Fenrir spends his day's training in the small jail cell, focusing both on his magic and his physical strength. Time itself eludes him, not being able to see the sunrise and set makes it hard to tell how long he has spent here.
Ryuu spends his time exploring the building, he informs Fenrir that they are in a city. Which means they are no longer in the Dark Territory.
What's seems like an eternity to Fenrir, he has no choice but to keep training and figure out a way to escape. Lord Myrr occasionally visits and tries to convince Fenrir to join him with no success.
However, one day Lord Myrr brings Fenrir someone to keep him company. 'This might convince him to join me. I just need to give him a taste of what's been happening in the world since he's been down here.'
"Fenrir, I have a surprise for you." For the first time since Fenrir was imprisoned here, the door is unlocked and opened to house a new prisoner in the cell. The new priso
Hakan leads Skoll outside the city. The meeting place is in the forest near the houses, farms, and small businesses that surround the city walls."So who is going to be our victim tonight? Skoll asks."We usually have one of our members wait for a drunkard to walk out of one of the bars and pretend to walk them home. Don't worry, we kill them quickly before we feast on them. Most of the time they don't realize what's happening before there dead.""So you kill them humanly?""We try to at least. We are not monsters like some of the humans would like to believe we are. You should consider yourself lucky that you don't have much contact with humans outside the city.""What? They think we are just monsters?""Some of them do, yes. At least it's less prevalent inside the city. Not everyone agrees with the king turning his army into werewolves.""So they consider us monsters even though they don't know about ou
"Shouldn't we be trying to get as far away from the capital as possible?" Skoll asks both of them."We have plenty of time. Besides, the soldiers should be preoccupied dealing with the wolves in the capital for some time. By the time they start searching for us, we will be long gone from the village we're headed too." Lokota replies.After two hours of walking, they reach their destination. This village, unlike others, is known for logging instead of farming like most small villages are. The massive forest that used to surround this village has been slowly dwindling due to excessive logging. What was once a village hidden in the forest, it is now surrounded by a field of tree stumps."This must be where the capital gets most if it's wood from." Hakan points out."Most likely. If we did enough damage here, they would need to focus on fixing this more than they would on hunting us down." Lokota says with a mischief smile.
"Shouldn't we be trying to get as far away from the capital as possible?" Skoll asks both of them."We have plenty of time. Besides, the soldiers should be preoccupied dealing with the wolves in the capital for some time. By the time they start searching for us, we will be long gone from the village we're headed too." Lokota replies.After two hours of walking, they reach their destination. This village, unlike others, is known for logging instead of farming like most small villages are. The massive forest that used to surround this village has been slowly dwindling due to excessive logging. What was once a village hidden in the forest, it is now surrounded by a field of tree stumps."This must be where the capital gets most if it's wood from." Hakan points out."Most likely. If we did enough damage here, they would need to focus on fixing this more than they would on hunting us down." Lokota says with a mischief smile.
After a week of walking, the wolves reach the headquarters of the rebellion. Situated in neutral territory between the Land of Fura, and the neighboring country, it is divided by a long stretch of mountains."Wait, I heard there are dragons that live in these mountains and guard this territory." One of the wolves says."That's just a myth, but it does keep the humans away from this place." Hakan replies.They make their way through the forest with Hakan leading the group. Many of the new wolves they freed, wonder how he knows where to go without a distinct path to follow. Before long, they reach a large chasm that runs straight through the mountain. Walls on both sides that stretch upward as far as the eye can see.Fissures in the walls are everywhere, each one narrower than the chasm they are walking through. They all seem to go a lot deeper into the mountain, making it seem like it would be a maze if you wandered in too far."How does
"What, you have to go straight to asking me that? No, it's good to see you again? This is exactly why I didn't want to come here. I was hoping that you wouldn't recognize me." Fenrir says with a growl in his voice."I'm guessing that she is dead then? I thought both of you were dead. I have made my peace thinking that I lost both of you for years now. Then you show up here by yourself, I thought you were going to protect her like you wanted too. That's what you kept saying, that you would protect us both like the eldest brother should. You spent your childhood training to become stronger, but it seems that was all for naught." Skoll says in a calm tone."And what did you do while we were fighting for our lives. I did the best I could to save her while you were nowhere to be seen. I damn near died trying to save her." Fenrir shouts."Fine, you win. I admit I should have been there as well. But with all the chaos that ensued that day, no on
Skoll and Fenrir look at each other in confusion. Skoll seems to be the most surprised by this. He knows Lokota is strong, but he also believes he is underestimating them. "Will all due respect sir, what's with the sudden change?" Skoll says.Lokota pauses before he speaks, and stretches both of his arms before he continues. "There is a mission coming up, I want the two of you to go on this mission. For that, I need both of you to be able to work together, to put your differences aside and complete the objective. I dont care what happened in your past, when a foe is before you, will you get in each other's way or work together?""He is right Skoll, no matter what we think of each other, we can't let our differences get the better of us. When our enemy is too strong for one us to defeat, we have to rely on each other to take them down." Fenrir says."I know, just back me up while I go in close to attack." Skoll says as he begins to loosen up for the fight.&
"W...Why wasn't I able to sense you?" Lokota asks Fenrir as he tries to stand up."I just did what you wanted us to do." Fenrir replies. "We performed as a team to take you down. Skoll provided the perfect opening for me to land a direct hit. I simply took advantage of your magic abilities weakness.""I see. So you figured out how it works. You figured out that I use the vibrations in the earth to keep track of my targets. You jumped into the air at the same time Skoll tried to punch through my last barrier. The shockwave he caused was nullified the vibration your jump made."Lokota is impressed by Fenrir's awareness in battles. Showing the ability to exploit your enemy's weakness mid-battle is the trait most veteran fighters have. Both of them have shown excellent teamwork, the plan Skoll came up with worked. When the enemy is outnumbered, it's best to attack from different sides. Attacking an adversary with precise coordination, will through
The mages release the barrier as the fighting has come to an end. Lokota speaks to the wolves that participated in the fights about the mission he wishes to send them on. "I want all of you to participate in this important mission. Arkad will be informed as soon as he is released from the infirmary. I want all of you to report to the command room in the morning to receive your orders for the upcoming mission." Lokota turns to leave the room after he is done.Recognizing the bewildered faces of Lucia and Fenrir, Skoll speaks up. "Don't look so stressed out by how he speaks. Ever since he became the leader, he started talking like this. My theory is, he talks like that to make up for his lack of confidence.""So he's compensating for his lack of confidence, by being overconfident?" Fenrir asks."When you spend enough time around him, he lets his guard down. Being in charge of a small army does not come easy, he is just stressed out by all of his
Daren starts to fade in and out of consciousness. The pain is becoming too much for his body to handle. He stops screaming, and his body becomes numb. His brain severs the pain receptors. He lays there, getting sodomized to death. Dying this way never crossed his mind. How much damage has he done to her to make her this way? To even think about doing this to someone. Unforgivable. But these things happen all the time. We just choose to be ignorant of them for our sanity. "He's had enough." Fenrir says after seeing his body go limp. Alice is about to interject, but then she sees the same thing. He's dead. "Do you feel any better?" Fenrir asks her, already knowing the answer to that. She was enjoying herself, too much for Fenrir to be comfortable with. Then again. If he was in her position, he might have done something similar. Cloven comes to his mind. He still wonders why he let him live. "So soon?" Alice kicks his body to see if he is still alive. There's no sign of any life. "It
Despite all of the kicking and screaming Daren does, they continue to drag him outside and head for the river. "You brought this upon yourself." Alice berates him. "Bad dogs need to learn to shit outside." "Stop calling me that." Daren tries to hold back his anger. He doesn't want to make the situation worse. Then again, how could he? They're just going to kill him either way. "You know what? Fuck you. I should have beaten you harder when I had the chance." "This is what you get for going through life half-assed. If you're going to abuse someone, you might as well finish them off." Alice keeps berating Daren to get a reaction out of him. But Daren won't fall for it. He won't stoop to her level. He'll take this punishment like a man. This is nothing compared to getting his arm chopped off. What's a little cold bath going to do? When they reach the river, Fenrir asks Alice if she minds if he were to take a bath as well. He hasn't washed his fur since he came here. And she probably do
"What are we doing here?" Skoll says to Lucia and Fala, who have been coming to this bar every day after finishing their daily activities. "Shouldn't we be doing something?" Skoll takes a drink of his beer. He's on his seventh one. "You keep following Lucia and I. No one is forcing you to be here. In fact, we want you to leave." Over the past several days, Skoll has been getting on Fala's nerves with his excessive drinking. Always complaining about Fenrir. At this rate, she hopes he drinks himself to death. That would at least solve one of her problems. "Am I not good enough to fight the demon army by myself? Everyone thinks Fenrir can." Skoll orders a couple of shots, trying to drink himself into a drunken stupor. "I train hard every day, but I feel like I'm always one step behind him." "Skoll. Can Fala and I drink in peace? I understand where you're coming from. But this is getting ridiculous." Lucia tries not to use a harsh tone, but it comes off that way. She knows Skoll better
Fenrir bobs and weaves their fruitless attacks. Far to slow for any to hit him. Instead of going for the killing blows, Fenrir focuses on maiming them. Mainly going after the tendons in their legs so that they can't run away. One by one, they fall to the ground, screaming in pain and yelling for help. Fenrir is about to take out the last human of the group, but he stops short when he smells a familiar scent on him. Alice's scent. Then it hits him. This must be the guy she was talking about, the one who abused Alice in the first place. The one that caused her so much pain and suffering. The thoughts that race through Fenrir's mind are nothing short of sadistic. Wanting to see this human suffer more than the others. But this isn't his fight. Alice should be the one to take her revenge. He'll save him for her, to do what she deems necessary. A proper punishment for unforgivable crimes.This human just stares at him wide-eyed, scared that this violent creature might have something else mo
After two hours of walking, they reach their destination. Some old ruins that strangley resemble that of an old stone fort. Might have been a better option for the rest of the humans to take refuge in, but the crumbling walls are in need of a ton of work. Alice jumps up and down in excitement. Her dream is coming true. Becoming a werewolf, and maybe spending the rest of her life with one. Fenrir, on the other hand, doesn't find this place suitable for living in the long term. There's too much work to be done in a hostile place like this. It's overgrown with plants, on the verge of collapse, and their enemies are too close for comfort."We'll stay here for the night." Alice says enthusiastically. "I want you to impregnate me." If it wasn't for all the fur, she could easily see how much Fenrir is blushing. 'I thought she would be a little more classy than this. Women don't talk like this to guys they just met.'"Alice." Fenrir's voice shakes, still caught off guard by her words. "I thin
"What do you mean by that?" Fenrir asks, not understanding how a human doesn't find their own species attractive. "I guess that I'm just different from everybody else." She looks away from his eyes, trying to think of the right words to say as her heart flutters. "I've heard stories about werewolves, and I've always wanted to meet one since I was a kid." She looks into his eyes once again. I always wanted to be one.""Are you sure? Because I can turn you into one right now." Fenrir regrets saying that so soon. Her mind might not be in the right place. He'd rather wait until they are in a safe place where her mind is at ease. Then again, it would help her survive the storm. "After I do this, there is no going back." She hugs him tighter. She's made up her mind. 'Everything about him is comforting.' She doesn't mind that he has killed people, probably out of cold blood. This is something she has dreamed about since she could remember. Everything about this feels right. "I know." It's
"Come back here, Alice." One of them yells at her as if she would obey a command like that in a life or death situation. "We just want to play." Fenrir keeps chasing after them, trying to think of a plan. He wants to save Alice, but can he do it without giving himself away? He may not have a choice. Alice keeps running as fast as she can. She is running out of breath, but she knows that she can't stop. She knows that she is going to have to fight back or hide. She glances over her shoulder to see where they are. She quickly ducks behind a tree as she gets her bow ready and shoots it off quickly in their direction before taking off again. The arrow hits one of the men in the stomach, causing him to fall to the ground. As he screams in pain, the two other men stop to help him. "Don't pull it out." One of them yells. "We need to get him back to the doctor." "He won't make it." The other one says while the man keeps screaming. "We need to catch up to her. He's just going to slow us do
Lords of the fallen, great kings who had once held positions of power to become kings of nothing. Everything comes to an end at some point, but no one thinks that far ahead. Nor would they want to. No one would have thought that an entire world would succumb to a fate such as this. Whoever the survivors are that survived the tragedy, you can be sure that they didn't learn the lessons their ancestors did. Foot tracks. Fenrir stares at them, wondering if it is still a good idea to contact them. They might have been bombed into the stone age. They might be a cannabilistic tribe. Not like he cares, they can't do anything to hurt him. He decides to keep following the tracks, hoping that they will lead to their settlement. Light snow starts to fall, and it's not enough to cover the tracks, but he doesn't want to take his time either. He needs to find this place before the snow gets worse. If he can get there before the sun rises, he will be able to scout the area better without getting no
"It's been a long time." Cloven says to Fenrir after staring at eqchother for what seems like an eternity. "I just want to say that I don't blame you for what you did." Cloven's tone comes of as genuine. "I realized that I'm not a good person. I can't interact with others until I get better." Fenrir looks at him, confused by how he worded that. "So, are you saying that you aren't better yet? What have you been doing here?"Cloven wastes no time answering him. "I thought I was going to die from dehydration until I found that cave over there. Sometimes, the animals that live in their venture outside, that's how I found it."Fenrir rubs his face out of frustration, knowing where this is going. He wants to know if it's true, but he also knows that he is going to regret asking. "Let me guess. The reason that you know that you're not better is because you are having sex with the animals?" Cloven pauses for a moment, and Fenrir sees this as an admission of guilt. "Let me explain!." Cloven