Facing the ferocious beast charging toward him, Fafnir felt no fear whatsoever. Fenrisian blood burned in his veins, adrenaline surged through him, and he unleashed strength far greater than usual.
His whole body flushed with blood, Fafnir recalled the trials he had undergone before becoming a son of Russ. Every initiate had to drink wine containing the Canis Helix, then survive alone amid Fenris's frozen wilderness, battling brutal cold and starving beasts.
Fenrisian wolves, Fenrisian bears, and even colossal sea monsters known as krakens were all foes the Wolves had to overcome.
Only warriors who returned alone to the Fang after countless adventures were qualified to become Space Wolves.
He activated the disruption field on his Fenrisian great axe and brought it down upon the hammerheaded beast's skull with thunderous force.
But the Knight Mech moved faster. The instant Qin Xin came to his senses, he controlled the Knight Mech's right arm and swung its enormous adamantium chainblade. The power core released immense energy, and the chainsword, accelerated by its transmission systems, became an afterimage. The hammerheaded beast's head was severed in an instant.
Rather than directly confronting the beast's massive hammer, the White Scars warrior exploited his speed advantage. He sliced along its spine and through the grain of its muscles, ending the battle with an almost beautiful rhythm.
The Knight Mech was tall and long-legged, and it had somehow been a step faster than Fafnir.
Fafnir froze for a moment, then rushed forward and viciously kicked the Knight Mech with his power boot, muttering curses about Qin Xin stealing his spotlight.
"Rude Chogoris brat."
The Space Wolf approached the dead beast's body. It had six hoofed limbs, with breathing holes concealed behind its head. Even without its head, the body continued to twitch and writhe under instinctive neural