The hunt was a success. While Balto, Radolf and Beowul didnt manage to find any goblins in the territory, but they did manage to find a few horned rabbits to hunt. Enough for everyone to eat. The goblins that Balto fought were right outside the territory. There havent been any more goblins in the small territory.

Nothing really happened that day, as whenever Radolf tried to speak to Balto, he was shushed down by Beowul. While they didnt spot any, the scent of goblin was strong in the north, where the old home of the Gavir clan is located.

Radolf brought two of the horned rabbits with him. One of them is probably for Fridolf. Beowul brought also had two of the horned rabbits with him. Meaning that Balto had to give one to Ulva. Balto with the two horned rabbits in his mouth walked towards the tree stump where Ulva is.

Standing there, Balto is just standing there with the horned rabbits. The taste of rabbit blood in his mouth making him hungrier. As time flies by, Balto is drooling all over them. Finally, Ulva crawls out from under the tree stump, only to see Balto with the two horned rabbits that are just covered with drool.

"What are you doing?" Ulva looks at the two horned rabbits.

"Arh yuu hnngr?" The horned rabbits dangle around as Balto tries to speak. Ulva doesnt say anything, but her gaze is more than enough to remind Balto that he can't speak with the horned rabbits in his mouth. Spitting them out, Balto tries again

"Are you hungry? We managed to get one horned rabbit for everyone."

The horned rabbit on the ground is covered in blood, drool and dirt. Its eyes are wide open and its neck is broken. The original brown skin is now a crimson color.

"Ugh, I'll eat it later. Thanks." Ulva dragged it down the hole. Balto, having nothing better to do, decided to look for Duke. Out of everyone in the clan, Duke is the easiest to talk to. Maybe it's because both of them are pretty big.

As Balto walked towards where Duke is, he was chewing on the horned rabbit in his mouth. The crunching of bones and meat woke the sleeping Duke up. He had already eaten his food and the bones were buried in the ground.

"Balto, I am surprised you still have energy in you to move around with food in your mouth." Duke had an amused look in his eyes. Balto sat down a meter away from him and released the long dead horned rabbit from his mouth.

"What do you mean Duke?" Balto tilted his head. Balto understands that going out for a hunt might be tiring, but why would that matter?

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"Despite being as big as me, you dont feel at least a bit tired after going out to hunt with Beowul and Radolf? I am pretty sure Beowul went to take a nap and Radolf is probably resting with Fridolf." Duke shook his head. Balto is one strange dire wolf.

"Anyway. Balto, is there something you want to talk about?"

"Not really. I just went to you because I dont have to look down all the time." Balto said as took a bite out of the horned rabbit's leg. It's bloody, but in a good way. There was a short silence of Balto chewing on the rabbit and Duke looking at the sky with lazy eyes.

"Oh yeah, now I remember!" Balto's head jolted up to look at Duke.

"Why do you look out for the goblins? We didnt find any, plus they are easy to kill."

Looking away from the sky and back to Balto, Duke looked at him for a few seconds.

"Balto, we told you why yesterday. Goblins are a threat to all life. Unless you manage to kill them before they manage to grow too large in numbers. Or worse, the goblins manage to find a leader." Duke shuddered.

"We were unlucky. Who would've thought that the goblins managed to gather under the rule of an ogre."

"An ogre? Whats that? Is it related to goblins?" Balto asked.

"No, it isnt related to goblins, but they rarely work together. The ogre that worked together with the goblins was a bit too smart for an ogre. While I didnt fight it, I saw it use an odd rock. The rock it used crushed dire wolves with a single swing with it." Duke looked at Balto again, this time with a serious look.

"Balto, we need to kill that ogre. If not for revenge, then for the safety of others who live in the forest with us. I know I already said this to you, but are you with us?" There was a long pause. Duke and Balto looked each other right in the eyes. Balto quietly reached down and took a tiny bite out of the horned rabbit. The pause was unbearable. After a while, Balto looked around, before looking at Duke again.

"Wait, you were talking to me? I was just thinking about goblins." Duke was about to say something, but was interrupted by Beowul and Radolf who walked in.

"Hey Duke! I and Beowul found something interesting! Hey Balto! Why havent you have eaten your food yet. Can I have it?" Rudolf pranced towards Balto while Beowul calmly walked to Duke to tell him what they found. After being informed, Duke nodded.

"Balto, could you go with Beowul and Radolf to find more traces. It might be left behind by other members of the Gavir clan." Radolf and Balto stopped play fighting over the meat.

"Why didnt Radolf and Beowul look for traces?" Before Balto could get an answer from Duke, Radolf practically yelled at Balto.

"It's because it might be dangerous if there are only two of us!" Balto's ears were in pain, but he could still hear the world around him.

"I doubt that you could be any good at finding anything. If something tries to attacks us, they might be scared away by your ugly face or by Radolf's loud voice. Let's go right now." Beowul walked away, with Radolf and Balto following. Duke is left together with the half-eaten horned rabbit.