Third Person’s POV
Victor had long held a grudge against him, but over the past three years of attritional warfare, his team had suffered seventy percent casualties. They now relied on chewing ice grass roots to stanch bleeding,cking even healing potions.
Without the Western Tribes‘ aid, Frostbite and Darkw Towns would eventually fall.
“Enough yapping!” Victor crushed the Frostwolf horn at his waist with his wolf w. “Aim the crossbows at the one wielding the gilt de–take out Alpha Lance, and his wolves will scramble like headless direwolves!”
War drums thundered as Alpha Lance’s undermanned force of two hundred thousand shed with the <b>enemy’s </b>four hundred thousand.
The moment drums shattered the morning mist, battlegs and totems collided.
Adide trusted Lance’s gambit and focused on securing food and supplies to prevent the enemy from burning them on retreat
Halbert’s wolf w pped the frost–coated ground, his fang ne clinking as he ran. “Three miles to go! That brine cer reeks sweeter than Paisley’s mithril dagger!”
“Save your strength for fighting!<i>” </i>Adide’s wolf ears caught distant war cries. Her silver spear spun, “After we seize the food stores, you can each have half a strip of jerky–but first, anyone who stops is a coward!”
They reached the supply depot before dawn.
Adide’s silver spear punched through the iron door. The Dragon Ash guards barely had time to lift their warhammers before her de slit their throats.
Warm blood spattered her goggles, but she grinned, fangs bared.
Her mentor’s words echoed, “Strike the carotid–encimy drops in ten heartbeats” Her spes moved so fast, enemies‘ hearts stopped on the third beat.
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“Paisley! Blow the back door! Ang<b>! </b>Guard the depot!” She kicked aside a Dragon Ash wolf, her spear tip lifting a rock-hard b of deer meat. “Halbert! Smash open the brine cer–I want every wolf pup on the battlefield gnawing on jerky!”
Butughter was cut short by
approaching hoofbeats.
were after it
The enemy, realizing Lance’s forces food depot, dispatched twenty thousand soldiers there<b>. </b>
Adide led three thousand wolves <b>against </b>them, with her five–person team the backbone.
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After two hours of gruelingbat, most foes were in, the rest fleeing.
Of Adide’s original three thousand, only a thousand remained, having fought with every ounce of strength to eliminate the majority of the enemy.
Exhausted, they copsed, gasping for breath.
Sweat and blood streamed down their faces, freezing quickly in the bitter cold.
The intense heat from battle gave way to piercing cold.
“Adide…… Halbert panted, frost on hisshes, “Do we just stay here and guard, not helping them fight?”
“Alpha Lance ordered us to secure the food depot–that’s where we stay,” Adide replied.
Adide leaned against the wall, her golden armor breached by two wounds. Though not bleeding, the cold and sticky sensation was tormenting.
She scanned her team–tattered armor, a sorry sight after the fierce fight.
“Everyone alright?” she asked.
Paisley shook his head, too drained to speak.
Bodiesy around them–enemies andrades alike–leaving all five feeling sad and grief- stricken.
As the enemyunched another assault, Adide leaped up, roaring, ‘Here theye again- fight!
Another fierce battle ensued, leaving only carnage and bloodshed.
Finally, most enemies at the food depot were defeated, with no more reinforcementsing.
They copsed, too tired to even breathe properly.”
After what felt like an eternity, drums and shouts announced the enemy’s retreat and their victory.
Adide and her team, stationed at the food depot, heard the cheers and knew Lance had secured a major win. Adide’s nerves, taut as battlestrings, slowly rxed.
Alpha Lance is as legendary <b>as </b>they say,
<b>as </b>they say, Adide shivered, her lips trembling in the cold.
“The Dragon Ash Kingdom’s been defeated. We’ll finally have meat to eat, Halbert’s round face froze in a stiff grin, his hands rubbing together in joy.
Adide leaped up. “Let’s go!”
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Alpha Lance, bloodied but unbowed, strode into Frostbite Town with his gilt de on his back.
The town, once under Dragon Ash control, now had no lord.
The supply depot was filled with grain and meat, and the wolves could finally eat their fill.
During the Dragon Ash upation, houses had been built, sparing the wolves from tent life.
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