Dungeon Raider System
Chapter 732 - 732: Prions Part 3

The jaguar spirit's fur bristled like that of a cat and refused to move despite Uriel commanding him to do so several times. He even went as far as to take out his lewd magazine from his trait and threaten with hitting him, but the poor creature just whimpered and covered its snout with its two paws.

"Something's not right." Uriel announced.

"Elara, do you think it's scared because of the lycanthrope smell around this town?" Elara asked, prompting Uriel to think back on all the times he had summoned the jaguar.

From the very first time he bonded with the cryptid, its enemies had ranged from horrible to atrocious. Horror level cryptids, holy rank hunters, creatures from the abyss Uriel couldn't even begin to describe which made the lycanthropes seem like harmless puppies in comparison.

"No, it must be something else." Uriel sighed and cancelled the summon causing Luna to fall on her butt.

"Ouchie," She rubbed her rear, more out of embarrassment than pain since she was an ascended lycanthrope. "Maybe it's scared of the prion disease."

"Is it even possible to smell that disease?" Uriel asked.

"Of course not, if so I think most werewolves should be able to pick on the scent. It might have more to do with a different sense, probably flux detection."

"I think it was the sense of sight..." Elara said after noticing that the same people that had previously been making a line outside the clinic now drew closer, but they didn't look the same as before.

Despite being werewolves, the townsmen looked like regular humans most of the time except when they transformed into their wolf form which gave them beastly features. Long protruding fangs, sharp claws, sometimes fur and even a tail. It also multiplied their strength and mass, which resulted in them being able to deal more damage.

Now, however, they looked like an odd mix between their human and their animal form, with fur patches covering them in random spots, with claws in some fingers and nails in others. Some limbs also possessed bulging muscles while others remained human like, which gave them an unsightly appearance.

"They are... sick." Luna informed as she stopped Elara who wanted to appease the crowd.

"I know, but I need to speak to them." Luna's mother replied as she easily shook off from Luna's grip.

"It's not advisable to ignore Luna's warnings." Uriel warned without moving from his spot.

"It will be fine, they'll hear me out. It's not like they can ignore my orders anyway." Elara chuckled and intercepted the mob forming outside her house, but they not only ignored her commands, they also attempted to attack her on sight.

The first one to engage was Zac, though instead of the luster black fur Nika described his few patches of fur were discolored. If that wasn't proof enough that he was sick, then his rabid behavior did the trick.

"Watch out!" Uriel shouted as he drew his magnum and opened fire at the maddened Lycanthrope giving Elara enough time to retreat. The gaping holes left by the revolver originally designed to hunt bears started closing as soon as the bullet went through leaving Uriel in disbelief.

Not because of the speed at which the regeneration took place, but by the fact that the meat was seemingly put together by a worm-like substance.

"I will... uhm... take care of it." Luna said as she wore her orichalcum claws and lounged forward to strike at Zac who despite being fully healed had yet to compose himself. Luna shifted into her werewolf mid jump and beheaded the man with a swift motion.

Luna nodded after confirming that the lycanthrope wasn't regenerating anymore, prompting Uriel to put back his magnum and grab the Red thread of fate from his trait.

They were completely surrounded and despite being the strongest hunter present, Elara did not have the means or the will to behead the townsmen, which forced Uriel and Luna to take care of the situation by themselves.

"What about your oat? Shouldn't you be thinking of a way to save their lives?" Uriel asked in between strikes to which Luna replied with her werewolfish voice.

"No, this is self defense. Besides, they bullied me when I was a child." Being in her full werewolf form gave Luna a boost in power not all of the townsmen possessed, but that didn't mean they didn't put up a fight.

They barely attempted to dodge their strikes when Uriel or Luna aimed at their bodies, but when they attempted to go for the head the townsmen either blocked or dodged.

"This is... unsustainable, call Cassandra." Luna said in a monotone, but Elara's face was distorted and could not react. To Luna, killing those people was exactly as she mentioned before, just self defense. But to Elara things were different, she had a first row seat to the extermination of more than half the people she knew and loved.

Not just that, she was also the alpha of the pack and every life taken had a meaning to her. Every time her bond with one of the townsmen broke she flinched in pain. Not of a physical nature, but in a deep emotional shock that caused her to turn into a werewolf.

This unfortunately caused the townsmen to also turn into a more complete wolf form since their bond with their alpha went both ways, but that only made things more difficult for Uriel and Luna.

It wasn't long until Uriel found himself surrounded on all sides by hulking masses of flesh, worms and fur clawing at him with disgustingly asymmetrical claws.

Despite having Dash active Uriel received in just five seconds more injuries than he could count, but the cut on his shoulder was deep enough to sever his nerves disabling his arm entirely and that is when he realized something crucial to his fighting style was missing.

"I'm not getting any life essence from them!" Uriel shouted before being swarmed by the rabid townsmen.