“Hey bud, lets not do anything rash here”, Why was I talking to the wolf in front of me I don’t know.

When I say his fur was pitch black I meant it, they gave a stark contrast to the pearly white teeth that he was probably going to use to rip me to shreds.

He took one step forward and I took one step back, wait is it a he? Upon closer inspection…okay yes it’s a he, eventually my back was facing the rock

The only thing separating him from me was the broken stick that I pointed towards him

GRRRRR

I used my spear to fling some of the red ash from the fire towards him, that was enough to make him flinch and give me enough time to make a run for it.

“Feeeeeeeeeeeeckk meeeeeeeeeeeee”, I yelled as I ran, what is up with me being chased by so many things.

“Oh shite, he’s right behind me”, I was always told to never look behind you if you want to run fast, hopefully that true

Oh great it’s starting to rain and when I say rain I mean out of nowhere it started pouring, this would put cats and dogs to shame.

“What the?”, the wolf appeared to my right and naturally I took a left

“Crap…ghaa”, I tripped on some roots and fell face first into some mud

“AWOOOO”, The howling echoed the forest

“Get up”, I told myself, I flung forward as another wolf appeared in front of me, “another one?”

How many of them are there?

Another two appeared to my side, oh great even more.

The chase continued like clockwork. One would appear and I would turn the opposite direction, this continued for a while. Maybe the adrenaline was hitting me too hard but soon I found myself at a dead end.

Six wolves emerged from the brush,”Eat this”, I threw pocket sand towards the closest

Due to pocket sand being wet, the attack was unsuccessful

“Well it was a good run pocket sand”, I said as one the wolves nipped at me

Eventually my back was up against a tree

When was the last time I climbed a tree?, the answer was never, As I climbed one of the wolves grabbed my pant leg, pulling hard.

I was certain I was a goner, that was until I heard a thunderous roar, the only problem was that it wasn’t from an animal nor was it from the huge mudslide approaching.

Even the wolves realised something was up and began to run

I clutched the tree as hard as I could has the mu enveloped the whole area

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“HAAAAAAAA”

“I’m alive”, this seems to be my usual response to situations where I become close to meeting my end, which is happening way more often than it should be.

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Pulling myself out of the mud I scanned the area for the wolves to no avail, looks like the mud got them.

It was still raining heavily so I couldn’t see much in front of me anyways, I ploughed through the mud every step was like having 50kg weights strapped to you.

Soon I emerged out of it, when I saw a peculiar sight

Dire wolf cub lv1

Its leg was stuck in between some rocks

I took one step forward and it began growling, maybe it would have been intimidating if it wasn’t the size of a puppy

“I’m trying to help”, I said as I slowly approached it, it hasn’t bit me yet so I’m doing something right.

I grabbed one of the rocks and lifted as hard as I could until the little guy had enough space to wiggle his way out of it.

My efforts were not in vain as he managed to escape his confines and make a run for it, or atleast try since his front leg was injured and after his first step he went face first into the mud.

“You good the bud, looks like your struggling”, The poor pup was shivering as he stood up

I tried to walk away but my conscience wouldn’t let me go. Did his family try to kill me yes, did I kill them yes, well I didn’t kill them but it’s the principle behind it.

“Fine”, I walked over to him and scooped him, he tried to put up a fight but he too tired to try for long, eventually he sort’ve just accepted it. I tried my best to cover him as much as possible.

I walked for a good hour or so before I found myself on the brink of collapsing, I lied down by the tree with the thickest brush I could find and fell asleep the second I hit the ground, the little pup still in my arms, “It’ll be okay bud”, I was shivering but somehow fell asleep in an instant.

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Sizzle…pop…hiss

When I woke up I found myself next to a fire

“Ahh, your finally awake”

“What!”

“Woah there kid, your still injured”, said the man mysterious man across from me

“Okay almost thought I was going to be executed, wrong game”

The old man gave me quizzical look

“To earn I direwolf trust, impressive, little guy wouldn’t let me get near you”, he asked me looking at the wolf pup in my arms

“Huh he’s still here?, Wait who are you”, I asked defensively

“Name’s Vance, yours?”, that doesn’t help me much

“Uhh Alex, let me rephrase that, why did you help”, I’ve been around long enough to know barely anyone helps someone of their own free will.

“You wanna know the truth?, it’s because of that little guy there, anybody else would’ve let him die or kill him for the xp, you didn’t that interests me”

“I don’t know, he was alone, so was I…look I just did it, I couldn’t let him just be out there by himself”, I don’t even know what I’m saying

“Good answer”, He stood up, “Let's get going and bring him with you”

“Where are we going?”

“My place, you need some food and your friend need some medical care, so either ye should follow me or take ye chances out here by yourself, maybe a tigerbear will get ya”

“What’s a tigerbear?”

“Trust me you don’t want to find out”, he said as he walked away

“Hey wait up!”, I yelled as I picked up the wolf as he nibbled on my hand, “come on, I thought we were friends”, I said as I wrestled my hand from his jaw

“So why are you out here anyways, in the middle of nowhere I mean”, I asked since I assumed there was no cities or town in the area

“Quiet, I’ve done a lot of things in my life, it was about time I settled down, that’s enough about me, what are you doing out here with a malfunctioned slave collar?”

“Uhhh, that’s along story, a very longs story”, It’s best I didn’t mention the whole summoning things

“You sure are an interesting fellow I can’t even analyze you”

“Analyze?”, I asked

“Mmmm, interesting, don’t worry about it. Anyways my place is right up here”, he pushed some brush away to reveal a open meadow with a 2 story house in the middle of it, there was cows, a small crop field, a well, and everything a small farm should have

I followed him up to the entrance, “Wait out here while I grab some supplies”

“Sure thing”, I wasted no time sitting down

This was the first time I was actually able to rest, I swear if this guy is some evil wizard or something like that, I’ll just let him kill me, I’m too tired to care at this point.