NOVEL WEB Chapter 9: LUNA/ALPHA WOLVES
Mystical Creature – Werewolf
Profile – Identified
Name – Eryx Ravenson
Age – 25
Wolf Grade – Alpha
Pack – Vargrheim
WOLF ABILITY: GOLDEN WOLF
MISSION: FIND THE POISON
TIME LIMIT: 48 hours
Lykaris Interpretation: When the Cock Crows
TIME REMAINING UNTIL THE MISSION ELAPSES: Forty hours, thirty-eight minutes, and two seconds.
What poison? What damn poison am I supposed to find? Don't I get some briefing or something on what I'm supposed to do in this damn world, and where the fuck is…
"Hello Lena, I am your system Anel…" That familiar feminine voice came through, and immediately, my anger flared.
"Cut it with your dumb introduction. Where have you been?
You left me down there to suffer?
What the hell is going on?
And cut the crap on the rubbish you speak of—me being transmigrated into another realm. I fucking want to go
back home, so take me the hell back now," I shouted in anger, only to pause when I realized my body was floating in what looked like a void, and that werewolf man with an amazing scent from earlier was no longer beside me. Neither was I lying on the bed anymore. And surprisingly, all the pain from earlier had vanished.
"Where the hell am I?" I asked in anger, unable to hide my shock as I looked at the purple orb of light, where her voice came from in the space.
"You are in your mind's abyss. You brought yourself here by thinking of me. Your body is still back there—only your soul has been transported here. Look," her voice came again as the screen which displayed words and commands earlier lit up again like a television. I watched myself being held by the werewolf man from earlier, while he muttered words in my hair, stroking me lovingly, and immediately, the image was cut.
"What do you mean I transported myself here by thinking of you? I thought of you a lot of times when I was fucking chained like an animal ready to be slaughtered down in the dungeon, but I never teleported into whatever you call this place. Is this another lie from you? Are you playing another sick game? Where are you taking me to next? Let me guess—the vampire realm? What's it going to be called? Ohh, let's look for a dumb mysterious name, maybe something like…"
"Shut up and listen just for once in your life, Lena.
This was your problem. You were the reason you died in the human realm. If you were not too proud and obnoxious to see what was going on, you would have noticed something was wrong with your fiancé and sister. But no, you felt too great and powerful, spoiled to the core. You felt no harm could come to you.
And I gave you this warning earlier, Lena—if you get yourself killed here, you get yourself killed for real and forever. No going back for your revenge plan, no taking back all that was yours. Instead, you'll watch them enjoy and live their lives happily and fulfilled while you roam around as a weak and helpless spirit unable to do anything," she said, her voice going cold as it dripped with venom, making me shiver unconsciously.
"Who… what… who are you? And how the hell do you know so much about my life?" I asked in both shock and fear, as I watched the blue orb move closer to me, and the voice of laughter sounded.
"Ha ha ha ha," she laughed.
"I told you earlier, Lena, I am you—a fragment of your mind. I am here to guide you through your mission and prevent you from making any mistakes that can get you killed. And as for what I am, that's not for you to know," she said darkly.
"You have not answered my first question," I said hesitantly, feeling scared and angry as hell at the same time.
"You thought of me so many times down in the dungeon, and I heard you calling out to me—I felt it. But your body was too weak to accommodate my presence, and I was also too weak to do anything about it.
It was because of the Wolfsbane. The chains were dipped in Wolfsbane. That is a form of punishment for wolves in Lykaris. If applied to the skin of wolves, it can lead to third-degree burns, but if ingested, it causes instant death.
The Wolfsbane not only burns when applied to the skin—it also weakens the wolf visibly, making them generally unable to use their wolf abilities, like their strength and special gifts of the particular wolf—the powers granted to each wolf based on their color. The color of wolves helps identify their clan in the pack. There are special and additional gifts the Moon Goddess granted to them during the last epic war against the vampires. And lastly, it weakens their grade—wolves are generally divided into six classes.
The Alpha, which is the highest of wolves, are the leaders of the pack, and the Alpha is expected to mate with another Alpha or a Luna wolf to produce strong Alpha cubs, both male and female. The number one priority of the Alpha is to the pack first before anything else.
The Luna wolves rival the Alpha in both power and strength. "Luna Wolf" is the word used for a female Alpha, but there are observable differences between them. Only in very few and rare cases are female wolves called Alpha and not Luna. Like I said, they are very few. And currently, a female Alpha wolf no longer exists. The last female Alpha wolf died in the epic war. Ever since then, female Alpha wolves have gone extinct, and there are only female Luna wolves and male Alphas,"
"Then the Beta wolves—they are second to the Alphas, like their right-hand men. Their number one priority is to the Alpha and his family first, before the pack itself. They also lead the pack in the absence of the Alpha, but only on the Alpha's command.
Then the Gamma wolves—they are third to the Alpha, and the third in command of the pack. The Alpha's left-hand men, you can refer to them as that. Their number one priority is to the Alpha himself, as the Alpha is to the pack. They protect the Alpha and his family.