"I admit—that one is a bit tough, even for me." Alex panted for breath as the last ash hound finally died.
At first, there had only been two of them, so Alex had been confident enough to initiate the fight. However, after one of them howled, three more appeared.
Obviously, he would be at a disadvantage, so he hastily killed one of them. That way, he only had to fight four at once.
Still, he was outnumbered. As a solution, Alex ran toward a boulder and pressed his back against it. This meant that he no longer had to worry about an attack from behind, allowing him to focus on his front and sides.
He temporarily focused on defense, waiting for Dim Dim to hit two of them in the head with the brittle vials. After two of the four hounds were incapacitated, Alex finally shifted to the offensive stance and charged at the nearest enemy.
This was one of the hardest battles he had fought so far. Ash hounds were very agile, and when they came as a group, they were even harder to deal with.
