With a leather saddle and crude stirrup in my hands, I casually walked into a freezing wolf den. 2 beta female wolves glared at me, but did nothing else. Guess they were still warming up to the idea of humans being more than just a happy meal to the pack. Freja, the Champion she-wolf, merely turned her head towards me for a glance before lazily turning it back.

All of the female wolves were nursing their pups. All 10 of them. Man, given the reproductive speed of this pack, they could potentially overrun the entire ecosystem, humans included. In the Wilds, most of them would die due to malnutrition or predators. But since Pridwen provided a safe haven for them, not to mention enough fish for the whole pack, those 2 natural population controls no longer applied.

Well, based on my shoddy biology knowledge, I knew that the wolves from my old world reproduce once a year via the estrus cycle, and that only the alpha male gets to do the deed. So if the wolves from the pack followed this cycle, maybe Loki just got lucky and knocked up all 3 of his harem during the cycle this year. Well, let’s hope that’s the case, along with the fact that only Loki would be “spreading it around”, not his sons. Otherwise, I might be forced into some uncomfortable decisions…

*AWOOOOOO~~* pant pant*

Loki seemed so happy to see me, like always. I swear, the bond between man and doggo simply transcended across worlds and universes. Even though it had only been a little under half a year, so much has happened. From his dramatic “birth” from his dying mother to him making a big family of his own, I was blown away by how much he’d grown from the helpless pup the size of my hands to a Champion-sized wolf 4 meters long and 2 meters tall. I was blown away by how quickly mana beasts from the Wilds grew up. Man, forget hormones and antibiotics, mana-crystals are where it’s at.

As Loki tackled me and licked my face, I tried to wrestle the behemoth in futility. Damn, he got so strong so quickly! As I lay pinned to the ground, I felt embraced by his familiar scent. After roughhousing for a bit more, I rolled away and got up.

“Alright buddy, time for a quick patrol! Who’s the good boy who wants to patrol?” I asked in a higher tone while shaking the saddle.

Loki happily yelped and jumped around in excitement. His females were not pleased with his juvenile excitement. Not that I cared. This was our father-son bonding time. After a quick minute of strapping stuff on, we bolted out of the den.

Forget isekai giant mecha, isekai wolf cavalry is the true man’s romance! As Loki darted between the trees in the forest, I felt the wind streaking by my face. To my right, a half-finished concrete wall encased by 2 earthen walls stood proudly, as if it was asking for all comers to challenge its might.

Not that it’d ever need to fight. Loki’s pack and Skera’s militia made quick work of any interlopers. The armors and weapons that we looted from our dead pursuers sure helped. Stray goblin parties, Wild wolves, and even bears stood no chance against the organized tactics of either. I looked forward to putting them together and getting my wolf cavalry going in earnest.

But one problem at the time- the wall took precedence. I’ve been working day and night making the concrete and pouring it. This patrol was really one of the few times I got to go out and stretch my legs and shoot something. Speaking of shooting-

*BOOM*

A goblin fell to the ground, missing most of its head. With <> and the stirrups I’d made in the new workshop, accuracy was practically guaranteed, even at 100 meters out. The cardinal rule of goblins was that if you’ve seen one, there were at least 4 more goblins somewhere nearby. So as I wasted the first one, the rest of its scouting party became enraged and charged at me, screeching to the high heavens.

*BOOM**BOOM**BOOM*

I missed my 2nd shot, but the 3rd and 4th shots each found a goblin center mass. Loki charged forward and joined the fray. And in a blink of an eye, 2 more goblins fell with icicles sticking out of their bellies. The last goblin, realizing how outmatched it was, turned and ran.

Loki quickened his pace and pounced on its back. Then my intrepid wolf bit into its neck, brutally ending the encounter. Man, that was fun!

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Ever since I killed the Tyrant, there was a power vacuum in the goblin territories- other scouts had noticed intra-goblin violence on their patrols. As a result, no massively organized assaults took place. Well, that worked out great for me- I’d rather them kill each other than come at my half-finished wall. Still, the occasional stray scouting parties did show up. When they do, Loki and I showed them utter death and destruction like the good hosts we were~

“Good boy, Loki! You’re such a smart boy!” I praised my puppy while ruffling his adorably floppy ears.

*AWOOOOOO~~*

Loki howled in celebration. After that, he grabbed 3 goblin corpses and returned back to the den. Oh right, he has a family to feed now. Well, soon, we’d both have families to feed. I didn’t know what would happen with the pack and Pridwen in the distant future, and there were a lot of variables to consider (after all, wolves and humans didn’t have the best history together here). But for now, all I could do was to enjoy a brisk ride back home with my adorable doggo.

Field Inventory

Primary Weapon

M1D Garand v.2.0 [Christened Severance Pay]

MG-42 General-Purpose Machine Gun v.1.0 [Christened Lady Vengeance]

Secondary Weapon

Colt M1911A1 Semi-Automatic Pistol v.3.0 [Christened Aurelia]

1x mithril parrying dagger [Christened Swordbreaker]

Armor

Crystal-modified dragon leather body armor set {<>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>}; Crystal-modified dragon Leather boots lined with wolf fur { <>, <>, <>}

Mana Crystals

1x Adept-level fire elemental mana crystal

1x Adept-level ice elemental mana crystal

1x Adept-level space elemental mana crystal

1x Expert-level earth elemental mana crystal

1x Expert-level space elemental mana crystal

Stash of various mana crystals

Misc.

Salvaged armor parts and weapons [donated to the Militia]

1x storage bracelet, 2x goggles

Utility belt, grappling hook, rope, dark green cloak, field satchel, puppy backpack, waterskin, rations, boarskin map and steel knife

1x .45 ACP steel centerfire pistol suppressor

1x .30-06 Springfield steel centerfire rifle suppressor

1x crude telescopic sight

10x en bloc clips of .30-06 Springfield armor-piercing ammo

5x magazines of .45 ACP hollow-point ammo

6x belts of 150 .30-06 Springfield armor-piercing ammo

Spare ammo

3x mithril dagger

1x male mutated Champion wolf mana-beast [Christened Loki]

1x female Champion wolf mana-beast [Christened Freja]

2x female wolf mana-beast

10x mutated wolf mana-beast puppy