~Aurora~

　　It has been 3 days of pure havoc in the kingdom…

　　I have lost a lot of men from my own pack but the kingdom has lost more than 500 Warrior rank wolves to the continuous attacks. I did not know how I could take this information without being depressed.

　　How about there was a sudden feeling in my heart that something great is going to happen today, something phenomenal that I couldn't white pinpoint. There was blood shed everywhere, however it couldn't bother me anymore. At this point I was too tired to even bother about the blood shed without being depressed.

　　This shows that Leif has been planning this attack for a really long time. I always knew that Leif was a great planner and would motivate all the wrong people to follow his lead. That is how he enchanted Alexia to betray me and hurt me. I really started to loathe Leif for his ambition.

　　How could I ever not support Prince Emeric who has been nothing but a great Warrior and a great protector for his Kingdom? He has been fighting tirelessly from morning to midnight.

　　…There has been no progress over how we could find Leif what so ever. We knew that Leif was hiding behind all the alpha and their rogue followers. Why would he not come to the scene and fight us face to face!?

　　Leif was such a coward…

　　I had nothing to do but raise my hatred towards Leif. At this very moment when the sun and the sky were resembling bloodshed…I couldn't take it anymore.

　　The worst had happened after all.

　　After the evacuation of all citizens from the kingdom, there were more than Army of Alpha and their subordinates who had colonized The Kingdom from all spaces. It was hard to see destruction from every angle as I held the daggers in my hands. The blades in my hands represented how angry I was at Leif. It was covered in warm blood of the Enemies that I have just killed. It was almost dusk. The pattern of Leif's Army was predictable now for he would send his army only when there was light in the sky. It was as if he would kill everyone under the daylight and leave the night for us to mourn over the Dead…

　　There were ghastly sounds of destruction all over the palace below me. The manic monsters were destroying the palace brick by brick and trying to claim the Citadel at which The Palace at on. I closed my eyes and let the scent of other wolves get to me.

　　There was a thud of a body falling to the ground as I turned around and saw Emeric. His clothes were stained in blood. I was mildly soiled as I was a long distance fighter or mid distance fighter at the most.

　　But since Emeric does not use any of his own weapons to fight. He snatches weapons from his opponents and stabs them or beheads them with their own weapon. Emeric is almost 10 times as brutal as I could be. Watching this rage on him was scary at the same time I felt a sense of safety and security by the way he was protecting his own kingdom. Protection is the most admirable quality in any man of any rank or status.

　　"Aurora," he quietly approached me and breathed in sharply.

　　"...I know I cannot be the only one who is sensing this kind of shift in the atmosphere."

　　I denied his words and preframmed it better,

　　"Emeric, I do not think that this is only because of the feeling that we are feeling right now. This is beyond just a shift in the atmosphere," Pointing the blade at my stomach gently I gestured to him,

　　"Emeric, for me this is a strong gut feeling." He hummed in agreement and did not say anything against me after.

　　The very first rule of Art of War is that you should never question your gut feeling. You only have to follow what your gut has to say to you. And my gut has been indicating to me that today might be the day where Leif will show himself…

　　"...Well, hello there." I closed my eyes. The familiar voice which was behind us made us feel more than disappointed and angry. They say that an Enemies enemy is a friend. Emeric and I shared the same enemy who was now standing in front of us on the terrace of the palace. This huge place was nothing but a reeking havoc of death.

　　"I might as well tell you both that I will be taking over this palace right now." Leif spoke in a cocky voice as I grit my teeth at his tone. I did not like it one bit. Emeric, who stood by my side, only scoffed at Leif.

　　"What gives you the confidence to stand in front of me today and claim that you take over my palace, my people?" Leif suddenly got defensive as he put both his palms up. I raised an eyebrow at his actions.

　　"I do not want to rule your filthy people, Prince Emeric. I just wanted this Kingdom and the palace and the resources that this beautiful Kingdom has been accumulating…all for me to rule on it one day." His ridiculous words were almost making me laugh till my stomach burst.

　　I still could not figure out how he was able to stand in front of us like this and not shake in his timbers seeing Emeric so riled up and angry. Does he have something mysterious on his sleeve?

　　First bit of training for my trials included a set of rules for a dual. And one such rule implicated that you should never underestimate your enemies. I quickly put myself into a stance and prompted Emeric to do the same. I was indicating to Emeric that Leif might have something up his sleeve and try to overpower us. If I could judge by the looks of it, Leif definitely has something up his sleeve!

　　"ARGH!" I charge straight ahead into leave. My fist would behead him and he would die in an instant. I hope I could inflict damage on Leif with my sudden first head start direct attack!

　　However I was quickly humbled when I saw Leif dodge my punch without any effort. I was taken aback. I was upset over the fact that I misjudged my enemy. I was under the impression that Leif might be weaker than me as I have gained a lot through these course after training and awakening my wolf. But I was dead wrong about Leif's strength. Having observed the situation, Emeric took initiative for the next attack on Leif.

　　…but even Emeric could not land a punch on leaf. Both Emeric and I were taken back now. Leif started laughing at our faces. "Did you really think I was not training for myself as you're stuck in those idiotic and useless trials!?"

　　"...."

　　And that day…Emeric and I were forced to flee from the kingdom. Leif was successful in his usurping. No matter how many lives were taken away from us, Leif somehow stood as the winner.

　　But…he's gained immense power in different domains…magically!

　　I refuses to believe that all of his powers were coming from his so called training and hardwork! I refuse to even acknowledge a foul beast like him to be my nemesis!

　　WHAT WAS HIS UNSEEN POWER!?!