A black, paw-like mark materialized over the captain's wounds. Moments later, a slightly massive dark liquid resembling a blood dripped into the shadow-like flame burning beneath them, which seems to have consumed and replaced the solid ground after the shadow domain had been cast through; they couldn’t feel any heat from it at all .Observing all this, Jake hastily inspected his own body for any cuts as he didn’t know what effect the shadow mark would have, however he was swift to realize that none of the shadow wolves he fought had managed to injure him, nor had any of their blood touched him.The only close call he believed he had to being touched by a substance from the shadow wolves had been when he narrowly avoided that black splatter mid battle after sensing its threat.However seeing these marks appear across the captain's body made it difficult for Jake to determine the precise conditions required for a human to be marked as he couldn’t be sure that the fact he hadn’t been to

However, inside his mind, he reasoned that while he might not be a peak epic talent rank awakened, the shadow wolf alpha had also not yet fully formed its primordial armor so he didn’t need to be so scared of it in the first place. Thus, aside from the specific areas it managed to shield at the point of attack, the majority of the alpha's massive body still remained completely exposed.However Jake only cared about one thing, the whole essence of him moving was all because of the fact that he wanted to drag the shadow wolf alpha down from the dominance it was trying to assert on them.“Jake!!!” However, seeing that Jake had not fallen back alongside the others, James yelled out his name in sheer panic. Yet, Jake was already right up against the shadow wolf alpha, rendering any frantic shouts to make him draw back entirely useless at the current moment.While his concern was completely fixed on Jake, the remaining three commander ranked shadow wolves who had their forms wrapped in wolf

After helping Zack reach safety by moving him deeper into the area covered by the dome shield, Lionel stood on edge of the transparent shield as he realized that Jake had no idea whatsoever that the Alpha was closing in on him, because his focus was entirely locked onto his sniper scope. Driven by a single thought at that moment , Lionel knew he had to buy Jake enough time to eliminate the Shadow Wolf commander that he was targeting, and then he would finally notice the incoming threat of the Alpha in time. [› Special Ability - System Crash. ‹]Without hesitation, Lionel resolved to disrupt the Alpha's dashing momentum, however; unlike Zack, who had previously intervened to save him, Lionel knew that he lacked the blistering speed required to physically intercept the shadow wolf alpha’s trail. Even so, he still believed that saving Jake was vital, because all the F region’s captains viewed him as one of the few important pieces that would shape the F-Region’s future, which is why he

Although Jake was unaware of this ability of the flaming tiger of his, however his current predicament left him with no room to overthink the situation. Instead, he concentrated entirely on moving his body, as he was finally able to manage to push himself into a sitting position on Ignis's back. However, the moment he sat up, he came face-to-face with the shadow wolf alpha.Standing before the alpha were seven wolf shadows, though the four shadow wolf commanders closest to it had died, but the shadow wolf alpha had used their deaths to cast the Hundred Shadow Hunt skill once more, summoning a fresh pack of wolf shadows.Previously, when these wolf shadow figures had shielded the other shadow wolf commanders, their main function was to enhance their commander rank wolves resilience and offer them a way to survive lethal attacks, provided the incoming blows remained within a tolerable range, under the conditions that the limits were met, a wolf shadow could absorb the damage that is me

For roughly thirty minutes, ever since the Shadow Wolf Alpha erected its domain and shadow dome, onlookers were left in the dark about the events unfolding inside the shadow dome. Their only recourse was to pray for the survival of the F-region captains and Jake who were battling with the shadow wolf alpha.Across the lower sectors—F, E, D, and C—countless civilians desperately hoped for a miracle, wishing for the F-region military force would be able to emerge triumphant from this crisis of theirs.They had all set aside their petty inter-sector rivalries over who was superior to whom, they even ignored the conventional military logic that was being pushed, about the fact that the F-region squad was doomed since they didn't have an epic talent awakened among their ranks, as only an epic-rank awakened have been confirmed to be able to stand against a lord-rank entity in battle.All that mattered to them currently was seeing humanity pull off a miraculous victory. Yet, a lingering dread