After the incident with Axel, Flare went to the Alpha of the white wolf clan and told him the incident he was shocked to hear that, a human that had the power of multiple beasts, could he be a beast ward or was he just a random mage with control and shifter abilities. The Alpha then called a meeting among the various beast clans, who were all shocked to here is the news as well. The pride king of the golden lion clan said "If such a human exists then we should destroy him"," Your greed has no bounds does it Lilian King the chief of the snake clan said, "Instead of you to look at the possibility that the human could be the legendary beast king." the snake chief said, "And if he is not, will we put our clans in danger just because of some stupid curious assumptions." the Alpha said looking at Flare. "Flare what did you see?" the Alpha said "A boy with red eyes, black hair and weird tattoos. He also had a red gem on his chest which was on tattoo which looked like a dragon.". The leaders of each clan looked at her with fear. "That's him the beast king I told you." The snake chief said. The Lord of the sky, also known as the king of the bird clan who had sat in complete silence got of his seat and walked slowly to her then. His sharp gaze pierced hers and her heart started to tremble. "Do you know who you just met"he asked, Flare shook her head, "The beast king is powerful being, so powerful that he can transfer his soul to another just to keep himself alive. The boy wasn't the beast king but a vessel, something like a pupa for him, and he used his power. Tell me child did he transform into a dragon?", she nodded. The Lord of the sky laughed a "You met the one true monster of this world. Tell me child what happened to him?". "He fell from the sky right after his energy blew him up.", she replied. "Let's hope that he is alive, so we could purge this world of this monstrosity."
On Chimera island, a happy and joyful place, a boy screamed the name of Axel over and over until he saw him standing on the edge of a very tall tree. He called the other villagers in a rush and they came to watch."Axel get down from there.", a woman shouted "I know I can do it this time, all I need to do is......" "Just get down from there please", the woman pleaded. Axel ignored them and closed his eyes, he then imagined a bird and jumped, as he fell he opened his eyes and white eagle wings emerged from his back and he flew majestically in the sky. As he flew higher he saw the wide river that surrounded the island and how small the Village was in comparison. He also saw another Island not quiet far from his own and decided to go there and see if he can get back in time. He opened his wings and he dashed to the island like a bolt of lightning but he couldn't stop himself and crashed into a a wolf girl.
Flare walked around the forest contemplating about what happened two years ago, but couldn't come to accept that the great beast king was being bullied by a woman, a human to be more specific. As she wondered she was bumped into without warning by an unknown flying object. As they rolled she came to realize that it was human, but she smelled that sent of an eagle from him. As they landed Flare realized that she was sitting on the human in a rather shameful position. She blushed and got up in a haste only to realize that it was Axel, she jumped back and showed her claws in an attempt to attack. Axel apologized and looked at her and said "You are a member of the white wolf clan aren't you?", "And you are.....that person", she said. "Which person?", he asked, "The......wait you don't remember, ...........", he looked at her in confusion "Two years ago", "Hey wolf girl I don't know what this is all about, but I have to go". They suddenly hear a loud hissing accompanied by a light growl, Axel takes Flare and hides in a nearby bush. "What is wrong with you", she said "Shut it, want to get us killed, that's a jomungund" he said silently "what where", she asked. Axel pointed at two horn like structures with a flap of thick skin between them, she pressed on his body with fear for she had never encountered a jomungund before. The beast then came out of the ground like a drill and stood. It was a long four legged snake like beast with an exoskeleton that resembled a body armor with two fangs like structures at each side of the mouth, it had a two horn like structures at the back with a flap of skin between them. The tongue of the beast came out and touched the ground, the beast turned it head and looked at the direction where the two where hiding. "Hey wolf girl I want you to attack the flap of skin between the horns on its back" Flare dashed and used her claws to cut through the skin of the beast, it roared in pain and dug its way into the ground and shot itself up to the position of Flare. Axel flew up and caught her "Nice wolf girl" "it's Flare" "Axel, look the beast can't take a direct hit, so I'll lunch you to the head and hit it with all you got okay", she nodded, Axel lunched her, and she hit the head, Axel also hit the head of the beast, but his hit made much of an impact than hers. The jomungund fell to the ground and died instantly
The two walked for a bit with both parties not saying a word to each other, for Flare it was pure confusion and fear of what happened two years ago. But for Axel it was a problem of choosing the right words to say to prevent any misunderstanding. Axel finally maned up and asked why she was there alone. Flare didn't answer but looked at him as if he were a villain with no good intentions. Axel then turned his head to the opposite side in shame and regret. "I'm the wolf clan's strongest hunter but no one seems to acknowledge that." she said quietly. Axel saw this as a chance to start a conversation "Well I'm not a part of the wolf clan so I can't judge, but from what I've seen today you are kinda good.", he said smoothly. Flare looked at him and asked why he was even there, "I feel like you don't like me, why did something happen before regarding the two of us which I don't remember", he said as she shook her head. "Then why.......... you know forget it, the corpse of the jomungund is all yours, your clan won't need to hunt for some time but I want the horn on its back." he said "why would you want it" she asked, "My dear I'm a mage with the ability to use the powers of any beast I know more about why won't I want a piece of the jomungund?" " Mmmm" " Just give it to me." They went back to where the corpse of the jomungund was and she used her claws to cut out the horns on its back, Axel then told her her that the beast was a young one and was surprised to see on in a forest. Flare held the beast by its fang and draged it away, as Axel spread his wings she turned to him and said "Hey Axel let's meet some more okay", Axel was surprised to hear that because he did most of the talking during their conversation but still turned and gave her a smile before flying into the sunset.
To Be Continued
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