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Bab 38: Chapter 38 - Wolf Pack

With the departure of the two monsters, I slump down to the ground, leaning against the nearest tree. Howard comes near me and places Luke down next to me making sure to not injure Luke. I look to my side and I see the alpha wolf struggling to move as it limps closer to us.

"You can understand me right? Do you have a name?"

The wolf slowly leans its body against the tree in front of me and then falls down, resting its head between its front two paws.

"Little one's friend, I am Aur, leader of the Golden Wolf Tribe. Or at least what is left of it. Only my battered body and the young ones are left."

"I did notice that only you came back from the red monster's attack. Did you call it Blood Ogre? Why that name?"

"Little one's friend, it is impolite to not give back one's name after asking another for thiers."

"Ah, my bad Aur. I am Ian, this is Howard and the little one you are referring to is Luke."

"The Blood Ogre is a subordinate of the Horde, one of the four kings of our land. The Horde is a tyrant, he steals, attacks and destroys whenever and wherever. The only logical being in his army is Casper, the yin-yang dragon. You have seen both of them already. As for why the Blood Ogre is named the Blood Ogre it is simple. It evolved after consuming large amounts of blood."

"I see...Does the Horde live near here?"

Aur shakes their head and looks me in the eyes.

"The Horde does not simply live in an area. Why the Horde has a castle he merely goes wherever he pleases. Even invade other kings' territory. We are currently in the middle of the Dark Forest which is a territory in the middle of all four territories. It is a no-mans land which is surrounded by many different monsters who have not pledged loyalty to a king."

Aur slowly stands upon four legs and moves away from us towards the river.

"I must go back to my children. Little one, take care."

"Wait, Aur. I have a suggestion. Why don't we join together? Eventually, the kings might pass through here and you by yourself cannot defeat the Blood Ogre so we should band together and protect each other."

"Little Ian, I admire your thinking but do you think you can even touch the Blood Ogre? He is not even one of the top fighters under the Horde. The Blood Ogre is merely a lowly general in his army. Nothing you nor I can do to stop them."

Aur takes a few steps away and I rack my brain to figure out a reply. I could not lose the chance to gain a powerful ally and there might be a chance we could get some rewards from the wolf den, maybe even another ancient ruin if I was lucky.

"Aur! Please help us."

I look in the direction of the voice and see Luke. Gasping for breath and in slight pain, he looks at Aur with determined eyes.

"I know we humans might have nothing that you might see as useful in the fight against the Blood Ogre but we can change. Ian has thought of many different ways to improve our survival and I know he will think of more things in due time. So please give us a chance. Be our ally and let us be someone you can rely on in your time of need."

Aur looks back at Luke and gazes at the necklace around Luke's neck. Seconds felt like minutes before Aur turns away and looks forward. My heart sinks, I hoped deep inside that Luke's words would change Aur's mind.

"Little one and his friends please follow me towards my dwelling."

My eyes brighten up and I quickly get to my feet. Howard and I helped Luke get up as well and the three of us followed Aur.

.....

We got to the wolf den after a couple of hours due to Aur collapsing on the side of the river nearly drowning himself. With the help of Howard's insane strength, we were able to push Aur out of the river where he recovered a bit of his strength to move on. There were ten wolf pups and three female adult wolves at the den that ran toward to greet Aur. Aur smiled and licked some of the pups giving off a gentle and happy atmosphere while the three of us waited on the side giving them some space.

However, the happiness did not last long. Aur collapses again on the ground and his breathing becomes more rapid. The pups sense the danger and start to whine and whimper while the female wolves dash towards the cave bringing back various leaves and small pails of water. Aur shakes his head and looks at Luke.

"Little one, you have our ancestry following you. My father and the previous pack leader is the golden wolf that resides in your necklace. While he does not look like a proper pack leader since he never had a chance to evolve as I did, he lead our tribe and helped us survive for years. I can feel death coming and I would like you to come towards me."

Luke slowly walks towards Aur and bends down placing his hand on Aur's head. Brushing his hand against his fur and looking at Aur's eyes. Aur closes his eyes and places his head against Luke's forehead.

A bright golden light shines around Aur and it starts to collect at Luke's forehead. I watch the spectacle unfold before me in awe. The light slowly envelops Luke's body and while this happens Aur's body starts to fade. A brighter light surrounds Luke and on his forehead, a golden symbol of a wolf's head appears and as if it was a vacuum it sucks in light around Luke.

"Little one, may my gift to you help you find a way for my tribe and for your tribe to survive."

Aur's body fades away but the symbol on Luke's forehead shines even brighter than the sun. The golden wolves start to howl into the sky before bowing their heads to Luke, pressing them down on the ground and closing their eyes.

The light starts to fade and the symbol slowly disappears. Luke opens his eyes and I could see his eyes had become an amber color while his hair had a long golden clump of hair on his left side much like the color of the golden wolves.

"Ian, Howard it seems like Aur left me with the gift of being the pack leader."

Howard just stood there motionless and silent trying to process everything that had just happened. I sigh and look at Luke asking him the obvious question.

"Do you want to give us an idea of what was given to you?"

"I have been given the highest position by Aur and now command the wolves but they are mostly pups so I cannot expect too much from them. They need to group up first. There are some treasures in the wolf den how about you go inside and check it out, Ian?"

I nod my head and left Luke to deal with Howard. I walk up the slope and into the cave. It was not very deep and I could already see something near the back of the cave. On top of a rock-like pedestal was a wolf fang. It was larger than Aur's fangs and was embedded into the rock. I look around the cave in case I missed anything and lo and behold in the corner of the cave between some rocks was something golden. I grin and quickly run towards the golden object digging into the rocks and removing them to reveal the golden box.

It was exactly the same shape and size as the first ancient ruin I had found back in the goblin encampment. I held onto it and went back to the wolf fang. I reach out with my head and grabbed it when a blue screen appeared in front of me.

[ Golden Wolf Den Core

Spawns a pup 1 every 5 days

Needs to be placed in a cave or in an enclosed space ]

I let out a small scream of joy and I held onto the Golden Wolf Den Core. I look at the fang in amazement and spoke to myself.

"HavenFall has just gotten even stronger."


Bab 39: Chapter 39 - Back to HavenFall

I walk out of the cave with the ancient ruin and the core in my hands. I see Luke playing with the pups grinning happily while Howard is standing against a tree watching over him. I take this chance to see Luke's status.

Name: Luke

Race: Human

Health Points (HP): 24/24

Mana Points (MP): 10/10

Strength: 10

Vitality: 12

Intelligence: 20

Dexterity: 6

Agility: 20

Luck: 1

Skill: Pack Leader ( Passive ), Golden Ascension ( Active ) - ( 50% Hp and 50% MP) ,

Moonlight Renewal ( Active ) - 2 MP

Luke's status had gone through leaps and bounds, skyrocketing past David and Howard's stats. With the addition of new skills, he is currently the strongest resident of HavenFall. Since there was no way of getting a description of the skills I could only interpret them.

Moonlight Renewal is the skill that the golden wolf knew to restore HP. Pack leader must relate to his position in the golden wolf tribe and allow him to control and command the remaining golden wolves. However, Golden Ascension puzzled me. I think it had to do with the golden wolf mark that appeared on Luke's forehead when Aur vanished but what it does I have no idea.

"Luke, Howard shall we head home?"

I get their attention and after a quick nod from them, we started to head back to HavenFall. Luke leads the way with the golden wolves following behind him closely. The small pups would trip and fall randomly since they were not used to the environment making the return journey a little slow until Luke came up with an ingenious idea of placing them on the female wolves back. The three female wolves each had three pups while Luke carried the remaining pup in his hand. I was amazed at Luke's ability to communicate with the wolves. Each time he talked to them they would carry out the order to the smallest detail at the same time his previous colder attitude to people slowly disappeared after interacting with the troublesome pups. He had to manage them carefully making sure to teach them not to wonder or jump off the backs of their mothers. He had to constantly correct them and sometimes scold them. Every so often though I could see a dark sad expression on his face. The weight of Oscar's death still hangs over Luke's head and as we get closer to HavenFall his expression slowly gets worse.

I could see HavenFall's wall through the gaps of the trees but Luke suddenly stops in front of me prompting the wolves to stop as well. He turns around and looks at both Howard and me. "I-I don't how I should face Robin and Owen. Oscar...He was with me...I-I."

I could see Luke's eyes start to tear up. He hangs his head low and the tears rolled down his cheeks. I forget despite what he has done he is still a child. His life is like a rollercoaster constantly going up and down. I see Howard walk towards Luke, stepping in between the wolves and then wrapping his arms around Luke. He pushes Luke closer to his chest and pats his head.

"Luke, I know it will be hard. It was hard when you were in the situation with the Blood Ogre. It was hard running from it and it will continue to be hard. There is no easy way out in life. Both Robin and Owen know this, they are not young people. They have gone through their fair share of death as well. Oscar...Oscar will be tough on them. It won't be easy for them to overcome it but they will. You will make it up to them. You have this new power inside you. Protect them. Don't let anything bad happen to them anymore and when you see them. Tell them how you feel. Tell them everything."

Luke cries while nodding his head up and down. The guilt in my heart was not any smaller than Luke's. I sent them off to scout the surroundings knowing that there was going to be dangerous.

After Luke's waterworks, we continued onwards towards HaveFall. The sun was high in the sky already and I could see Gobi pacing back and forth at the gate while David was holding a spear and shield nervously watching the forest. Luke steps out of the forest followed by the wolves, Howard and then me. I could see David's tense expression loosen. He turns around and shouts towards the back.

"EVERYONE! THEY ARE BACK!!"

Everyone except for old man Hus ran towards the gate while Luke, Howard and I slowly walked towards them. Luke's expression was still tense and dark while Howard was trying to keep a straight face.

I see Robin and Owen's heads peek out behind David and immediately I tense up. Luke puts the pup in his arms down on the ground while telling the wolves to move towards the side. He then lets out a deep sigh and walks towards Robin and Owen.

"Where is Oscar?"

Owen expresses his concern while asking us the important question. Luke stands in front of them, looking into their eyes while he delivers the sad news.

"Robin, Owen. I am sorry. Oscar...Passed away last night."

Owen's eyes shook and he started to blink rapidly while trying to say something but nothing comes out of his mouth. Robin reacted a bit later before covering her mouth with her palm and turning away.

Both Howard and I were silent. Standing motionless behind Luke. I could see their hearts sink at the same time the moment Luke finished his sentence. It wasn't just them. David and Lucina who were nearby were speechless as well.

"I would like to speak to the both of you...About Oscar. Can we talk inside the house?"

"O-Of course. Luke, I-I-Let's go."

Owen could barely make out words and while looking at his wife quietly sobbing with tears running down her face he could only accept it and move on. He leads the way to the house while holding onto Robin's shoulder, patting her back every couple of steps.

Even the toughest woman, like Robin, becomes a small fragile mother when it concerns this topic. I watch their backs as the three of them walk away to the house. All that was left was a sad atmosphere at the gate. Lucina said she was going to go foraging in the forest but I told her to just get some rest and relax today. She ends up going to the river and I ask David to accompany her in case anything happens. Gobi could tell that the rest of the goblins had passed away too since there were no goblins with us when we returned. Gobi went back to the goblin house and rested up taking in the series of deaths that just happened. Howard went to old man Hus in order to tell him what had happened and I was left with the wolves.

Since there were no caves I could not place the core down just yet so instead I motioned for the wolves to come into HavenFall closing the gate behind them and like that my day in Settlement was completed and I wake up in my bed.


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