Wolves are very intelligent animals. In the human cities of the past, there were only two types of animals that were most abundant: one was the close relative of wolves, dogs, and the other was cats.
On Earth, among all animals, only these two species are the most successful. Unlike cats, which rely on their looks and cuteness to get by, most dogs win human affection with their abilities and loyalty.
"I really don't know how to deal with you in this posture." Murray rubbed his forehead, looking at the nine wolves that had turned him from a fierce wolf into a fierce "Husky".
"You guys are really clever." Murray squatted down and patted the sleek, nearly seven-meter-long giant wolf in front of him. Its fur was very smooth and felt good to the touch. Most importantly, these not-so-wild fierce wolves had groomed themselves quite cleanly.
Clean, fluffy, and obedient animals like this would make anyone unable to resist petting them. Moreover, these nine very sensible wolves, quite savvy, had groomed their fur very neatly.
"Get up!" Murray stood up and kicked the wolf king, who was obviously larger than the other eight wolves, and said in the language of dragons.
"Woof!" The wolf king understood the dragon language and obediently got up, wagging its tail incessantly, looking very much like a dog.
"Commanders Abbott and Bolton, order your subordinates to spread out and find some silver-level fierce beasts. Don't pick too clever ones, try to find some bears or wild boars with lower intelligence." Murray instructed the two leaders. He had understood. He couldn't view Elassia with the perspective of his past life. Here, humans were not the only intelligent species. There were many races whose intelligence could match or even surpass humans. Even some powerful beasts had intelligence comparable to humans.
Just like the fierce wolf king at his feet, after being surrounded by cloud giants, it chose to submit with its subordinates at the first opportunity, rather than resist.
And this was just a silver-level fierce wolf. Above it, there were beasts even smarter and more powerful than them.
Not long after, a cloud giant came to report that they had found a fierce bear sleeping soundly in a tree hollow. Indeed, there were many fierce beasts here.
"Take me there." Murray commanded.
"This way, Prince Murray." The cloud giant guard who brought the news pointed in a direction for Murray.
"Is this the fierce bear you found?" Murray, with two giant leaders, stood far away under a thick ancient tree, looking at a particularly large ancient tree in the distance.
At the root of the ancient tree, the exposed roots twisted together, forming a narrow and long tree hole. Inside, a large, well-built, brown-black giant bear lay sound asleep, its fur shiny.
"This tree is really big." Murray looked at the large tree where the fierce bear rested, unable to help but exclaim. It was a huge ancient tree with a diameter of about twenty meters. Covered by dense foliage, one couldn't even tell how tall the tree was.
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On the Titan Islands, both plants and animals were much larger than elsewhere. Of course, Murray did not realize this yet. He thought it was normal to find hundred-meter ancient trees in Elassia's forests.
Only at this moment, seeing this ancient tree, several times thicker than other trees, did Murray marvel slightly, but that was all. Because these giant trees were not rare, you could still find many of them in the dense forest if you looked carefully.
"Alright, Commanders Abbott and Bolton, I'm going to challenge that fierce bear." Murray took a deep breath and exhaled. "You two are not allowed to follow. Don't intervene when I fight, unless I'm in danger. Understood?"
"Understood, Prince Murray. You can focus on your battle, we'll handle the rest." Bolton reassured Murray, patting his chest.
"Your Highness, concentrate on your battle, leave the rest to us." Abbott, holding a staff, bowed to Murray.
"You guys really have confidence in me." Murray smirked, meaning that they would surely help him when he lost, but the two leaders had already thought of other aspects.
"Never mind, even if I really lose, they will definitely help me." Murray shook his head and walked alone towards the bear den.
A ring spell, Minor Fireball.
A fireball the size of a basin shot into the bear den under the guidance of Murray's mental power, directly hitting the fierce bear. With a loud bang, broken wood chips flew out of the tree hole along with smoke and flames.
"This power is not bad, but it probably won't hurt this big bear. But it's enough to wake it up." Just as Murray thought so.
"Roar!" An angry roar came from the tree hole, and then a giant brown bear, eight meters tall, with red eyes, rushed out of the hole and, upon seeing Murray, immediately launched an attack.
Murray was stunned for a moment when he saw the fierce bear rushing out of the tree hole, its ferocious momentum shocking him. When the bear swung its huge paws towards him, Murray finally reacted, but his body had already acted before his consciousness; instinctively, he blocked the bear's paws with his hands.
However, Murray was once again stunned because the force coming from his arms was unexpected: "Such a small force, I hardly feel anything."
"Roar!" Seeing its attack blocked, the fierce bear roared again, lifted its claws, and fiercely swiped at Murray. Murray, seeing this scene, narrowed his eyes and instinctively exerted all his strength, pushing the fierce bear back several steps uncontrollably. The bear's fat paws stomped on the ground with a thud, and finally, it sat down on the ground with a thump.
"Uh!" Murray looked somewhat speechless at the dumbfounded fierce bear sitting on the ground, starting to doubt its fierceness. He was also lost in thought.
"Is this fierce bear too weak? Judging from its aura, it should be at the third level of silver, the same as me. Did something weaken its combat power?" Murray looked at the blackened fur on the bear's chest and abdomen. Obviously, this kind of wound couldn't weaken the bear's combat power. On the contrary, the fierce bear, awakened from sleep, was much stronger in battle.
So there was only one explanation, "My strength is much stronger than I imagined, or I seriously underestimated the Titan blood and Golden Dragon blood in my body." Murray muttered to himself, "No wonder Abbott and Bolton are so confident in me, they don't worry at all about my failure."
"With this overwhelming power, I guess it's hard for me to lose. I don't even need any Titan combat techniques." Murray muttered to himself.
"Roar!" The enraged fierce bear, after being dazed for a moment, was blinded by anger, so it didn't think much and attacked Murray again.
Murray, however, did not dodge blindly this time. His human identity and memories from his past life were still influencing him. He still perceived bears based on his past life: powerful and ferocious beasts that humans could only choose to escape from or play dead when encountered in the wild.
Continuous dodging made Murray taste bitter fruit. The fierce bear's claws grazed his unprotected arm, and a slight sting spread to Murray's brain, like scratching his skin with his own nails.
Murray instinctively looked down at his arm, imagining the bloody scene of his skin being torn open, but there were only four long red marks, and the fierce bear's claws hadn't even cut his skin.
"This kind of wound." Murray chuckled to himself, "I still haven't adapted to my inhuman identity. I am a monster among monsters now!"
"If even my skin can't be broken, what am I afraid of?" Murray stopped dodging and actively attacked the fierce bear, punching it straight in the nose.
"Ow!" The fierce bear howled in pain, blood streaming from its nose. It had already sensed something was wrong when its claws didn't achieve the desired result, and now this punch to its nose made it realize what kind of existence had awakened it, something it couldn't afford to provoke.
So, its anger quickly subsided, and its remaining shred of rationality returned. The fierce bear sensed the dominant aura that only the rulers of this land possessed.
Then, it saw its neighbors, the wild wolf pack, vigorously wagging their tails not far away. Of course, it recognized them. It also saw several tall cloud giants.
Next, this seemingly silly fierce bear exerted its intelligence to the limit. Before Murray could kick it, it quickly lay down on the ground, placing its fluffy paws on its head, looking at Murray with teary eyes, full of grievances.
The fierce bear had reason to be aggrieved. It was sleeping soundly in its own den when suddenly a big fireball smashed into it. It was full of anger when it rushed out to find someone to "reason" with, but it ended up being punched by a brute.
"Ugh!" Murray hesitated to kick the now-surrendered fierce bear, feeling a bit helpless. After all, he was the one who was unreasonable first.