( Yuuki's POV )
The mysterious woman and I stared at each other for a moment, I was serious, while the woman was calm with a big smile on her face.
???: Hey little one~ are you the one who called me here? Are you lost?
Yuuki: What are you saying? Why do you think I called you here?
???: You didn't? I was pretty sure that someone of my kind was calling me.
The woman had a confused expression when she heard me say that, but when she said the word kind I had a better idea of what was going on, the woman in front of me was a dragon in human form, using my blood on the portal should have attracted her or something like that.
I was going to explain the situation to her, but before that, I felt multiple fissures in space opening around us, so that this woman was not the only thing my failed portal had brought.
The portals were not close to each other like in the abandoned factory, so we had to split up, the mysterious woman was no longer a danger, so I left our conversation for later.
I sent a mental message to my companions and without saying anything we left the thinking woman behind, I ran between the trees when a portal opened in my line of vision, What came out from there were the same creatures from the other night, as soon as I saw his white mask I threw my fire axe towards him, and the upper part of his body exploded with a single attack.
I finished off a couple more enemies while running when suddenly I sensed danger, there was nothing in front of me but I still took a long back step.
My intuition proved correct when a huge, toothy snout emerged from the ground to bite me, When that attack failed a deep darkness gathered in front of me and took the form of some kind of demonic hound, That thing had a completely black body four meters tall, it had a pair of horns on its head although one was broken, and six completely red eyes.
This creature was too different from the ones I had faced before that it made me think that they did not come from the same world, however, I immediately took an interest in this dangerous creature.
The demonic hound looked at me with fury in its eyes, and I just put on a smile, I dropped my axe on the ground and gestured to the creature, daring it to come towards me, Immediately the creature responded with a wild charge, he was fast but with my current size dodging was easy.
I used my kagunes to hook onto the trees around us, I repeated this several times until the creature let out a frustrated roar and began to knock down all the trees I jumped on with a swipe of its paw, soon he created a clearing to prevent me from dodging.
He was an intelligent creature but he didn't know that this also worked for me, thinking that he already had me, the demon hound made one last charge, I waited until the last moment to jump high and then use my kagunes to stick to his back, I wrapped one around his neck and my body, and the others to anchor us to the ground, The creature tried to transform its body into shadows as it did before but I used my energy to cover its body and keep it in physical form, That was the aura technique I saw the girls use before.
With that avenue of escape closed, the hound began to jump and kick like a wild horse, of course, I did not let him throw me off, and after struggling for a while the hound fell to the ground, then I jumped off his back and crouched in front of him, I reached out my hand towards his head and the hound bared its fangs on my arm.
Yuuki: What tenacity, I like that, tell me, would you agree to form a contract with me?
Although he was biting my hand, I didn't hesitate, and used my other hand to pet his head, the intensity in his demonic gaze softened, and he seemed to be thinking through the consequences of my proposition, and when he let go of my hand, I gave him an affirmative nod.
Looks like the rule of the strongest was enough for him.
Yuuki: Good choice, boy.
When he accepted I released my kagunes and created a magic circle around him, I gave him some of my power, and to finalize the pact, a new name.
Yuuki: From now on, you will be Grimm, sixth guardian of the Kurokawa family.
With the new injection of my power, Grimm grew a little bigger, and like my other summoned creatures, he gained a transformation into a small and cute form.
I couldn't sense any portals in the area so I was going to go back to talk to the mysterious woman who had appeared, but at that moment I felt a presence behind me, In a quick movement I turned around and fired a lightning attack.
Then I witnessed another strange scene, I saw a girl with strange clothes, long blonde hair, and long ears, basically an elf, paralyzed in surprise and with wide eyes, probably from my attack that passed millimeters from her head and left a hole in the tree next to her.
Tonight just keeps getting better.
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After finding the mysterious elf I returned to where the dragon woman and my blades were waiting for me, the elf girl didn't talk much but at least I got her to follow me, When I arrived at the meeting point I saw the woman still with a thoughtful expression on her face, she seemed oblivious to the fights that happened around her but I knew better than to fall for that
Yuuki: You should have at least helped us.
???: I really don't like to fight, and everything seemed under control here~
Yuuki: whatever.
I started telling the girls my theory about how they came into this world, the dragon woman agreed with what I was saying, But on the other hand, the elf girl couldn't believe that she was in a different world, which was the correct reaction, words weren't going to help much so I teleported us to a place overlooking the city and upon receiving a full view of modern architecture the elf girl fell to her knees in shock.
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