Chapter 19
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The only difference between an Ebony Wolf and a Werewolf, not taking into account the gap in strength, was that a Werewolf could assume either a beast’s appearance or that of a human being. Although nominally he was still in his Ebony Wolf Form, but on the outer appearance alone, it’d be more correct to call him a Werewolf now, instead.
[The absorption is still in progress. Impossible to change to a beast form.]
Sae-Jin gritted his teeth hard. His current form, a bipedal wolf beast, Werewolf, was just too damn eye-catching. That’s why he wanted to change into something that moved on four legs but even that was impossible.
‘Make one mistake, and I’m dead.’
Right now, he was without a doubt, a Monster. He was the No.1 target for extermination by the Knights or even the Hunters. Sae-Jin lowered his body as much as possible and also used his arms as well to move.
Thankfully, his exemplary sense of smell helped him to find back alleys with no Knights or Hunters present. Plus, an Ebony Wolf was very much specialised in being stealthy. No matter how stuck he was in this Beast Mode, the people busy fleeing the scene couldn’t sense his movements that had blended into the shadows.
"*breaths a sigh of relief, animal style*"
After walking for awhile, Sae-Jin sensed that he had escaped the initial bloody battlefield between Monsters and Knights and let out a breath of relief. But the surrounding situation still wasn’t really safe just because there weren’t any Knights nearby. Low Tier and Mid Tier Monsters were attacking buildings, or were busy killing citizens while mowing down the boardwalks.
A Monster fell on top of a car parked inside a damaged building, and the flames erupted from the exploding car. A child fell over as the explosion nearly engulfed her. But Sae-Jin couldn’t do a thing. For his own survival, he had to disregard everything and run.
In other words, he had to disregard the child’s cries entering his ears.
"Mommyyyyy!!"
"S, Su-Jung!!"
At the child’s cries, the mother’s voice called back. The face of a woman who must’ve been the mother was dyed black.
And there were debris from the building falling on top of this child who was collapsed on the street with her legs bruised.
"…!!"
He didn’t hesitate for long. His legs moved first.
He used the "Whirlwind Dash". Covering the distance of more than 500 metres in a single breath, Sae-Jin hugged the child in a protective embrace. Immediately after, a terrifying amount of building materials and steel beams crashed down on them. The mother’s tear-soaked scream tore through the air.
‘Doesn’t hurt.’
As expected, the body of the Ebony Wolf in Beast Mode was sturdy. He couldn’t see because of being under a tone of rubble, but otherwise, he could feel zero pain. He quickly confirmed the safety of the sniffling child within his embrace.
Then, he deeply extended an arm and powerfully swung it.
Kwaaaahang!!
The hill of rubble weighing down on the beast’s back was scattered into the air.
"Su-Jung… Eeeek!!"
The first person he saw was the child’s mother. She was holding a baby in one hand while approaching closer to save her other kid. Unfortunately, there was a single beast that completely filled up her sight.
A b
ig body that easily exceeded 2 metres in height and a wolf’s head that proudly displayed its scary fangs. Although it was covered in black fur, that fur couldn’t hide all those intimidating muscles of the beast.