when my eyes opened, I was in a warm substance that was wiggling. looking down at it, I began to sit up mortified as the worms that were moving had like a warm mucus that was glowing slightly white. it had ceased glowing as I slowly got up and began walking. I turned to be greater by a woman about 6'5. I looked up at her with her shaggy black hair, eyes pure gold, and glasses covering them.
my eyes slowly changed direction, going down to her body, noticing she was completely nude, and I noticed I wasn't actually wearing anything either with my manhood Saluting she snorted at me before walking past me.
" At least you didn't fire the cannons."
her hand struck my backside as a shock went through me. pain and suffering from her hand was nothing to the shame I felt for enjoying that... rubbing my back cheek while coving my manhood as I walked out of the room that had five tubs full of weird worms. I found a locker room with five showers once again. The number seems odd? I washed the goo off of myself seeing a toilet noticing that I have used the bathroom less and less over the past few weeks.
" That's from cultivating. eventually, those needs even the urges will disappear."
I heard the woman walking in, turning my face into the shower to not be rude. I heard another bout from her.
" Don't hide your face. If you have the confidence to look. here in this mountain range, we are animals alike but will not tolerate the disrespect of gender. when our wolf or our human is in a room, it is as if fur covers us. We only see the wolf or person. we do not condone the lack of control. that is how we will train you first."
She showered in record time, making very little noise as she left, leaving me to think over things... it took me too long to finish my thoughts as I got out and proceeded to look for my clothes. I found them about twenty minute later in a basket right before I left this locker room.
Either way, I found them helping myself by putting them on, took a few minutes of embarrassing, hobbling, and attempting. I turned around to exit the door only to find a girl staring at me. extremely sharp, and her teeth seemed extremely sharp. I mean, even more important information to focus on was that she was holding a large blade on her back. This was sharper than her teeth as she drug it across the ground. she came closer to me with the scowl of an angered berserk. she was about a foot away from me when she lunged past me, holding a basket.
" Do not put your clothes that smell of pure arousal into my basket again, or you will eat my blade. I care not if you are a guest. This is still my house."
" I apologize. I didn't put them in the basket. I just found them there, and that arousal thing???"
she looked at me, lowering her lip as her gaze fell to my chest. She sniffed the air before her next words made me feel like crap....
" We of wolven kind can smell the arousal and feremones of the opposites. that is why it makes it hard for us to lie about attraction. if you find it hard to control yourself, do not blame others for putting you in place. if you offend a higher ranked person by showing arousal to his mate, he may eat you. you are lucky, my mate decided to go eat first, or he would have certainly killed you for touching my Belongings. maybe you are human, though he may have gone easy on you. but with no ways to heal besides the Worms. you would be there a while..."
she ignored my look of terror. As my man hood went meek, I put my eyes down and made sure to think pure white thoughts.
" My apologies."
I gathered the rest of my stuff, making my way through the house I was in it was a gorgeous Minka styled house.
I got to what felt like the front door to exit when I decided to take in my surroundings besides a quick glance.
when I looked up, I saw a large rack full of every type of sword available, and above it was a plaque "never unarmed always sharp!" Below it said. "Always carry protection." I looked at it, studying the weapons, only to feel someone behind me.
" Just pick already. I do not want to wait forever, welp if you cannot decide its best you stay in. you are not strong enough to protect from the bugs, let alone an actual pledge of battle!"
the black haired man stepped past me as his shoulders towered above me. I was forced to look up only to be shocked. he had the face of a wolf, not like a mask his face was a wolves his body was human!?
" What, welp never seen lycanthropy?"
" No, sir... this is my first time even seeing a beast kin?!"
he growled in his chest so loud it made my body shake!
" Listen to me clearly do not make a mistake and call me beast kin again or you can get us both killed. I am a lycanthrope and lycanth only boy. the difference between a wolven born and a lycanth born are birthing styles. I was bitten by a cursed werekin, then went through the awakening after I turned twenty-six or so. the other way is to be born a wolfkin. there are other ways like bloodline exchange and alpha marking. along with some forbidden ways."
he looked at me before his body began to shrink his eyes that were large and black shrunk. The man now staring at me was about six feet. He had dark black hair and eyes, but his beard was very impressive as it had braids linking to his hair that made it like he had fur either way!?
he laughed at my expression.
" Aye boy, you are worthy of my time if you can see greatness in my hair alone. haha, grab a weapon. You're with me today, and don't say Nay boy, I will doubt anyone would harm a human here, but if you are with me, I guarantee you'll be safe. just try not to hide those eyes too much, or someone may think you are disgracing them, stand proud, and look at those who see you."
he smacked my back before turning back into his lycan form, grabbing a large hammer with an axe head and spear tip on the end. he waved it once before it disappeared from sight.
I looked at the rack and saw a black Scythe with silver adornments. There were two of them, but it was so heavy I was unable to carry both. so I settled on just the one. although one had an L, the other had an R. he giggled like a school girl, as he told me.
" Bold choice there, that girl will not be happy, but I will not tell you no, if she left them here and took another blade tis her fault."
I leaned it over my shoulder as I walked away with the blade facing my back he snorted at me.
" Put that damn thing into your Invetory realm?"
he looked at my face as the puzzled look obviously portrayed.
he put his hand on my back as to where I felt Claws.
" Hmm, how do you have all this but not an aha? This place, boy, put it in there like all those items! it may not be an inventory realm yet, but it will due just make a hard spot to lay it as to where it doesn't pierce the realms walls and boom!"
he walked on down the hill from the peak where the only house up here was the Minka house looking down the mountain. I noticed hundreds of different styles of home from Minka to Revival to saltbox, even some Gothic styling. adorned this mountain range, but most importantly, I have noticed the area around is absolutely bustling not with just people but animals, humans, elves, dwarves and so much more different species moved about all over this mountain some of the people didn't even bat an eye as they encountered a rogue beast with chitin for armor that shot out of a cave with three younger wolf's behind it. it bellowed as an elder man side stepped it, slicing down one time. the Beasts bellow ended with a muffled grunt smashing into a stall that seemed to be set up specifically for butchering Beasts. the man shouted something, but I was so high up I couldn't hear it. the man in front of me assumed as much, so he explained.
" That is a blue bull bug that is a blue bull bug cave. The bottom of this mountain houses a few burrows that lead to a few different legendary insect nests, which is to say that it is one of a smaller worker bug. they are often easily angered, which is why we call them berserk cattle. that is one of the easiest methods of training for the Youngling kin of the tribes. it also makes for good sport since only one is needed a day. the other two caves are for the blood fire scorpion spider and the diamond horn worm, which is a very hard fellow to kill as its horn acts as a rapier weapon that they master before ever exploring a way from their initial nest. they are easy for master rank and alphas. those scorpion spider are more interesting as they hatch and die quicker than we can actually hunt them, but they hatch in such mass each day they are just a nuisance we allow the children to handle. the queen will just fill the cave entrance all the way down to her burrow with fresh eggs to hatch... they do make great pets if they survive longer than a day. but they are a simple-minded creature for the first few hours, leading to more cannibalism than a hunt. don't worry, our goal is actually to the honor hall on the back of the mountain, meaning we have to go through this cave here. I know you probably want to see the sights, but trust me, we can visit the plaza later."
I nodded, following him into a covered in white crystals. There were no lights on the wall, but I could see clear as day hearing his laughter. I just followed him with my curious nature. I knew my family was safe, and the only problem I had was my own thoughts.
we enter what looks like a dojo, but the hall was an arena that sat in front of the stage. I was now standing on looking around me. I saw a few other kids younger than me, but somehow, the only one out of place was a man who was older than even me!? he had grey hair and white eyes looking frail to the touch. he smiled at my stair for a second before clicking his cane. the floor moved, and he spoke.
" The temple is not accepting you, welp, you may leave."
is all he said as the floor shifted to move the ground that I was on it slid out the door, flicking me back. The guy next to me stepped casually as he Harumphed, walking out the door with me.
" Looks like the old man denied you..."
" What does that mean exactly?"
" it means you are unfit to be in his temple. the time that happened to me, I was twelve. it was not until I was twenty-six with three wars on my belt that I had been allowed to set foot in the temple. we will talk to your master and the temple lords later. maybe that temple lord just wants to test you..."
he stopped speaking as he grabbed my arm, yanking me. I noticed all the fur on his body shivering as I felt my veins burst on my back and the flesh was ripped clean off as I felt my body go limp there was a burst of white light as I heard his voice echoing.
" Lord, please understand this discretion is your to take our lives, but I must ask you to reconsider for this welp is not mine."
a gravelly tone spoke over him.
" Silence half mut I have not asked of you anything I deemed you and that welp of your sullied if he survives he is banished as are you for bringing unmarked into our house you trash."
he got on his knees as he spoke once more. the old man seemed to not care no matter his words.
I felt my limbs. Not only did they not listen, but they just hung there. I definitely got some spinal damage, and the feet work for now. I stood up, holding my head, letting my arms hang. letting my head slouch it settled lower. I put my eyes on him and spoke with every ounce of power I had left.
" You dare attack me from the back like a bitch! without knowing the facts, you admonish him, but instead, you are just insecure because he is a warrior while you are just a pedo priest who thinks he has a say about things. wait until my ghost hears about this, I am sure my father would like to know why I was harmed!"
I coughed, feeling my my wounds sting as I heard a reverberating from my body. it was like a pulse. As I looked down, I could feel the fingers that were now in my chest being pulled out.
" You are nothing to look down on me. Not even your life is enough to pay for this transgression."
the man grabbed me, cradling my body as he said the last thing I heard from this situation.
" You may have just killed yourself, fool."
Artemis's pov.[Unconscious silver in arms]
"Don't die, little one, please don't fuggin die on me."
that's not fucking fair for him to take it out on this child what a pity I may have doomed him by accident who would have thought that the priest would be such a prick.
" Aye boy, don't fall asleep!"
this youngster coughedletting me know he was still alive. not by much, though, as blood continued to pour. I was not caring what I crashed through as I ran through the mountainside. I saw the Carecave ahead of me seeing the door closed I decided fuck it ducking my head in and Diving to the side with the kid in my arms.
I landed hard, and the nurses screamed, but quickly grabbed the boy from my arms, not giving a second noise they found the empty pool literally throwing him inside it while dumping pure mana over him the worms did not actively glow making my stomach sink.
" No, was I too late!?"
I glanced to my left to see a small girl about fifteen looking down at the pool with bright eyes.
" Uncle... this is him."
my eyes shot to the boy in the pool that was still not glowing, and my body shook what could I do. it is forbidden to use blood to revive others... the girl beside me had no hesitation as she bit her wrist.
" You can't Nylander you have an alpha bloodline, and that is forbidden."
her eyes went sharp as her voice, which was always so silent, was louder through the carecave than even the nurses. She was unaware of her fangs and Claws, which grew quickly to match her mood. she was unawakened but had proved her lineage was stronger than even her. but she was going to own it much like her mother she would be a broodmother alpha.
I felt my own instincts fight against me as I fully understood she was higher rank than me.
" Yes, madam, I will assist you."
unfortunately, my body acted on its own following her will. even when the girls mother showed up moments later, my body had not stopped.
using her blood, I began to recite the oath I was given but felt myself shrink as another alpha and the man I feared came into the cavern. he saw the boy but did not react well.
I could feel the energies coming off of him, as his words reverberated through my entire core. it didn't match the look on his face, but the words he said made me shiver like a pup. when the wolf who made me stepped into view, my body released for a tense second.
"How long has he been dead?"
" I don't know how long it took me a minute or so to get here, maybe less?!"
the nurse closest to me set her hand on the child and spoke.
" Two minutes fifteen seconds and counting."
she looked down at him, then looked up at the one who gave me my wolf.
" His core is nowhere near close to disappating, but too much longer, and the child will not return as himself."
my master one of the council members, nodded at me and then told me to practically commit a sin.
" Do as you are told, Artemis bring him into the pack using your blood."
he spoke, but eyes bored into after he finished that was before the alpha child before me roared.
" He is mine, I will not let you tarnish what is mine!!"
everyone in the room froze besides me, who was still fulfilling my duty.
I sitting next to her recited the oath, making her do such. she put her wrist to his mouth and moved her hand to the worms, who began to eat the blood with a greedy sound.
the worms began to burn a bright red as she quoted the lines to the alpha blessing calms her mother smirked, and her father, who had just entered, watched as his little girl, my sole guard and reason I am allowed to live here... was now standing over her new mate. I was no longer valued, and my reason for living was now obsolete.
her father looked over to me, but instead of anger, I saw his happiness.