Chapter 439: Pathetic

When the warriors heard what Valdel said they couldn't believe their ears and thought they heard wrong. As for those that had already heard and seen a bit of how Valdel acts knew that he was serious in what he said. The group that knew couldn't help but gulp dryly. Even the Chief was surprised by what was said. The Chief already knew that Vadlel was powerful but that was when he was using mana. This trial didn't allow the usage of any form of spiritual energy and was a test of one's technique and physical ability.

"Sir Valdel, this trial will be done without the use of mana and weapons. You will fight with only your bare hands and with nothing more than your flesh to protect you."

"You already told me that, why repeat yourself? Do you think these little pups with no real fangs can pierce my body or my will? These fangless pups won't even be able to lay a finger on me. So why bother in facing them one on one?"

The warriors who were confused moments ago were now sure that Valdel was looking down on them. He was treating them as fangless wolves, no worse he was treating them as fangless dogs.

"How dare a human act so arrogantly! I don't know who you are, nor where you came from, but I alone am enough to beat you up." One of the warriors shouted while baring his fangs.

"Hmph, stop barking at me, little pup. If you can't even tell how large the gap between you and me, then you truly are nothing more than a fangless pup. How funny for you to want to fight me one on one? Just tell them to come at me now, I don't have time to listen to all their barking." Valdel didn't bother taking a stance as he signaled the warriors to charge at him. Seeing that Valdel wasn't going to change his decision the Chief sighed.

"The challenger Valdel has chosen to face all of the warriors at the same time. Let the trial of the wolves begin!"

The ten warriors stepped up, but the warrior who shouted prior signaled the others to stop. He glared at Valdel while emitting killing intent.

"I will face him alone."

"Hmph, like I said pup you don't stand a chance. You better stop barking and just come at me." The warrior could no longer hold it in and charged at Valdel. The speed at which he moved wasn't something a human can replicate without mana.

The warrior punched forward, Valdel shifted his body a bit to the left dodging the strike. Valdel then caught the warrior's hand which he punched out and used his momentum against him. Valdel pulled the warrior's hand making him lose balance, Valdel then proceeded to kick the back of the warrior's forwarded knee, making him kneel onto the ground.Once the warrior was kneeling Valdel quickly placed his hands onto his neck.

"As expected from a pup, to attack while blinded with rage. Do you understand now how great the gap between us is? You might technically be physically better than me, but aside from that you are sorely lacking in everything else."

Everyone looked at the scene before them with wide eyes. They were amazed by what they had witnessed. Valdel didn't move so fast that they couldn't follow, but the flow of his movement was so smooth that those different moves he made seem to be like one move. He made it look so easy to bring down a warrior to his knees. Valdel then released his hand from the warrior's neck and spoke to the nine who were looking at him dumbfounded.

"I already said it before, all of you just come at me. I don't need you to bark at me with empty words, nor do I want to see you emit your lukewarm killing intent. Just come at me with everything you got. I want to see what kind of failures my descendants truly are."

When the ten warriors heard what Valdel said they couldn't understand what he meant by calling them descendants but they now understood that he wasn't an easy opponent. The nine looked at each other. After a silent conversation, the nine surrounded Valdel, as for the one who lost at Valdel at the beginning he still remained on the floor still in a state of shock.

"Are you going to continue to kneel down on the ground in defeat, or are you going to stand up and try again. If you're unable to continue just step aside and cry in the corner like the little pup you are." Each word the came out of Valdel's mouth held so much contempt that you could feel his irritation from each word.

The warrior heard what Valdel said and gnashed his teeth. He couldn't help but admit that what Valdel said before was true. Valdel truly was someone above him, but even knowing that he didn't like Valdel insulting him every time. The warrior then stood up and help the others to surround Valdel.

Once every warrior was in position, they slowly approached Valdel. When they were close enough they looked at each other and waited to see who would start the attack. Seeing them hesitate so much just made Valdel even more irritated.

"Even though you ten already have the advantage in numbers you're still too cowardly to attack a single opponent?! How much more will you guys make me disappointed?!" As if those words were a signal the ten beastkin warriors attacked Valdel in unison.

Valdel easily predicted each one of their moves and was able to use this to his advantage. He dodged some attacks, while he used the momentum of the others to hit one another. No matter what angle they attacked it felt like Valdel could handle it with ease. After a few minutes, the ten stopped attacking and were now filled with bruises, while Valdel remained unhit.

The most surprising thing about this scene was the fact that Valdel never attacked. The bruises the ten beastkin warriors received were from each other, all Valdel did was guide their attacks.

"Not only are you guys cowardly, and lack the spirit of a true wolf, you also don't have any coordination as a pack. Tsk, you bunch truly are pathetic." When the ten heard what Valdel said they no longer had the energy nor the will to refute. They all felt embarrassed by their own performance, they now understood why this person kept calling them pups, cause in his eyes they were truly nothing more than little pups.

Seeing the reaction made by the ten beastkin warriors, Valdel sighed in utter disappointment. "I already knew that you guys were cowards, I was already expecting you guys to lack the skill and coordination. But I hoped, I truly hoped that you lot would at least have the will... How pathetic, and how sad I feel today. If I knew that this was what I would see from my own descendants, I wish that the Lycan tribe's bloodline ended with Katar's era. At least then we could have sustained our pride and honor."