After catching his breath a little bit, Aze climbed directly onto the highest branch of the acacia tree and only then did he sit down cross-legged. He needed a little rest to have the energy to consider how to escape.

The leaves of the acacia tree  had already fallen, and the view from his current height was very good. However, the vast snow field was empty, did not have any living, breathing things on it, and there was nothing that could hide his figure aside from the endless snow.

Aze broke off a branch and further broke it into suitable sizes. He planned to make some arrows to have on backup for later use. The only thing he had not discarded was the wooden bow.

The hyena-drakes also quieted down. They, too, needed to rest to recover their energy after running all day.

There was not a cloud in the sky and the setting sun hung slanted on the horizon. The color of the sky had turned orange since evening, and gradually changed into a bright red. It was estimated that the light would dye the whole sky into a blood red shade just like a few days ago.

Suddenly, there was a commotion among the hyena-drakes.

Aze, who was making arrows, also stopped his actions. He took the wooden bow in hand and held a ready-made arrow in the other hand. His eyes slightly narrowed and looked doubtfully at the white figure that was getting closer and closer.

A giant wolf-god? What is it doing over here?

The tall and handsome white giant wolf-god walked gracefully, step by step towards the two sides confronting each other here. Clearly, it was almost two to three meters tall, yet it stepped on the white snow without leaving a trace. If it weren’t for seeing it with his own eyes, he would have thought that no creature had passed by here at all.

The male hyena-drake stood in front of the pack, bared its teeth and issued a threatening warning at the giant wolf-god, but the giant wolf-god seemed not to hear it at all. A bright light flashed in its beautiful golden eyes and it continued walking steadily.

The other hyena-drakes began to anxiously scratch the snow under their front paws. The male hyena-drake’s expression became more and more ferocious and distorted, trying to stop the giant wolf-god’s advance with its voice.

Aze watched this scene quietly, planning to leave as soon as he found the opportunity to.

As the giant wolf-god drew closer and closer, the hyena-drakes began to shrink back. The formation that was originally in a surrounding arrangement now became gathered to one side. The male hyena-drake became more and more irascible. No matter how loud it barked, it wasn’t managing to stop the giant wolf-god in the slightest.

Finally, when the giant wolf-god was about one meter away from the male hyena-drake, the male hyena-drake took a step back. Seemingly because they saw their leader’s retreat, the other hyena-drakes turned around and ran away as if they had finally received the order..

Looking at the companions who abandoned him, the male hyena-drake moved its forepaws discontentedly, but it obviously did not dare to fight with the giant wolf-god directly. After withdrawing from the range of the acacia tree, the male hyena-drake looked begrudgingly at the prey on the acacia tree, then finally grit its teeth, powerfully smashed its tail into the snow causing a splash of snow in the air, and turned around and left.

Aze wasn’t going to wait for them to conclude whatever result. Seeing that the other hyena-drakes had left, and that the male hyena-drake and giant wolf-god weren’t paying attention to him, he quickly, but carefully, climbed down from the acacia tree, trying not to make any extra noise that could attract the attention of the two beasts who were still confronting each other, then hurriedly ran in the other direction.

The giant wolf-god was not interested in the fleeing hyena-drakes. It narrowed its eyes slightly and looked in the direction Aze was escaping in, as if thinking about something. After a long while, it took a step and slowly walked in the direction Aze left in, step by step.

A few late-arriving messenger eagles hovered in the sky for a while, not daring to make a sound to disturb the graceful beast on the ground, which seemed to be taking a stroll in a courtyard. They flapped their wings a few times and flew towards the direction where the hyena-drakes left, their fiery red figures quickly disappearing into the increasingly red sky.