Curse the Mainframe! 394 Disdain

The three of them didn't shriek like useless people. Instead, they instantly fell into battle mode, and Rosabel attacked the lump that had appeared on top of Hayden without a single word.

The black figure easily dodged her attack, and her attack struck the air. But it wasn't useless. Their teamwork was very good, born out of being on the battlefield countless times with each other.

Using Rosabel's opening, Yuki kicked the black lump off of Hayden without a single moment of hesitation.

To his surprise the blob actually did get kicked back by him, but he felt as if his foot didn't make that much contact with it.

It was more like whatever that was had moved backwards the same moment that his foot made contact.

Hayden climbed up from the ground and grabbed a torch from the side and waved it, causing the black blob to be revealed in front of their eyes.

With the additional light, they finally saw what it was.

It was a large wolf. Rather, it was large, but obviously emaciated. It barely had any muscle left, and its fur was matted and tangled. It was in a sorry state, but the three didn't have any feelings of relaxing when they realized that it was a creature.

Even though it was obviously in this state, the wolf-creature had a look of arrogance in its eyes, and it didn't cower at all.

There was a light in its eyes that spoke of its intelligence, and the group of three very seriously took precautions against it.

Of the three, Hayden felt his heart ache when he saw how emaciated the wolf was. It was obviously starving from being in this place, but he wouldn't trade his teammates' safety for taking pity on it.

But they didn't have to, because… the wolf had only jumped over seeing that there were new scents that it didn't recognize.

The wolf thought that the handlers had come down to 'check' on it, but that apparently wasn't the case.

The scent from one of these people in particular made him feel very happy, catching him off guard as he pounced over before he realized what he was doing.

Still, the wolf maintained the look of arrogance in its eyes, and he didn't back away even seeing that there were three people here.

They were only equivalent to a rank four creature.

And he was on the top of the food chain even though he was obviously trapped down here and couldn't get out.

The wolf stared at them with its arrogant eyes, and didn't attack, but the group of three didn't let their guard down in the slightest.

While Yuki and Rosabel kept their guard up against it, Hayden relaxed a little.

He could tell from its body language that the wolf wasn't planning on attacking them any time soon, almost as if it was disdainful of them.

Hayden had seen this type of stance before when he'd been living in the forest. It was only carried by those creatures who were at the top of the food chain, looking down on any other creature or animal in the area with it.

The Sin's brows twitched a little as he tried to categorize the feeling he had. In the end, he trusted his experience, as well as what his brain was telling him.

The tense silence stretched on a little, and Hayden made a move this time. But it wasn't to attack. Instead, he said to Yuki and Rosabel. "The wolf won't attack."

There were frowns on the two's faces, but they still sheathed their weapons cautiously.

They fell back, their faces tense. Hayden walked up to the wolf, closer step by step, very slowly.

Hayden bore his neck a little, tilting it a little, showing his submission in front of the wolf.

The wolf's eyes flickered a little, but it didn't show any other signs of acknowledging him nor did it show any bloodlust.

By the time Hayden reached the foot of the wolf, he realized that it was a lot larger than he'd originally gave it credit for. It was more than three times the size of a normal human, but it also wasn't as big as some creatures out there.

Instead, the wolf was lean and sleek, made for explosive power. But with how emaciated it was right now; it was hard for it to show its prowess.

Hayden was very surprised. Because… in a situation like this, he would have thought that the wolf would have gone feral in its hunger, attacking whoever it saw first.

Yet, the wolf was sitting here calmly, not even bothering about them. There was intelligence and clear arrogance in its eyes.

Its restraint and intelligence was very shocking.

Despite himself, Hayden was intrigued.

On the other hand, Harou looked at this little human who approached him step by step, baring his neck as if he was submitting to him.

There was a bit of a strange look in his eyes. How could he not understand that this human was sending himself to him because he wanted to make peace and didn't want to fight?

It was likely that this little human knew that he was stronger than them all.

At this thought, the arrogance in his eyes flashed, but he couldn't help but look closer at this little human in the dim lighting from the torch.

It had been a long time since he'd met another human that didn't stink of fear and terror while they entered this place.

Not to mention, he smelled really good…

Harou swallowed his saliva, but he didn't give in to his urges.

Hayden stopped a meter away.

At that distance, it wouldn't even take a single second for the wolf to squash him to death, but for some reason, he wasn't feeling afraid. The wolf appeared to be very intelligent, and its arrogance meant that it wouldn't sneak attack him.

The Sin hesitated for the briefest moment, before he decided to take a gamble. "Mr. Wolf, can you speak?"

Behind him, Yuki and Rosabel tensed up, ready to come to his aid at any time.

However, before they could see whether or not the wolf would attack, there was a rumble that resonated in the area, and it was only after a while that they realized that it was coming from the wolf.

The wolf was laughing.

The two gaped, but Hayden just waited patiently.

"I can. But what's it to you?" Harou said arrogantly.

Rosabel's lips twitched. That tone made her want to give it a good beating, but she couldn't hide the shock in her heart.

The only creatures… or rather, it was only magical beasts that could speak human tongue. Meaning… this wolf was rank six!

Hayden continued like he didn't hear the mocking tone in the wolf's voice. "My name is Hayden, and that's Rosabel and Yuki."

Harou eyed him, but courtesy dictated that he give his own name. "Harou."

"Mr. Harou, are you trapped down here?"

Harou grinned, and his surprisingly white teeth were on display. They were all very sharp. "In a manner of speaking."

"You're guarding something."

The grin on Harou's face immediately dropped, and his eyes pierced straight into Hayden.

Hayden continued like he didn't see the dangerous aura rising from the magical beast. "They must have been trapped here by the company. Will you help us if we manage to free them?"

Slowly, the dangerous aura that had been lingering on the wolf disappeared, and he let out a bark of laughter, sounding a little disdaining.

Then, the giant mass warped, and before them stood a rather handsome young man who had long black hair that cascaded down his shoulders. His eyes were a similar shade of black.

Surprisingly, the man didn't look emaciated at all in his human form, which was a different representation of his wolf form.

"I'd like to see you try," Harou said with a mocking expression.

He walked forward into the darkness.

The three Sins exchanged glances with each other before they ran after Harou's disappearing back.

Chapter end

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