These Familiars Are Strange

The two that had been bitten by the Fanged Wolves went easy since they didn't even get to feel the pain as they were ripped in half. 

Even if they were wearing armour, it didn't seem to help at all when the Fanged Wolves bit into them.

That was because the sharp fangs of the Fanged Wolves had gone in between the gaps of their armour. It perfectly bit into the parts of their armour that were designed to have gaps to allow flexible movement.

Normally, monsters wouldn't be able to accurately bite into the gaps of the armour like this since they were designed in a way that was hard to spot. The monsters without intelligence wouldn't be able to figure this out.

However, the Fanged Wolves aimed for the gaps as if they knew exactly where it was.

The sharp fangs of the Fanged Wolves dug deep into the gaps of the armour and ripped these two in half.

Yu Xiang had been in shock at the fact that his two subordinates had been ripped in half by wolves like this, but he quickly came back to his senses and immediately jumped away from the Fanged Wolves.

His sharp reaction from his time diving into the dungeons had allowed him to quickly come back to his senses before they could make another move.

It was just that these Fanged Wolves were nothing more than a distraction in the first place.

After he landed, he found that there was something strange happening to his body.

It was as if there was some kind of strange force that was preventing him from moving.

He didn't know where this force came from, but he couldn't break free of it no matter how he tried. It just locked him in place, standing there staring at the Fanged Wolves that were still biting on his companions.

Yu Xiang didn't know what was happening, but there was a trace of fear that appeared in his eyes.

He recognized the dangerous situation that he was currently in, so his brain was turning to find a way out of this. It was just that he had no idea what was happening in the first place, so it wasn't as if he could think of a way out of this.

There was a long silence before he said…

"Mmm?"

Yu Xiang found that he wasn't even able to open his mouth to speak, all he could do was make this sound. It seemed that whatever the force was, it didn't even allow him to open his mouth to say anything.

All he could do was struggle meaninglessly against the force that was holding him in place.

While he was doing this, he could hear sounds coming from around him.

It was coming from the trees that were around the clearing.

These were where he had assigned his people for the ambush.

From the sounds that were coming from around him, it seemed like all of the people that he had assigned to the surrounding area were being taken down.

Just who was it that was doing this?

Was it someone who had been sent to protect their target?

No, if that was the case, why would they wait so long to help?

It had to be something else…Only Yu Xiang had no idea what it was.

After a while, the final sound rang out.

Yu Xiang knew that this was the last person that he had assigned since he had been counting the sounds that had been coming from around him. 

It seemed that whoever it was had already found all of his people and had taken them all out without a problem.

Yu Xiang was about to struggle once more when he suddenly saw the Fanged Wolves start to move.

The Fanged Wolves had been standing there without doing a single thing the entire time, as if they had been waiting for orders. Now that they had suddenly started to move…

"Mmm, mmm, mmm!" Yu Xiang shouted in an attempt to try to talk to the person that was causing all of this, but it didn't seem like that person was willing to talk to him.

That was until Yu Xiang suddenly found that…

"I don't want to die!"

He suddenly found that his mouth was released and he was able to speak again.

But even if that was the case, he found that his body couldn't move.

Yu Xiang wasn't a fool, he knew that there was something that this person wanted from him for him to be able to speak again. 

"What do you want? Why are you doing this? Who are you?" Yu Xiang didn't hold back at all with the questions even though he knew that it was impossible to get an answer to these questions.

He was just asking them to show that he was willing to cooperate.

But there was a cold voice that asked, "Why are you doing this?"

Yu Xiang was confused when he heard this since he thought that whoever had saved the girl was related to her. However, since they were asking this question, it really seemed like they weren't related to her at all.

If that was the case, then why would they save her?

"We received a commission to do this. If you want, we can give you a part of that commission." Then after a pause, he added, "As long as you let me live, I'll give you everything that I have."

Yu Xiang wasn't a fool, he knew exactly who was in control of this situation.

That person was the one that dictated everything, so he could take anything that he wanted.

So it was better to offer everything for his life.

It was just that…

"Ah…" A soft cry of pain came from Yu Xiang before he looked down to see that there was a sword in his throat.

"Your death is the best way to ensure true silence. There was no way that you would have survived this."