The Greedy Moon Wolf King gazed at that powerful enemy. After defeat, it dejectedly lowered its head. It had used all its methods but still wasn't a match for this Tiger King. This battle was its loss.
"Awooo~~~"
The Wolf King howled at the sky.
Its voice filled with sorrow and loneliness.
The White-Eyed Tiger didn't attack the Wolf King.
This scene felt epic.
If made into a movie.
The Tiger King would be the protagonist, and the Wolf King the villain.
The Wolf King invaded the Tiger King's territory, was defeated, and finally admitted inferiority.
This was the moment after the climax.
Next would be the Tiger King passing judgment on the Wolf King.
But this development, seen through the eyes of a third party—Little Si—felt incredibly infuriating. This damn Wolf King was so unambitious. If you had guts, you'd charge and self-destruct with that guy! What's with the howling? As a magical beast, don't imitate human hypocrisy, okay?
The Wolf King lowered its head, looking at the Tiger King, whimpering softly as if saying, "I've lost. Do as you will with me now." After its words, the few remaining wolves around howled in mourning.
The Tiger King looked down at them haughtily.
Then stepped closer with a victor's stride.
The Wolf King and the wolf pack seemed to have given up resistance.
Hiding in the back, Si imagined this little scene, feeling anxious. She didn't want to see the White-Eyed Tiger gain experience and skill points from killing the Wolf King. If that guy improved further, there'd be no hope of defeating it. And she didn't want to leave this forest yet.
She even couldn't help wanting to gather magic.
But reason held her back.
Because doing so was meaningless, only sending herself to an early grave.
Was there really no other way?
Tsukasa stared intently at the Wolf King.
Was this guy really going to give up just like that?
Come on, the White-Eyed Tiger definitely wouldn't let go of you as an experience package. Even humans wouldn't choose to sit idle in such situations. Are you, a magical beast, more prideful than humans? And this isn't pride; it's downright foolish!
The White-Eyed Tiger approached the Wolf King.
During the previous battle, the Wolf King's positioning had been excellent.
And the wolf pack desperately protected the Wolf King.
So it couldn't harm this guy at all.
Seeing this guy without a single wound, the Tiger King's golden eyes revealed deep displeasure. After all, many of its injuries were sustained during the battle when it tried to break through the wolf pack to attack this guy, only to be fiercely countered by the wolves.
Without hesitation.
The White-Eyed Tiger attacked the moment it got close.
It opened its bloody maw wide and bit down on the Wolf King's neck.
The Wolf King responded simultaneously.
The cunning Wolf King never even considered giving up.
It had merely feigned weakness.
All to lure the White-Eyed Tiger closer and make it drop its guard.
Its horn suddenly emitted a brilliant light.
The intense light stung the White-Eyed Tiger's eyes.
Moreover, the light carried freezing ice spikes, momentarily forcing the White-Eyed Tiger to shut its mouth in pain. Then, with a furious swipe of its paw, it sent the Wolf King flying, letting out a series of agonized, wrathful roars.
The Wolf King hadn't expected the injured White-Eyed Tiger to counterattack after taking its ultimate move. Caught off guard, it was wounded by the White-Eyed Tiger's strike. With its base abilities already inferior to the White-Eyed Tiger's, this single blow took half its life, dropping its HP to a critically dangerous level.
But after getting back up.
The Wolf King's face showed an extremely human-like expression, almost as if it were mocking.
Although the process was quite difficult.
In the end, it had won this battle.
The wolf pack's sacrifice was worth it.
The White-Eyed Tiger probably couldn't understand even in death why it waited until this moment to use that skill. It was because the Wolf King intentionally sent the wolves to their deaths to deplete the White-Eyed Tiger's HP. Moreover, if it had used the skill from the start, the White-Eyed Tiger, with its abundant skill points at the time, could have easily recovered and developed resistance.
Unlike the White-Eyed Tiger, which conquered the forest from birth due to its superior bloodline.
The Moon-Devouring Wolf is a species with rather weak individual capabilities.
Moreover, before a Wolf King emerges, infighting is common within the pack. If the pack fails to secure enough food, some wolves will inevitably go hungry. In such situations, these wolves might break taboos and attack their own kind.
In fact, the Wolf King's title list includes the title 'Kin-Eater'.
The Wolf King rose from weakness to strength.
It has experienced too many battles, too much despair.
Thus, the Wolf King's cunning is far beyond what the White-Eyed Tiger can comprehend.
The White-Eyed Tiger is now afflicted with the negative status of frostbite. Even though it gained high Wind Magic skills and wind resistance through skill points, its racial weakness remains. It is still a monster unskilled in magic, with little resistance to it, which is why it was severely wounded by the Wolf King's attack.
And now, it no longer has enough skill points to resolve this predicament.
It had used up many of the skill points gained from the wolf pack during the battle.
In an instant, the situation reversed.
"How could..."
Si hadn't expected the Wolf King to feign surrender.
Only then did she remember.
The Wolf King's skill list includes Ice Magic.
Magic she herself couldn't even obtain.
Just now, the Wolf King used two spells simultaneously.
One skill was 'Moonlight', with an effect similar to her 'Flash'.
The other skill was 'Poisonous Ice Cold Spike', which deals considerable magic damage. Its most powerful aspect is the negative effect 'Poisonous Ice'.
Now, the White-Eyed Tiger has fallen victim to it.
Judging by its performance, under the Poisonous Ice state, the White-Eyed Tiger's base abilities have dropped by an average of one-third. Moreover, as its HP decreases due to the Poisonous Ice state, its base abilities continue to decline.
"Hiss, what a powerful skill."
Due to her insufficient Appraisal level.
She couldn't obtain detailed information about the Wolf King's skills.
She could only roughly understand the skill's effects.
But this 'Poisonous Ice' effect is too strong, isn't it?
It can even weaken base abilities!
The Tiger King glared fiercely at the Wolf King for a moment. Upon noticing the nearby wolves growing restless, it decisively leaped into
the river behind it, fleeing with the thought that even if its injuries worsened, it would rather not die in the Wolf King's jaws.
The Wolf King howled.
Those wolves immediately followed the Tiger King's trail along the riverbank.
Although Moon-Devouring Wolves also have swimming skills.
Unless absolutely necessary, they generally avoid entering water due to their habits.
Moreover, the Tiger King is severely injured now. Even in the water, it cannot escape the wolves' tracking.
Only the Wolf King remained in place, looking at the corpses of the wolf pack on the ground.