They reach the colosseum. Art and Daron are in the arena, while the rest are all seated and excited. A gaurd quickly runs in and hands Daron his weapon. A black colored bident. Daron yells at Art "if you want to leave, go ahead" Art stays silent and stares deeply into Daron's eyes. Art changes Shiftnir into a sword, both him and Daron get in positions. Art runs at Daron, Daron quickly starts blocking Art's strikes, he then retaliates back with multiple thrusts from his weapon. Art weaves all of them and back flips away. Daron stabs his bident into the ground and says "[Ground quake]". The ground starts violently shaking and Art loses his balance. He quickly changes Shiftnir into a spear and stabs the ground. He managed to balance himself and quickly uses a spell called [Water shot]. A small amount of water surrounds him and it's quickly concentrated into multiple bullets of water. They end up being shot at high speeds towards Daron and some of them land, piercing his armor. He quickly regains his focus only to see Art gone. Multiple people in the crowd yell "above you!!!" Daron looks up and sees Art striking down with a greatsword. Daron barely blocks it amd knocks Art away. They both keep clashing. Art changes his movements and starts moving around like a wolf. He runs while crouching and uses his left hand to quickly redirect himself. The two wolfbloods are astonished by him. As Art keeps dodging and attacking when needed, Daron catches Art and stabs his bident into Art's shoulder. Art grabs the bident and uses electric magic to shock Daron. Daron is sent flying while also letting go of his weapon. Art takes the bident out of his shoulder and rushes towards Daron. As Daron trys to get up, Art stabs the bident horizontally on Daron's neck and locks him in place. Everyone is left speechless as they just saw a human defeat the prince of emberwind. Art backs off and Daron removes the bident around his neck, he then gets up and says to Art.
"Forgive me, i was only suspicious. But it seems my suspicion was put to rest"
He the tells both Art and Lutin to follow him to his castle. He turns to the wolfblood siblings and says "You to can go and finish your speech. I apologize for the delays" they all leave the colosseum and go back to hear the rest of the speech. Art and Lutin follow Daron and head into a room. The room is filled with maps and books. Daron pulls out a map and starts pointing down locations. He then turns to Art and says.
"I know this may be sudden and rude of me. But i need your help. You saw how the forest sometimes acts strange. Loud screams, areas shifting and changing. That is caused by the [Creature Of Balance]. He is a three faced bipedal beast. The face in the middle is a goat, which symbolizes balance. The face in the left is a bull, which symbolizes chaos and finally, the face in the right is a monkey which symbolizes peace. Although the so called "peace" is a trick. There is no peace for that beast"
Art looks at him and says.
"And what exactly makes you think that'll work with you?"
Daron looks at Art and says.
"How about this? I'll help you with your mana problem"
Art confused says.
"What mana problem? What are talking about?"
Daron says.
"You….can't sense it. There's too much mana in your body, it's leaking out, and all i sense from it is pure evil"
He then says.
"How about this?. I know an armor smith who can give an armor that drains mana"
Lutin excitedly says.
"Wait, don't tell me its one of the dwarves!"
Daron looks at Lutin while smiling and nodding his head. Daron then says.
"I'll contact the dwarf, so until then please rest"
The two wolfbloods walk in and Fario says.
"If you claim to be a wolfblood. Let us do a blood test"
A gaurd brings in a bowl filled with water and strange scribbles. Fario tells Art to get close.
Art gets close, Fario bites his finger and drops some blood into the bowl. He then tells Art to do the same, and so he did. A few seconds go by and everyone is anxious. The dropa of blood mix together and end up being compatible. Fenria looks at Art and smiles.
Fario looks at Art and says.
"So you weren't lying"
Fenria says.
"You're more then welcomed to stay at our home. There's a lot of space"
Art surprised asks why. She says.
"You're family, it's natural we'd want to help"
Daron looks at Art and nods his head, he then says.
"How long are you planning on resting?"
As Art is about to speak, Lutin cuts him off and says, while holding up to of his fingers "Two days". Daron asks why two days and Lutin answers him saying.
"Well, we've been fighting and traveling for quite sometime now, and we're pretty tired. If you want us to fight, we'll need to be at are full strength"
Daron thinks about it for a moment, he then nods his head and tells them they can go and rest. They all leave the castle and head to the wolfblood house. As they are walking, they start entering a fancy street. Filled with large and beautiful homes. The eventually get to a large house and Fario tells them to come in.
They get into the house and it's filled with wolfbloods. They all look at Art and their ears rise up, they bare their sharp teeth while also frowning. One of them gets up and walks up to Art. He takes a good look at him and takes a sniff from the air around him. His ears fall down and his face changes from aggressive to happy, everyone else gets close and they all do the same thing. A female one asks "How are you a wolfblood? You're a human" Art shrugs his shoulders. Fenria says.
"Now, now, i want everyone to be on their best behavior. I'll be out hunting"
She points at some of the wolfbloods and tells them to help her. Fario tells Art to go and rest on one of the sofas. Art and Lutin both sit down and are swarmed by wolfbloods. Lutin asks if they're all related, and one of them says "yeah, most of us are cousins" they start asking Art about himself and he is forced to tell them or they won't leave him alone. The night arrives and dinner is ready. They all rush to one of the rooms, Art and Lutin go in and see a large rectangular table in the middle. They all sit down and start eating, after they finished up. They go back to the living room and start chatting to each other. Art and Lutin Are tired, one of the wolfbloods notices and tells them ti follow him upstairs. He shows them a room and tells them "this one is currently empty, go ahead and sleep". Art and Lutin go into the room and lock the door, Art then takes off all of his gear and collapses onto the bed. As the heavy rain pours down, raindrops sliding off of the window. Lutin rests near the window watching the rain. Art slowly falls asleep to the sound of the rain.
END OF CHAPTER