Devon's POV“I say you are shouting bullshit. The three of us are close in power levels, there's no way we can defeat an elder even with combined effort not to talk of a beast like Lucien.”I glanced at the guy to my right and I stared for a while. I've met my fair share of cowards and I could say with certainty that this guy was one of them. He was not only a wuss but a fool but I couldn't tell him that.“I'm Lucien,” I said instead and the other two looked at me for a while in silence. Then the one on my left spoke,“Osric”“..... Ignace.” The one on the right said reluctantly.“I know we are weak, but we are also strong. A combination of power does not always result in mere addition of total force, at times it can be a direct multiplication.”“Say what?” Ignace asked with furrowed brows.“The three of us working together doesn't necessarily mean our combination of power is as simple as one plus one plus one, it could be one raised to power of one raised to power of one.”“But it's
Avery's povI stood in the surveillance room as I watched over the whole forest. The competition was proceeding smoothly so far but there were more challenges to come. If these fools want to have me then they might as well risk their lives for it.They were all bark but no bite and now it was time for them to prove themselves. Some people were already showing signs of never making it to the mountaintop, while some were showing outstanding progress.Some were forming teams and others were doing it solo. Some betas were showing more talent and battle prowess than Alphas, and those two were doing better than I had expected.Devon had managed to form a team with high potential, I could tell that this wasn't their full strength and yet they'd already defeated four elders. I was impressed, it seemed like he was really becoming his own person but if he thought that that would be enough to get me then he was very wrong. This was just the beginning, moreover, I was sure that the reason for his
Lucien's POVI could feel my blood boiling as I ran up the mountain. I had defeated almost ten elders now and I could feel that the cold was having a great time penetrating my skin. It was still freezing but at least now I knew that the cold wouldn't damage my organs or anything.The last ten fights had been challenging but none of them had really pushed me to my limits. For some reason, I couldn't help but wish that I had a better opponent to fight. I had climbed fat up the mountain and at this point, there were heaps of snow covering the grass beneath. The slow was slowing me down a bit and now I finally understood that this mountain was even more challenging than I had thought.Luckily for me, ever since I had reached this point I hadn't encountered any elders. I could easily see the snow affecting my mobility and that would be bad. As I got higher in the mountain, the elders became stronger and I could only wonder who the elders at the very top would be.If my father was alive, h
Lucien's povI moved around the snowy plain with raspy breath, I was getting tired and my blood wasn't boiling as much as before. I was being dominated and it had the opposite effect, I could feel my blood slowing down and the frost was slowly seeping into my skin.I blocked an attack from the first elder and I skidded backwards on the snow. I winced as I felt a sharp pain in my forearm, my coat was torn and I was hurting all over.The elders had battered me and tossed me around the snowy plains, at first I was shocked at how powerless I was, I had thought that I was just that much below them but later on I realized that it wasn't that, there was something about them and something told me that if it were any other four elders, they wouldn't be able to pass me around like this.I gasped for breath, by now a lot of things were clear to me. They weren't trying to kill me, they were just delaying me. They wanted me to lose and that told me two things about them; the first was that they ha
Devon's POV I collected the pair of gloves from Ignace and I put them in, immediately, I felt my hand begin to warm up. It had gotten so frozen I couldn't clench my fists anymore.I sighed, frosty breaths pouring out of my mouth and nose. We were close to the peak and we defeated a lot of elders due to our combined efforts but it cost us going all out and a few gloves were destroyed in the process. Moreover, the equipment of the elders higher up was better than that of those on the lower part of the mountain.I looked behind us and then I looked forward, we still had a while to go. It had been more than twenty-four hours and judging by the direction of the sun, we should be close to noon. We had to hurry, this night was the full moon, and that was the deadline.If we don't get to the mountaintop and father equipment to help us out of this mountain before then, it's going to be pretty brutal. I still found it hard to believe that there weren't any contingency plans. I knew that we wer
Devon’s POV“What's the meaning of this? Isn't this overkill?! What are you doing here?” I asked the man in front of me,He was no other than Avery's father himself. The alpha of the strongest pack and the strongest alpha himself. What were we supposed to do? Defeat him?! He was called the strongest alpha for a reason.I knew he was strong but now I really dread him. He was the one, that gaze was his and he had been seeing us as we approached him. He must be even stronger than the rumours say and that shouldn't be possible because he was a beast in the rumours.Just being in his presence I could feel my body slightly trembling and I could almost smell the fear in the air. This man was even more domineering than this frozen mountain.“Is this a joke? How are we supposed to defeat him?” Someone spoke,“Not even those ancient alphas can beat him. My father told me he once wiped out a legacy clan single-handedly. He killed every single one of them.”“That's nothing compared to what I hear
Avery's povI drove the car on the expressway, my leg pressing forward in the turtle as the car sped up. I was going to seek someone who didn't want to be found or so my father said. My mind drifted to our conversation,I fell on the floor and my father chuckled. I was soaked in sweat from our training and my body was sore but it was a fair price to pay. I might be strong now but that didn't mean I was going to slack in my training. A gun without a bullet is nothing but a toy.My father walked to me and reached out his hand to help me. I grabbed it and he pulled me up and handed me a bottle of water. I drank it all. We began to walk back into the castle,“So, I haven't heard about the second phase of the competition.”“Yeah, I'm not too sure either. I was thinking of using you for the second phase.”“Me?” My father asked with raised brows.“What's wrong with using you?”“Don't you think you are using me too much? Maybe I should start charging you per hour for my time.” He said and I c
Averys pov“Who are you?”My eyes narrowed as I retreated, that attack just now was very fast. He was as strong as my father said he was, probably even stronger. I stared at him, he was now at my previous location. I had my guard up but I knew it was probably useless, he was too fast for me to keep up.I packed my hair into a tight bun all while making sure my eyes never left him for a second. He stood where he was, gazing at me intently. I could see it in his eyes, to him I was not a threat, I was just a bother. I smiled as I took off my coat. I knew I was going to be fighting today and that was why I wore a pair of jeans and heeled boots.“don't you know it's rude to attack a lady?” I said playfully but he scoffed,“I hold nothing back no matter who I'm fighting, no matter who it is.”q“Good, this way we can both go all out!!”I dashed at him while simultaneously throwing my jacket at Isabella. I didn't bother to look to see if she caught it, but I was sure she knew that I was askin