Now that his bloodline had evolved, Ery felt his body was slightly lighter, his every movent brimd with energy. Then, he checked the status of his bloodline.
[Bloodline genes - Fey Wolf]]
[Gene Classification - Legendary bloodline]
[Bloodline Limit: Rank 6]
[Current rank]
[Rank 4 - Fey Shaman]
[Fey wolf gene essence - 30%]
He finally managed to reach the fourth rank out of the available 6 ranks within the wolf bloodline.
But, even though the achievent made him feel like celebrating, he felt a little weird when he saw two wolf figures in his vision this ti. Considering the story given to him by the High Priestess, it appeared the first wolf was the figure of the fey wolf, while the second wolf was the original wolf that ca from the old Asgardian tale involving the Fenrir wolf. That should be it.
Fortunately, even after he wasted a little bit during his attempts at making the perfect gene booster potion, he still had about half of the [Corrupted Lycanthrope] liquid. He could bring them later as a sample to the Magus Academy, in the hope to verify the real story behind it.
Right now, he had spent the whole day experinting with potions and upgrading his bloodline, which ant he only had three days left until the battle started.
On one hand, he did feel much stronger than before, but, on the other hand, his body felt restless. The boost of strength brought forth an urge within him, the urge to unleash his true self and transform to go wild at the nearest things. But right now, his spirit reading had picked up the presence of a group of people coming into the village.
Ery used his [Spatial Gate] to check the village entrance, only to find dozens of people in uniforms led by Luna Quintin.
"Luna!" Ery called out.
The beautiful lady looked at him and smiled. "So, it is true. I heard that you have returned."
Ery stared at her in confusion, surprised how she found out about it so soon.
Seeing his expression, Luna quickly clarified. "It's nothing magical, really. I just got a bird ssage from Gwen in the capital."
She gave him a cheeky smile, approached him and whispered, letting her warm breath fan his ear. "I really thought you would stop the wedding from happening. Heh, I guess I have one less competitor now," she chuckled.
Ery gave her a flat stare, unwilling to entertain her in this particular topic. "So, Luna, why are you here…?"
"Haha, well isn't it obvious? Chief Brennus contacted Cavvi knowing the things that just unfolded in the capital, of course I will join."
"The chief? what for…?"
"Silly you, of course to join the battle!"
Right after she said that, from the village, Chief Brennus and Cavvi erged. Behind them, dozens of Akavi warriors had lined up, each fully equipped for battle. Chief Brennus approached them and said. "High Priestess already gave us the ssage, we are to support you on the upcoming battle, Ery."
"!!"
Ery looked around and did a quick count of the dozens of Akavi Warriors and Quintins' guard gathered there. In total, there were about 200 fighters. 50 from the Quintins' elite guard, the rest were Akavi Warriors. About half of the warriors have had experience working with the Quintins before.
"The priestess believed it was the will of Gaia for us to participate."
Ery decides to drop by to the shrine to ask what Gaia planned for them.
Right as Ery reached the Gaia tree, the High Priestess materialized from the nearby water. As if she knew his questions already, she said that for a while Gaia had been unclear with her ssages, but the priestess knew that they would need to co and join for this Battle. She had a feeling the battle was going to be very important for the fey people.
Those words only made Ery even more concerned. He rembered the vision about the destruction shown by Gaia before.
Once more, the Priestess expressed her regret for being unable to leave the shrine. The presence of her sister, Maeve, only troubled her, but as much as she wanted to help, she had no choice but to leave that problem in Ery's care.
The High priestess told Ery one thing he could do just in case he landed into trouble, Ery naturally accepted any help he could get.
"I hope you all will return safely."
In order to reach Calot, the group would have to march for three days. As he returned, he saw the Akavi Warriors had mostly scattered into the village, presumably to prepare for the long journey. Luna was going to be their guide to reach Calot.
Half of them had never even left the Fey village before, as it was clear from their expression of worry and excitent. It was especially evident from the four fey girls: Glita, Tyra, Lilith and Lelith. Their behavior suggested they were not about to go to battle, but to go outside and sightsee around the village.
"Let's go!" Glita said gleefully to her sisters.
Before it could get out of hand, Ery decided to stop her. "No, Glita, you are not going!"
Her expression imdiately turned sour and she cried out. "What?! No, I… I must! The chief said…! No, this is not fair!"
"… Actually, Glita, all of you sisters will not go with them. You all will stay with , I have sothing we need to do first."
Ery cast [Spatial Storage] and took out the skin-like parchnt known as the [Blood Moon Ritual].
That parchnt was the scroll given to him as a gift by the patriarch of the wolf bloodline. It was sothing that could help him when he reached rank 4. Ery thought about using it after the battle, but knowing the 4 fey sisters would join, he decided to do it beforehand.
The scroll contained a series of instructions and chants he had to follow in order to beco an alpha wolf of the pack. Basically, all he needed to have was just at least more than one wolf willing to beco part of his pack.
"So, are you girls willing to do it? I am sure it will help us all."
It was Tyra, the oldest sister, who answered him. "Of course, Ery, we will follow you. We have already considered you as our leader for quite a while now."
The other girls followed suit and expressed their approval, while Glita, cheerful as ever, said. "The mont you said the word 'ritual', I agreed already, brother. I am sure it will be fun."
Ery was a bit hesitant, but he told them about what the ritual required. However, the girls still agreed.
Everything needed to be done late at night when the moon was up. Ti passed quickly, the silvery rays of the moon illuminated the hill, all four girls stood in front of him.
Under the light, they all undressed themselves.
All four beautiful girls stood and showed their skin, while Ery bit his arm until blood started dripping. He used his other arm and his palm to touch the girls' shoulders one by one.
They had morized the chanting beforehand, and now, all of them recited it as carefully as they could. Under the moonlight as the chants went on, they slowly transford.
Fur started growing on their skin, while claws and fangs erged from them. Ery was the first to finish their transformation. A massive build-up of energy was within. He continued chanting, before releasing it all out with a loud howl.
Hoooowwwwllll!
The girls followed suit.
It felt like the energies were being sent and distributed towards the girls, while the girls would send it back, creating a back-and-forth link. As the process went on, Ery felt the beginnings of a newfound power surging within.
[Bloodmoon ritual is successful]
[You are now the alpha of your pack]
[You learn a new innate skill - One Mind]
[You learn a new innate skill - Battle Howl]
[The stronger the pact, the stronger the Alpha]
[Battle Power increased by 6 points]
[Your stamina and regenerative abilities have improved]
After the long howl subsided, the girls all returned to their normal forms along with Ery. He could feel that their power had increased. To his surprise, he noticed the mark he drew using his blood on their shoulders was still present, although a bit faded.
Glita eyed the mark on her shoulder with amusent and said.
"Does this an all of us have beco brother Ery's wives?!"
"!!"
"No, no, not that!" Ery said, almost choking. If she said it while the ritual went on, he was sure he would have had a heart attack. Glita certainly had a distorted idea about marriage, but fortunately, Tyra was more than happy to explain that it was not.
Although she accepted Tyra's explanation, Glita seed a bit disappointed.
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