"Man, there are only trees around here. Are you sure this is the right way?" Magnus asked.
The trio chose the path which visibly had nothing but a forest. Damian convinced them with his argument, but Magnus started to doubt it a little after they walked for two hours.
"Calm down. I know what I am doing; stay alert in case something jumps on us," Damian said, and when he did that, a beast pounced from the nearby bushes!
Perfect timing, but not for something good. The beast was a two-headed wolf, and its target was precisely Damian! It pounced on him, ignoring both Magnus and Aurora.
"I am dead!" Damian thought.
He tried to look for something useful around him to use his telekineses, but the beast was fast, and its attack was sudden — there was no way he would escape that outcome.
A loud bang. The mutated wolf was so focused on attacking Damian that it ignored the other two who were with him, and Magnus was not someone you should forget. When the beast was close to chewing Damian with its fangs, Magnus punched it in the face, making it fly away, hitting a few trees and breaking them apart.
"Good job, Magnus," Damian shouted, happy to be alive and ready to group up with his friends.
The trio was close to each other, gazing toward the wolf, which was getting up again. It did not look hurt after the punch, concerning Damian, Magnus, and Aurora.
"What's the plan, Damian?" Magnus asked, clenching his fists, ready to punch the beast again.
"Plan? I thought you were the one with combat plans!"
Magnus signed for Damian to get close to him, and from his back, Magnus took out a combat knife. "Take this. It will be useful with your telekineses."
Damian got the dagger and was happy with it. Fast weapons were the perfect choice for his telekineses ability. Damian could control daggers easily, and if he got a bow, he could mind-control the arrows!
"Thanks. But Magnus, do you think we can win against this thing?"
Magnus analyzed the beast throughout and said, "It will be hard, but we can! Damian, I will confront it, and you attack its back like an assassin!"
He ran toward the wolf, which, differently from before, dashed toward Magnus. The two of them clashed, and the sound of both parties colliding was extraordinary. Magnus punched, kicked, dodged, and even head-butted the wolf!
But, he still got some wounds along the way, most of which were claw attacks, less painful and deadly than full-on bites. Still, it was not looking good for them.
Damian was moving around in the shadows, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. As for Aurora, she had yet to move or show her ability, but when she saw the situation Magnus was in, she wanted to help!
Aurora ran toward Magnus, making him yell, "Aurora, be careful! This beast is a strong one." But nothing he said made her stop. She only stopped when beside him, gently touching Magnus' left shoulder and then activating her unique ability.
The moment she did that, her body changed, making her look taller and more muscular. Damian saw all of it from behind the trees, and he quickly understood what Aurora's ability was — copying others' abilities!
Damian guessed that, and he was almost sure of it, making Aurora rise in his power ranking. If that was the case, she could reach the top one day because her ability was rare, and presumably, no one had something similar to it in the whole world.
Everything happened quickly, and while Aurora copied Magnus's ability, the wolf was already jumping on the two, yet flew away by one of Aurora's punches! She was slightly weaker than Magnus himself but still strong enough to contend against the mutated wolf.
Damian's task became easier with the help of two fighters, and he circled the wolf, appearing behind it. The wolf traded attacks with Magnus and Aurora, but different from before, it could not land clean hits as he had to dodge and attack two simultaneously.
"This is my chance."
The mutate wolf pounced toward Magnus, and with the help of Aurora, the two combined punches, sending the beast away again. It hit the tree, but the attack was not over.
Damian took the opportunity to use his telekineses and send a flying dagger right into the neck of that wolf, making use of its losing attention to land a clean hit.
The dagger Magnus gave Damian was not ordinary, and with its fine materials, it was sharp! It pierced through the neck of the wolf with ease, then flew back into Damian's hands, but now it was bloody.
"We made it! That was a hell of teamwork. Also, Aurora, what was that? Does your unique ability enhances your body, like mine?" Magnus asked.
He had yet to realize what Aurora's actual ability was, and both Damian nor Aurora were not feeling like explaining it to him.
"It is getting dark. Should we set camp around here?" Aurora asked.
Magnus also felt that was the right call, and Damian had no reason to say no, so the trio camped around the area.
"You two try to make some improvised shelter for us, and I will get us food and water," Magnus said as he ran into the dark forest, jumping from tree to tree.
"Aurora, we can build an improvised tree house without problems using telekineses. Can you copy my ability?"
"How do you know that's my ability? Can you read minds?"
"No, but it is obvious. So, shall we start? We don't have that much time before it gets dark-dark."
She agreed, placing her hand on Damian and copying his ability. For a moment, Damian was scared Aurora would copy his system ability. Still, no, all she could copy was his telekineses ability, which was good, and made him wonder what the secret behind his system was.
With two of them using telekineses, it was easy for them to fly some ropes up to the tree and some leaves, creating a decent bed up there.
They succeeded with that, and with his task, Magnus brought back fresh water and food for them. It worked out for them until they heard a scream from the forest while cooking their food.
"Should we chase it?" Magnus asked.
"Let's go check it out."
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