BOOK 1:THE BEGINNING:CHAPTER XXXVIII:ONSLAUGHT

Melizar seeing that things were getting tougher and rougher than they hav to ved anticipated resolved using his innermost power to keep the enemies from getting the best of them. He doggedly took on a fourth beast, slicing its throat in a flash speed with his rapier and swiftly killed two other werewolves ahead of him in a single stroke of his sword. The werewolves were down to ten by the time he was done saving a few of his fellow armed accomplices by slaying three more beasts which the others were finding hard to deal take down with the weapon they used in defending themselves since they were still greatly outnumbered by their ferocious opponents, having reduced to a mere handful of eight able-bodied fighters including Melizzar himself and that of Pennant.
At the far end of the room, Azgaz luckily drove the sharp end vof his blade into the torso of the hairy monster whom he was struggling hard to prevent his gigantic teeth from eating his head off with one of his sword and quickly joined Melizzar to push back the werewolves to the left side of the cubicle with the help of two other skilled fighter after killing the monster.
With the two brave advocates in front, Pennant as well as his remaining comrades securely kept themselves prepared for another round of action and kept their sword poised in the direction of the monsters, with dogged face to face confrontation with their adversaries.
Then the Omega got up from where he sat down ever since he was watching the fight, and walked into the midst of his pack in order to get a better view of the intruders only to see Pennant amongst the assailant. He had earlier seen the fellow fighting against his pack during the first wave of the intense battle and sneered at him when he realized that he must have been a spy undoubtedly sent by the other swordsmen to infiltrate their hideout but for what purpose, a question himself was dying to find out and which prompted him to get up from his seat.
As for the two leaders, they knew from the Omega's stature and his familiar face, that he was the district leader of the pack according to Raymond's description of the man in charge of controlling Sermonds goons around the area.
He glared at them, and adjusted his left sleeves in anticipation of another fight but he wasn't going to attack recklessly. His plans to figure out whom he was up against was far important than his bloodlust gaze to spill blood.
"I must admit you guys are quite good with those swords of yours",
He said with a malicious smirk across his lips and stepped forward away from the other wolves to the middle in between the two dissimilar group of combatants but he stopped halfway to have better glimpse of the attackers.
"But you know that you are no match for us. It is only a matter of time before we tear your flesh into pieces",
"Quit talking gibberish and attack this instant",
Azgaz retorted as he struggled to catch his unsteady breath that kept relaxing each passing minute.
"Not so fast. Judging from your voice, you must be the leader, isn't that right, assassin?",
"Far from it",
"It does not matter if you are the leader or not but you are going to pay dearly for breaking into a place you shouldn't have come",
"We are here to claim victory against you monsters and it will be a gateway to the downfall of the Sao clan",
"Oh really?",
"Affirmative",
"You must really have a death wish breaking into our lair",
"My brothers and I came prepared for anything even death",
"It's now clear to everyone that you must have sent a mole inside and he did a great job letting you in",
"We'll pretty much do anything in our warfare against you abominable creatures",
This time, it was Melizzar who answered.
"You don't know whom you are dealing with, assassin. Who do you think you are to just barge in here and start attacking us with swords and clubs?",
"Don't underestimate us because we are humans. We only want to wipe you and the Alpha of your pack out of the city",
"And save innocent lives",
Pennant rejoined from behind.
"Well... All of you won't live to see us achieve our masterplan. So, boys, let's shred this fellas to pieces",
He said in a fit rage after failing to get the identities of the assailants. He instantly shape-shifted into his beastly form which was quite bigger than the others with him and rushed at the men followed by the eight betas wolves snarling at the awaiting assassins as they leapt into the air with huge speed.
In preparation for their attack, Melizzar swiftly took on the Omega leaving Azgaz and the others to take on the other wolves. It was a bloody fight between the two groups and the assassins were losing the battle after sustaining fatal casualties on their side.
Melizzar cleverly evaded four of the werewolf's attacks but the Omega haul him against the wall with a blow struck against his sword which hit his stomach during the impact before he back touched the wall. At the other end, Azgaz barely got himself out of the midst of two werewolves and struck a deadly blow on the throat of the werewolves as they continue their wild rampage but three unlucky acolytes, behind, had their hands and throats chewed off by two werewolves and was already dead by the time he turned around to face the beast. Realizing that their numbers had reduced drastically, Azgaz resorted to use a deadly drug for them to retreat out of the hideout.
Pennant, followed by three others hurriedly rushed to meet him when he could no longer face the huge dogs. They were somewhat surrounded by the dogs and were appalled to see Melizzar at the brink of being devoured by the Omega wolf after being hurt severally by his opponent.
"Master! We have to get out of here!",
Pennant yelled at Azgaz who was spellbound at the sight of the werewolves coming towards them.
"We'll perish if we don't think of something",
"I know that. Hold your breath and cover your faces with your mask",Azgaz ordered pulling his mask to cover his nose and the others obeyed as well. Then without prior warning , he took out a narrow container containing a powdery substance and toss it into the air unexpectedly catching the dog's off guard when they saw the dusty powder filling the whole room with a fog.
"Wolfsbane!"
Cried the Omega at a safer distance away from where the powder was prevalent. He was distracted for a while trying to see if his men was going to hear him but they all seemed to have slumped to their deaths.
"Get outta there, scoundrels" ,
He shouted but it was too late for his minions to head for the exit. Azgaz instantly took advantage of the blindness of the wolves to lead the remaining four acolytes out of the fog towards the exit.
On their way out of the fog, they noticed that the Omega was left unaffected by the toxic powder and Melizzar was in danger of being assaulted by the wolf. They hesitated for a while when the Omega saw them standing transfixed at him but Pennant undauntedly rushed to save Melizzar from a ghastly bite on the neck and he groaned profoundly as he felt the huge teeth of the wolf crushing the bones of his left shoulder which sank deeper enough to inflict a deadly bite on his scapula.