I closed in on the battlefield and a notification came in front of me.

Special EventA wolf commander has lead its warriors into battle against the trainees. Will you help your allies fight against this threat?YesNo

Of course I choose yes since I already decided to join the battlefield a while ago. I know that the others have gotten the same message since they were mumbling “yes”.

When we followed the tracks of the wolves we had ended up to the side of the battle and not behind the wolves so we counted ourselves unlucky since we could’ve gotten the upper hand flanking them. However, it was also a good thing since we did not know if the 5 of us can fight the boss plus its guards.

The more you contribute to the battlefield the better reward you will get when the battle is won

I ignore the notification because the Boss noticed our advance from the side and sent 1 alpha and 10 wolves to flank us from the side. I had prepared ‘Sharp Eyes’ in advance before we entered the field so my eyes caught the flanking wolves before they can surprise us. I told the other girls about the flank and turned to the direction of the flanking wolves.

“Take out the wolves first. We can’t be flanked while fighting the Boss with only 5 people.” I say while turning

“She’s right since the wolves that are being led are getting a boost from the commander making them stronger than usual plus they have advantage in numbers” Sakura adds and turns

“can’t be too careful right?” Aki says turning

Lute and Mari just nods and turns to the same direction meeting the wolves.

When we got to a good distance the mid-long range classes stopped and prepared for battle. Aki uses her ‘Shadow Talisman’ to make charms that increases our stats to a max of 3 charms per person. Lute who has more defence than all of us stands in the front with her blade drawn pointing towards the wolves got defence up, attack up, and strength up.

Mari who is in the back got her spells ready and got an increase is magic, int, and mana recovery. Sakura who is the long range fighter already started shooting the wolves when they got into her range also she got mana recovery, dex, and attack.

I am also a close range fighter but my style is surprise and flank attacks aiming for the weak points indicated by the ‘Sharp Eye’ skill. I also increase my reflexes with ‘Lightning Reflex’ and ‘Acrobatics’ for faster attack reactions when attacking.

While the wolves are still out of range I started getting ideas on how to fight them easily.

“Mari! Can you use your ‘Dark Chain Binding’ to make a trap under Lute?” I ask her in a hurry

“Yes I can!” she answers and starts preparing her trap before the wolves engage Lute

“Sakura try to use your arrows to lead them closer to each other so the chains can bind most of them.” I tell her

“Consider it done!” She says with concentrating and releasing some archer skills like ‘Multi Shot’ and ‘Fire Arrow’ to scare them and making them get closer to each other.

“Lute jump back when I give you hear be say “Jump”” I tell her

“Sure” she answers

The Wolves were now closer together still rushing us with full speed and will soon bear their fangs at Lute but unfortunately for them all 11 wolves alpha included have fallen into the trap. When they got within the trap Lute jumped back with my signal but the alpha also followed her by jumping but at that time Mari had manually activated the trap.

The normal looking ground suddenly started glowing making a shape of a magic circle indicating the activation of ‘Dark Chain Binding’. Black chains shoots out of the ground ensnaring every wolf and constricts them causing damage overtime. Not on do the chains cause damage it also lowers their ability to defend making them more susceptible to attacks.

The major success of “Dark Chain Binding” immobilizing all 11 wolves including the alpha surprised me bringing a smile on my face.

“What luck! Now attack while the chains abilities are still in effect.” I  say

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Anyone who could attack began to rain attacks down onto the ensnared wolves killing them in a short amount of time. The wolves died and in place of their bodies were mainly common material drops except the alpha dropped a robe which is given to Mari.

As we finished up on our part I inspect the battle seeing that the trainees with the help of the senior helpers started pushing back and is making progress in finishing the event.

“Looks like this battle is our win” Sakura says also noticing that the tides have changed

“It was a big blow to the enemy since they lost has lost 10/60 of their fighters plus an alpha. We also got reinforcements when the other seniors came to help forcing the Boss to send the rest of its alpha guards into the battle.” I say while looking towards where the Wolf Commander is but the area is empty

I was just about to tell the others that the Boss has disappeared and was moving but before I can open my mouth I hear a scream coming from Lute. She was hit and flew a few meters pass me colliding with Sakura who was also surprised lost her center of gravity and fell.

I look towards where Lute had been to see the big Wolf Commander Boss standing there growling and ready to attack again. Everyone including me stood in silence, stunned by this development causing us to lose a few precious seconds from retreating or preparing a counter attack.

The Boss gives a fierce howl towards us breaking us out of our stunned state and back into the fight. Aki creates a barrier around us and begins to use healing talismans on Lute who was almost dead from the surprise attack.

The Boss attacks the barrier cracking it but not fully breaking it so it bought us enough time to heal Lute and prepare to fight it.

“Damn wolf attacking me from behind while I wasn’t ready” Lute yells while standing up and readying her blade once more and adding “There won’t be a second time”

While Lute was healing Sakura used her ‘Shadow Partner’ skill and started shooting her arrows at the Boss. Mari also started attack the Boss with ‘Fire Ball’.

The barrier gave in after the second attack making a shattering sound of glass but at that moment I took action and shorten my blade to around 20cm for a lighter weapon, open up my fan and used ‘Assassinate’ on an indicated weak point.

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I quickly retreat satisfied with my damage but the Boss did not let me escape easily because it jumps towards me trying to bite my face. Luckily Lute attacks the wolf from the side injuring it and forces the agro on her.

“Did you like that Mr. Commander?” Lute yells

The boss looks at Lute and activates one of its skills and tries to bite Lute but misses and this allows me to strike at its weak points again at the neck. I stab at the red indicators at the neck of the wolf with my fan but this time with a 40cm closed fan long blade plus ‘Foxfire’ which gives my blade fire attribute.

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The damage was not bad since it is very close with the assassinate skill.

The Boss was not only strong but also smart because it started moving around even more than before making it harder for me to hit the center of the weak points and doing damage. We continued attacking the boss until its health hit the critical level forcing it to use its trump card.

Its fur starts glowing changing it from hair like strands into a flat piece of metal. The Wolf Commander was now wearing an armour plate increasing its defence by a lot. However, this change does not change the battle because even though it had increased defence it gave up speed and attack for it. No matter where it ran we surrounded it and pounded its armour with attack doing damage plus since we have a mage the armour could not defend against magic so soon it fell with a howl.

The remaining alpha’s and wolves that now lost its commander made a haste retreat back into the forest but the people they were in battle with did not allow them to escape since they were exp and because of the event.

We walk towards the drops appearing at where the Boss’s body fell and found a only two equipments on the ground. I could see that one is plate body armour that will be given to Lute but the other was a glowing dagger which sparked my interest.