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人間とモンスターの距離K・Kizuari the MASTER ALPHA GREYWOLF

“Today is the day that I finally get to settle my scores with that boy!” I shook myself awake and shot a glance in my reflection in the water.

5 days have passed since the battle against the GOBLIN and the ORC hordes. Wiezer, the RANKA of KING of the western region was able to negotiate my ‘talks’ with that boy.

I was not exactly in the best of shape since my battle with that scaled lizard, RANKA of KING of the South whopped me bad, was she seriously trying to kill me, that ‘fufufu b*tch’ I’ll get her next time. But I should show my magnanimous side and give that boy a handicap.

The duel is going to be in the eastern base of the Mountain, we will have a small audience, namely:

Wiezer, who arranged the duel, really how was he able to arrange this, can he speak human language? Then there is Armorica, the polite lady lizard who always gives me advice during my fights and of course Ashilica that fufufu b*tch, who keeps defeating me in our duels, one day I will really get even with her. Just thinking about it gets me flared up.

*****

A day after that battle for the forest, I had first notice that I was named, for some reason the World Knowledge that all monsters are able to access had kept calling me by that name.

Back then the World Knowledge just keep calling me ‘you’, now I get to be called ‘Kizuari’. I kinda like having a name, the troublesome part is that, it was that boy who had probably named me… no the four of us.

When I got there, the audience and the boy was already there waiting for me.

When we attacked the two hordes, he equipped himself with steel weapons, but this time he is equipped with a wooded like sword. When Wiezer told me that would be the case, I thought the boy was looking down on me. But as soon as I saw him, I knew he was serious with this match.

As I readied myself, he also focused his energy for a frontal assault. I did not get to see him fight during the battle with the demi-humans but I was told that he lured and killed 4 of the GOBLIN CHAMPIONS alone.

He seems to have become a capable warrior, but I doubt that someone who has just killed a RANKA of ELDERS be able to best someone with a RANKA of KINGs. After all there is a huge power gap between those two RANKA.

As soon as I launched myself in front of him I was much faster than him because of my hind legs, in response to that he moved back backwards slightly matching to my speed. He’s good.

By back stepping he would be able to reduce any damage when I graze him while bashing him. He also positioned his two wooden weapons in a way that I would not be able to pounce at him just as easily. But, I still had superior speed as soon as I landed on the ground from my first leap I immediately positioned myself to another launch and pounced.

In order to have the upper hand I also place some variations to ensure that I don’t get too repetitive. For some reason I have yet to attack him seriously, why is that?

If it were me days ago, I would have definitely tried to kill him. Was it because we have allied ourselves once? Was it because he named me?

No I think it is probably because he has saved me… the score I needed to settle with him was not to defeat him, but to help him in whatever quest he is currently going through after I, this forest… no this Island was definitely saved by this person.

*****

.PREMONITION {

The birth of a child of the wolven descent head this warning

for a count of 8 Cycle of the Moon after reaching your youth

death from the small evils shall be your demise.

}

When I was born, I was presented with such a Premonition, the Premonition of DEATH. In that dream like premonition, images of me who finally months after becoming a TEEN GREYWOLF, will die in the forest at the east by GOBLIN hordes who have set it in fire. Unable to smell properly due to the strong stench of burning trees and my sight obscured by the smoke, will have his head looped.

I would die without even able to mate… how sad. That was what I thought while still a pup. With that as my motivation in my puphood years I started to attract the female kind to ensure that I would at least get laid after evolving into a TEEN. But the rest of the pack just ignored me, as they just considered it as some childish attitude, while there were also some who simple pitied me about dying early without even evolving into ADULTHOOD which everyone would achieve or so everyone tells me.

Would I try to defy it… unfortunately no one has ever deferred a premonition, even those who were TRANSFORMED to Demon Lords who is considered as one of the pinnacle of power in the monster world still gets killed by the heroes as promised by their Premonition of DEATH. The pinnacle of monsters known as Demon Lords could not even defy the fates. Who am I, who is nothing more but a lowly GREYWOLF, defer such Premonition of DEATH.

And so every day, I would court my female packmates but to no avail. They just won’t get turned on by a child. So I decided to wait to become at least into youthful stage to get to that first base. I should still have a few months before my demise.

After constant training with my brothers, we finally evolved into TEEN GREYWOLVES and decided one day to hunt near the shores. That was when I first met that human boy.

*****

He was scrawny and seemed weak, should be an easy target for a better meal that was what we thought. But for some reason he had better luck than I had, I mean when we were about to pounce at him, he disappeared right in front of me and gets teleported back to his ship. How sly.

What’s worse is that he had started to hunt us. At first, we laughed at his unreliable bow hands he missed all of us like a lot. We then got cocky since we knew that we would not die here because this was not the day of Premonition, the day promised for our deaths.

We simple failed also to noticed that in constant training one will eventually become better, we monsters knows this better than any Origins in RESMERE, after all this is how we monster evolve ourselves and our skills. And it happened: I was struck with an arrow in the left chest just barely grazing my heart.

I was dying, I knew because I can feel my LIFE FORCE leaving my body… I can’t die, not yet this is not what was promised to me… today was not the day of Premonition. I have yet to get laid….

That guy he was going to ruin my well laid out plan, and here I thought that the female GREYWOLF was starting to like me… I hated him… I wanted to kill him… I wanted him dead, how do I kill him please let me be the one to send him to meet the gods...

I have never felt true animosity until now, and the pain added to such an emotion. Then the pain grew intense. Out from that pain a surge of Mana was leaking everywhere. I knew all too well what was happening after all we monsters have access to the World Knowledge. This was a TRANSFORMATION that would change us to something than our origin … would I become a Demon Lord?

.World Knowledge {

•Dark Viral Miasma has been confirmed, sucking Mana as Equivalent Trade.

•Insufficient Mana tone down, death is imminent

}

“I will die, no how can I die here, what happened to the absolute promise of me dying by the hands of GOBLINS…” I was delusional, I was gonna die anyway why choose to die later… but for some reason my instinct to live has forced me to cling for dear life.

.World Knowledge {

•Dark Viral Miasma has been confirmed, sucking Mana as Equivalent Trade.

•Insufficient Mana tone down, death is imminent

}

No I will live… I will be the one to send that guy to the gods of death!!!!

.World Knowledge {

•Will of sacrifice, has exceeded life expectancy

•Adjust to Compromise

•Evolution… Evolve… RANKA of KINGS attained

}

*****

How long was I asleep? When did I sleep? I can’t seem to remember… *Ahhh! My head hurts.

When I came to, for some reason my vision was higher than it normally was. I was thirsty, I needed to drink… I then heading for the familiar riverbed, there on the water in front of me I saw a beast with fierce eyes looking at my face.

“I apologize I did not want to drink you!” What was I even saying? Was he that scary? I took another look in the water and there he was again staring at me. “Is this perhaps… me?”

Finally awake I remembered what happened what happened yesterday: me who was about to die… me who was about to turn into a Demon Lord but couldn’t… me who had evolved…

Yes, I definitely heard the World Knowledge and it had spoken of evolution to the RANKA of KING. As of the moment I was no longer a TEEN GREYWOLF, I even skipped the ADULT, hell I instantly jumped to MASTER ALPHA GREYWOLF one of the stronger RANKA for my Origin. A RANKA of King which the eastern region has not been able to achieved for many-a-years. I was now ready to get laid.

Soon after my new found power and authority six Cycle of the Moon finally passed had already married the female kind I had fancied, I even got laid and my wife gave birth to strong pups.

*****

After a few more days peacefully living in the deepest part of the forest I had smelled that human boys scent, I remembered it after all it was the scent that had almost gotten me killed.

I immediately set out to exact my revenge against him. For having almost killed me. I hated him so much that I even went out of the area designated for the RANKA of KINGs at the base of this mountain.

He was sure a resilient bastard as I was unable to defeat him while in my territory, and even got whopped by a scaly lizard when I intruded the southern forest. But, it’s okay I have his scent if he ever sets foot here in the eastern region I will have my way with him. Hehehehehe.

After another 2 more cycle and the day I had feared the most arrived, I was sure that I would be dead, after all as a TEEN GREYWOLF you won’t be able to do anything without your smell and sight… or so at least that should have been the case. And yet I am no longer a TEEN GREYWOLF, now I am a RANKA of KING, a MASTER ALPHA GREYWOLF which should have not happened.

…What if...

《Howl》

Using the How of Submission I paralyzed by inflicting the surrounding GOBLINs with fear and instead of them looping my head, I had looped theirs. I was able to defer the Premonition of DEATH.

Days after that, I joined the the alliance meant to destroy the GOBLIN horde that would have killed me had I not become evolved to the RANKA of Kings.

****

If you think about it what would be my motive to take vengeance with this boy? I evolved to the RANKA of KINGs, got married, got laid and lastly was able to defer my fate.

So why was I fighting this guy, definitely not to take vengeance but to show him the gratitude for saving my life… no for saving our lives. I just could not tell him because I am unable to speak human language. Besides I could have really died if I did not evolve so I guess we are even.

Even though I got distracted by my memories, I was able to defeat him. He was far from ready to fight a RANKA of KINGs. ‘Know your place’ I looked at him that would be interpreted that way as he was lying to his back.

“Are you a tsundere?” I did not know what that word means, but for some reason I got angry and growl at him. “Sorry… Sorry.” he said I bowed to him and thanked him from the bottom of my heart.

A day after that battle I received a new Premonition, one of DOMINANCE.