152 Evading the Dragon's Breath by a Hair's Breadth!

Yojiro took the front, while Lony and Roval cleaned up the rest. That said, after every wind blade that Yojiro made, another batch of mountain wolves appeared and charged towards them. 

"Let's fall back!" Yojiro cried as he swung his sword and sent a wind blade, killing tens of mountain wolves in just a matter of seconds.

Lony and Roval, who were in their mountain wolf form, glanced towards Yojiro after tearing the head of a mountain wolf, each, from its body. Then, they dropped it to the ground and starred towards Yojiro before they slightly nod. 

In the next second, the two gray wolves retreated as fast as they can--as if they badly needed to poop. With their four feet, their figures disappeared into the forest before Yojiro could even lift his foot.

"Sh1t!" Yojiro cursed. "Those cowards!" 

Yojiro planted his feet and made one last swing before he followed their retreat. Soon, he was able to catch up to the two scared pieces of fools. 

Yojiro was still faster compared to them, since, even if he was an NPC, he was still of a higher level compared to them. Thus, his agility was higher, allowing him to catch up to the two. 

As to how Yojiro found their location, Lony and Roval barked at their loudest as they retreat, making it easy for Yojiro to locate them. At that point, Yojiro could go ahead of Lony and Roval, but he decided to match his pace with them, and eliminate the monsters that would be able to catch up to them. 

They simply ignored every player they encounter along the way as they retreat as fast as they can, away from the wave of mountain wolves. In turn, those players could only glance towards them in bewilderment as to why two 'foolish' wolves and a man runs in the 'opposite' direction--towards the burning forest where Pedro was located.

After a few seconds of pondering, their attention would be shifted to their fellow players who also seemed to be running for their lives in the wrong direction. It was only when they heard the screams of the other players were they able to get back to themselves.

"Run! Run! Run! Monsters! Monsters! Monsters!"

"Wolves! Run!"

"Run! If you want to live, run!" 

This made those astonished players glance to where they came from, only to see a seemingly infinite number of hungry and ferocious mountain wolves charging towards them. 

'Thanks for your sacrifice!' Lony chuckled deep inside as they encounter the same 'dazed' expression of the players that they pass by. 

Soon, they were able to spot the figure of the Black Dragon that consequently made them feel relieved. With the Black Dragon on their side, the unlimited force of mountain wolves would be nothing to them.

However, before they could even rejoice, Pedro flew high in the sky and dove towards them. A bluish light illuminated between the gaps on the scales of his neck as his jaw was about to slowly open--indicating that he was about to breathe out a bluish flame. 

"Sh1t!" Yojiro's face went pale as the two wolves in front of him started barking as loud as they can, hoping that Pedro would be able to notice them before he makes a 'friendly fire'. 

Fortunately, at the last second, Pedro noticed the astounded Yojiro--giving him enough time to lift his jaw slightly before he breathed out the blue flame. Yojiro's head was just several meters below the blue flame when Pedro exhaled the blue flame, allowing him to feel the heat from it.

This made him shiver in fear as he was able to successfully avoid death this time. His glance could only follow towards Pedro who hoavered just a few meters above them. Doing so, he was able to see the other players behind him. They also watched the Black Dragon pass above them as their fellow players cry while burning to their deaths. 

The mountain wolves were not spared. All of them were burned into ashes as Pedro continued to fly around, burning everything along his way. 

The players--who stood with in ten meters behind Yojiro and was able to barely survive Pedro's flame, gasped in awe as they started to feel a sense of relief. But it all faded when their attention was shifted to the two wolves in front of Yojiro.

"B-B-Brother! Infront of you!" A player shouted towards Yojiro as he and the other players charged towards Lony and Roval.

The two friends of Arvedar was quickwitted. They were able to respond quickly as they turned around and stare to each closest targets for them to freeze. 

At this moment, Yojiro blinked his eyes as he turns around--facing the surviving players from the United Asian Force, and grips the handle of his Katana, tightly. Then, he sighed heavily as he swung his sword at full force, and murmured, "Forgive me for being your opponent... May you have a peaceful second life!"

"Wind Sword Art: Yojiro's Wind Blade!" Yojiro shouted as his Katana sliced the two closest players into half. 

Afterward, a wind blade was created and it traveled like a wave, killing all the remaining players through splitting them into half. This calmed the hearts of Lony and Roval, while Yojiro could only watch Pedro with his brows knitted.

'How weak! How weak! How weak!' Yojiro grumbled to himself, deep inside. 'How weak! I could only stand and watch as my very own death approaches! New Skill? New Sword Art? So what?! It's all useless if I could not compose myself and face death head on! Fight to my last breath?! Am I really a warrior?! The future of our village? One of the defenders of the Wind Village?!'

Yojiro's heart raced faster each second as the veins in his forehead bulged to the point that it seemed like it was about to pop out. His hands gripped the handle of his Katana as tight as he can. While his stare was fixated on watching Pedro kill their enemies with ease.

An airplane flying just above them with a flame thrower attached on its front and seemed like it was about to crash towards them, Yojiro can't be blamed for being at loss for words when Pedro went above them. That said, He was a swordsman, a warrior. He should have been unshaken, unwavered, even in front of death or any entity way beyond their strength. 

Something he should have had when he faced the threat of being toasted or crushed by Pedro's Dragon form. He should have been able to make Pedro notice them through his shear will. His shear killing intent that he should have directed towards Pedro as he dove towards them. 

On the other hand, Lony and Roval transform back to their humans form as they were surrounded with the flaming forest, trapping them but, at the same time, allowing them to rest and relax. Though their childish acts, they didn't dare pry into Yojiro's business after noticing Yojiro's grip that was starting to leave marks on his skin.

Lony simply sat, relaxingly, besides Roval and sighed. Then, he said, "I wonder what happened to Bro Arvedar... I hope that he's fine!"

Roval flicked his tongue and frowned in response. He glanced towards Lony and said, confidently, "Don't worry about him! He's a madafaking crow! He can fly anywhere he wants! On top of that! He has the Gravitation Inheritance! The real Gravitation Inheritance! Those fake 'elemental' inheritance of those freakin' United Asian Force won't stand a chance against him! Not even a percent of his strength!" 

Lony shook his head and forced out a smile as if he thought something terifying. Then, he said, "Who am I kidding! You are right! Bro Death even invited us to his guild because of him."

"I know!" Roval grumbled, "You don't need to remind me! That's why... We need to work hard! Afterall, I don't want to get kicked from the guild of the top ranked players in the world!"

Lony chuckled in response and said, "You're right! From the looks of it, we are just both excess baggages!"

At this moment, Lony stood and dusted off the dirt on his armor and said, "We can't always be baggages! We were lucky enough to be given this opportunity! It's up to us on how we would capitalize on this opportunity!"

"Haiiiz~" Roval grumbled. He followed Lony and stood whilst dusting of the dirt on his armor as well. "Just they wait! We'd be scary pieces of sh1t too! One day!"

Then, they walked towards Yojiro and tapped his shoulder. They smilled towards him and nodded before asking in unison, "Shall we join them?" 

Yojiro, who was confused at first, sighed and smirked towards them. Then, he shrugged their hands and chuckled, "Stay behind me! But... Don't leave me again!" 

Lony and Roval burst into laughter in response as Yojiro walked ahead--leading them. After a few seconds, they followed behind him and said in unison, "Of course, I won't!"