Saemi and I were following wolf who was getting deeper and deeper into the forest, snow was falling from the trees while a cold breeze crashed against my face, it seemed that with every step we took the colder it got.

"Speaking of which, have you thought of a name for her yet?"

Saemi asked as she walked beside me.

"Name?"

I asked as I looked confused at Saemi.

"Can't we just call her a wolf?"

I asked receiving a scowl from Saemi.

"Are you serious?"

Saemi asked.

"Okay...how about Glasy?"

I said after thinking of a name, Saemi seemed to ponder for a few seconds but soon nodded her head accepting my idea.

"Well, at least it's better than wolf"

Saemi said letting out a laugh, after that Saemi and I continued to follow Glasy as she sniffed after a few minutes of doing this Glasy stopped at a tree and started sniffing, after that, Glasy stopped and started looking in a specific direction, it seemed that she had found something, soon me, Saemi, and Glasy were standing in some bushes while looking at something specific, Glasy had indeed found the pack of wolves that Aurora-sama had talked about.

They lived in a kind of cave and there were several of them outside, as we looked around soon something strange began to happen, one by one the wolves began to droop as they looked into the cave, and then from inside the cave a wolf with a scar over its eye appeared, when I looked at Glasy I saw that she was staring at the wolf with the scar, I also came to the conclusion that he was the leader.

"What do we do, fight?"

Saemi whispered beside me, i shook my head denying Saemi's idea.

"There are too many of them, we need to think of some strategy to defeat all of them at once, or at least isolate a few to decrease their numbers"

I said as I looked intently at the wolves.

"Let's go, we need to think of some strategy to defeat them"

I said as I started to slowly walk away from the scene, after that me and Saemi were sitting in front of a fire as we waited for our dinner to be ready, Glasy was lying between me and Saemi, it was already night time and the only sound that could be heard was the sound of wind.

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(Aurora-sama, how long until the others get here?)

I asked as I tried to remember how long we had been here, by my count we were about to complete a week.

"The day after tomorrow"

Aurora-sama replied.

"Looks like the others will arrive the day after tomorrow"

I said getting Saemi's attention.

"Really?"

Saemi asked with a smile.

"Yes, I'm sure"

I replied smiling as well, Saemi then leaned her head on my shoulder as we looked at the fire.

"You know Saemi, can you do me a favor when the others arrive?"

I asked as I continued to stare at the campfire.

"What is it?"

Saemi asked.

"You...could you not tell the others about my powers...especially Shinji"

I said as I turned to Saemi, she looked at me confused not understanding the reason for such a promise.

"May I ask why, everyone would respect you if you showed how strong you are"

Saemi said, I just gave a wry smile at Saemi's words.

"Respect or fear?"

I asked, Saemi seemed to understand what I meant and shut up, and so we spent the night as we watched the fire crackling, the only visible light was what the fire was giving off, the next day Saemi and I woke up early, as tomorrow was the day the others would arrive, we decided to defeat the boss today, last night we had thought of a plan, besides, according to Aurora-sama glacial wolves have nocturnal habits, which means that in the morning most of them will be sleeping inside the cave including the leader if we are lucky.

With that in mind I would block the cave using my Shadow Manipulation preventing the wolves inside the cave from coming to help and meanwhile we would kill those outside, and a simple plan but one that can work, normally this would be an enemy that would need numbers but since I have many skills we decided to go with this plan, although we told Glasy to wait for us here she apparently also wanted to go, although it is strange to ask her to help us kill her own kind I decided to accept, she would be a good coast guard for Saemi while I fight, I even asked Glasy to protect Saemi and although she did not answer I felt that she had understood.

With this in mind the three of us began to move in the direction of the cave where the wolves were staying, in a few minutes we arrived back at the bushes that overlooked the cave, just as we expected there were only seven wolves outside, and even though they seemed to be patrolling they were all lying down looking like they were almost asleep, it would be a good time to launch a surprise attack.

"Just as we agreed, Saemi you stay here assisting me from a distance while Glasy will act as your coast guard"

I said as I looked at Saemi and Glasy.

"Understood Makoto"

Saemi said, although Glasy didn't respond it seemed that Glasy also understood what his role would be, with that we decided to start the fight, i quickly jumped out of the bushes and started running towards the wolves, it didn't take long for them to notice my presence and start running towards me.

"Fast step"

Saying this I started to pass between the wolves dodging their attacks and getting closer and closer to the cave entrance, as soon as I reached the cave entrance, I raised my arm towards the darkness coming inside the cave, a shadow began to surround my raised arm and soon I was ready to cast my skill.

"Dark manipulation"

As soon as I said that a huge black wall made of shadows suddenly appeared covering the entrance to the cave, after that I turned to the wolves who were looking at me while showing their teeth.

"Okay, now all that's left is to clean you up"

I said as I looked at the wolves.