157 I'm Sorry, Sire Yojiro...

At this moment, even Lony and Roval could not help but glance towards Yojiro's Katana--watching the light green blade end the lives of five wild mountain wolves. This, in turn, created a light green wind blade that surged like the waves of sound. 

A burst of wind followed the light green wind blade that even blew Yojiro to a tree--slamming his back into it. The impact made Yojiro cough out blood as his body slid into the ground. Fortunately, his last attack traveled hundreds of meters away from them--ten times the range of his normal wind blade, thus, there were no monsters who attacked in the next few seconds.

'Is this it?' Yojiro frowned and gritted his teeth as his eyes landed on his left hand--trying to move his fingers in his left hand. 

'Tch! Not... Yet!' He cried deep inside after not being able to move his fingers on his left hand. Then, he slowly shifted his attention to his right hand--where the handle of his Katana rested on it.

'Come on!' He grumbled deep inside trying to, at the least, grip his Katana with his right hands. Unfortunately, he was not even able to curve up his fingers and grip the handle of his Katana.

That said, he did not give up. Yojiro gritted his teeth as strong as he can whilst trying his best to move even an inch of his muscle on either of his hands. However, his body had seemed to have already reached its limit. 

'Grrrr! Move!' Yojiro grumbled deep inside. He tried to move his body... to no avail.

Soon, his vision had started to follow as it started to fade. He cried as much as he can, but, he started to lose his consciousness like someone who was injected with anesthesia. Fortunately, at this moment, Lony and Roval got rid of the remaining wild mountain wolves and had arrived in front of Yojiro who's eyes were about to close. 

Of course, Lony and Roval noticed his eyelids that were about to close. Thus, the two white wolves could only glance at each other and force out a smile as if telepathically saying 'We're fucked!'

However, before they could think of their next move, they heard the howls of wild mountain wolves that were charging towards them. This, in turn, made Lony bit Yojiro's shirt and ran as fast as he can back into the path where they came from--dragging Yojiro with him while leaving Yojiro's Katana and the stunned Roval behind.

It was only after a second, and when Lony and Yojiro were about tens of meters away from him, was Roval able to get back to his senses. 

'Fucker!' Roval cursed deep inside--aimed towards Lony. Then, he bit Yojiro's Katana before dashing after Lony and Yojiro.

At this moment, Roval's Player Interface popped out--seemingly displaying the stats of Yojiro's Katana.

[Practice Katana of the Wind God]

Rating: Epic-rated weapon

Level Requirement: 20

Attributes:

Attack Damage: +500

Magic Damage: +550

Agility: +100

Special Effect:

[1] Wind Affinity - Double the damage dealt by wind attacks using this Katana.

[2] The Will of Wind - Has a 1% chance to create a new wind skill or attacks from base Wind Sword Art techniques.

[3] Sword Bound - The sword is obtained through clearing the Wind God's trial and shall be eternally bounded to its rightful user. If this Katana was used by the non-bound users, the attributes shall be reduced to 1% of its overall strength, while the Special effect [1] Wind Affinity and the Special effect [2] The Will of Wind would be disabled.

Bound User: Y???

[This Katana is proof of a man's strength and the proof of the Wind God's benevolence to humans!]

At first, Roval's eyes seemed like it was about to pop out from its sockets. From the name of the Katana to its flavor text, the weapon he bit between his jaws was somehow related to a god!

The Wind God!

Unfortunately, its third 'special effect' clearly indicated that it was a bound weapon, and was already bounded to an unknown person whose name somehow starts with a Y. Thus, Roval could only glance towards Yojiro and assume that he must be the one who was bound to the said Katana since he wielded it himself. 

Thus, he could only surrender the thought of asking for the Katana to Yojiro in case he wakes up or the thought of keeping the Katana to himself in case Yojiro does not wake up. Because... The sword was only a tad bit better compared to a newbie sword if it would be equipped by non-bound users. 

'What am I thinking! I should focus on surviving first before I drool about using this epic rated sword!' He thought. 

Roval forced out a smile deep inside as his eyes, unconsciously, glanced to his back to check if there were wild mountain wolves able to catch up. His heart was filled with relief after not seeing a single trace of the said ferocious monsters. That said, he didn't slow down from his retreat--estimating that the wild mountain wolves were only around a hundred meters or so behind them.

Minutes later, Roval reverted back to his human form after maxing out the time limit of his wolf form. He was running on his four feet when he transformed back to his human form, making him stumble and roll several meters before slamming into a tree.

This had made Lony, consequently, halt on his tracks and avert his gaze towards the dizzy Roval. Fortunately, at this moment, they have arrived meters away from the unburned part of the forest where Pedro purposedly dodge the breath of fire to avoid doing an accidental friendly fire. 

Then, Lony laid Yojiro to an unburned tree before going towards the 'helpless' Roval. Lony was about to bit Roval to pick him up and lay him beside Yojiro when Roval, himself, raised his hands towards Lony and said, "I'm okay! I'm okay!" 

'Thank goodness...' Lony thought deep inside as he sighed with relief. That said, Roval walked in a zigzag pattern as if he was drunk. 

"I'm okay! I'm okay!" Roval gestured once again as he walked like a drunk man--going towards Yojiro's Katana. Lony could only shake his head in response thinking if Roval was really alright. 

"The... sword..." Roval mustered up his strength to pick the sword up and drag it forward--heading towards the direction of the plain. 

Lony frowned in response as he stared daggers towards Roval. In response, the weak Roval simply gazed back and forth towards Lony and Yojiro for a few seconds before asking, "What's wrong? Let's go!"

As Roval was about to walk through the burning forest, Lony ran in front of him--blocking him from entering the burning forest, and howled towards him furiously, saying, 'Are you mad? Do you want to fuckin' burn to your death?'

Unfortunately, Roval was only able to hear Lony howl towards him and he did not really understand what Lony meant. That said, Lony's interference from him entering the burning forest and the furious reaction of the wolf, Roval somehow have a hunch on what Lony wanted to say.

That said, Roval's grip on Yojiro's Katana tightened as he shouted towards Lony saying, "Get the fuck out of my way! So what if I would fucking burn to death? I would rather take that risk than just sit there and wait for my fucking death! I am only a player Lony! WE ARE ONLY FUCKIN' PLAYERS!" 

At this moment, Lony had stopped howling as he could only watch Roval circled around--heading towards the burning forest. Then, he glanced towards Lony and shouted, "Stop staring at me! Grabbed the freaking NPC and follow me!" 

However, Just when the 'sad-looking wolf' Lony was about to grab Yojiro, a sea of wild mountain wolves are on their way--just tens of meters away from them. Lony did not think twice and charged forward, in order to defend the unconscious Yojiro.

'You fuckin' beasts!' Lony roared as loud as he can, whilst starring daggers towards the first line of wild mountain wolves. 

The feet of his first targets froze and became stone, making them crash to the ground and be stomped under the sea of monsters charging forward. Because of the frenzy of the wild mountain wolves, some of them were even pushed into the burning forest--roasting them to their deaths.

It was at this moment that Lony and Roval had thought that someone would heroically arrive and save them. Unfortunately, there were no signs of any gigantic animal present around them. Thus, Lony could only steal a glance towards Roval as if saying 'What are you waiting for! Come and fuckin' help me turn these madafakers into stone!'.

"Tch!" Roval could only flick his tongue and bit his lips in response. He knew what Lony's stare meant. And at the same time, he remembered why they accompanied Yojiro in the first place. 

It was because Yojiro was an NPC and they were just players. They accompanied him not because of the S-rated Quest... but it was because they wanted to keep Yojiro alive until the quest has ended!

'If it was other players... We could have run back to safety! If it was other players... We won't sacrifice our character just for a mere NPC! But we are not just ordinary players! We are from the top rank players' guild! How could we face the other members... If we can't even handle these pieces of shit!' Roval thought as he charged forward--grasping tightly Yojiro's Katana with his hands, whilst shouting, "If we could not even protect A MERE NPC!"

Lony pounced while Roval charged towards the sea of wolves. They were able to take down their first targets with ease. But because of the quantity of their enemy, both their necks, body, arms, and legs were torn from each other--consequently making their vision grayish.

[You Died! Character deletion and automatic logout will commence in 3!]

At this moment, Lony and Roval could only glance towards the unconscious body of Yojiro as tears started to fall into their eyes.

[You Died! Character deletion and automatic logout will commence in 2!]

'Forgive us, sire Yojiro! We did what we could...' They both thought as their hearts were filled with a heavy feeling, watching the other wild mountain wolves avert their attention towards the unconscious Yojiro.

[You Died! Character deletion and automatic logout will commence in 1!]

Lony and Roval's vision completely faded as the wolves pounced towards Yojiro.

'We did our best! Sorry...' Lony thought as he slowly regained his consciousness in real life. That said, for some reason, tears started to fall down from his eyes. He tried to wipe it but his eyes only became wetter as more tears fell from his face.

"I'm sorry, Sire Yojiro..." He cried in a raspy voice.