The Invincible Full-Moon System

Chapter 1348: Shook Hands with the Beast

Rex arrived at the scene with a guess in mind.

Other than the early days of him having the System, he was successful in doing his role as the Alpha of the pack, regulating the others well so that none of them lost themselves and went berserk because of anything, be it the full moon or trauma.

But as long as there is a beginning, there will always be an end.

His streak as a successful Alpha ended tonight.

Arriving at the scene, where the scent of blood was the thickest—Rex was greeted by a gory scene of corpses and blood. Mangled bodies, flesh, and blood littered the entire place. Some corpses lay on the ground and some of them were in military vehicles.

Each of the intact corpses had a fearful expression marred their faces.

It was palpable how terrified they were before their deaths.

Not to mention, the blood literally dyed the ground and the tree trunks deep crimson.

Even veterans of war would feel their stomachs growl seeing this place.

Rex scanned the place with the System to see whether there were traces of energy around.

Once again, it was fruitless.

Other than moonlight energy, the System detected nothing else.

"Not a trace, huh... Whoever caused this is quite meticulous," Rex contemplated aloud.

Soon, he turned to a knocked-down truck meters away to his right.

He heard a weird and unsettling sound coming from behind it and decided to check.

Rex went around the truck—and saw Kyran there, crouching, and hunching while munching a piece of human leg in delight. He was savoring it as if it was the best meal he had ever had in years.

Sensing his presence, Kyran lifted his head and glanced over his shoulder slowly.

His mouth was dripping with fresh blood with flesh stuck between his fangs.

Casting a grin, he offered the leg to Rex.

"It's good that we stopped fasting, the taste of flesh is, how could I put it... appetizing!"

Upon hearing this, Rex frowned.

Despite Kyran being in his berserk state right now, deep down he knew that saying that kind of thing to Rex upfront was not a good idea. Rex's stand on the matter—was still gray, and it would be better for anyone not to touch that topic.

Now that Kyran dared to say something like that, it was certain that he had lost it.

Okay, he's for sure influenced heavily by the Demon Moon.

As he thought of that, Iris arrived at the location and also saw Kyran's bloody state.

"I thought the Silverstar Pack don't eat flesh like normal Werewolves,"

"We don't. His sanity decreased upon seeing Naela being hurt, the Demon Moon got to him"

"I see... but it seems like he recognized you"

"Of course, beneath being the Emperor, I'm also an Alpha"

"I don't think he's going to stop anytime soon..."

Rex waved his hand dismissively, he knew that Iris wanted him to stop Kyran.

Since they were in the Dark Elf's territory, it was understandable for Iris to worry like this.

If the situation escalated, the Dark Elves would be the ones paying the price.

"Are there any villages nearby?"

"Yes, there are approximately thirty-four villages in this ten-mile radius"

Upon hearing this, Rex nodded, he needs to stop Kyran here for the Dark Elves' sake.

Focusing back to Kyran who was still chewing the leftovers in his mouth, Rex approached.

He flared his Alpha presence to suppress Kyran, to make sure that Kyran recognized him—as the Alpha, "Okay, that's enough, Kyran. Instead of attacking these randoms—it would be way better to find the culprit, no?"

Just as Rex's hand was about to hold Kyran's shoulder, something happened.

In an instant, Kyran opened his maw and bit down on Rex's arm.

He sunk his teeth deep into the skin and yanked his head with force—aiming to rip Rex's arm from his body. Despite sensing the malicious intent from Kyran already, Rex was still shocked by this, he didn't expect to actually be attacked.

Retaliating, Rex use his other hand to slap Kyran away.

But Kyran's instincts were sharp, he blocked the slap and dragged Rex by the arm.

He turned violently and hurled Rex away, slamming him onto the truck.

Crash!

Under the immense force, the truck wasn't able to stop Rex's momentum.

It got split into two without even slowing Rex down.

Rex grunted when his back crashed into a tree roughly.

Seeing this, Iris went over and knelt down beside him, "Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Recovering from the crash, Rex looked down at his arm and saw bloody bite marks on it—he was still in disbelief until he saw the bite marks. Lifting his gaze, he looked at Kyran and saw him snarling and baring his teeth.

Climbing back to his feet, Rex cracked his neck as his eyes glowed red.

He approached Kyran once again, this time, with his guard up.

"Did you just attack your Alpha?"

"Even an Alpha needs to be reprimanded sometimes..."

"Reprimanded? What do you mean by that?"

"What gives you the right to tell me to stop? You didn't stop when you lost to your anger"

Rex had no answer to that, he knew where Kyran was coming from.

It was especially true that once he lost to his anger and went berserk, there was no stopping him until a miracle happened. Usually, the Luna—Evelyn would be able to suppress his anger and return him to normal.

But in Kyran's case, there was no Luna, his Luna was Naela and Naela was dead.

Seeing the bloodlust behind Kyran's eyes, Rex realized something.

"Look, Naela isn't dead. She was taken back to be healed, and she needed you right now"

"Lies!"

Galloping hard, Kyran dashed towards Rex with incredible speed.

Iris got out of the way as the two collided hard, their arms locked with one another in a fierce strength struggle. Knowing that he wouldn't be able to overpower Rex—Kyran decided to pull him sideways, forcing them both to roll.

Upon rolling, Rex let go and crossed his arms when an ice spike exploded from the ground.

He was lifted a meter into the air but quickly swatted his hand, shattering the ice spike.

Once he landed on the ground, Kyran was already in front of him.

Kyran delivered a devastating slash filled with bloodlust.

His claws glowed azure and when Rex blocked the powerful slash, his eyebrows dipped into a frown—the slash was stronger than he had anticipated. Rex stumbled backward and felt a searing pain.

Looking down at his arms, he saw that his skin was dissolving.

An azure goo from Kyran's claws caused that.

Rex instantly checked Kyran's stats and was surprised when it was beyond normal.

Kyran was as strong as Iris and his stats were still climbing.

System, what was the meaning of this?

<Notice: Kyran Cervantes is bloodlusted, his strength is increasing rapidly in response>

Just as he turned from the notification to Kyran again, Rex was caught off guard when Kyran, instead of continuing his attack—went to the side and began stuffing his mouth with corpses—an unsightly sight that made Rex fume.

"Stop that!" He rushed, activating his red force as well as his moonlight energy.

Clenching his fist, Rex drove it into Kyran's face, aiming to knock him away.

But as he did that, his eyes widened when Kyran ate that punch with a nasty grin.

Realizing that Kyran had oddly gotten way stronger, Rex didn't stop there and the two began exchanging blows. Each of their strikes was powerful, Kyran was swiping madly—like a rabid animal while Rex was collected, using his close combat skills to practice.

Due to the gap in skills, all of Rex's attacks landed perfectly while Kyran struck the air.

Even then, the fact that Kyran was able to withstand his punches was insane.

Kyran swallowed the head of a person and broke the skull with his canine teeth, grinning.

Seeing this, Rex made a heavy swing out of anger.

Baiting Rex to do exactly that, Kyran slipped under the strike, dodging it perfectly, and did a nasty swipe enhanced with energy—cutting open Rex's side. Struck, Rex grunted—before a kick landed on his stomach, pushing him back.

He punched forward with both hands to stop the momentum and stood his ground.

System, what is happening? I thought devouring flesh was akin to cultivating for Werewolves.

<Notice: the user is correct>

If I'm correct, how did Kyran's strength rise this high? Nobody cultivated that fast.

<Does the user want to pur->

Yes, purchase it and tell me the answer!

<Affirmative.>

<Werewolves are classified into several categories when it comes to devouring. For example, the user has a constitution that would allow receiving double if not more energy, from the act of devouring flesh. In Kyran Cervantes' case—his constitution, allowed him to have a boost in strength on top of gaining energy to cultivate>

"Outstanding..." Rex muttered sarcastically, focusing back on Kyran.

He was about to learn more about this but Kyran quickened that process with real practice.

Kyran gazed at Rex tauntingly, savoring yet another piece of meat.

"Why are you trying to stop me from doing this?" He asked.

Upon hearing this, Rex replied firmly, "I still don't know how will doing this affect us,"

"Affect us?" Kyran cackled. "Isn't it obvious? It would make us stronger"

As he said that, he spread his arms to the side, his aura climbing way higher, than it had ever been, "Look at me now, isn't it obvious enough?" He said once again—flaunting his newfound strength from devouring hundreds of Humans.

Rex sweated a little, he could see the crazy light behind Kyran's eyes.

He was clearly infatuated with his temporary strength.

Straightening his back, Kyran's expression gloomed as he opened his mouth again.

"Earlier, I learned the true pain that you must've experienced when you lost your parents" He suddenly said—surprising Rex with the sudden shift of air. "I thought I knew the pain already, but I was wrong. Forgive me, I underestimated the pain you feared. I know intimately now the reason why you wanted to become stronger so badly" Find adventures on empire

Hearing this, Rex lowered his arms and tilted his head in confusion.

He expected Kyran to be berserk but this is something else.

<Notice: Kyran retains a sliver of consciousness in the presence of his Alpha, the user>

So there's a mix of his true feelings in this?

<Yes, if not, this is Kyran's true feelings>

Just as the notification appeared, Kyran looked at Rex with a hollow, but crazed gaze.

"You already broke your fasting, and I now followed your lead, I am doing this simply because of you," He declared, but then he raised an eyebrow, questioningly. "You claimed to everyone that you wanted to become stronger faster—but you abandoned this path when it's the most efficient, why? Don't you fear the pain of losing your loved ones again?"

Shoved by that question, Rex couldn't muster an answer.

His mind wasn't ready for that kind of question.

But deep inside, Kyran spoke the truth.

Not giving him time to answer or even think, Kyran continued, "I embraced and shook hands, with the beast inside me but you still haven't shaken hands with yours, why? Do you perhaps feel uneasy? Do you feel afraid that the people close to you would look at you differently?"

"Worried when you acknowledged the beast inside of you, you would lose the Humanity you are proud of, and become a real Werewolf?" He added, before his aura exploded. In the next instant, Kyran blitzed the distance between them and stabbed Rex in the stomach.

His claws penetrated through completely, forcing blood to come out of Rex's mouth.

Instead of retaliating, however, Rex stood there with a grim expression.

"Are you afraid of becoming a monster?" Kyran asked again, pressing further relentlessly.

However, as he said that, his expression froze, when Rex began to morph into his Werewolf form, swelling in size, and becoming taller than even Kyran. He grabbed Kyran's arm tightly and looked at him with coldness in his eyes.

"Afraid of becoming a monster?" Rex chanted back—in ridicule. "I was already way ahead of you in this matter Kyran. I have already passed this. What terror should I feel from becoming a monster when I already was one?"

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