The Invincible Full-Moon System

'Rex! I can't do it, I can't hold them for long in this form! Let me turn, Gistella is in trouble!'

Moments earlier, Adhara felt her heart aching inside her chest.

She saw that Gistella was in great trouble, the scent, coming from Cassia's claws reek of the scent of silver, pure silver. Even though that should be impossible, she somehow was able to coat her claws with pure silver.

If Adhara didn't help Gistella right now, she could really die.

Due to that, she was begging Rex through telepathy to allow her to turn and save Gistella.

As Riona said, this was her actual first time leading the pack alone.

She didn't want it to end badly under her leadership.

'Do you trust me, Adhara?'

Out of nowhere, Rex posed her a question despite her watching Gistella hissing in agony.

Cassia was ruthless, twisting her claws and causing Gistella to scream.

'I- I do! But Gistella... she's dying!'

'If you trust me then let her die. In fact, kill the others too before killing yourself'

'What...? Rex, this is not the time to play around!'

'Does it sound like I'm playing around?'

Under the ruthless command of Rex's icy voice, Adhara felt the ground beneath her crumble and drop her, into the pit of an abyss. She didn't know what to do, no—she knew what to do but she didn't know if she could go through with it.

Glancing over to Kyran and Flunra, fighting for their lives, she was frozen in her spot.

'Can... Can you tell me the reason? I thought we were stalling for you'

'Now, I'm telling you to die. So what is it going to be, Female Alpha?'

Adhara gritted her teeth.

She didn't know why Rex was acting like this, he even sounded colder and more heartless.

Lost in a daze, time slipped away as her thoughts were consumed by Rex's command.

Both Kyran and Flunra were still fighting, oblivious to the command.

It was only then that the powerful shockwave hit them.

Recognizing the scent and energy mixed within this catastrophic gust of force—Adhara had no time to ponder as Rex seemed to be doing something. She needed that realization to get her thoughts straight, 'It's Rex, he must have his reason. I just need to do what he says...'

Despite her pounding heart, she gazed at the others beside him.

...

"Don't! Don't turn right now!"

"This is your fucking fault! Gistella died!"

"Just trust me. If you don't trust me enough, then trust Rex!"

Upon hearing this, Kyran grinds his teeth and glares ahead, brimming with fury to his core.

He didn't understand why Adhara was stopping him from doing anything.

Soon enough the aftermath of the shockwave, receded, revealing a devastation beyond their comprehension. It was hardly the same place as they were fighting on earlier—the place was utterly destroyed, turning into a flat landscape.

All of the Silverstar Pack's bodies steamed, their wounds were healing at a rapid pace.

Despite the protective barrier, some of the shockwave's force pierced through.

But even then, all three of them gazed ahead as silhouettes could be seen from the smoke.

As the smoke finally cleared, Kyran, Flunra, and Adhara were met with a sight that made their eyes bulge in shock. Riona stood dauntingly with the Dancing Stripe Pack lined up beside her—clutching the motionless body of Gistella by the name with her right hand.

No sign of life coming from her, Gistella's form hung limply like a rag doll.

Even though it was a total win for them, the Dancing Stripe Pack was weeping profusely.

For some reason, tears streamed down their faces, despite their expressions were devoid, of sorrow as if they were forced to cry, against their will. In a brief moment, Riona, Fiona, Cassia—and Garm turned toward the distance where the remnants of the devastating explosion still lingered.

At the sight of that, the atmosphere around them shifted, darkening with an ominous weight.

Suddenly, in a fit of anger and desperation, Riiona tightened her grip on Gistella's nape.

In the next moment, she began her savage act—tearing her lifeless body limb from limb with her fangs. The gruesome sound of cracking bones echoed through the air. as blood sprayed across her face and the ground beneath her, the blood of a beloved.

Kyran, Flunra, and Adhara watched the scene, a display of savage brutality.

Riona devoured Gistella, even consuming the arm still marked with the crimson Herald Mark.

All that remains of Gistella was nothing but her head, raised by Riona skywards.

"One down..." She muttered, raspingly.

Just as she was about to put Gistella's head into her mouth—devouring her completely—her head began to shimmer with a silver glow before it disappeared. Riona was surprised by this but she remained composed and ignored it.

She even felt the flesh she consumed was dissipating into energy but stayed silent.

ROAR!!

All of the Dancing Stripe Pack roared furiously, wanting to vanquish this burn inside of them.

Realizing that the Bloodstone Crater was destroyed, their hearts were filled with grief.

Grief that needs to be satiated through blood and gore.

Stimulated to the absolute peak, the Honey Moon trembled as their auras blasted skywards.

Similarly, Kyran and Flunra were also assaulted by the same sensation as them.

Both of their hearts were pierced with a burning rage.

'I've failed to protect the Alpha's beloved... but I will not fail to avenge it!'

'No, no, no!! I will not let Rex suffer further, I'll kill all of them! I'll kill them all!!'

Seeing Gistella being killed brutally unleashed something primal within the deepest part—of themselves, their minds plummeted into madness, their beastly instincts taking over. With a guttural roar, both began to transform, their bodies contorting as they embraced their other side.

Kaboom!!

Likewise, their auras flared violently, outshining even the blessed light of the Honey Moon.

Contrary to their reaction, Adhara was staring at the silver remnant of Gistella.

Her eyes glistened with clarity when she saw this.

Just then, however, she could feel a foreign power waking up inside of her.

It was familiar and it also made her stronger, her moonlight energy got suddenly denser.

Realizing this sensation, she looked down at her hand and found a mark appearing there.

A purple wolf-head mark that was extremely familiar.

"Evelyn...? Is that you?" She muttered, realizing that this foreign energy was Luna energy.

Naturally, Adhara was confused about this but she then remembered that she became a host for Evelyn—connecting them together. Evelyn must've found a way to tap into her bloodline's power and be present here.

Her power increase came from the presence of a Luna, it was as if Evelyn was here for real.

'Adhara, what's going on?'

'I can't explain to you right now but help me calm Kyran and Flunra, you should be able to'

'Okay, touch them so that I can do that'

Focusing her attention back on the battlefield, Adhara saw Garm, Cassia—and Fiona sprinted with the purpose of attacking Kyran, who was still powering up, unable to properly control his moonlight energy.

Despite that being the case, Kyran was still conscious, and he was going to retaliate.

In a flash, Garm, Cassia, and Fiona reached Kyran from three sides.

All of them ignored Flunra and went after Kyran first.

Seeing this, Kyran raised his hand to create an ice dome and protect himself.

But as he was about to do that—he turned sharply to the left—his eyes widened in shock at the sight of his hand being wrapped around by violet flames, halting it mid-track. Kyran was caught off guard as Adhara captured his hand.

Even the attacking Dancing Stripe Pack was surprised by Adhara's move.

As opposed to helping Kyran, she was helping them instead.

Splash!

Roar!!

Due to her intervention, three lethal consecutive strikes coated with silver—landed squarely on Kyran, causing him to grunt in pain, blood bursting out of his mouth. He looked down and found Cassia, Fiona, and Garm's claws pierced three parts of his body—his waist, below the neck, and his chest.

He was pinned in place, but his eyes flickered with an azure light.

In Iseldra's realm, he had been in a worse situation, he wouldn't lose from this alone.

Shing!!

Out of nowhere, his entire body exploded with multiple ice spikes, scorching instead of cold.

Fiona was able to dodge, but that was not the case for Garm and Cassia.

Following that attack, Kyran swiped his claws, sending them all hurtling away.

Before he could recover and launch his counter-attack, Adhara appeared behind him.

Boom!

Creating a blast underneath Flunra, she propelled him closer before grabbing them both from the back, and gave the signal to Evelyn to exert her Luna energy, into them. Upon feeling this warm sensation, Kyran glared at her, "You're helping them? Why?!"

"Even if I say the reason, you wouldn't listen. Don't fight back, Kyran..." She whispered.

As expected, Kyran, consumed in anger retaliated once again.

Flunra was easier to appease as the Luna energy was making work of him, calming him down like rain to a fire. But Kyran—on the other hand—was completely different, his anger, was too strong and he refused to listen.

It seemed he inherited Rex's wrath, he was hard to control when he became like this.

'He's refusing me, what is happening, really?!' Evelyn's voice rang inside Adhara's head.

Just as they were struggling, Riona landed near them.

"What are you doing...?" She asked, squinting her eyes. "Fight, don't be a coward, and fight!"

Upon hearing this, Adhara remained silent, gritting her teeth in a struggle.

"Seems like she had already accepted their defeat, Mother"

"Second to that, let's just kill them. We have a bigger thing to deal with"

Compared to Riona, the other Dancing Stripe Pack wanted to end this duel right now.

None of them were thinking much about Adhara's betrayal.

But unlike them, her danger sense was alerting her of this odd situation, something no doubt was amiss with this. Moreover—she also wanted to win against the notorious Slverstar Pack, fair and square, not like this.

Listening to their condescending bickers, Kyran began even more frantic.

At that point, Adhara quickly talked to him telepathically, 'Gistella is not dead, calm down!'

'Do you really think Rex would let that happen? Rex, the person who had everything figured out long before it became reality—do you really think he would make a grave mistake when the stake is this high?!' She added, trying to make Kyran listen to her.

Upon hearing this, Kyran began to breathe less roughly.

His mind was consumed by anger, but he still grasped the meaning of her words.

Gritting his teeth, he asked, 'Then what do you want me to do?!'

'Let them kill us, Rex said that to me' Adhara answered, causing Kyran to frown hard.

Despite his doubt—he trusted that Rex really said that and decided to try his hardest to calm himself down. Visibly, his breaths became regulated, under the Luna energy's influence—and he glared at the Dancing Stripe Pack, "Once I'm free, I'll destroy you all!"

"A dead man's threat," Fiona scoffed. "the dead's words don't mean a thing"

"Don't even try to beg, I'm not degrading myself to that level" She added and approached.

Just then, Fiona stopped when someone landed before her with a loud crash.

At the sight of the figure, Riona, Garm, and Cassia instantly went down to their knees.

On the other hand—Fiona raised her gaze to look at the figure before her eyes widened—the aura coming from this figure was vivid as day and she too went down to her knees. Naturally, someone who could make the Dancing Stripe Pack kneel like this—was none other than their Female Alpha, Princess Selene herself.

"Princess, we are about to end this duel with a victory," Fiona informed with pride.

Upon hearing this, Princess Selene looked down at her without emotion.

Not even answering, she glared at Adhara and the others.

"Your Alpha has crossed the line. I'll bear the consequences of interfering in this sacred duel, but I'll be killing you now. Your corpses would be our answer to your Alpha's, blasphemy" She said in a chilling tone.

Riona wanted to say something when she heard this.

She wanted to tell Princess Selene about her troubles but she was too late.

Slash!