Reincarnated into a Snow Griffin-Chapter 138

Clever from the beginning, using his child form and easygoing demeanor, Kasumi has always pretended to be weak and meager, mouthful however obedient, but in the end it all had been the fox’s trick to get in the chicken den, and he proves that being weak is far from what he truly is.

Especially when, an old ancient magical creature whose characteristic ability is to gain power through aging, stands before us proving that taking the tails off did not cripple him enough to my a toothless fox, and that he knew how to bite, even more so when he changes from his humanoid form into a huge black fox, teeth so big and sharp that the canines show around the snout even when the mouth is closed, passing over the black lips, and the mysterious Abyss powers kept his appearance the less normal possible, with a strange aura surrounding him and propping skulls to float on top of his shoulder, their dead hollow eyes filled imbued with the purle black flame from his power, clacking their jaws in a not humorous laughter, matching the marks of Kasumi’s depleting power alongside his face and jaw, getting a crazier look while showing a permanent grin with rows of sharp teeth, and following the long full coat of fur around his neck one would end up seeing the ghost tail behind him that looked sewed on place that he tried to put back is meager and not flush at all, bonny and fleshless, and the many others that had been cut over the years, only a expectral purple tail left in their place, numerous and bobluing with the essence of his power, making a fan of bonny and expectral tails move like worms behind him.

But as strong and powerful one may be and look, such a creature dismissed training and combat experience, no matter how old he was against three fully experienced and trained warriors he would be no match for us.

Only that...

There are barely two of us to fight back, with Natasha in the state she is at, and unable to fall back or leave us because she lacks a tail to keep her safe from the fog, which is very thick so close to the source, suffocating even.

"You know, even if I have one tail back in place it does not seem to be enough, not to recover me fully, not to approach that woman this easily, so I will just have to take the one you stole back in the process of killing you all!"

At that he launches his huge body in a leap and attacks Ethan out of the blue, full mouth open and a murderous glint in his eyes that is blinded by greed and ferocious rage for revenge.

Even with his movements restricted Ethan manages to dodge to the side while the huge fox jumps and hits the ground where he was at just a moment ago with his two front paws, denting the hard rock with his strength.

And even with the same element type, his type of attack is different from the transparent fog, floating in the air is more like a liquid shadow flowing in waves and moved by invisible winds, shaping around him as if alive and moving in reaction to his wishes, making so that a tail attack would gather such essence and flow it like a piercing waterfall in front of the black fox, and the goopy essence is corrosive as its surroundings melted away with the platters.

Ethan, with the demon, is caught by surprise by one of these attacks as something that should not have reached them and had been properly dodged out of the way wasn’t, and was about to be overrun by a black shifting wave of boiling goop extending from the side of the fox’s body when a single white long feather of mine embeds itself on the floor in front of them, and already previously imbued with magic the rune, once invisible, shines bright against the white plum when activated, and in an instant a Wind Shield erupts and pushes back the fox, not only that but it oozes a thin layer of Ice Fog for concealment, mixing both types of defenses in a way that the Fog would not only have a hard time reaching someone inside, but would not be able to find them so easily with the cover up.

"Natasha, can you keep the barrier up? You are safe from the Fog there." For now, as long as it keeps the fuel of magic up.

But that way, with the connection and the other tail, Ethan would be free to attack.

"Understood!" With her safe and one less worry Ethan does not wait around and with a fierce slash from his obsidian sword makes a path of fire in the air, enough to push back the leaping fox but not enough to produce any significant damage since, the next instant, the fire is hungrily consumed by the floating fog, moving like an animal in the air for how dense and strong it is so close to the source.

"Tsk." I heard him say as I defend myself with a spike attack as well, the ice sharp edges scattering like glass with the mere touch of the fog.

And as much as the fox said he needed the other tail to conceal himself the fog still did not seem to have the same effect on him as it had on us, his own liquid version of the fog advancing when our attacks could not keep up.

Even if in greater numbers and greater strength we find ourselves in disadvantage on this terrain, especially for a magical user like myself is rendered almost useless, forcing the fox back by mere brute force and an enormous amount of mana.

But even mine cannot last long like this, especially since I had not completely recovered from using it massively before to save Ethan from the whale monster, already wasting in the creation of another barrier as well.

Seems that my strengths have become a great weakness in this fight, for I will need to be quick and focus on physical attacks to win, so I do not think twice before screaming to Ethan:

"Ethan, take the lead, I’ll cover you!"

"Alright!"

I accept my support role in this fight and prepare to give my all so we can win.

For our lives are at stake, and any other outcome will have us dead on the floor, our bodies too far away to even be recovered.