly, dropping into a textbook slide and slipping directly beneath the monster’s belly.
"Freeze!"
Seizing the opening, she swung her greatsword with all her strength.
Violent Cryo energy erupted from the blade and slammed heavily into the massive wolf head.
"ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!"
That strike had clearly hit somewhere painful.
The Golden Wolflord howled madly as its vicious aura surged to its peak.
Whoooo...
It began circling the hillside at terrifying speed.
Within moments, it had formed a dark-golden sandstorm tornado stretching between earth and sky.
Everything in its path, whether grass, trees, or solid rock, was pulverized into dust.
Eula gritted her teeth as she watched the storm draw closer.
Her heart pounded so violently that it felt ready to leap from her throat.
There was no avoiding an attack with such an enormous range.
Nothing nearby could provide shelter, and the storm had completely locked onto her presence.
Bang!
Just as the tornado was about to swallow Eula whole, the raging wind pressure suddenly vanished into thin air.
The enormous Golden Wolflord itself was sent flying away like a kite with its string cut.
Kamisato Satoru, dressed casually in his short-sleeved shirt, hovered quietly in midair.
His azure Six Eyes stared down at the Golden Wolflord without the slightest trace of emotion.
His gaze was chillingly cold.
It was as though he were looking at something already dead.
At the end of the day, this thing was nothing more than an artificially created biological weapon.
"Rrr..."
The Golden Wolflord let out a low whimper.
A beast’s instinctive perception of death caused every scale on its body to stand on end.
Kamisato Satoru slowly descended to the ground and landed beside Eula.
Then he froze.
Eula possessed a strangely captivating beauty at that moment.
Her formerly close-fitting combat outfit had been torn in several places, exposing glimpses of snow-white skin through the damaged fabric.
Combined with the battered, fragile beauty of someone standing amid the aftermath of battle, her allure seemed to reach its absolute peak.
"Ah!"
Feeling Kamisato Satoru’s burning gaze, Eula glanced down.
Only then did she realize just how much her torn clothing was revealing.
She cried out and hurriedly crossed both arms over her chest.
Her fair face instantly turned bright red as embarrassment and fury surged through her.
"I’ll remember this grudge forever!!!"
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